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Michael E.
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God, nation, freedom: the holy trinity in the Christian nationalist theological pantheon. What’s critical to notice in Goldwater’s approach is that the politics come first. The foundations of the belief system are not Christian love or
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I agree strongly. Many (most) people I think of as “Christian Nationalist” consistently use politics to shape their expressed theology. This requires ignoring the major principles of Jesus teaching to make room for and justify “Conservative” thinking. I do think the author over-played the racist aspects of American Christian Nationalism. I do see its presence in todays culture and it certainly has been part of the cultural history in my lifetime.
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
― Foundation
― Foundation
“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.”
― The works of John Adams,: Second President of the United States
― The works of John Adams,: Second President of the United States
“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
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“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
― Crome Yellow
― Crome Yellow
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
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