Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why are certain forms of Christianity so scared of nation working
> together cooperatively (i.e. a single world government)?
> --
> ~Mike

Three theological movements: Dispensationalism, Theology of Glory, and
Antinomianism.  Plus idolatry of the state and confusing the United States with
the New Israel.


Some might not be threatened by worldwide humanitarian cooperation if your
Theology were one of the Cross, where the devotion of living an examined life
(including examining one's contribution to social woes) reminds one of one's
need for the saving grace of Jesus. Here, sin and death and suffering are the
primary problem, and the cross is the primary solution.


On the other hand, if you're practicing a Theology of Glory, damnation is the
primary problem, and choosing to accept Jesus is the primary solution. Sin is
reduced to a few nominal and childish vices (gay relations, drunkenness,
impatience with spouse). Evangelization becomes more about mocking those who've
picked the wrong spiritual "football team", quite different from the
witness-and-social-reform movements of 19th century evangelists.  If your focus
is on getting the best seat on the bus/ fighter-jet in the End Times, as is the
focus in many popular forms of Dispensationalism, you'll skip over the old
testament lessons that show God's concern for the poor, and look instead in
these passages for ways to come out ahead-- how you can find the be the first
to find "the signs".  The entire focus eventually becomes Antinomian, where any
mention of the law, especially social sins, is somewhere between ignored and
decried.  In these theologies are also a confusion of the Church, the New
Israel,  with the United States.  It's mere idolatry.

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