Christianity on Display at Capitol Riot Sparks New Debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Christian imagery and rhetoric on view during this month’s Capitol insurrection are sparking renewed debate about the societal effects of melding Christian faith with an exclusionary breed of nationalism.

The rioters who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, leading to federal charges against more than 130 people so far, included several people carrying signs with Christian messages, and video showed one man in a fur hat and horns leading others in a prayer inside the Senate chamber. They also included multiple current or former members of the U.S. military or law enforcement, as well as a West Virginia state lawmaker.

The rise of what’s often called Christian nationalism has long prompted pushback from leaders in multiple denominations, with the Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty forming the Christians Against Christian Nationalism coalition in 2019. But in the immediate wake of the insurrection, other Christian leaders spoke out to denounce what they saw as the misuse of their faith to justify a violent attack on a seat of government.

Russell Moore, president of the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, said that when he saw a “Jesus Saves” sign displayed near a gallows built by rioters, “I was enraged to a degree that I haven’t been enraged in memory. This is not only dangerous and unpatriotic but also blasphemous, presenting a picture of the gospel of Jesus Christ that isn’t the gospel and is instead its exact reverse.”

Dwight McKissic, a leading Black Southern Baptist pastor who has publicly criticized the denomination's leaders’ handling of racial justice, urged them in a tweet to also “denounce this flagrant display of White Christian Nationalism” by insurrectionists.

Does the guy apalled by the miniature gallows know that Christ was hung on a cross? Is he too stupid to understand that the person with the Jesus saves sign is not the individual with the “noose” made of rope wrapped around a beer can, and that two people can act and believe independently and for different reasons even while in close proximity? Or is his outrage merely manufactured outrage? I suspect the latter.

“two people can act and believe independently and for different reasons even while in close proximity? “

I believe that this is an awareness that the leftist lacks or ignores. They have deliberately walled off the concept of independence. A leftist must march in lock step with the media narrative. In order to be a proper citizen of their totalitarian utopia you must subscribe to their catechism on every point. So they have this blind spot in their mind. They then apply it to other people who have the ability to act and think independently.

This is the reason why you’d never see the kind of ritual rhetorical repetition like you see on the left. This is the nature of the “rebel alliance”. We could adopt the star wars allegory quite easily. The left is acting imperiously. We will see an increasing number of ‘rebellious’ actions like the ‘capital riot’ and the wrecking of the gamestop hedge fund. When President Donald John Trump shone a bright light on the swamp dwelling elitist ruling class the rebellion was begun. He identified the adversary and individuals began their various acts of rebellion. The leftists have no answer to this kind of creative rebellion against their system.

These are the children of the american heartland. They used to be sought out by academia and the military. They ended up building skyscrapers and designing airplane parts. But in todays ideocracy those positions are reserved for the ruling elite and for the ideologically indoctrinated. The children of the American heartland are scorned and have no place among them. Literally driven out from that society. And that is why the leftists will fail. Because those children are individuals and individuals are more intelligent than any mob.

It’s time to start thinking outside of the box. Force the leftists over the cliff. They’re going to expose themselves as the imperious tyrants and will fall. Thank you to President Donald J Trump for being the tip of that spear.

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