I/51FY44QM8DL.jpg' alt='Watch Birds Of America Download' title='Watch Birds Of America Download' />Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party If youre new to this site, here are. Pace yourself. Seriously. There is. a great deal of information here, which can quickly become overwhelming. Begin on this page for background. The links on the left of every page. Links to outside sources may expire. Theocracy. Watch has no control over expired links. America is privileged with a stunning array of animals, plants, and wild destinationseach with its own incredible story. Get to know the amazing wildlife in your. Watch breaking news videos, viral videos and original video clips on CNN. See the Whats. New page for reports on the ongoing efforts of the religious. This Republican Party of Lincoln. U. S. Representative Christopher Shays, R CT, New York Times. What is DominionismPalin, the Christian. Right, Theocracyby cberlet. Fri Sep 0. 5, 2. 00. AM PDTSarah Palin is a Dominionist with an apocalytic End. Plate 121 Snowy Owl. This beautiful bird is merely a winter visitor of the United States, where it is seldom seen before the month of November, and whence it retires. Count Feeder Birds for Science. Participant Photos. Send us your photos Show us your count site, your birds, or you watching your site with loved ones The cranes are large to very large birds, including the worlds tallest flying bird. They range in size from the demoiselle crane, which measures 90 cm 35 in in. A nonprofit public information group committed to exposing the rise of the radical religious right as a political force in the Republican Party. Times theological viewpoint that sees the war in Iraq as part. Gods plan.  More on the End Times in the next post. Lets. talk about Christian Right Dominionism and tendencies toward authoritarian. With a number of bloggers calling Sarah Palin a Dominionist,. Neither Sarah Palin nor her Protestant church affiliated with. Assemblies of God should be described as practicing a form. Dominion Theology or Christian Reconstructionism. That is just plain wrong. It is fair to suggest that Palin displays the tendency called. Dominionism in some of her public statements. As one of the authors who popularized the term Dominionism. Sara Diamond, and Fred Clarkson, I feel some obligation. Dominionism,. Dominion Theology, and Christian Reconstructionism. Christian Reconstructionism is a form of  Dominion. Theology that influenced a tendency toward Dominionism. Christian Right and certain evangelical churches such as. The Assemblies of God. But, lumping of these theologies. How did this confusion get started In a September 1. Christian Coalition. Rev. D. James Kennedy said that true. Christian citizenship involves an active engagement in society. God. Kennedys remarks were reported in February 1. Sara Diamond, who wrote that Kennedy had echoed. Reconstructionist line. More than anyone else, it was Sara Diamond who popularized the. Christian Right. It is a useful term that has. Diamond was careful to discuss how the small. Christian Reconstructionist theological movement had helped introduce. Christian Right. Dominionism is therefore a tendency among Protestant Christian. God. This highly politicized concept of dominionism is based on the. Bibles text in Genesis 1 2. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our. King James Version. Then God said, Let us make man in our image, in our. New. International Version. The vast majority of Christians read this text and conclude that. God has appointed them stewards and caretakers of Earth. As Sara. Diamond explains, however, some Christian read the text and believe. Christians alone are Biblically mandated to occupy. Christ returns. That, in. Just because some critics of the Christian Right have stretched. And while it is true that few participants. Christian Right Culture War want a theocracy as proposed. Christian Reconstructionists, many of their battlefield. Earth commanders are leading them in that direction. A number. of these leaders have been influenced by Christian Reconstructionism. William Martin is the author of the 1. With God. on Our Side, a companion volume to the PBS series. Martin. is a sociologist and professor of religion at Rice University. Christian. Right have tossed around the terms dominionism and. Martin has offered some careful writing. According to Martin. It is difficult to assess the influence of Reconstructionist. Because it is so genuinely radical. Religious Right are careful to distance. At the same time, it clearly holds some. One undoubtedly spoke for others when. Though we hide their books under the bed, we. According to Martin, several key leaders have acknowledged. Jerry Falwell and D. James Kennedy have endorsed Reconstructionist books. Before he died in 2. Christian Reconstuctionism. R. J. Rushdoony, appeared several times on Christian Right televangelist. Pat Robertsons 7. Club and the program hosted. D. James Kennedy, writes Martin. Pat Robertson makes frequent use of dominion language. Martin, his book, The Secret Kingdom, has often been. Christians and Jews into the government, as well as when. There will never be world peace until Gods house. Gods people are given their rightful place of