" Significantly, Dominionism is a form of Social Darwinism.  It inherently includes the religious belief that wealth-power is a sign of God's election.  That is, out of the masses of people and the multitude of nations—wealth, in and of itself, is thought to indicate God's approval on men and nations whereas poverty and sickness reflect God's disapproval.  The roots of the idea come from a natural twist of an Old Testament passage, which I discuss below.  Essentially there were two elements necessary to establish Dominionism among Christians who previously believed helping the poor was a mandate of Christianity.
        First, Old Testament law had to be accepted as an essential part of a Christian's theology.
        Secondly, the Christian had to undergo a second conversion-like experience that went beyond being born again and demanded not only a commitment to reestablishing the Old Testament legal structure but required the implementation of that law in the nations of the world (including the U.S.) based upon a different understanding of the Great Commission (Matthew 28: 18-20).  Under this concept Dominionists are to go into all the world to take dominion and "make disciples" teaching the disciples to "observe all" that Jesus "commanded."  All nations under Dominionist's teaching are to convert to biblical laws, which are ranked superior to secular laws that were not God given or God directed and are found wanting.  The Christian therefore must be willing to overthrow all laws that are secular.
        In other words, a measure of one's spirituality rested upon the individual's willingness to accept the concept of taking dominion over not only the people of America, but taking dominion over the people of the entire world.  From Dominionists' actual words, the taking of America is perceived as a violent act. . .
        As Robertson wrote approvingly in his book, The Secret Kingdom, the kingdom of heaven "suffers violence, and violent men take it by force."  He explained, "Zealous men force their way in.  That's what it means."  (Page 82.)

        The years 1982-1986 marked the period Pat Robertson and radio and televangelists urgently broadcast appeals that rallied Christian followers to accept a new political religion that would turn millions of Christians into an army of political operatives.  It was the period when the militant church raised itself from centuries of sleep and once again eyed power.
        Within a period of twenty to thirty years beginning in the 1970's, Dominionism spread like wild fire throughout the evangelical, Pentecostal and fundamentalist religious communities in America.  It was aided and abetted by television and radio evangelists.  More than any other man, Pat Robertson mobilized the millions of politically indifferent and socially despised Pentecostals and fundamentalists in America and turned them into an angry potent army of political conquerors.
        But it would be a mistake to limit Dominionism to the Pentecostals and fundamentalists alone: conservative Roman Catholics and Episcopalians have joined and enlarged the swelling numbers.  Robertson, like other media preachers, used every form of communication: television, radio, books and audio tapes available for sale.  One book stands out.  Originally published in 1982 and written with Bob Slosser, a key Robertson loyalist, Pat Robertson's The Secret Kingdom soared on the bestseller charts.  It underwent four printings during its first year.  By 1984 Bantam published a mass paperback in cooperation with Thomas Nelson, the original publisher.  (Though the book has since been revised, my quotes are from the original version.)
        However, it was the Pentecostals and fundamentalists who made up the core of Robertson's audience.  To a people who were largely uneducated and who often remained ignorant even if they went through college because of their fear of becoming tainted by the "world and worldliness," Dominionism came as a brilliant light that assuaged their deep sense of inferiority.  Pentecostals in particular could take comfort from the notion that no longer would the world think of them as "Holy Rollers" who danced in the "Spirit" and practiced glossolalia.  This time, they would be on top—they would be the head and not the tail—and the so-called elite, the educated of the world, would be on the bottom.
        A new world was coming.  To help the transition along, Pat Robertson, along with other pastors, evangelists and churchmen, founded schools, universities and colleges throughout the United States to train "Christians" how to run for office, how to win, and how to manage the affairs of government after they gained office.  To get an idea of how successful the plan was, Robertson's Regent University now has a $100 million endowment.  After watching the Dominionists takeover the Republican Party and observing their ruthless methods, it is indeed apparent that Machiavellian principles are the fuel running their "How to Manual."
        At the time, most Americans were completely unaware of the militant agenda being preached on a daily basis across the breadth and width of America.  Although it was called "Christianity" it can barely be recognized as Christian.  It in fact was and is a wolf parading in sheep's clothing: It was and is a political scheme to take over the government of the United States and then turn that government into an aggressor nation that will forcibly establish the United States as the ruling empire of the twenty-first century.  It is subversive, seditious, secretive, and dangerous.

        The Bush White House has to clear its policies on Israel and Palestine with the "rapture Christians" :