On December 24, 2001, Pat Robertson resigned his postition has president of the Christian Coalition. Christians saw this act as a revelation that the Bush administration was a government under God that was led by an anointed President who would be the first regent in a dynasty of regents awaiting the return of Jesus to earth.
Katherine Yurica wrote the above. She has done extensive research into the overthrow of the republican party by fundamentalist right-wing christians, led by Pat Robertson.
Here's what she writes in her piece "The New Messiahs":
Robertson believes that an important part of American foreign policy should be the overthrow of repressive governments around the world and that young Christians should be willing to fight and die in military actions. In fact, he believes that young men have been called by God to do so. Herb Titus, Dean of the School of Public Policy at CBN University told Robertson on the show on May 27, 1985: “I believe that those who believe in God will ultimately bring justice in all circumstances.” Should they die in the process, Titus said, they need only remember, “They still have eternal life in Jesus Christ.”
http://www.yuricareport.com/Art%20Essays/The%20New%20Messiahs%20Excerpts.htmIn another article, The Despoiling of America: How George W. Bush became the head of the new American Dominionist Church/State, she writes:
Gary North explained: “The point of Deuteronomy 28 is this: the way to wealth, both individual and corporate, is through systematic adherence to God’s Bible-revealed law.”<67>
Hence the idea that should a nation minister to the poor or attempt to lift the poor out of poverty or save people from poverty and ill health, that nation is contravening the will of Almighty God and such legislation is contrary to the laws of God. It is only one step further to say that if this is God’s attitude toward the poor, it is morally wrong to help them.
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheDespoilingOfAmerica.htmHas anyone else read Yurica? If what she writes is true, this election is even more vital than I had realized. These people truly believe the only way to "save" the world is to return to "God's Will" as revealed in the bible. And, they see Bush* as leading the way.