B-Man Posted February 25 Posted February 25 If Someone Asks Whether You’re a ‘Christian Nationalist,’ What Should You Say? By JOHN ZMIRAK Imagine a massive sewage treatment plant that works in reverse. It takes fresh, sparkling water through a vast, convoluted Rube Goldberg mechanism that eats up vast amounts of energy. But finally, after painstaking effort and expense, the plant produces … infectious human waste reeking with toxins. Think of all the twists and turns, ducts and filters, vats and spillways involved. And the men with advanced degrees in white coats and safety goggles who make a cozy living overseeing this facility. It pumps its repulsive product into schools, churches, and homes, whether they want it or not. It just spews out of our showerheads and faucets. Have you got that mental picture? Now you understand our media and our culture. You’re welcome. Sorry, there’s no other way to aptly express the process by which intelligent, educated people transform the most wholesome, innocent, worthy sentiments and ideas into the semblance of deadly poison. But that’s exactly what’s happening in the case of so-called ‘Christian Nationalism.’ There’s a full-on propaganda campaign underway, with massive funding from hostile billionaires and malevolent “charities” that also fund Planned Parenthood, to portray Christians who want to save babies from killing and kids from castrating surgeries as quasi-Nazi bigots who don’t deserve to vote. {snip} The sewage aggregation plant keeps pumping, night and day. And its latest product arrives in the form of a scare story in the elite political gossip journal Politico, entitled “Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration.” The story feverishly warns its readers that a president elected by pro-life, pro-family voters might actually seek to … buckle your seatbelts before you read this … promote pro-life and pro-family policies in office. (Given the track record of Swamp Republicans in past decades, this might well come as a shock to all of us, to be honest.) The next appalling charge Politico makes is that “Christian Nationalists” believe in a terrifying concept called “Natural Law.” In a tone matching Orson Welles recounting a Martian attack on New Jersey in The War of the Worlds, the writer warns: Quote Natural law is the belief that there are universal rules derived from God that can’t be superseded by government or judges. While it is a core pillar of Catholicism, in recent decades it’s been used to oppose abortion, LGBTQ+ rights and contraception. Every bit as shocking, the article cites a prominent “Christian Nationalist” linked to Trump who holds a Quote more extreme outlook of what a government led by Christian nationalists should propose. In a December post, he called for ending sex education in schools, surrogacy and no-fault divorce throughout the country, as well as forcing men “to provide for their children as soon as it’s determined the child is theirs” — a clear incursion by the government into Americans’ private lives. Are you hiding under your bed yet? Are you ready to renounce “Christian Nationalism” and all its works and all its empty promises — as the condition for getting baptized in the stuff our media are spraying? https://stream.org/if-someone-asks-whether-youre-a-christian-nationalist-what-should-you-say/ .
B-Man Posted February 26 Posted February 26 (edited) JOE BIDEN—CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST?!?! It would be hilarious to observe the left’s sudden obsession with “Christian nationalism” if it weren’t based on an abysmal ignorance that is itself a grim threat to the continuation of our republic. I guess Thomas Jefferson was a Christian nationalist for the first sentence of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, although in fairness to stupid leftists, they don’t believe in “self-evident truth” either, because they are unable to grasp the meaning of “self-evident” as Thomas Aquinas, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Lincoln learned from Euclid. But you know who else turns out to be a “Christian nationalist”? https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/02/joe-biden-christian-nationalist.php Edited February 26 by B-Man 1 1
AlBUNDY4TDS Posted February 26 Posted February 26 3 hours ago, Roundybout said: The Right Can’t Meme, example 1825114 Good one, you can't deal with facts nor reality. 1
Roundybout Posted February 26 Posted February 26 3 hours ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said: Good one, you can't deal with facts nor reality. Another elite comeback there, champ
Roundybout Posted February 26 Posted February 26 11 hours ago, BillStime said: FOH Replace “God” with “Allah” and see what kind of reaction conservatives would give 1 1
AlBUNDY4TDS Posted February 26 Posted February 26 5 minutes ago, Roundybout said: Replace “God” with “Allah” and see what kind of reaction conservatives would give Good luck with your "Crusade" bro
Roundybout Posted February 26 Posted February 26 8 minutes ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said: Good luck with your "Crusade" bro There’s not a huge difference between what Cloud is saying and Islamic fundamentalists looking to establish a global caliphate. Both are incomparable with modern liberal society
T master Posted February 26 Posted February 26 On 2/23/2024 at 7:47 PM, Big Blitz said: We are officially in uncharted territory. All these type of wing nuts seem to forget what this NATION & it's laws were first based on which was the bible . The bible gives you the moral base of laws to be followed but they don't want rules so they make up things like being a Christian Nationalist BS narrative . HEY LADY THE NATION WAS BORN WITH CHRISTIAN VALUES AT IT'S CORE WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S ON MOST ALL OF OUT MONEY . But we can see what & where getting away from those basic beliefs has gotten us today . 19 minutes ago, Roundybout said: Replace “God” with “Allah” and see what kind of reaction conservatives would give HELLO MINNESOTA !!! 1 1
AlBUNDY4TDS Posted February 26 Posted February 26 16 minutes ago, Roundybout said: There’s not a huge difference between what Cloud is saying and Islamic fundamentalists looking to establish a global caliphate. Both are incomparable with modern liberal society Except the subjugation of women and utter destruction of any other religion, sure
Roundybout Posted February 26 Posted February 26 2 minutes ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said: Except the subjugation of women and utter destruction of any other religion, sure You read some of the stuff these Christian nationalists want? Half want another crusade, others want to repeal the 19th amendment.
