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Christian nationalism does not mean a Christian theocracy like the Vatican. Christians in general support enlightenment ideals and tolerance - which you will never find in Islamic countries.
TR was a very religious person, a racist, and a nationalist. He supported all kinds of dumbass, leftist policies consistent with nationalism:
I am a Christian and a bit of a nationalist, but that doesn’t mean I am a Christian nationalist.
Having two beliefs does not mean one melds those beliefs.
I think the US laws should be secular but allow me free to live my faith. If my neighbor doesn’t agree with my faith, that’s their thing. I don’t mess with them and they don’t mess with me.
Nationalism isn't leftist.
You mean nationalism isn't Marxist. There is nothing inconsistent about being a leftist and a nationalist. For example, the guy who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance was a leftist and a nationalist.
No, I said what I meant. Nationalism isn't leftist.
Say it as many times as you like, but you're still wrong.
That is actually categorically untrue. Very little in Christianity supports the idea of modern politics beyond mentioning (in summary) that politics is in the worldly sphere and one should seek to obey just laws and rulers, also there is an admonition to endure unjust rulers and trust God with that whole situation. In terms of how Christians vote, it depends on the Christian. Inner city Christians will vote differently, for example.True, but you are still going to vote like a Christian and you are going to vote like a nationalist.
Maybe or maybe not, I have no data either way. There's a lot of assholes in my group though, unfortunately.Christians in general are very tolerant, just like you are.
All of the progressive presidents held this view. Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and FDR were all Christians and they were all nationalists.
Which tells us only about the flexible use of nationalism, not that it is inherently leftist in nature, which it isn't.
You need to take a course in basic logic.
No one I am aware of has ever claimed that nationalism is inherently leftist.
Christian nazis. A couple generations ago, all Christians were nazis. Today, it's only a few.
And the rest are just misguided Latinos and Uncle Toms, right? Gag.Christian Nationalism is a euphemism for WHITE Christian Nationalism. Get real.
Christian nationalists do not support enlightened views or tolerance. They seek a theocracy.Christian nationalism does not mean a Christian theocracy like the Vatican. Christians in general support enlightenment ideals and tolerance - which you will never find in Islamic countries.
TR was a very religious person, a racist, and a nationalist. He supported all kinds of dumbass, leftist policies consistent with nationalism:
Christian nationalism does not mean a Christian theocracy like the Vatican. Christians in general support enlightenment ideals and tolerance - which you will never find in Islamic countries.
TR was a very religious person, a racist, and a nationalist. He supported all kinds of dumbass, leftist policies consistent with nationalism:
Christian nationalism does not mean a Christian theocracy like the Vatican. Christians in general support enlightenment ideals and tolerance - which you will never find in Islamic countries.
TR was a very religious person, a racist, and a nationalist. He supported all kinds of dumbass, leftist policies consistent with nationalism:
Christian Nationalists are not “Christians in general”. They don’t support tolerance.
Christian Nationalists are not “Christians in general”. They don’t support tolerance.
Christian nationalists do not support enlightened views or tolerance. They seek a theocracy.
Christian nationalists do not reject the First Amendment and do not advocate for theocracy, but they do believe that Christianity should enjoy a privileged position in the public square.
The OP is wrong.From the OP:
Regarding tolerance, the political left is far more intolerant than Christians will ever be. In the US today, the people most trying to suppress free speech are leftists, not Christians.
From the OP:
Regarding tolerance, the political left is far more intolerant than Christians will ever be. In the US today, the people most trying to suppress free speech are leftists, not Christians.
Conservative Christians are not tolerant. That is why the Klan exists that wraps the bible around bigotry. There is a reason why they burn a cross as a symbol of their hate. Christian nationalists are not tolerant. fundamentalist and evangelicals are not tolerant. Southern Baptists only recently took responsibility for their bigotry in slavery and the civil rights era. Their goal is to enforce their draconian religious beliefs as secular law, which violates both religious clauses and the free speech clause of the First Amendment.Christians in general are very tolerant, just like you are.
The Christian Nationalist concept of “freedom of religion” is limited to “freedom to decide which denomination of (preferably Protestant) Christianity you want to follow”.
They may not believe in making other religions de jure illegal (although a lot of them do), they absolutely support de facto laws and policies to restrict the practice of non-Christian religions.
Provide some examples.
This is their own words and they are hypocrites. Or really bad liars.,From the OP:
Regarding tolerance, the political left is far more intolerant than Christians will ever be. In the US today, the people most trying to suppress free speech are leftists, not Christians.
Christian nationalism is the belief that the American nation is defined by Christianity, and that the government should take active steps to keep it that way. Popularly, Christian nationalists assert that America is and must remain a “Christian nation”—not merely as an observation about American history, but as a prescriptive program for what America must continue to be in the future. Scholars like Samuel Huntington have made a similar argument: that America is defined by its “Anglo-Protestant” past and that we will lose our identity and our freedom if we do not preserve our cultural inheritance.
Christian nationalists do not reject the First Amendment and do not advocate for theocracy, but they do believe that Christianity should enjoy a privileged position in the public square. The term “Christian nationalism,” is relatively new, and its advocates generally do not use it of themselves, but it accurately describes American nationalists who believe American identity is inextricable from Christianity.
Conservative Christians are not tolerant.
That is why the Klan exists that wraps the bible around bigotry. There is a reason why they burn a cross as a symbol of their hate.
Christian nationalists are not tolerant. fundamentalist and evangelicals are not tolerant. Southern Baptists only recently took responsibility for their bigotry in slavery and the civil rights era. Their goal is to enforce their draconian religious beliefs as secular law, which violates both religious clauses and the free speech clause of the First Amendment.
Catholics and to a lesser extent Mormons are only tolerant on select issues.
Advocacy for laws banning atheists from public office.
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