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"Christian Nationalist" is a label of honor, not a libel.
Posted on 05/29/2022 7:39:00 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The victory party took on the feel of an evangelical worship service after Doug Mastriano won Pennsylvania’s Republican gubernatorial primary this month. As a Christian singer led the crowd in song, some raised their arms toward the heavens in praise.
Mastriano opened his remarks by evoking Scripture: “God uses the foolish to confound the wise.” He claimed Pennsylvanians’ freedom would be “snatched away” if his Democratic opponent wins in November, and cast the election in starkly religious terms with another biblical reference: “Let’s choose this day to serve the Lord.”
Mastriano, a state senator and retired Army colonel, has not only made faith central to his personal story but has woven conservative Christian beliefs and symbols into the campaign — becoming the most prominent example this election cycle of what some observers call a surge of Christian nationalism among Republican candidates.
Mastriano has rejected the “Christian nationalist” label. In fact, few if any prominent candidates use the label. Some say it’s a pejorative and insist everyone has a right to draw on their faith and values to try to influence public policy.
But scholars generally define Christian nationalism as going beyond policy debates and championing a fusion of American and Christian values, symbols and identity.
Christian nationalism, they say, is often accompanied by a belief that God has destined America, like the biblical Israel, for a special role in history, and that it will receive divine blessing or judgment depending on its obedience.
That often overlaps with the conservative Christian political agenda, including opposition to abortion, same-sex marriage and transgender rights. Researchers say Christian nationalism is often also associated with mistrust of immigrants and Muslims. Many Christian nationalists see former President Donald Trump as a champion despite his crude sexual boasts and lack of public piety.
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“All the cool kids...”
That would be Portland’s communist youth group that leaves school to protest the left wing cause du jour.
All masked, vaxxed and totally brainwashed.
The majority of the world 🌎🌍 thinks these things won’t happen.
I hope a little info gets out there to wake up some part of our world’s population.
(FR homepage)
I don’t see the down side of folks who love Jesus and love the USA.
I must be blind. Or asleep. Not woke?
They prefer anti Christian nationalism? That doesn’t turn out well.
Well said.
They say this like it’s a bad thing.
On the Rise? With Cause!
WY Congressional Candidate Harriet Hageman Speaks at President Trump’s Rally in Casper, WY (May 28, 2022)
https://rumble.com/v16iano-wy-congressional-candidate-harriet-hageman-speaks-at-president-trumps-rally.html
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‘Whereas Christianity is being shoved into the closet, the religion that dare not speak its name.’
oh please...drive through any moderately sized town in the US, and you will likely find at least five operating Christian churches of varying denominations...how is this ‘not speaking its name’...?
Bkmk
It’s Christian patriotism.
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"Christian Nationalist" is a label of honor, not a libel.
Yes, Christians are still allowed their churches. But they've been expelled from the public square.
The Hallmark Channel offers a dozen or so new Christmas movies every year. Ever see one that mentions the name Jesus?
Christianity has been sanitized from mainstream entertainment. (Unless it's a sadistic nun, an adulterous minister, a perverse priest, a hateful preacher, or a greedy televangelist.)
One friend told me that his office used to have Kris Kringle every year (where employees would buy gifts for whose ever name they picked form a hat). But that was considered too Christian (even Secret Santa was considered too Christmasy), so they changed the name to Grab Bag.
In a mall near me in Los Angeles, there's a huge menorah which a rabbi lights every year (with local politicians). And a Holiday Tree. That's what the sign says. Menorahs and rabbis are okay, but this mall dare not say "Christmas Tree" (of course, no Nativity Scene).
When I was a kid, Nativity Scenes were common in the public square.
These are only a few anecdotes. I have more. Ever observant person of a certain age has anecdotes of how Christianity was pushed off the public stage, and every other religion (and gays) have taken its place.
This is a remarkable work of history that everyone should read : Soviet Antireligious Campaigns and Persecutions: Volume 2 of a History of Soviet Atheism in Theory and Practice and the Believer
Since the Ass. Press hates Christians and hates America, this headline is not surprising.
I just HATE it when it appears!!
I see it as a good thing, too...
It’s a true thing. Many here on FR. Most churches/Pastors addressing it.
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