"Christian Nationalism," Evangelicals, and the Left

"Christian Nationalism" is the new term the Left has created to try to make people who vote based on biblical convictions, a Judeo-Christian worldview, and traditional values look weird. Here are a collection of articles and videos about this new propaganda tactic. Access the videos here.

“What I said was, people will throw that term against any conservative Christian who believes in the importance of nation and conservative political convictions, and will claim you’re a Christian nationalist if you believe Christianity should influence the nation. I said I’m not going to run from that.

But many in the media, and certainly people on the left, they try to discredit Christian influence by saying it’s the radical right. It’s the reactionary right. It’s the Christian right. The latest thing is to say it’s Christian nationalism. Well, unapologetically, I believe in the importance of nation. Our constitutional order is around a nation.”

Albert Mohler in Albert Mohler on Evangelicals and Christian Nationalism at The New York Times via Denny Burk

“The 70-year push to eliminate every vestige of religious observance from our public life is precisely the opposite of what the nation needs. We need more civil religion, not less. We need open acknowledgment of the religious heritage and the religious faith that bind Americans one to another.

The campaign to erase America’s religion from the public square is just class warfare by other means: the elite versus the common man, the atheistic monied class versus America’s working people. And it’s not really about eliminating religion, either: It’s about replacing one religion with another.

Every nation observes a civil religion. For every nation is a spiritual unity. The Left wants religion: the religion of the Pride flag. We want the religion of the Bible.”

Senator Josh Hawley at ‘Christian Nationalism Founded American Democracy’: Read Sen. Josh Hawley’s Full Remarks at NatCon at the Daily Signal

“As numerous critics have already pointed out, ‘Christian nationalism’ sounds identical to the case for American liberty offered in the Declaration of Independence.

Then again, the idea that man has inalienable, universal rights goes back to ancient Greece, at least. The entire American project is contingent on accepting the notion that the state can’t give or take our God-given freedoms. . . .

It’s also true that the ‘Christian nationalism’ scare is a ginned-up, partisan effort to spook non-Christian voters. And, clearly, to some secular Americans, the idea that a non-‘earthly authority’ can bestow rights on humans sounds nuts.”

David Harsanyi, an atheist, in “If This Is ‘Christian Nationalism,’ Sign Me Up!” at The Daily Signal.

“You see, Christian nationalism isn’t the real threat to the free exercise of religion in America today. The real threat is the ideology of the sexual revolution imposed on the people by government force, and Przybyla can’t stand the idea of that establishment being challenged. . . .

The Left isn’t objecting to the Right’s imposing its worldview on Americans by force—it’s objecting to the Right’s finally getting a say on issues springing from the sexual revolution. We’re not witnessing the rise of Christian nationalism, but the weakening of an anti-Christian establishment. . . .

‘Christian nationalism’ is the modern equivalent of Southern Democrats’ demonizing Lincoln, kicking and screaming as they lose the ability to foist their beliefs on the rest of the country. If history is any guide, this trend does not bode well for the Left—or America’s civil tranquility.”

Tyler O’Neil in What Is the ‘Christian Nationalism’ Fearmongering Really About? at The Daily Signal

See The Founding Fathers on Jesus, Christianity and the Bible at Wallbuilders

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