Are you a Christian Nationalist?

Fantine said:

In short, I love all Christians, and I mourn for all those Christians who are held in the thrall of preachers who have turned their churches into places like Jesus attacked in the Bible when he said, "My house is a house of prayer and you have made it a den of thieves."

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There are churches who push progressive ideologies as well. Hopefully I'm reading you wrong, but it sounds like you are saying Christians are okay, unless they're conservatives.

BNR32FAN said:

I’m against all of those except illegal immigration. I think that’s the only one in the list that not only isn’t a Christian value, it’s actually against Christian values. And no this is nothing like the nazis that’s just a false accusation.

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I disagree that borders and immigration laws are against Christian values. I'm familiar with the "hospitality" scriptures, but I think they are more directed at the individual rather than nations. Romans 13 talks about obeying the laws of the government. People who come in illegally are breaking the laws of the United States. Those laws are in place to protect our citizens, and if we opened our borders to anyone and everyone who wanted to come in, we would be overwhelmed. You should visit people in prison, but that doesn't change the fact that they are in prison - they are not free from paying the consequences of their crimes.

I see no indication that the Bible states that nations cannot establish or protect their borders. I would say that God recognizes the value of borders, considering His instructions to Israel when God first gave them that land. In any case, even if you disagree, people should be allowed to have differing opinions on immigration, without being called a Nazi or a bad Christian.

Fantine said:

I believe that real Christians are those who have let the Gospel of Jesus penetrate their mind, heart, and spirit, and that this is reflecte in their behavior, in their recognition that every human being is a temple of the Holy Spirit and a Child of God. In my experience, those who preach Christian nationalism and those who follow that philosophy are sorely lacking in their love and respect for other human beings--in their cities, states, country, and across the world. In my experience, they see Christianity as an opportunity to criticize and judge the morality of others and are quick to condemn immigrants, refugees, the hungry, the poor here and elsewhere--usually without ever having walked a mile--or even a few hundred feet--in their shoes.

So is it a fair assessment? Well, they're nationalists, willing to ignore and outsource the needs of our world--environmental, social, economic. Are they Christian? I don't see much evidence of that.

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I am poor, and I can tell you it is Christians, and the Republicans who have my best interest in mind, I voted for Trump 3x and after going through something personal, and heartbreaking

The last thing I need right now is anyone else in office to have to hear on the news all day,

Bobby Kennedy Jr, and Trump, & Joe Rogan And all of them have beyond been a blessing for me right now while I deal with a broken heart over several things that have happened recently,

I don't know what anyone is talking about when they say that Republicans are not for immigrants, or the poor it's all one big lie, Trump has my best interest in mind as do most conservative Christians usually do

I need time to heal right now, And I am beyond blessed that My President won all 3 times, Now if we could stop the smear campaigns against these greatest people, it would be really helpful

but I won't expect common decency to happen among democrats I know better than that!

tobelieveinHim said:

I don't know what anyone is talking about when they say that Republicans are not for immigrants, or the poor it's all one big lie,

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The US spends more money on the poor and humanitarian aid than any other country.

tobelieveinHim said:

I am poor, and I can tell you it is Christians, and the Republicans who have my best interest in mind, I voted for Trump 3x and after going through something personal, and heartbreaking

The last thing I need right now is anyone else in office to have to hear on the news all day,

Bobby Kennedy Jr, and Trump, & Joe Rogan And all of them have beyond been a blessing for me right now while I deal with a broken

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tobelieveinHim said:

I am poor, and I can tell you it is Christians, and the Republicans who have my best interest in mind, I voted for Trump 3x and after going through something personal, and heartbreaking

The last thing I need right now is anyone else in office to have to hear on the news all day,

Bobby Kennedy Jr, and Trump, & Joe Rogan And all of them have beyond been a blessing for me right now while I deal with a broken heart over several things that have happened recently,

I don't know what anyone is talking about when they say that Republicans are not for immigrants, or the poor it's all one big lie, Trump has my best interest in mind as do most conservative Christians usually do

I need time to heal right now, And I am beyond blessed that My President won all 3 times, Now if we could stop the smear campaigns against these greatest people, it would be really helpful

but I won't expect common decency to happen among democrats I know better than that!

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My parents and extended family brought me up in an atmosphere of respect for human dignity, a standard of truth, and encouragement to discern the character of others. I was blessed.
And because I was so blessed, it took me 30 seconds of exposure to realize that he exhibits extreme psychological and emotional abuse, deals on continuous falsehoods, and demands complete control of his egocentric universe.
The ability to discern, a hallmark of Catholic and Christian tradition, should be part of everyone's education.

SavedByGrace3 said:

So... you are talking about the liberal left, right?

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No. When I waa young, the president waa a good Republican, Eisenhower. He built the interstate system and presided over a boom. Families could live on one income.
My mother was conservative. My father was an economic liberal social conservative.
If they had ever seen last week's SOTU speech, they would have moved heaven and earth to get him impeached.
My parents liked LBJ for what he accomplished but thought he was too crude to be president.
And Harry Truman cursed once in awhile. My mother thought he'd been terrible.
But Trump? They would know America had lost its collective mind.