{"id":5390,"date":"2011-12-23T13:56:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T18:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/?p=5390"},"modified":"2011-12-23T18:40:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T23:40:26","slug":"stocking-stuffers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2011\/12\/23\/stocking-stuffers\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocking stuffers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.good.is\/post\/new-dominionists-meet-the-christian-couple-behind-the-right-s-most-viral-videos\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Defining dominionism down<\/a>: <em>Good\u2019s<\/em> Kristin Rawls reports on a nice, attractive young couple who are helping to give dominionism a nicer, more attractive face.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019d prefer we don\u2019t say \u201cdominionism,\u201d though, because in their ideal of a Christian America governed by biblical laws privileging Christianity, no one would be <em>forced<\/em> to convert:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Mitchells practice a form of politicized conservative Christianity that most observers would call dominionism. Libertarian-leaning supporters of state\u2019s rights, they would like to see government reconstructed from the ground up under \u201cChristian laws\u201d such as the abolition of abortion. But they are reluctant to call themselves dominionists, noting that they do not support \u201ccompulsory conversion\u201d to Christianity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Coffee With Jesus: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiofreebabylon.com\/RFB%20Images\/CoffeeWithJesus\/coffeewithjesus207.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Top Ten News Stories of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ed Brayton: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/dispatches\/2011\/12\/19\/bill-donohue-has-momentary-lapse-of-insanity\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bill Donohue Has Momentary Lapse of Insanity<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grace at Are Women Human?: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/arewomenhuman.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/21\/mark-driscoll-apologism-bingo\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mark Driscoll Apologism Bingo<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is why I didn\u2019t want to be seen reading that Bob Larson book: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/americas\/bolivian-police-say-brother-and-sister-killed-sibling-in-attempted-exorcism\/2011\/12\/20\/gIQAkIlL7O_story.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bolivian police say brother and sister killed sibling in attempted exorcism<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave Bazan and David Dark: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/qideas.org\/video\/unsettled-questions.aspx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Unsettled Questions<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coleman Glenn: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/goodandtruth\/2011\/12\/the-seventh-blind-man-of-indostan\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Seventh Blind Man of Indostan<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>American Buddhist: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2011\/12\/heaven-and-hell.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Defining our terms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>James F. McGrath: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/12\/answers-in-racketeering-does-ken-ham-think-noah-was-a-millionaire.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Answers in Racketeering (Does Ken Ham Think Noah Was a Millionaire?)<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note to David Barton:<\/strong> Some people can pull off the black T-shirt-and-leather-jacket look. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/barton-hate-crimes-legislation-designed-imprison-pastors\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">You are not one of those people<\/a>. This is partly due to your haircut and mostly due to your constantly lying about everything.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defining dominionism down: Good\u2019s Kristin Rawls reports on a nice, attractive young couple who are helping to give dominionism a nicer, more attractive face. They\u2019d prefer we don\u2019t say \u201cdominionism,\u201d though, because in their ideal of a Christian America governed by biblical laws privileging Christianity, no one would be forced to convert: The Mitchells practice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stocking stuffers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Defining dominionism down: Good&#039;s Kristin Rawls reports on a nice, attractive young couple who are helping to give dominionism a nicer, more attractive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2011\/12\/23\/stocking-stuffers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stocking stuffers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Defining dominionism down: Good&#039;s Kristin Rawls reports on a nice, attractive young couple who are helping to give dominionism a nicer, more attractive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2011\/12\/23\/stocking-stuffers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"slacktivist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-12-23T18:56:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-12-23T23:40:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fred Clark\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fred Clark\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2011\/12\/23\/stocking-stuffers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2011\/12\/23\/stocking-stuffers\/\",\"name\":\"Stocking stuffers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-23T18:56:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-12-23T23:40:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/#\/schema\/person\/32666545e535b697afb93d9848dcfc47\"},\"description\":\"Defining dominionism down: Good's Kristin Rawls reports on a nice, attractive young couple who are helping to give dominionism a nicer, more attractive\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2011\/12\/23\/stocking-stuffers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2011\/12\/23\/stocking-stuffers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2011\/12\/23\/stocking-stuffers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stocking stuffers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/\",\"name\":\"slacktivist\",\"description\":\"&quot;Test everything; 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