Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration

[Roo Island]

Trump's not even religious! But sure knows how to fool those who are.

[riclag]

1 hour ago, G_Money said:

Interesting!

 

https://www.foxnews.com/media/reporter-lashes-claiming-christian-nationalists-believe-rights-come-god

Normally I dont click on Fox news links, glad I did this time. I’d add The globalist  Marxist also would take the Constitution away , as well .The Radical left are a threat to the republic for which it use to stand.

imop
 

"She says that if you believe that your rights come from God, you aren’t a Christian, you are a Christian nationalist. Somehow they seem to not mention that our own founding documents make this proclamation, as have most Americans throughout our history. The radical Atheist Globalists are coming to try to crush ordinary American citizens."

[placeholder]

 

1 hour ago, riclag said:

Normally I dont click on Fox news links, glad I did this time. I’d add The globalist  Marxist also would take the Constitution away , as well .The Radical left are a threat to the republic for which it use to stand.

imop
 

"She says that if you believe that your rights come from God, you aren’t a Christian, you are a Christian nationalist. Somehow they seem to not mention that our own founding documents make this proclamation, as have most Americans throughout our history. The radical Atheist Globalists are coming to try to crush ordinary American citizens."

If you want to believe your rights come from God, that's fine. It's give those rights legal preference over the rights enumerated in the Constitution and various  amendments that's the problem.

 

The fathers of the Constitution saw how religion was abused in Europe by governments and the misery that ensued from that abuse. They understood that no humans can prove that they know which rights come from God and which ones don't. For this reason, there is no mention of God in the body  of the Constitution. Not one mention.  That is the founding document of the United States of America. Not the Declaration of Independence. That was simply a statement from citizens of the 13 colonies which made the case for those colonies to break away from the British empire.   It has zero legal force or relevance.

 

Christian nationalists claim falsely that the Constitution was derived from Judeo-Christian principles. They claim that, because of that derivation, nothing in the Constitution can violate those principles. So, when there appears to be a violation, that's an error and should be decided on the basis of those alleged Judeo-principles. Of course, these same Christian nationalists claim to have a definitive and incontrovertible understanding of what those principles are. According to them, anyone who disagrees with them is in error. The founding fathers would be horrified by such claims. Just recently we saw where this kind of lunacy can lead to in the opinion of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama.

 

Bible-quoting Alabama chief justice sparks church-state debate in embryo ruling

"When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state law, its chief justice had a higher authority in mind.

By citing verses from the Bible and Christian theologians in his concurring opinion, Chief Justice Tom Parker alarmed advocates for church-state separation, while delighting religious conservatives who oppose abortion.

Human life, Parker wrote, “cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy God, who views the destruction of His image as an affront to Himself.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/bible-quoting-alabama-chief-justice-sparks-church-state-debate-in-embryo-ruling

Edited February 24 by placeholder

[Dolf]

On 2/21/2024 at 5:23 PM, rudi49jr said:

Such a misnomer, as it has very little to do with nationalism, and nothing at all with being a good Christian. It’s just an obvious cover for white supremacist fascism, plain and simple, aimed at DT becoming the imperial wizard of the country.

Very popular with blacks and latinos now. 

[candide]

22 minutes ago, Dolf said:

Very popular with blacks and latinos now. 

And Trump has his own explanation about it! 😃

 

“I got indicted for nothing, for something that is nothing. They were doing it because it’s election interference and then I got indicted a second time, and a third time and a fourth time. And a lot of people said that that’s why the Black people like me because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against, and they actually viewed me as I’m being discriminated against,”

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/23/politics/trump-biden-racist/index.html

[Dolf]

5 minutes ago, candide said:

And Trump has his own explanation about it! 😃

 

“I got indicted for nothing, for something that is nothing. They were doing it because it’s election interference and then I got indicted a second time, and a third time and a fourth time. And a lot of people said that that’s why the Black people like me because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against, and they actually viewed me as I’m being discriminated against,”

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/23/politics/trump-biden-racist/index.html

Which is true.

[rudi49jr]

1 hour ago, Dolf said:

Very popular with blacks and latinos now. 

Of course, if you say so. 

[Dolf]

11 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Of course, if you say so. 

Look at the polling numbers. You could do that.

[Dolf]

Trump leading Biden with people under 35yo plus Latinos.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/01/trump-biden-latino-voters-poll

[Dolf]

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/21/1225860255/evangelical-voters-trump-2024

 

Trump is likely to win with these numbers

[thaicurious]

20 hours ago, G_Money said:

The same founding father that stated “All men are created equal “ while owning slaves.

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15 hours ago, placeholder said:

If you're going to make slave-owning a decisive criterion as far as authors go, then that pretty much invalidates the entire Constitution including the Bill of Rights. Woke much?

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And while we're at it. let's cancel the Ride of the Valkyries, as composer Richard Wagner is known for his association with the Nazi Hitler.

 

Then there are the various misogynists, alleged cannibals, racists, (google artists & their dark sides) or name your ists of any number of brilliant art pieces that now must be burned because some simple minded alt-right-winger can't understand the complexities of humanity and thinks if only he can find one bad thing to say about someone, that destroys all the works arising there, which is either quite powerful or quite lame.

 

Never mind the musical genius of Keith Moon who ran over his bodyguard or the brilliance of Jim Gordon who stabbed to death his own mother. No more Layla for you. And since when was stabbing your mother ever even a practice du jour? Oh, but slavery, sadly, was. And so even at Monticello, those sins of the founding father are freely noted:

 

https://www.monticello.org/slavery/slavery-faqs/property/#:~:text=How%20many%20people%20did%20Thomas,bondage%20on%20Jefferson's%20other%20properties.

