Johnson is also confused if he thinks Thomas Jefferson was a Christian, nor was he the only so-called founding father who wasn’t Christian. I know he’d neither listen nor care but he would do better if he understood the Deist views Jefferson actually held and read his writings on religion. Among other things while he believed in a creator god, he didn’t believe that god communicated with humans or had anything to do with human society, and yes, I know I’m oversimplifying here. But a core element of those beliefs is that religion has no place in government.
I don't seem to remember where in the New Testament, Jesus encouraged his disciples and followers to overthrow the government and take over all of society, with force if necessary. So-called Christians select passages out of the Old Testament and use them to support their own agenda. They're not interested in the messages that Jesus taught; their behavior is anti-Christ. What they want is total control and power over everyone who isn't the same as they are, which is why they align with Republicans.
Thank you for writing on this. Covering Christian Nationalism and sounding the alarm has kind of been my passion and calling since Red State Christians first came out in 2019. I’m glad more and more mainstream journalists are covering it.
"God" does not appear anywhere in the Constitution. "His" Word (Gen.2-7) declares that life begins at first breath. These "Christians" are not following His Word.
“The seven heads [of the beast] means seven mountains…the beast…goes off into destruction…these [the ten horns on the seven heads] will battle with the Lamb [of God, Jesus].” —Rev 17:9, 11, 14.
Clearly these people aren’t reading their Bible very closely. They are aspiring to be part of an entity that the prophecy says will fight against God and get wiped out. Not smart.
In addition to following what Evangelical Christian Nationalists are doing, people should read Prof. Kathleen Belew's book Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary American, in which she discusses the melding of the militia movement with the Christian Nationalists. The two groups have merged. This has been going on post Vietnam, and everyone should read her book, since her historical area of expertise is modern day White Supremacy. She traces the political evolution which one should know, because if you have not read her book, or heard her speak, you will not understand the political goals as clearly. While the Seven Mountain Mandate group may be preparing for doomsday, the people who are using these "mandates" have different agendas. We see the Oligarchs using them to vote for people who will not cause them to pay taxes. We see the White Supremacists using them to set up for a White Nation-State, which is not the United States, and does not have our constitution. Yesterday Thom Hartmann wrote in his Substack about a plot that people like Mike Johnson are a part of to steal this next election for Trump, and it should be concerning because it is the stuff that African Nations are used to, and large swaths of the world, but we are not. A coup like that which legitimates itself, and which Mike Johnson is already practicing and getting away with in terms of not allowing George Santos's replacement Tom Suozzi to be confirmed so he could ensure that he had the votes to impeach Majorkas.
There will come a point where Democrats need to stand up and fight for their freedom like people who came before, because Trump wants to replace King George as the new monarch of the USA. These people are all treacherous-treasonous-traitors! Seven Mountain Mandates seems created to take control through the back door. This is a recent inversion of the Evangelical Christian doctrine. It seems super expedient.
Their self righteous and sanctimonious hypocrisy is truly breathtaking. They proclaim the sanctity of human life for a mere collection of cells while being a party to butchering children trying to cross the Rio Grande or separating them from their parents if they succeed.
From a purely historical perspective every last one of them is a heretic who would've been burned at the stake or hanged by the Christians that first colonized this continent.
If you need government backing for your religion, it means that your religion is weak and cannot succeed on its own. The problem is that whenever religion becomes entangled with government, religion loses - because it becomes something that people have to do rather than something that they want to do. Johnson is in effect confessing repeatedly that his version of Christianity is incapable of succeeding on its own merits.
Theocracy has obtained public support in a number of Muslim countries when theocrats have held themselves out as moral and incorruptible compared with ordinary politicians. Believing this, people who are not inclined to theocracy then vote for the theocrats. Of course, the theocrats, once in office, lend their support to corruption at the highest levels. Something like that dynamic may be taking hold in the Republican Party with the selection of theocratic Johnson as a foil to Trump.
Johnson is also confused if he thinks Thomas Jefferson was a Christian, nor was he the only so-called founding father who wasn’t Christian. I know he’d neither listen nor care but he would do better if he understood the Deist views Jefferson actually held and read his writings on religion. Among other things while he believed in a creator god, he didn’t believe that god communicated with humans or had anything to do with human society, and yes, I know I’m oversimplifying here. But a core element of those beliefs is that religion has no place in government.
I don't seem to remember where in the New Testament, Jesus encouraged his disciples and followers to overthrow the government and take over all of society, with force if necessary. So-called Christians select passages out of the Old Testament and use them to support their own agenda. They're not interested in the messages that Jesus taught; their behavior is anti-Christ. What they want is total control and power over everyone who isn't the same as they are, which is why they align with Republicans.
CPAC is normalizing right wing extremists.