leadership. Martin also points out that Jay Grimstead, who leads the. Coalition on Revival, which brings Reconstructionists together. I dont call myself. Reconstructionist, but A lot of us are coming to realize. Bible is Gods standard of morality. Christian and non Christian. It so happens that Rushdoony, Bahnsen, and North. He added, There are a lot of us floating. Christian leadership James Kennedy is one of them who. America based on the Bible. So lets choose our language carefully, but lets recognize that. Christian Right. Dominionism as a Term or Description. The term dominionism is used different ways by different. When new terms are developed, that is to be expected. If we are to use words and phrases to discuss ideas, however. This is especially true in public debates. In her 1. 98. 9 book Spiritual Warfare, sociologist Sara Diamond. Christian. Right had been significantly influenced by Christian Reconstructionism. Over the past 2. 0 years the leading proponents of Christian Reconstructionism. Rousas John R. J. Rushdoony. Gary North, Greg Bahnsen, David Chilton, Gary De. Mar, and Andrew. Sandlin. Diamond explained that the primary importance of the Christian. Reconstructionist ideology is its role as a catalyst for what. According to Diamond. Largely through the impact of Rushdoonys and Norths writings. Christians are Biblically mandated to occupy. Christian Right. italics in the original. In a series of articles and book chapters Diamond expanded on. She called Reconstructionism the most intellectually. Reconstructionism see their role. So Christian Reconstructionism was the most influential form. Protestant conservative evangelicals. Christian Right. But very few evangelicals have even heard of dominion theology. Christian Reconstructionism. How do we. explain this, especially since our critics are quick to point. The answer lies in teasing apart the terminology and how it is. Christian Reconstructionism is a form of theocratic dominion. Its leaders challenged evangelicals across a wide swath. The core theme of dominion theology. Bible mandates Christians to take over and occupy. A number of Christian Right leaders read what the Christian Reconstructionists. United States as the central. They decided. to gain political power through the Republican Party. This does not mean most Christian Right leaders became Christian. Reconstructionists. It does mean they were influenced by dominion. But they were influenced in a number of different ways. It helps to see the terms dominionism, dominion theology, and. Christian Reconstructionism as distinct and not interchangeable. While all Christian Reconstructionists are dominionists, not all. Christian Reconstructionists. A nested subset chart looks like this Triumphalism  Dominionism  Dominion Theology or Theocracy  Theonomy  Christian Reconstructionism. The specific meanings are different in important ways, although. Internet. In its generic sense, dominionism is a very broad political tendency. Christian Right. It ranges from soft to hard versions. FLAP Fatal Light Awareness Program. Why do birds collide with windows during the day Migratory birds live in forests, meadows or wetlands, and do not understand the concept of glass. To a migratory bird, glass is an invisible and dangerous obstacle. They see the landscape reflected in windows and mirrored building exteriors and mistake the reflection for shelter. Or birds see beyond the glass to interior potted plants or trees inside the building. Where windows meet at the corners, or line up with each other front and back i. Any reflective or transparent surface used in constructionfrom windows in modest city homes, to bus shelters, to mirrored exteriors on high rise buildingscan be the site of fatal bird collisions. Daytime collisions often occur the morning after a bird has been drawn to buildings by excessive night time lights. They get trapped by the maze of building reflections in this cycle of confusion and unnecessary death. Why do birds collide with buildings at night Most species of songbirds migrate at night. They rely, in part, on the moon and the constellations to guide them along their migration route. The overnight lighting used in dense urban areas confuses migratory birds, and especially on foggy or rainy nights when cloud cover is low. Under these conditions, birds migrate at lower altitudes and are drawn to lights shining from office towers and other structures. Where spotlights are used to illuminate a building, birds fly into the beams of light and are reluctant to fly back out into the darkness. Often, they collide with the buildings or drop to the ground from exhaustion. When day breaks, birds that managed to survive the night time lighting hazards find themselves trapped in a maze of tall buildings with reflective surfaces. It is extremely difficult for migratory birds to escape this maze without striking windows and building exteriors, often with fatal results. How many birds die in collisions with buildings each year An estimated 1 to 1. The City of Toronto has over 9. Across North America, the estimated number of migrating birds killed annually in collisions with buildings ranges from 1. What other kinds of human built structures are responsible for bird deaths Any