Meet the Apostle of Right-Wing Christian Nationalism

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The NAR faithful take literally the command given by the resurrected Jesus to his followers to “make disciples of all nations.” They view Christianity as a missionary faith with a manifest destiny to conquer the planet.

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Meet the Apostle of Right-Wing Christian Nationalism
The new Republican fringe is done with the separation of church and state. William "Dutch" Sheets has been trying to tear down that wall for decades
3:14 PM · Sep 1, 2022

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/new-apostolic-reformation-mtg-mastriano-dutch-sheets-1234584952/

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DUTCH SHEETS STOOD behind Marjorie Taylor Greene, the palms of his hands held up to God.

Revered by followers as a modern Christian apostle, Sheets told a packed crowd at Gas South Arena, outside Atlanta, to pray with him for the GOP congresswoman, who touts herself as a Christian nationalist, and appeared onstage in a bright-red dress.

“We say she is covered by the blood of Jesus,” Sheets said. “She will not be taken out by evil forces,” he insisted, adding: “We take authority over that in Jesus’ name. And we cover her now with a shield of prayer and faith and say, ‘Be strong! Be blessed! You are highly favored! You will not fail,’ in Jesus’ name.”

Sheets, 68, is one of America’s most influential Christian voices demanding an end to the separation of church and state. He’s been at the forefront of that movement for 20 years, but now the Republican part has come to him, with a growing contingent that’s embracing his end-times vision of America as Christian theocracy. At this July 1 worship event, Sheets told the crowd, “We must marry these two arenas — the civil and the sacred. They are not separate in Scripture,” he added, then insisted, “God never intended for it to be separate.”

Christian nationalism has long been an undercurrent of GOP politics. But with the rise of the MAGA movement and the Republican party’s lurch toward authoritarianism, its proponents have burst into the foreground. Representatives like Greene and Lauren “the church is supposed to direct the government” Boebert have embraced Christian nationalism in Washington, while far-right-media figures like Andrew Torba — the CEO of the platform Gab.com — embrace it as the answer to conservative setbacks in the culture wars, insisting: “We are going to take power in this country, for the glory of God.”

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[milestogo]

1. Lots of voodoo and magical thinking.

[SergeStorms]

2. They're all....

freaking lunatics.

[kwolf68]

3. Yea that was a tough read

Scary as shit. But also no surprise. Whatever these fools do just don't evoke the Constitution. Ever. In fact, I think they will eventually have to come around to "our side" that says the Constitution is a living document. But instead of us Dems arguing for sensible gun control legislation they will argue for theocracy. In fact, I could see them simply getting rid of the Constitution and governing using cherry picked scriptures in the bible.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Wasn't there a fellow named Jesus who said something about rendering a separation of church and stat

Wasn't there a fellow named Jesus who said something about rendering a separation of church and state?

[onethatcares]

5. something about

"render onto Ceaser the things that are Ceasers', render onto God the things that are Gods".

Matthew 22: 15 -22

but the charlatans can just make up shit as they go along.

[dalton99a]

6. "We have been given legal power and authority from Heaven."

Deranged and dangerous motherfuckers