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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat May 28, 2022, 07:51 PM May 2022

Christianity seeks mercy, not power. A true Christian nation is not about nationalism [View all]

The Rev. Joseph Farnes, The Idaho Statesman

In what way is America a Christian nation?

Seriously, I’m asking.

Christian nationalism has been on the rise again. Christian nationalism is a conflation of Christianity and nationalism masquerading as patriotism. It assumes that true Americans must be Christian, and Christianity (or what passes as Christianity) should be enshrined in law.

Christian nationalism emerges out of fear that, without special protection, this narrow Christianity will lose its grip on culture and politics and wither away. Certain Christians in the United States preach this message, and they find comrades in Russia’s Orthodox Church, whose patriarch supported the invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/christianity-seeks-mercy-not-power-a-true-christian-nation-is-not-about-nationalism/ar-AAXP2ms
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