Dominionism is when Christians attempt to seize control of secular civil government and basically start biblical rule. It's also known as subjectivism, or Christian Reconstructionism. It's a movement that's been gaining ground with the growing number of American evangelicals. They don't specifically attack Einstein, but they do attempt to make scientists out to be fanatical "believers," and they have taken the stance that science is "scientism." The goal being to have science reduced or removed from public schools, throwing out evolution in favor of creationism. There's more to it, and I'm probably not the best person to describe it. It's long and involved and has much to do with interpreting biblical scripture in ways that I think are dangerous to women, minorities, gays, and poor people.
I'm not saying G L is a dominionist at all, I was just noting that demeaning a scientist and attaching dogma to science is a similar philosophy and is of no help to secular people trying to escape that type of stigma.
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Originally Posted by G L Wilson
