Christian Nationalism

Talking about Christian Nationalism is like talking about authoritarianism.

Not because they are both bad things or because they are both good things. It is because they are both vague things.

I had this argument with a constitutionalist recently, wherein I was pointing out the Constitution of the United States has no other purpose but to consolidate what, in the case of King George, was called by the same authors tyrannical power. I said that if we are going to compare the government of the United States as formed by the Constitution to another government, we should not compare it to the fascist governments of the 1930s (partly because few people have an accurate understanding of that highly propagandized time period) or the fantasy in people’s mind of some evil dictator , but we should compare it to what the founders of the government in 1789 were opposing: on one hand, the Articles of Confederation (which granted way more freedom and way less power); on the other hand, various forms of monarchy (wherein a man could hunt freely in the Appalachian mountains without worrying about particular seasons). The response I got was that republic and democracy were obviously less tyrannical than authoritarianism.

What is authoritarianism? A government in which some man has authority? It is too vague! It is a buzzword. I said let’s talk about monarchy; he responded with the word authoritarianism.

A similar thing happens with the word Christian and the word nationalism. Let’s talk the latter first. On Substack, a woman left a fascinating reply to a comment. I unfortunately cannot find it, so from memory: You will have loyalty to something; you will believe in something; you will identify by something, that’s the problem. What is it? If it is not nation, is it globalism, tribalism, factionalism? If it is nationalism, do you want it to be an immoral nation or a moral nation? Nationalism is inevitable; would you rather a Christian nation or a pagan nation?

I agree with this in a lot of ways, but I criticized it. I said what kind of Christian are we talking about? That is the problem. I am about to watch a debate between my friend, an agnostic who is sincerely concerned about the morality espoused in the Bible as relates to genocide and slavery, between whatever a full Preterist is. A quick search says that a full Preterist believes every prophecy in the Bible has already been fulfilled. Whoa, does that mean this earth is all we have and we have nothing to look forward to at the end of time? Even if we say Heaven exists, does this grinding modern society represent the final goal of all civilization? If so, then I understand why all the atheists hate Christianity and all the Christians think this is the Antichrist’s time.

You probably understand my point by now. I will give you my opinion on Christian nationalism and then I will give you my opinion on what the solution is to everyone’s problems.

Christian Nationalism

Is marketing. That is all it is. Now, what is marketing? Marketing is the art by which a comedian takes something true and useful for life and makes money off of it. He convinces you to desire it, and then he convinces you that he has the solution. Is this bad? Not necessarily. If it is something you should desire, such as justice or another virtue, than he is instructing the ignorant. If he provides the genuine solution without mixing in some poison like exploiting the poor, then he is doing a good work.

In the case of Christian nationalism, it is something we should desire. We want a society to live in that has a standard moral code that is not up for debate. That is what people mean when they say “Christian”. But my agnostic friend has a very good point: the morality in the Bible, even the Ten Commandments, is not fitting for our current society. Why? Because nobody agrees on what they mean! If they did, then we probably could unite enough that even the agnostics and atheists could be ignored, but because they don’t, God provides the agnostics and atheists to push us until we really acknowledge what we are overlooking.

Let us take the First Commandment: Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. What does that mean? Everyone thinks they know, but then they make stupid arguments like this one: “Muslims worship Allah not God.” Muslims worship an all-powerful Creator God who is One and made the universe by Himself and has absolute control over everything that happens in it. That is a decent description of the Christian concept of God, as I pointed out in my debate on the topic. Mohammedism, in its inception, was considered by all the Christians as a heresy, not as a new pagan religion. Christianity is much closer to Mohammedism than it is to Judaism, as many people point out.

Now, both the Muslim and the Jew says that the First Commandment makes Christianity illegal. The anti-Trinitarian responds that Christ is not God. The rest of the Christians devolve into chaos arguing about the Trinity for around fifteen hundred years.

So should we desire a Christian nation? The correct answer is what in the world does “Christian nation” mean?

I do not want to try your patience. I want to offer my solution, but I will just say in passing that the word “nation” is not so clear cut, either. Hopefully I remember to link you to an article I wrote on that some couple years ago.

In conclusion, the push for Christian nationalism is marketing. Because it is contained in the apatarchy’s will for us, it is likely only around in order to brew chaos and division, as anything that comes out as a widespread topic. Anyone pushing for it should try to be much more specific and define their times very clearly. I would recommend using different terms such as Catholic village.

I will also point out that I am in both camps and can view the left and the right pretty clearly at the grassroots through platforms such as discord. When Mr. Kirk was shot and killed, I saw uneasiness and hesitation on the left; I saw combativeness immediately on the right, which was centered around an accusation that the left had killed him.

The solution for everybody’s problems

I am a pragmatic man.

My wife recently posted on social media a little joke that all she wanted to do was show off her homemade clothing and everyone was busy arguing about politics and religion. People commented saying that she had too much privilege because she could ignore the arguments. Anyone who knows us knows why that is laughable.

The truth is the opposite. When a man has privilege or success, he finds time to argue about politics and religion. When he loses his job, when he struggles to pay his bills, when he’s worried about losing his family, all he can think about is money and material goods. Why is that?

Think about how you spend your hours every week. How much time goes into politics? How much time goes into religion? How much time goes into making money? A man will mention being Christian once or twice during a working day and feel like a hero, meanwhile he is still pouring a hard eight hours, not counting his commute, not counting all the prepwork to get out the door and all the unwinding time after the day is over (which is when he goes to argue about politics and religion most of the time, in order to unwind), into literally generating money and nothing else.

Well! I have a good job! I don’t know what you are doing all day, but I am doing something important!

Do you receive a paycheck? Can I ask you, why is it that this important work you are doing that makes such a difference, why is it translated into paper money? Worse, into digits on the screen? How come that is the measure by which we hold our labor?

Well, isn’t that what everyone does?

Why! Why does everyone do it? Did you know that this is not how it has been throughout all of history? When people say they lived on a dollar a day a hundred years ago, did you know that is because they did not need any dollars in order to have food, lodging, clothing? This may seem crazy to you, but in order to have food, they thought about dirt. In order to have clothing, they thought about animals. In order to have lodging, they thought about their family.

The point is simple: economics controls us. The government does not control us; religion does not control us: economics controls us. The government floats over the top of things to swoop in every now and then and make life a lot harder for some individual. Most of the time, our interaction with the government is paying our taxes and avoiding fines on the speedways. That is, it is economics. When the government wants to punish us, they do so through economics.

Religion is a little bit better! Religion controls us once a week and when the workday is over. People feel like they need to answer to something good, they think about Christ and evaluate their day. That is why they do a good job at work before they start spreading the Gospel there. They do not want to give Christ a bad name.

Why are they there anyways? Economics. They need money to pay the bills. If it weren’t for that, they would have no fear of giving Christ a bad name at some place where they would never be anyways. Do you know where they would probably be? With their sons and with their family.

Again, the solution

I am a pragmatist. I have only now shifted your attention to a different area; I have not given you a solution. Why is that?

It is unfortunate to tell you that the solution is very complicated and relative. There is not one approach to it. No, money controls people tyrannically and individually because it is a counterfeit of God. It knows us personally. It takes everything we do and translates it into dollars and cents.

Therefore, the only solution is for us to get to know each other. When I know more about you, I can tell you what we can do together.

In the meantime, if we are going to argue about politics and religion, let’s do it honestly for entertainment. I am an apologist; I am happier and happier arguing with atheists. I go on their channels, and I try sincerely to get them clicks. I want them to make money. That’s because they are real people and not corporate overlords.

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