MAGA has transformed the GOP into pile of radical kooks and lunatics!
It is time to act NOW. We must put a stop to the spread and acceptance of these fascist, white christian nationalists ideologies.
We do it beginning in November when we go to the polls and vote democrat in local, state and federal elections!
And wearing this rainbow flag T in front of them: t.co/cPzR9h2zV6
Of course.
I would like Judge Parker to spend 24 hours naked in a deep freezer and then tell us that frozen embryo's are viable people
Thank you for writing on this. Covering Christian Nationalism and sounding the alarm has kind of been my passion and calling since Red State Christians first came out in 2019. I’m glad more and more mainstream journalists are covering it.
"God" does not appear anywhere in the Constitution. "His" Word (Gen.2-7) declares that life begins at first breath. These "Christians" are not following His Word.
“The seven heads [of the beast] means seven mountains…the beast…goes off into destruction…these [the ten horns on the seven heads] will battle with the Lamb [of God, Jesus].” —Rev 17:9, 11, 14.
Clearly these people aren’t reading their Bible very closely. They are aspiring to be part of an entity that the prophecy says will fight against God and get wiped out. Not smart.
I recommend the documentary God and Country. Recently released produced by Rob Reiner
A Trump re-election means his clearly expressed fascism will come to be .
Theocracy, white Christian nationalism is very much part of that fascism, alarmed we should be.
In addition to following what Evangelical Christian Nationalists are doing, people should read Prof. Kathleen Belew's book Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary American, in which she discusses the melding of the militia movement with the Christian Nationalists. The two groups have merged. This has been going on post Vietnam, and everyone should read her book, since her historical area of expertise is modern day White Supremacy. She traces the political evolution which one should know, because if you have not read her book, or heard her speak, you will not understand the political goals as clearly. While the Seven Mountain Mandate group may be preparing for doomsday, the people who are using these "mandates" have different agendas. We see the Oligarchs using them to vote for people who will not cause them to pay taxes. We see the White Supremacists using them to set up for a White Nation-State, which is not the United States, and does not have our constitution. Yesterday Thom Hartmann wrote in his Substack about a plot that people like Mike Johnson are a part of to steal this next election for Trump, and it should be concerning because it is the stuff that African Nations are used to, and large swaths of the world, but we are not. A coup like that which legitimates itself, and which Mike Johnson is already practicing and getting away with in terms of not allowing George Santos's replacement Tom Suozzi to be confirmed so he could ensure that he had the votes to impeach Majorkas.
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-new-over-the-top-secret-plan-518
There will come a point where Democrats need to stand up and fight for their freedom like people who came before, because Trump wants to replace King George as the new monarch of the USA. These people are all treacherous-treasonous-traitors! Seven Mountain Mandates seems created to take control through the back door. This is a recent inversion of the Evangelical Christian doctrine. It seems super expedient.
None of them are Christians. WTF!!
Matthew — thank you for sounding the alarm. Well said. PLEASE, LISTEN UP PEOPLE. We need to get out the vote. And then we need electoral reforms.
Their self righteous and sanctimonious hypocrisy is truly breathtaking. They proclaim the sanctity of human life for a mere collection of cells while being a party to butchering children trying to cross the Rio Grande or separating them from their parents if they succeed.
From a purely historical perspective every last one of them is a heretic who would've been burned at the stake or hanged by the Christians that first colonized this continent.
If you need government backing for your religion, it means that your religion is weak and cannot succeed on its own. The problem is that whenever religion becomes entangled with government, religion loses - because it becomes something that people have to do rather than something that they want to do. Johnson is in effect confessing repeatedly that his version of Christianity is incapable of succeeding on its own merits.
Originally there were, what, 26 volumes to the Bible. Let's
condense that into 1 easy book. Editing must have been
a heck of a job!
I was baptized Episcopalian, attended Catholic school for
a lot of years, had Jewish,
Catholic, Greek
Orthorthodox, Baptist,
Methodist and 2 Islamic
friends. I married a northern
Baptist.
I believe in God and Jesus Christ. That is my faith. I
try to live by the Commandments and teachings of Christ. I am
not perfect.
It's clearly evident to me, a
lot of people don't know the
history of the founding of our
country, which isn't found in the Bible. One prime reason
was to escape religious
persecution. There's a reason
for the "separation" of church
and state for religious reasons.
Theocracy has obtained public support in a number of Muslim countries when theocrats have held themselves out as moral and incorruptible compared with ordinary politicians. Believing this, people who are not inclined to theocracy then vote for the theocrats. Of course, the theocrats, once in office, lend their support to corruption at the highest levels. Something like that dynamic may be taking hold in the Republican Party with the selection of theocratic Johnson as a foil to Trump.