Julie Ingersoll provides an instructive rundown of what white Christian nationalism of the ilk of Douglas Wilson, Pete Hegseth's pastor, intends to impose on the US (and the entire world).
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What Pete Hegseth’s Spiritual Mentor Wants for America
Pastor-theologian Douglas Wilson advocates theocracy, the restriction of the franchise from women and nonbelievers, and much else—and he is closer than ever to real power.Julie Ingersoll (The Bulwark)
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Proponents of America as a Christian nation are often somewhat hazy about what the end state of a 'Christian nation' would look like specifically, but Wilson and his followers have carefully laid out a detailed vision."
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"For them, a Christian nation would be governed directly by biblical law, and in every area of of its common life and culture it would be shaped by a comprehensive 'biblical world and life view.'
A Christian nation, in his account, is a nation in which there is no area of life and culture where the Bible is not the ultimate authority."
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Wilson and other Christian nationalists draw on a framework known as 'sphere sovereignty' to interpret and apply the Bible to every area of modern life. ...
The government would advance a view of the world that is deeply patriarchal—" (continued in /5)
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •(continued from /4)
"not merely condoning a form of women’s submission in marriage that has been common in evangelicalism, but also severely limiting leadership roles in the church and in government and society to men only. …
Wilson & his followers would deny not only women but also non-Christians the franchise and the right to pursue public office."
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"They would limit the ability of believers of other faiths—including non-Protestant Christians—to publicly practice their faith; Wilson recently said on a podcast that the theocratic society he envisions would ban mosques from broadcasting calls to prayer and prohibit Catholic parades honoring the Virgin Mary."
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Wilson's remarks at the Pentagon assured the audience that their battles were God’s battles, that God would be their protector just as he was for figures from scripture like Noah and David. He suggested that God’s people, having searched for the enemy, now realize they are surrounded—the implication presumably being that the real enemy is other Americans."
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The Protestant denomination that loved Donald Trump the most in 2024?
Easily the Assemblies of God.
He received 88% of their votes.
There was only one majority white denomination that clearly favored Kamala Harris:
Episcopalians."
~ Ryan Burge
See the chart below accompanying Burge's remarks.
Again: white Christians own the Trump presidency, its manifold cruelties and attack on democracy.
#WhiteChristianNationalism #Trump #churches
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in reply to William Lindsey • • •Kai Schwemmer, the new white supremacist leader of the College Republicans, is getting well-deserved attention — for his bigotry and close ties to Nick Fuentes.
What also demands attention here, but is being overlooked by media: like Nick Shirley, whose vile racist videos about Somalis in Minneapolis helped spark Trump's DHS/ICE attacks on that city, Schwemmer is a Mormon from Utah.
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The new, bigoted leader of the College Republicans
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in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The Christian Taliban isn't hiding its religious fanaticism anymore."
~ Andra Watkins
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How Do Christian Nationalists Spell Fatwa?
Andra Watkins (For Such a Time as This)