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The Christian idea that humans are made in the image and likeness of God is the only source for universal human dignity, human rights, and human value in human history. As philosopher Luc Ferry wrote in his book, A Brief History of Thought:
“Christianity was to introduce the notion that men were equal in dignity, an unprecedented idea at the time and one to which the world owes its entire democratic inheritance.”
Of course, Christianity received its understanding of how God created people from the Hebrew Old Testament.
A commitment to the doctrine of imago Dei requires that Christians oppose any idea that reduces humans to some other identity. Just as Christians must reject LGBT ideology and critical race theory for saying what is not true about the human person, Christians must reject antisemitism, especially in the wake of Tucker Carlson’s soft-pedal platforming of Nick Fuentes. Hateful views about the Jewish people have been prevalent on the political Left and have now emerged on the political Right. These views must be repudiated, no matter which side of the political spectrum they are found.
What will happen now in the wake of Tucker Carlson’s interview may well determine whether Fuentes and his “Groyper” movement are mainstreamed or pushed back beyond the shadowy margins of the conservative movement. Either way, Christians must be first and foremost committed to the biblical description of the universe and the human person over and above any political loyalties. Thus, this growing antisemitism coming from the political Right must be soundly condemned. Whether from the Left or the Right, antisemitism is morally evil.
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“Christianity was to introduce the notion that men were equal in dignity, an unprecedented idea at the time and one to which the world owes its entire democratic inheritance.”
Of course, Christianity received its understanding of how God created people from the Hebrew Old Testament.
A commitment to the doctrine of imago Dei requires that Christians oppose any idea that reduces humans to some other identity. Just as Christians must reject LGBT ideology and critical race theory for saying what is not true about the human person, Christians must reject antisemitism, especially in the wake of Tucker Carlson’s soft-pedal platforming of Nick Fuentes. Hateful views about the Jewish people have been prevalent on the political Left and have now emerged on the political Right. These views must be repudiated, no matter which side of the political spectrum they are found.
What will happen now in the wake of Tucker Carlson’s interview may well determine whether Fuentes and his “Groyper” movement are mainstreamed or pushed back beyond the shadowy margins of the conservative movement. Either way, Christians must be first and foremost committed to the biblical description of the universe and the human person over and above any political loyalties. Thus, this growing antisemitism coming from the political Right must be soundly condemned. Whether from the Left or the Right, antisemitism is morally evil.
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