Punditry StaffThere is no doubt that Christian Nationalism is attempting to blur the line between separation of church and state. The onslaught has never ceased for as long as this country declared independence from King George III. Now, we come to find out, if you read the correspondence between former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Rep. Rick Allen of Georgia, who represents the extremist Christians, that this fringe movement is also trying to take over the government using Donald Trump as their vessel. And against the will of the majority of the American people and the sanctity of our Constitution. Christian Nationalism in America is imitating the extremist Islamists we find in the Middle East today.
One such place was Egypt where the Muslim Brotherhood took control in 2012. What happened next was a stealth attack on Israel’s right to exist that ended with the Islamists losing power to Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, a pro-western minded leader. The Muslim Brotherhood ascended to power to take over the Egyptian government, but then faltered and crashed just as Donald Trump did.
Similar conditions exit today in the United States. Donald Trump the Evangelical Christians consider their own, is assaulting our democracy the way the Muslim extremists in Egypt assaulted the normalization of peace with Israel. Same coin with two identical faces.
If someone does not see the parallels between Christian Nationalism and Islamic extremism, shame on them for their ignorance.
HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON
Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, explained it best when she told a House Oversight subcommittee that Christian Nationalism, according to an article by Sarah Posner of MSNBC, “is a political ideology and cultural framework that seeks to fuse American and Christian identities.”
In other words, as a minority movement it aims to confuse Americanism with Evangelism to gain control of our society and its order. Tyler added that it [Christian Nationalism] “helped fuel the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, uniting disparate actors and infusing their political cause with religious fervor.”
Just like the Islamists in some countries of the Middle East, such as Lebanon, where Hezbollah fused its “resistance” agenda with Lebanon’s identity. While Hezbollah succeeded, American institutions turned out to be a challenge for the Christian right in this country. But that does not mean that Christian Nationalism in America and religious extremism will not try again to reach the same levels of control Hezbollah, a terrorist organization, has reached in Lebanon.
The texts we read between Mark Meadows and Rep. Allen may sound strange, but they demonstrate how irrational thinking can lead to the demise of our Constitution in the face of blatant Christian beliefs that have nothing to do with the real intentions of religion. We all must stand united against such anti-democratic convictions.
If someone does not see the parallels between Christian Nationalism and Islamic extremism, shame on them for their ignorance.
Should we allow for the ideology of extreme Christian Nationalism to take hold of our laws and Constitution, we might as well call Hezbollah parliamentarians to form their own majority in Congress.
THE VESSEL
Christian Nationalists see Donald Trump as their vessel to greater minority control. While Trump himself is not a religious idiot, his narcissism treats religious extremism the same way he treats any voter. With open and welcoming arms as long they show him the love he feels entitled to. In fact, Trump could care less what his supporters represent, be it Nazism or antisemitism, as long as it increases his powers.
Such was made clear in an article by Travis Gettys in March of 2022. Gettys wrote:
Our nation cannot afford to let lose Christians intent on bending the laws to satisfy their own interpretations of what religions stands for. The country, to its chagrin, has already experienced that zealotry with the Supreme Court overturning Roe Vs. Wade with more to come in the coming years.
Should we allow for the ideology of extreme Christian Nationalism to take hold of our laws and Constitution, we might as well call Hezbollah parliamentarians to form their own majority in Congress. The terrorist organization would probably be less cruel than old white supremacist men whose history of violence and anger they are all trying to erase from our history.
Christian Nationalism in America Imitates Extreme Islamists
Punditry Staff
