This is shocking: Dominionism!

[Th1onein]

This is UNBELIEVABLE. I am 49 years old and have lived in Texas all of my life. It is now 7:00 PM central time: Prime Time Viewing. And on a network channel, there is Billie Graham. Amazing. I've never seen the likes of it in my lifetime. Never.

I don't know if this is a backlash from the Democratic push recently (my sociology education tells me that there is an equal push and opposite social movement for every large movement in any society), but this is scary.

[Malva Zebrina]

1. what was Graham saying about Dominionism that upset you?

[Khephra]

2. Graham's prime time shows have been on for decades

Of all the things to get upset about in terms of the Christian Radical Right, this isn't one of them. I've never heard of him being involved with dominion theology in all my readings either.

[BeHereNow]

3. Do tell us!!! What did he say???

Was he actually talking about the dominionists?
BHN

[Lars39]

4. Yea, it's unbelievable.

A Texan that's never seen Graham on the teevee. :eyes:

[BeHereNow]

6. I think the point was...

That he was on network prime-time rather than
one of the X-tian stations.
That he was actually in the mainstream viewing audience
rather than the self-selected TBN?
BHN

[supernova]

7. UHF

Billy usually buys airtime on UHF stations that need revenue from where ever they can find it.

[Lars39]

8. Billy's been on prime-time major networks many times before.

:shrug:

[supernova]

5. Graham's only been on the air for the last 50 years

:eyes:

I don't know how you could have missed him. :shrug:

But he's not a Dominionist, if that's what you're worried about. Billy's just an old-fashioned circuit-rider.

His son, Franklin, OTOH, is the one you need to be worried about....

[seabeyond]

9. they start with government funds

for religious charity. vouchers for school and no child left behind but dont fund it so it is a failure hollowing out the schools. create the baptist private schools bring them in and start conditioning the children in prek

teach the children jesus knows how you vote adn if you dont vote republican you are going to hell. all public school children are ungodly (is the word they use) and republicans are the christians.

[ithacan]

11. www.TheocracyWatch.org

for all the scary details on how the Religious Right Dominionists have hijacked the Republican Party: http://www.TheocracyWatch.org/

[DieboldMustDie]

10. Does this mean we're going to be attacked by the Jem'Hadar?

:evilgrin:

[Th1onein]

12. This has happened before?

I am glad to know that. It just frightens me, at this point, because I have never seen this before.

But maybe you are right. Maybe it is just the Faux News Channel, with it's typical nutty agenda.

It just seems to me to fall right in line with the Dominionist's Program. But I have never seen this sort of thing in my area before, so maybe you're right.

But, still, it is unusual, in this viewing area, to come right out with this religious shit, during primetime television hours. Very strange.

Maybe I am just freaking out, but I don't think so.