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Cruz's personal religious beliefs and those of many who him support scare the crap out of me. Too many Americans really seem to believe that they as 'true' Christians are being persecuted by a secular government led by a man some believe is a follower of the Prophet Muhammed. Their hope is that they can follow Ted Cruz back to a time when America was a "Christian Nation"; a nation where non-believers and those of other faiths would be relegated to second-class categories unable to participate in the political process
Ted Cruz’s campaign is fueled by a dominionist vision for America (COMMENTARY)
Cruz resonates with the evangelical culture warriors. He mixes what New York Times columnist David Brooks describes as political “brutalism” with a belief that he is engaged in a fight with the devil for the soul of the nation. It is only a matter of time before Cruz assumes the role of the Old Testament prophet Elijah and tries to cast down fire from heaven to destroy the “prophets of Baal” who oppose his campaign.
When Cruz says he wants to “reclaim” or “restore” America, he does not only have the Obama administration in mind. This agenda takes him much deeper into the American past. Cruz wants to “restore” the United States to what he believes is its original identity: a Christian nation.
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According to his father and Huch (pastor of New Beginnings Church), Ted Cruz is anointed by God to help Christians in their effort to “go to the marketplace and occupy the land … and take dominion” over it. This “end-time transfer of wealth” will relieve Christians of all financial woes, allowing true believers to ascend to a position of political and cultural power in which they can build a Christian civilization. When this Christian nation is in place (or back in place), Jesus will return.
Rafael Cruz and Larry Huch preach a brand of evangelical theology called Seven Mountains Dominionism.
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(Cruz) is not interested in crafting new models of American pluralism to respond to the country’s ever-growing religious diversity. Rather, religious liberty is a code word for defending the right of Christians to continue to hold cultural authority and privilege.