Time to refresh ourselves on R.J. Rushdoony and Christian Reconstructrionism.

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4. Exactly. Also, they want a disaster to herald in the New Kingdom. Gary North promoted Y2K hysteria."

Critics said the motivation for North's predictions was linked to his Christian reconstructionist aims, which require widespread societal collapse to set the stage for a new theocratic order. North made the connection explicit in communications with fellow reconstructionists: "The Y2K crisis is systemic. It cannot possibly be fixed. I think it will wipe out every national government in the West. Not just modify them—destroy them...That is what I have wanted all my adult life. In my view, Y2K is our deliverance."[44