Bill Gray blithers thusly:
"Before our atheist and secularist Friends begin to jump up and down, screaming, "Theocracy! Theocracy! Theocracy!" -- let me assure all of our Friends that no Christian believer, still functioning with a sane mind, wants a mortal theocracy in America. What we want to see is more Christian influence in the governing bodies -- to balance the overwhelming secular power there today."
What rock are you hiding under, Bill? There are indeed a pretty good number of Americans who wish for and are working toward a THEOCRACY in this country. The recent "coming out" of the New Apostolic Reformation" sheds some light on this. These nutjobs were prominent in the recent prayer and fasting farce in Houston, starring Rick Perry. They preach "seven mountains dominionism,"a doctrine holding that Christians need to basically control every significant area of human society in preparation for the so-called "rapture." David Barton, phony historian and the darling of right-wing theocratic nutdom, is a supporter of this idiotic movement. Read about it at :
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/...ountains-dominionism
"One of the most prolific purveyors of bogus founder quotes is Christian theocrat David Barton. Though not a household name, Barton’s tireless efforts to construct a Christian origin story for the United States have been praised by the likes of Pat Robertson and Newt Gingrich (Church & State, 7–8/96). His 1989 book The Myth of Separation attributed bogus quotes to Washington (“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible’&rsquo
, Jefferson (“I have always said and always will say that the studious perusal of the Sacred Volume will make us better citizens&rdquo and Patrick Henry (“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ&rdquo. Barton has also misattributed the “Ten Commandments” quote to Madison."
In 1996 Barton admitted that these and nine other quotes he’d been circulating in his writings, videotapes and live appearances were either false or unverifiable (Church & State, 7–8/96). But Barton’s re****tion suffered little from the fraud, according to Rob Boston of Americans United for Separation of Church & State. “He’s doing better than ever,” Boston told Extra!, noting that since 1996 Barton has served as vice-chair of the Texas GOP, and now sits on the Texas state committee advising the state’s board of education on history and social studies curriculum, “despite no history credentials.”
Link: http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4053
There are other groups that can be subsumed under the general heading of "Christian Nationalist" who argue unabashedly for converting this nation to a theocracy. Perhaps these people are not "Christian believers" or they are not of "sane mind", but they indeed claim to be Christian and they wish for and work toward a theocracy in this nation. For that reason they are potentially dangerous and should be opposed. Those who ignorantly revere the bogus historian, David Barton, need to see that verminous un-American propagandist for what he truly is--a deranged theocratic crackpot!
If you wish to pursue further the emergence and growth of Christian Nationalism, Google the name "C. Peter Wagner," the top prophet of the New Apostolic Reformation and see what these scheming, anti-American weasels are up to.