JohnCorrespondent

Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

I've got news for you...you don't have a clue.

Rose42

Not a good article especially since the author doesn’t know what Christianity is.

Looks like the ‘white nationalism’ has lost some steam so they need a new label.

JohnCorrespondent

Apparently you don't either.

JohnCorrespondent

Your second line is tenuous. Who is the "they" and why do you connect "white nationalism" with this article?

Your first line is more interesting.

So I thought: "Why does Rose42 think the author doesn't know what Christianity is?" Also, after reviewing, I thought: "Is 'Christianity' really what this article is about?" (I concluded that pure Christianity is certainly not what the article is about, nor does it purport to be about it.)

So I went back into the article to see why you would say what you said. I find the article's primarily about a religious "nationalism", and partly about religious "fundamentalism", partly about [some] "conservative" church "leaders", and a little about "[many] Southern, white, conservative pastors". These are subsets among all the people who call themselves Christians. The author is not even attempting to describe Christianity per se; he's mainly describing what he calls a "nationalist" movement which is propagated by some Christian leaders.

Maybe you think that there's little difference between Christianity and "Christian nationalism".

In my opinion, nationalism is quite different from true Christianity.

(Exactly how "true" "true Christianity" is is yet another topic.)

The article's about something its author calls "Christian nationalism"; it does not purport to be about true Christianity per se. It even alludes to the distinction between them, when it says "Christianity, as most people understand it, has something to do with loving our neighbours. But leaders of this movement have thrown in their lot with a bunch of selfish economic reactionaries who tell us we don't owe anybody anything."

jelun

Isn't it human nature to go where the power is? Where we think it is?