{"id":671,"date":"2016-04-05T23:48:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T04:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/thenakedjesus\/?p=671"},"modified":"2016-04-06T21:27:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T02:27:25","slug":"you-anoint-kings-you-elect-presidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thenakedjesus\/2016\/04\/you-anoint-kings-you-elect-presidents\/","title":{"rendered":"You Anoint Kings, You Elect Presidents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"KingTrump scares me, but to be honest with you Cruz brings tears of fear to my eyes. One of the main reasons is this idea that his father is forcing upon us, and that is \u201che is anointed to be President<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I see as the bottom line in all this talk about anointing<\/em> anyone to be President \u2013 Kings are anointed, Presidents are Elected \u2013 and there is a BIG difference. To claim that anyone is anointed to be President, discounts how the Divine works in all the people, and simply means the person sees themselves as a King. The idea of anyone claiming a Divine Anointing<\/em> to be President simply amounts to theological bullying. Why? Because, if you vote against the person claiming \u201cThe Divine Anointing<\/em>\u201d their supporters will claim that you\u2019re not voting as the Divine demands of you \u2013 you are voting under the influence of the Enemy. After all, people are sinful, and anyone who votes against the one the Divine has anointed is simply going against what the Divine has planned for us all. This leads people claiming that the individual who wins, and did not claim a Divine Anointing, is not the rightful leaders \u2013 and crap, we had enough of that with Obama.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t see it as a theological power play to control the hearts, and minds, of those who hold to Dominion Theology, you are missing the nuances of how some view the world. What this anointing idea says is, \u201cIf you disagree with our<\/em><\/strong> anointed, you are not truly walking with the Divine.\u201d\u00a0 This struck me when Rafael Cruz, the father of Ted Cruz, claimed that his son was the anointed one <\/em>[never realizing that in the Collective Narrative, Jesus is the only one called \u2018the anointed one\u2019 \u2013 or, maybe he knows that and is simply putting his son on equal footing with Jesus] and would be president.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019re fed-up with Republicans taking, twisting, and radically misquoting the teachings of Jesus to meet their own misguided agenda. At the core of the misguided stance of the Republican\u2019s is the idea of Dominion Theology<\/a> [DT<\/em>].<\/p>\n

The idea of who the Divine desires to be President, is the twisted idea of DT, and the central principle behind a Theonomy<\/a> [from theos<\/em> (god) and nomos<\/em> (law)]. DT is based on a field of Sociology that describes a Theocratic Ideology where the nation would be based on how the Conservative Christians define and advocate the Mosaic Law. It\u2019s the idea that ALL<\/em><\/strong> of the Mosaic law should be observed by all<\/em><\/strong> people, regardless. I\u2019m not 100% certain, but I believe it was the AP who defined \u201cIslamist\u201d as a theocratic ideology that seeks to impose their version of Islam law over society\u2019s law.<\/em> Which, if you think about it can be rewritten, Dominionism is a theocratic ideology that seeks to impose their version of Mosaic law over society\u2019s law.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dominionist hold a point of view that should scare everyone. I will admit, I\u2019m new to this whole \u201cDominion Theology\u201d thing, I\u2019m by no means an expert on the subject; it has never been part of my theological\/thought wheelhouse. But I\u2019ll say this, what I\u2019ve been reading about Dominion Theology, doesn\u2019t make me happy \u2013 in fact, it scares the living excrement out of me.<\/p>\n

Dominions claim that we were once, and need to be again, a Christian Nation solely based on the teachings of Jesus [the way they define Jesus]. In that, they promote the religious supremacy of Christianity over all other faith traditions; no other faith tradition has any value [least of all, Muslims]. They place the Mosaic Law at the center of what they believe, and they believe the \u201cBiblical Law\u201d [as defined by them \u2013 picking and choosing the ones they like] should be, rather must be, the foundation of all American Laws. This means they are seeking a Theocracy, one where the Constitution is translated through the eyes of the Theocracy.<\/p>\n

They can be found in Christian Nationalists, those who hate the idea of separation of church and state \u2026 they want it all for their own twisted version of faith. They pose an ultimate danger to our nation \u2013 forget \u201cforeign\u201d enemies. Christian Nationalists, if given a chance, will undo our Constitution (godless document that it is) and our Democracy.<\/p>\n

The only saving grace I see in all this, is that in the past others have claimed and anointing, and lost \u2013 big time.<\/p>\n