What did Christian nationalism have to do with Jan. 6?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Is 'Christian nationalism' the same thing as being a patriotic Christian?

No. Christian nationalism tends to erase the distinction between "Christian" and "nationalist" — and also the separation between church and state. Adherents believe "that the US was founded as a Christian nation; the Founding Fathers were all orthodox, evangelical Christians; and God has chosen the US for a special role in history," John Blake writes for CNN. Their beliefs are based on a bad reading of history: Some of the Founders were Christian, but others weren't. "They were a collection of atheists, Unitarians, Deists, and liberal Protestants and other denominations."

Christian nationalism takes that bad history and blends it "with nearly 'apocalyptic' views on future threats to that Christian heritage," a trio of scholars writes for the journal Political Behavior. Those supposed threats come from "rapid demographic, legal, and political change" — the rise of LGBTQ rights and Black Lives Matter — and the movement tends to explain those changes using conspiracy theories like QAnon, the theory that America is in the grips of child-molesting elites. There's also a racial component: Researchers often use the term "white Christian nationalism" to describe a movement as an "expression of Christianity that is shaped by White conservative, nativist understandings of what it means to be an American," the sociologist Samuel L. Perry said in an April interview with Religion Unplugged. One survey in 2021 found that support for the racist "great replacement theory" correlates strongly with Christian nationalist views.

Perhaps most disturbingly, the Political Behavior scholars' research indicates that "Christian nationalism in the United States is associated with increased support for political violence." Which leads us to the next question.

What did Christian nationalism have to do with Jan. 6?

A lot. "Crosses were everywhere that day in D.C., on flags and flagpoles, on signs and clothes, around necks, and erected above the crowd," attorney Andrew L. Seidel wrote in a special report for the Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty and Freedom From Religion Foundation. Bible verses also dotted the crowd, while a number of rioters paused for prayer during the attack. One of the invaders recorded herself on a social media stream explaining her reasons for participating: "We are a godly country, and we are founded on godly principles. And if we do not have our country, nothing else matters."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/did-christian-nationalism-jan-6-090710033.html

[lees1975]

1. It wasn't the only ideology present

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/07/a-pseudo-christian-threat-to-both.html

But it has a lot to do with the influences on the GOP, and is being blended in with the QAnon conspiracies, with Fascism and white supremacy. It is an "ends justifies the means" kind of movement with some dangerous intersections with other extremists.

It is pseudo-Christian in that it borrows ideology and terminology from Christianity, but it is anti-Christian in that it exhibits no Christian values at all.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Agree with your last paragraph whole-heartedly

[bill]

3. They are Nat-Cs

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4. Christian Nation