Fascists, White Supremacy, White Christian Nationalism and "America is a Christian Nation"

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/07/if-theyre-telling-us-who-they-are-we.html

True religious liberty, which separates the authority of the state from any religious authority or institution, and which does not require any specific religious practice or belief in order for citizens to vote or participate in representative democracy, was an influence of the Enlightenment, not Protestant Christanity. And the establishment clause of the first amendment, which defines the separation of church and state, was the result of one of those dissenting, and heavily persecuted religious groups in America, the Baptists of Danbury, Connecticut, appealing to Thomas Jefferson's sense of Enlightenment reasoning and Deist convictions to create a constitution under which they, and every other American, would be completely free from any religious persecution or requirement of law.

That's what the founders agreed upon, and established, not a "Christian nation."

Fascism and Christianity that is defined by the gospel of Jesus, are incompatible. Christianity transcends politics. Fascism denies the very grace of God that is at the core of the Christian gospel. Or, at least, the Christian gospel that has not been infiltrated by heresy.

This isn't just a far right fringe movement anymore. It has infiltrated much of the conservative Evangelical branch of the church and through their involvement, the Republican Party. Get familiar with it, it is the political reality of our day. And it underlines the importance of the necessity to vote in every election.

[lees1975]

1. Direct link to Chauncey DeVega's piece in Salon

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/white-life-and-the-fascist-movement-hey-at-least-theyre-telling-us-the-truth/ar-AAZfRNu

[wnylib]

2. Right out of the Nazi playbook.

The Nazi party infiltrated churches to get their own people placed as church leaders to merge German patriotism with Christianity. This caused a rift in the churches between those that embraced the "German Christian Church" and those that broke away and went underground, refusing to be part of the Nazi movement.