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Brian M.'s avatar

The Nietzsche quote is quite precise of much of the theonomic, postmill, Christian nationalist ends up for the benefit of one group at the expense of many. What upsets me is that Wolfe thinks that ethno-spatial boundaries are a Gospel good. I'm Filipino and an immigrant who is naturalized as an American who is married to my beautiful bride who is white. If Wolfe truly believed in what he believes (and he does) then my marriage is largely sinful. I never thought I would see the day that American Christianity would have bad apples like Wolfe and Wilson who advocate for this non-sense.

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Bonnie Lindblom's avatar

I came here to comment on your quote, "There is the problem that people receive just enough Christianity to be inoculated against it,” and see that Stan beat me to it, lol. This quote sounds very Lewisian! But my observation has been that, not only does cheap, plausible “Christianity” lead to deconstruction for many, but it also leads to going along to get along. This creates a “Christian” club or even cult, where the social group is more important than the true gospel, although the members would never allow for that. There is enough Christian jargon bandied about that they can convince themselves they really are growing in the Lord, and serving Him, and making good Christians of themselves. They are the “good kids” who obey their “authorities” in the Lord, although of course their authorities have abdicated their true authority, but would never admit to that. This happens even when Christian nationalism is not present, but follows many of the same errors. Thanks for your excellent review!

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