Thanks to Jeff at Clack, I’m now thoroughly creeped out on the subject of this season’s Scary Word, “Dominionism.” I got here via Theocracy Watch. Epitomizing the Reconstructionist idea of Biblical “warfare” is the centrality of capital punishment under Biblical Law. Doctrinal leaders (notably Rushdoony, North, and Bahnsen) call for the death penalty for a wide range of crimes in addition to such contemporary capital crimes as rape, kidnapping, and murder. Death is also the punishment for apostasy (abandonment of the faith), heresy, blasphemy, witchcraft, astrology, adultery, “sodomy or homosexuality,” incest, striking a parent, incorrigible juvenile delinquency, and, in the…
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Ready? It’s called the “Predict Headlines From Bush’s 2nd Term Game.” The rules are encapsulated by the game’s name, and the playground is the Comments box. “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!”‘s Adam Felber suggests a fun group activity to keep us occupied while he gallivants around to weddings and other lifestyle events of the not-rich and not-very-famous. A short sampling: Jesus Returns – Says, “This isn’t what I had in mind.” CONGRESS PASSES REALITY BAN HIGH COURT RULES LIFE BEGINS ON “THIRD DATE” He’s in better spirits now that he got his concession screed off his chest. Tomorrow’s show is…