A Published Doctrine of Christian Nationalism
What you need to know about "The Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel."
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Christian Nationalists have published a game plan, separate from Project 2025, more detailed, with the restrictions spelled out. Fair warning, this may raise the hair right up off of your head.
William Wolfe is a former staffer under the Trump Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for House Affairs, as well as a couple of positions in the Department of State. Before that he was Deputy Director of Government Relations for Heritage Action for America. He was recently a contributing editor of The Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel.
So what does that have to do with anything? Russell Vought, who founded the Center for Renewing America in 2021 and who has has helped create Project 2025, (Also a former staffer under the Trump Administration) said that he was proud to work with William Wolfe "on scoping out a sound Christian Nationalism." Vought also worked for Heritage Action. Wolfe was at one time a visiting fellow at the Center for Renewing America, according to The Federalist.
As Russell Vought and the Center for Renewing America were involved in putting together Project 2025 there is a well defined link between Project 2025 and The Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel. These are the people from right wing think tanks who will be advising Donald Trump if he wins another term in the Oval Office.
If you have read a little bit of Project 2025 and thought it was bad, here are some excerpts from The Statement on Christian Nationalism that are hair raising in the extreme.
"WE AFFIRM that nations possess an inviolable right to establish justice and safeguard the peace and prosperity of their own citizens. We affirm that implementing Christian Nationalism in each nation will include the punishment of each nation's great evils and promote cach nation's thriving. We affirm that the specific, short-term priorities of Christian Nationalism in the context of the United States are to call our nation, in her laws, formally to acknowledge the Lordship of Christ, to declare solemn days of humility and repentance, to abolish abortion, to define marriage as the covenant union of a biological male a biological female, to de-weaponize the federal and state bureaucracies which target Christians for censorship and persecution, to secure our borders and defend against foreign invaders, to recapture our national sovereignty from godless, global entities who present a grave threat to civilization like the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the World Economic Forum, etc., and, to exercise restraint in international military intervention and adventurism in overseas 'democracy building.'"
Note the part about affirming that implementing Christian Nationalism will include the punishment of each nation's great evils, includes abolishing abortion, defines marriage as between one biological male and one biological female. And it leans toward isolationism, which might bode ill for NATO and our continuing national security.
"WE DENY that God intended the Ten Commandments solely for Old Covenant Israel, but rather they represent the enduring righteousness of God that is to be loved and obeyed for the good of man and the glory of God."
This almost sounds like a plan to codify The Ten Commandments as national law.
"WE DENY that the separation of authority between the Church and the State means there must be a separation of God and the state. We further deny that there can ever be a separation between religion and state, as everyone possesses views about ultimate reality, purpose, and cause, which inform their morality and preferred policies. We deny the idea that a nation's laws do not impose morality and religion."
The exact words in the First Amendment are: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." Their denial of separation between religion and state is directly contrary to the First Amendment.
"WE AFFIRM that nations are commanded to honor God by officially affirming the orthodox Christian faith as historically and universally defined and affirmed in the orthodox creeds. We affirm that many denominational confessions articulate the orthodox Christian faith. We affirm that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, revealed in Scripture alone, to the glory of God alone."
"WE DENY that a Christian nation must require or preclude membership in any particular confessional tradition or denomination."
Sounds like the plan is to curtail freedom of religion. You can choose, but only if your choice is an orthodox Christian denomination. The Christian Nationalists only plan to change our laws a little bit. Until they decide it's time to further restrict them.
To be clear this is not included in the text of Project 2025. However, one of the editors of The Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel is an associate of a major influencer in the structuring of Project 2025. These are the goals of Christian Nationalism. This is the direction in which they wish to steer the country. There is no mention made of tolerance for any religion other than Christianity. What will be the official position toward Muslims, Buddhists, Jews and Hindus. How many years before somebody decides they don't like one or more denominations? How long before they take one more freedom after another? Will America revert to the practices of Colonial times such as flogging or hanging members of banned denominations?
The best choice is to keep the freedoms enshrined in the Constitution. Not to adapt the laws of Henry VIII.
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Notes:
https://www.statementonchristiannationalism.com/
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2024/03/shocking-online-manifesto-reveals-project-2025s-link-to-a-coordinated-christian-nationalism-project/
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/20/donald-trump-allies-christian-nationalism-00142086
https://twitter.com/russvought/status/1618352693449494528
https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/188563/William_E_Wolfe.html
Didn't TFG include the Constitution in his bible peddling?
He might have forgotten to include the 1st Amendment?