AlBUNDY4TDS Posted February 26 Posted February 26 14 minutes ago, Roundybout said: You read some of the stuff these Christian nationalists want? Half want another crusade, others want to repeal the 19th amendment. Sigh, what percentage of Christians do these nationalists make up? What the hell is a Christian national anyway? Fear sells and you my friend are buying.
Roundybout Posted February 26 Posted February 26 3 minutes ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said: Sigh, what percentage of Christians do these nationalists make up? What the hell is a Christian national anyway? Fear sells and you my friend are buying. Probably a decent chunk, to be honest. A Christian Nationalist is a person who believes that the USA should explicitly one religion - evangelical Christianity - and base all its laws around the Bible. No separation of church and state, no freedom of association or speech. You either follow the Bible or get out. Or worse. 1
Biden is Mentally Fit Posted February 26 Posted February 26 7 minutes ago, Roundybout said: Probably a decent chunk, to be honest. A Christian Nationalist is a person who believes that the USA should explicitly one religion - evangelical Christianity - and base all its laws around the Bible. No separation of church and state, no freedom of association or speech. You either follow the Bible or get out. Or worse. This all gives you one more boogeyman man to fear. You have my sympathies.
sherpa Posted February 26 Posted February 26 5 minutes ago, Roundybout said: Probably a decent chunk, to be honest. A Christian Nationalist is a person who believes that the USA should explicitly one religion - evangelical Christianity - and base all its laws around the Bible. No separation of church and state, no freedom of association or speech. I will allow one synapse the opportunity to worry about this nonsense when I hear one person ever mention such a thought. One can find any manner of internet lunatic videos. I never have heard any such talk, and I have been a Christian since Baptism and student of the Bible for well over a decade. Anyone who ever suggested some kind of takeover would be labeled a lunatic in my circle. 1
All_Pro_Bills Posted February 26 Posted February 26 5 minutes ago, Roundybout said: Probably a decent chunk, to be honest. A Christian Nationalist is a person who believes that the USA should explicitly one religion - evangelical Christianity - and base all its laws around the Bible. No separation of church and state, no freedom of association or speech. You either follow the Bible or get out. Or worse. Do you see any commonality between this and the American fringe left ideology? Similar with the distinction being "The State" substituted for God?
Joe Ferguson forever Posted February 26 Posted February 26 2 minutes ago, sherpa said: I will allow one synapse the opportunity to worry about this nonsense when I hear one person ever mention such a thought. One can find any manner of internet lunatic videos. I never have heard any such talk, and I have been a Christian since Baptism and student of the Bible for well over a decade. Anyone who ever suggested some kind of takeover would be labeled a lunatic in my circle. guessing u haven't been around many fundamentalists and they aren't included in your circle. do u believe in a literal interpretation of the bible? Many MAGAs do.
LeviF Posted February 26 Posted February 26 1 hour ago, Roundybout said: Replace “God” with “Allah” and see what kind of reaction conservatives would give A bad one, naturally. And rightly so. America is historically a nation founded by deists and Christians, particularly protestant Christians. 5 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: guessing u haven't been around many fundamentalists and they aren't included in your circle. do u believe in a literal interpretation of the bible? Many MAGAs do. As someone without much skin in that particular game, there's not much point in half-assed religion, which is what non-literal interpretations of a text that demands a literal reading results in. 1
Joe Ferguson forever Posted February 26 Posted February 26 3 minutes ago, LeviF said: As someone without much skin in that particular game, there's not much point in half-assed religion, which is what non-literal interpretations of a text that demands a literal reading results in. Given that allegory was a common form of literature among old testament writers and that parables were extremely important in the new testament, what you say here is just plain ignorant.
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