"How could Jefferson write “all men are created equal” and still own human beings?

 

Thomas Jefferson wrote that slavery was evil, yet never freed the vast majority of people he held in bondage. Jefferson wrote about the differences between groups of people based on emerging ideas about race in his Notes of the State of Virginia and in many personal letters. The racist ideas promoted by European Enlightenment philosophers strongly influenced Jefferson’s worldview, and his writings confirm he harbored the same racist beliefs as many of his peers. He knew slavery was wrong, yet rationalized his ownership of others through a sense of paternalistic racism, writing that freeing them was like “abandoning children.” It is impossible to understand the Trans-Atlantic slave trade or American chattel slavery without understanding the context of Enlightenment racism. Whereas slavery has been officially illegal in the United States for over 150 years, the racist ideas that undergirded the system remain."

 

And so besides the magnificent American Constitution from the brilliant minds of our founding fathers that created a wall of separation between State (capitalized) and religion (lower cased), denying today's Christian Nationalism its own seat at the political table, relegating it to within its own walls of its own demon churches and within the evil hearts of evil men feigning righteousness, this is part of our history too. One thing does not deny the other's existence.

[Danderman123]

12 hours ago, Dolf said:

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/21/1225860255/evangelical-voters-trump-2024

 

Trump is likely to win with these numbers

First off, the number of Evangelicals in the US is dropping.

 

Second, outside of the Red states that are a lock for Trump, there aren't a lot of evangelical voters.

 

So, Evangelical voters aren't going to win the election for Trump.

 

But, other key demographic groups that support Biden are all over the country.

[Dolf]

On 2/23/2024 at 4:54 PM, charleskerins said:

I know what a Christian is ,there is no such thing as a Christian Conservative  and no Christian would support the orange one.    I went to a Christian grade school ,a Christian High School and a Christian college.  

Most Christians by definition are conservative.

[placeholder]

17 minutes ago, Dolf said:

Most Christians by definition are conservative.

Unlike this Marxist:

Luke 18:24-25 King James Version (KJV)

And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

https://www.bible.com/bible/compare/LUK.18.24-25

 

[stevenl]

44 minutes ago, Dolf said:

Most Christians by definition are conservative.

The whole of Europe proves you wrong. The CDU in Germany for example is by your standards a far left Marxist organisation.

[Dolf]

9 minutes ago, stevenl said:

The whole of Europe proves you wrong. The CDU in Germany for example is by your standards a far left Marxist organisation.

So Christians mainly live in Germany?

[Dolf]

In the US it breaks down like this

 

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/02/23/u-s-religious-groups-and-their-political-leanings/

[stevenl]

5 minutes ago, Dolf said:

So Christians mainly live in Germany?

You understand 'the whole of Europe '?

[Dolf]

3 minutes ago, stevenl said:

You understand 'the whole of Europe '?

Trump isn't in europe.

[xylophone]

On 2/21/2024 at 2:28 PM, spidermike007 said:

Has Trump ever attended a church service? He is the polar opposite of a good Christian. Just more deception by the top huckster. 

He has broken just about every one of the ten commandments, so a place down below, stoking fires will be his destination..........

[Dolf]

3 minutes ago, xylophone said:

He has broken just about every one of the ten commandments, so a place down below, stoking fires will be his destination..........

So he has had a great life then. Lots of women, lots of action otherwise. A lot more interesting than playing card games.

[bamnutsak]

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

So, Evangelical voters aren't going to win the election for Trump.

 

But people of Arab descent in Michigan, who are unhappy with Biden's position on Gaza, could swing that state. And without Michigan Biden is hosed.

 

Let's just be honest, it will come down to 4 - 6 states, and a total of 60,000 - 80,000 votes.

 

 

[stevenl]

9 minutes ago, Dolf said:

Trump isn't in europe.

So conservatism is limited to Trump?

[placeholder]

16 minutes ago, Dolf said:

In the US it breaks down like this

 

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/02/23/u-s-religious-groups-and-their-political-leanings/

Not surprising that that Evangelical Christians, who overwhelmingly believe that humans are not the product of evolution, but were created by God in the Garden of Eden, also believe in Trump.

[Dolf]

2 minutes ago, stevenl said:

So conservatism is limited to Trump?

What's the topic about?

[Dolf]

Just now, placeholder said:

Not surprising that that Evangelical Christians, who overwhelmingly believe that humans are not the product of evolution, but were created by God in the Garden of Eden, also believe in Trump.

Do you have proof of evolution? Who created the sea animals?

[placeholder]

Just now, Dolf said:

Do you have proof of evolution? Who created the sea animals?

I get it. Fossils were created by God to fool humans into believing in evolution. It's a test of faith.

[xylophone]

7 minutes ago, Dolf said:

So he has had a great life then. Lots of women, lots of action otherwise. A lot more interesting than playing card games.

So a liar, a cheat, a thief and a rapist should appeal to the Christian voters eh? LOL 🤣

[placeholder]

5 minutes ago, Dolf said:

Do you have proof of evolution? Who created the sea animals?

Can anybody here explain what Dolf thinks he's getting at by citing sea animals? I don't expect much of one from him.

[Dolf]

3 minutes ago, xylophone said:

So a liar, a cheat, a thief and a rapist should appeal to the Christian voters eh? LOL 🤣

Ask 20 people in a pub who out of Trump and Biden has had a better life? 

 

Christians see Biden as woke so many won't vote for him.

 

Pretty sure Biden lies all the time. Also sexual assault allegations against him. You could just google it and find out for yourself.

Edited February 25 by Dolf