I FOR ONE THINK THAT JESUS WAS A POOR DOMINIONIST!
IN THE CARNAL WAY....
DYING ON THE CROSS TO DOMINATE SOMETHING IN THE CARNAL WORLD IS A LONG TERM VISION
MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD>
May be Bush and his friends are trying to make a kingdom in this world and this is off track according to new testament teachings.
Probably after we are resurrected and reign with Him for a 1000 years this verses might make more sense...
For now human beings ,CHRISTIANS included are in a process of regeneration in the POTTER'S hands are basically beasts AND weak ;even those with the best intentions...

and not ready I for one do not view the first chapters of
> Genesis as a documented word for word
> account of exactly what happened at the time
> of creation.

> We don't even know who wrote it. And even if
> we did, "How did they know what
> happened, and why should we trust their
> word?".

> Genesis is, for the most part a creation
> "myth".

> By that I don't mean that it is untrue, but
> that it is true in a poetic symbolic sense.
> There is no way in the world to prove or
> disprove the existence of Adam and Eve and
> the Garden of Eden.

> Every culture has a creation myth and there
> is no reason why we should necessarily
> accept that of the Hapiru (Hebrews) over
> those of other cultures.

> Even the tales of Abraham and Moses are not
> indisputable "gospel" in my book.

> My "infallible" Bible begins and
> ends with Jesus. And except for stating the
> obvious truth that God created humans
> "male and female" Jesus didn't say
> much about creation.

> While we must believe in the kingdom of God
> and the gospel of salvation by faith, I'm
> not sure that that means we have to believe
> in the Hebrew creation myth by faith too.

> Seeing the Bible as one infallible
> "whole" instead of a collection of
> various writings by many different authors
> and compiled by "God knows who"
> can lead to a sort of idolatrous "book
> worship" instead of "Christ
> worship".

> And when we come across the many conflicts
> between the words of Christ and those of
> other Biblical authors, unless we accept
> that the others were wrong, it makes us
> water down the words of Christ.

> Besides all that,

> Whether we believe Genesis in a literal way
> or not,
> It is obvious that the part that tells Adam
> (who was at the time the only man alive) to
> subdue the earth and have dominion over it,
> could not possibly be referring to subduing
> other people, nations, cultures, races, or
> religions and having dominion over them.

> It was a commandment to clear land, kill
> snakes, burn bushes, uproot stumps, plant
> crops, build houses etc etc.

> It was a commandment to use the earth for
> productive activity.

> It certainly didn't mean conquer and oppress
> others in God's name.

> Or was God commanding Adam to conquer and
> subdue his own as yet unborn offspring?