We keep calling out the anti-Christian white, Christian nationalist cult

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/09/we-keep-calling-it-out-white-christian.html

And will continue to do so.

Christianity is as susceptible to having its mission and purpose, and the core values of the faith, hijacked and radicalized as any other religious belief, including Islam. This is a fact that is recognized by several of the church's apostles who wrote the New Testament, including Jude, believed to be the half-brother of Jesus, who wrote, "For certain intruders have stolen in among you, people who were long ago were designated for this condemnation as ungodly, who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only lord and master, Jesus Christ." [Jude v. 4, NRSV]

There are multiple warnings in Paul's letters about "so quickly deserting the one who called you in the gospel of Christ, and are turning to a different gospel" [Galatians 1:6]. Even in the earliest years of the existence of the church, Christianity was susceptible to radicalization and to accepting ideas based on the popularity of the one advocating for them at the time, or because they blended with worldly, pagan ideology that appealed to their entertainment tastes.

The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, a Washington, DC-based legislative advocacy organization supported by a group of Baptist denominations and which is one of the strongest advocates for separation of church and state, democracy and religious liberty among Washington think-tanks, has identified five specific points in the ideology of white, Christian nationalism.

1. America is a divinely appointed nation by God that is Christian.

2. America's founders, rather than wanting to disestablish religion as a unifier for the nation, were in fact establishing a nation based on Christian principles, with white men as the leaders.

3. Others (Native Americans, enslaved Africans and immigrants) would accept and cede to this narrative of America as a Christian nation, and accept their leadership.

4. America has a special place not only in world history, but in Biblical scripture, especially concerning the return of Christ.

5. There is no separation between church and state.

Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, 2022

[lees1975]

1. And to clarify...

The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty does not promote or endorse White Christian nationalism. It is a genuinely Christian lobbyist and political advocacy group on behalf of several Baptist denominations. some historically African American. some among the more progressive and liberal in American Christianity.