human built structure that incorporates glass or reflective building material into the design can be the site of bird collisions during the day. This includes bus shelters, car windows, houses, greenhouses, solariums, office towers, restaurants, and any other structures where windows andor reflective surfaces are present. At night, transmission towers, office towers, monuments, lighthouses, oil rigs virtually any tall illuminated structure can be responsible for bird deaths. Collisions with buildings are a leading cause of migratory bird death, second only to habitat loss. The number of bird fatalities due to collisions with wind turbines sits well below the number of bird fatalities from collisions with buildings however, birds are killed by wind turbines. The National Wind Coordinating Collaborative fact sheet recognizes two types of impact on birds at wind facilities direct mortality from collisions, and indirect impact from habitat disruption, habitat avoidance, habitat abandonment and the changes in instinctive bird behaviours due to the presence of wind turbines. Most of the bird fatalities are songbirds, but raptors are also killed when wind turbines are erected in open areas where these birds hunt for prey. We believe in the development of renewable energy sources, but we are highly concerned about the bird fatalities documented at the locations of wind turbines. We encourage a thorough, independent, environmental assessment of proposed wind turbine sites. We encourage that those proposed sites be well away from migratory bird routes and rest areas. We encourage wind turbine developers to take full responsibility to protect migratory birds and other wildlife from injury and death. When do birds migrate Canada. In the fall, they fly south, back to their winter feeding areas. Depending on the species, winter feeding areas might be anywhere from southern Canada to the southern tip of South America. Migration is triggered by an increase in the spring or a decrease in the fall in the phototropic period the number of hours of daylight. The onset of both spring and fall migration fluctuates mildly, but generally spring migration begins in mid March and continues until the beginning of June. Fall migration begins in early August and continues until mid November. What should I do if I find an injured bird When a bird hits a building it needs a quiet, dark, safe place to rest and recuperate. If you find a bird on the ground by a building, gently place the bird inside an un waxed paper bag or a small cardboard box. Handle the bird as little as possible. Make sure that the bag or box is closed. If youre using a cardboard box, poke a few air holes so the bird can breathe. Use clean tissues or paper towels, rolled into a donut shape, as a perch for the bird to sit upright. Never feed the bird or give it water. If the bird recovers after one hour, you will hear it fluttering inside the bag or box. Take the bird to a park, a ravine or another open area far away from windows and buildings. Slowly open the bag or box and let the bird fly out. You have just saved the life of a migratory bird. If the bird remains unresponsive after one hour, take it to your local wildlife rehabilitation facility. What should I do if I find a baby bird Some tiny birds, such as wrens and warblers, look like baby birds even though they are mature. If you find a bird sitting under a window and it does not move when you approach, most likely the bird is an adult bird that has hit the window. Follow the above instructions on what to do when you find an injured bird. If you find a featherless baby bird, and you know where the nest is, place the baby bird back in the nest. The parent birds will not smell your scent and reject the bird. If you cannot find the nest, make one out of a small basket or flowerpot lined with leaves or dry grass. Place the substitute nest close to the area where you found the baby bird. If the baby bird is feathered and has just left the nest, it may be on the ground waiting for its parents. The best thing to do is leave the bird for the parents to care for and feed. If you believe the bird is in danger from roaming cats or other predators, place it high up on a tree branch where it will be safe. If you are still concerned perhaps the parents have not returned for a long time contact your local wildlife rehabilitation facility for advice. Make your home safer for birds by making your windows visible to birds. Install screens or netting on the outside of your windows to alert birds to the presence of your windows as an obstacle. Or apply Collid. Escape, an opaque window film that adheres to the outside of your window and mutes reflection while preserving the view from the inside of your home. No more than 5 cm. Single applications of window decals and other items will not work. The idea is to cover as much surface area as possible to make your windows visible to birds. Ribbons, strings, streamers, whitewash, pine cones, sun catchers virtually anything that you apply or hang on your windows can help prevent bird collisions as long as you follow the above rule of thumb. These dimensions are supported by ornithological research into bird vision. Watch Speech &Amp; Debate Online Free HD on this page.