The Capitol riot on January 6, 2021 presents a yes-or-no question on the November ballot. Are you going to forget, ignore, or rationalize the Capitol riot that led to it? $2.8 million 140 police officers injured in the attack?
according to fox newsthe intruders “defecated in the hallway” and “trampled their own feces” in their mission to keep President Trump in office by blocking the certification of the Electoral College and disrupting the peaceful transfer of power. Ta”.
If you choose to justify such mayhem, please continue to pray for your country and vote for Donald Trump. But if you’re wondering, the former president is backed by a Christian nationalist movement that had strong ties to the perpetrators of January 6th, meaning he called the imprisoned people “hostages.” I want them to know that if they are elected, they will be released.
There is no single agreed definition of Christian nationalism. Some incorrectly define it as a mere recognition contained in our Declaration of Independence. that all rights come from God. A more sensible definition of a true threat to the republic, even if it involves open defiance of legitimate constitutional authority, is that America is a Christian nation and its divine destiny is protected. It would include the belief that there must be.
This belief is contrary to traditional Christian teachings; words of jesus and Saint Paul’s Epistlesfor example, demands compliance with just laws, such as tax laws, election laws, and laws prohibiting the looting of public buildings.
Christian nationalism is also antithetical to our nation’s founding documents. The First Amendment’s Establishment Clause not only protects religion from state interference, but also protects individual Americans from state coercion of religious orthodoxy. Christian nationalists, in contrast to our nation’s founders, will tolerate the latter.
Since 2021, Christian nationalism has experienced mainstream growth, primarily among President Trump’s white evangelical supporters, and has gained acceptance as a viable political movement embedded within the Republican Party.by Public Religion Research InstituteOnly 10 percent of Americans consider themselves Christian nationalists, while the remaining 20 percent identify with this idea.
I often hear Trump’s most ardent supporters claim that “he was anointed by God.” And Trump, despite his own religiosity, i doubt itdid little to discourage the idea that he was God’s special creation, even promoting his own Trumpian version. Paul Harvey’s Homage to Farmers.
The religious fervor of his supporters has given real teeth to the intended candidate’s dark, authoritarian and apocalyptic revenge campaign against those he claims stole the 2020 election from him. I’m putting it in. And this goes all the way back to January 6, when President Trump tried to overturn the results.
Among the testimonies submitted Speaking to the House committee investigating the January 6 attack, Andrew Seidel of the Religious Freedom Foundation described the overt and even ostentatious religiosity of at least some of the attackers. Indeed, one must consider that the source is a group hostile to religious beliefs. However, Seidel’s explanation is available for everyone to watch on video.
“The attackers did not hesitate to reveal their motives,” Seidel said in written testimony. “They held their Bibles aloft, prayed in the Senate, raised Christian flags, and publicly confessed their motives in videos. The many different identities and ideologies on display during the attack were all under the banner of Christian nationalism. It created the authorization structure necessary for Americans to attack their own government.”
Did President Trump help build a “permission structure” to rebel against the United States? And will he do the same again? All signs point to yes – especially someone who didn’t do what Mike Pence did on January 6th to fulfill his constitutional and legal obligation to certify Joe Biden’s victory. This is a new litmus test for selecting a vice president.
Trump has never been known as a Christian, but he knows how to tap into the enthusiasm of victorious Bible-wielding warriors. on the dais of the senate On January 6th, we cried out, “Jesus Christ, we call on your name!” In the following speech, he casts this election as a quasi-spiritual battle in dark, apocalyptic terms. that Speaking March 4 in Richmond, he called 2024 “our final battle.”
President Trump said, “With you on our side, we will destroy the deep state. We will remove the warmongers from government. We will remove the globalists, the communists, the Marxists, the fascists.” We will get rid of the sick political class that hates our country. We will rout the fake news media, drain the swamp, and liberate this country once and for all from these tyrants and thugs.”
It’s no surprise that this speech resonated. prayers offered The so-called QAnon Shaman, the infamous man who wore Viking horns and painted his face during the riot, spoke inside the Senate chamber on January 6th. “Thank you for allowing us to eliminate communists, globalists, and traitors” within our government. we love you and appreciate you. In the holy name of Christ we pray. Amen. “
At the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville, Trump engineered the election It is not a choice between two parties or two leaders, but as a battle between good (himself, of course) and evil.
“Remember,” he said, “every communist regime in history has tried to eradicate the church, just as every fascist regime has tried to co-opt and control the church. .And the American radical left is trying to do both.” They want to tear down the cross as much as possible and cover it with social justice flags, but under the Trump administration no one will touch the cross of Christ, I swear to you. ”
America saw what happened on January 6, 2021. Do we really want to go back there again?
My national and Christian prayer for November 5th is: “God, help us.”
myra adams I write about politics and religion. She served as part of the creative team for her two Republican presidential campaigns in 2004 and 2008.
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