Saturday, March 16, 2024
The concocted new threat from, “Christian nationalism”
First we had the Covid “pandemic” (and the phony “vaccine”). Then, an unarmed “insurrection” with grandmas and veterans on the front lines. Then, the imaginary threat of “white supremacy.” Now, they’ve got a new illusion up their sleeve. “Christian Nationalism.” That should get you shaking in your boots. ‘Bad enough, the occasional evangelical pesters you about what church you may belong to, now the leftosphere tells us we’re in danger of a genuine insurgency from people reciting bible passages.
Like many, I can’t say that I’m religious. I speculate on all sorts of possibilities to understand what the hell is going on “here.” Although I don’t believe in “The invisible man in the sky” , I’m inclined to believe in some form of intelligent design. While billions of years can certainly refine the rough expressions of mere randomness, what’s going on in our universe seems to transpire with remarkable expressions of symmetry and order between periods of chaos, death, and rebirth. In spite of the adaptions, alterations, and evolution that occurs, there appears to be a basic recipe at work, a foundation of archetypal principles that are repeatedly manifested. Numbers follow certain consistent rules even though they’re completely intangible. The elements on the periodic table act and interact in orderly and predictable ways.
A lot of contemporary intellectuals seem to pride themselves in their belief that nothing particularly noteworthy is taking place — people like the World Economic Forum’s Yuval Harari (a despicable human being) is fully convinced that we are gods, even though his use of “we” doesn’t include most of us.
If one hasn’t noticed recent concerted efforts by government and compliant authoritarian institutions, to mock, chastise, and punish believers in Christianity, they aren’t paying attention.
The radical left has always had a problem with religious belief, be it revolutionary Jacobins in the French revolution attacking the Catholic church, or the Chinese Communist Party harassing Falun Gong, Uighur Muslims, or Christians. Of course we all know why this is…competition.
“Faith” or belief in some higher power seems to be hard-wired into most of us. Authoritarian collectivists have always wanted themselves to be that higher power. They are the true Lucifers of history. Perpetually seeking to dethrone the holy in their quest for absolute power (which you’ll remember, “corrupts absolutely”). Read Eric Hoffer’s“The True Believer” to fully understand mass-movement’s affinity with saints and ritual in their seeking to impose heaven on Earth. Of course their “heaven” is our hell — every time.
While they typically seek to frame their mission as some ideological crusade for “justice,” in the end, their acts are little different than an animal’s seizing of territory. All the destruction and misery they bring to history’s table is for little more than the goal of establishing themselves king of the human jungle.
Even in the current secular environment, it’s not easy to completely eliminate the cultural legacy of two millennia. Even the most die hard atheist in the West conducts themselves within a Judeo-Christian cultural milieu. Ironically, the most anti-western, anti-capitalist, anti-Christian ideologues state their case within a template of Western, capitalist, and Christian values, calling for scientific progress, economic achievement, and generalized goals of “equality.”
Attacking the bedrock cultural legacy of nations is one way, among a multi-faceted strategy, to implement a new order. If there is no God, no heaven, no male or female, right or wrong, then the schemers of dystopia pretty much have free rein to do as they please.
It’s only been fairly recently that the term “Christian Nationalism” has come to be spouted by media and political discourse. As a moniker it’s fairly effective. “Bible thumper” conjured mere ignorance. “Christian Nationalist” paints an image of jack-booted inquisitors allied against justice and tolerance.
It’s probably true that most Christians in America are conservative and reasonably patriotic but, in the end, claiming that some are “Christian nationalists” isn’t much different than calling moderate conservatives “Nazis” and “fascists.” ‘Just another semantic game to tarnish the image of anyone that dares call the “revolution” into question.
It may offend some intellectuals, pundits, and critics but there are still a lot of people who strive to order their lives in accordance with traditional beliefs. Such people will always be a threat to those seeking to upend society for some sterile political goal. The threat from patriotic believers lies most in their knowing that it’s okay to believe in a higher power that isn’t the state or an imposing political party.
