Two Journalists' books unveil the mechanisms behind 'The white Christian nationalist scam'

[essentialsaltes]

New books by investigative journalists Katherine Stewart and Anne Nelson look into a different sort of scam that’s targeting Christians—this one more widespread and long-standing. For the past 40 years, the corporately funded radical right in America has targeted the church, exploiting the language of Christians’ faith in order to gain their political support.

 

[Brightmoon]

Oh I’ve known about something similar for at least the last 20 years about global warming and Christian fundamentalists . Their dislike of science ( because of old earth and evolution) was deliberately exploited to further the aims of the denialist big businesses and the oil industry .

 

[Gregory Thompson]

New books by investigative journalists Katherine Stewart and Anne Nelson look into a different sort of scam that’s targeting Christians—this one more widespread and long-standing. For the past 40 years, the corporately funded radical right in America has targeted the church, exploiting the language of Christians’ faith in order to gain their political support.

Discordia is in everything. So to speak.

 

[tbstor]

For the past 40 years, the corporately funded radical right in America has targeted the church, exploiting the language of Christians’ faith in order to gain their political support.

Uh, isn't this done by the "corporately funded radical left" as well? Christians just aren't the target demographic (generally).

 

[JackRT]

tbstor --- interesting coat of arms --- a poppy, two stars of David, a medical symbol and the ten commandments. What does it memorialize?

 

[tbstor]

tbstor --- interesting coat of arms --- a poppy, two stars of David, a medical symbol and the ten commandments. What does it memorialize?

It is the shield for Ludwig von Mises' family. The Mises Institute is named after him and uses a variant of the shield as their logo.

The Mises Institute's coat of arms is that of the Mises family, awarded in 1881 when Ludwig von Mises's great-grandfather Mayer Rachmiel Mises was ennobled by the Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria. In the upper right-hand quadrant is the staff of Mercury, god of commerce and communication (the Mises family was successful in both; they were merchants and bankers). In the lower left-hand quadrant is a representation of the Ten Commandments. Mayer Rachmiel, as well as his father, presided over various Jewish cultural organizations in Lemberg, the city where Ludwig was born. The red banner displays the Rose of Sharon, which in the litany is one of the names given to the Blessed Mother, as well as the Stars of the Royal House of David, a symbol of the Jewish people. Ludwig's lifelong motto was from Virgil: tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.​

 

[JackRT]

It is the shield for Ludwig von Mises' family. The Mises Institute is named after him and uses a variant of the shield as their logo.

The Mises Institute's coat of arms is that of the Mises family, awarded in 1881 when Ludwig von Mises's great-grandfather Mayer Rachmiel Mises was ennobled by the Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria. In the upper right-hand quadrant is the staff of Mercury, god of commerce and communication (the Mises family was successful in both; they were merchants and bankers). In the lower left-hand quadrant is a representation of the Ten Commandments. Mayer Rachmiel, as well as his father, presided over various Jewish cultural organizations in Lemberg, the city where Ludwig was born. The red banner displays the Rose of Sharon, which in the litany is one of the names given to the Blessed Mother, as well as the Stars of the Royal House of David, a symbol of the Jewish people. Ludwig's lifelong motto was from Virgil: tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.​

Most interesting, thank you.

Above is my family coat of arms --- MacDonald of Clan Ranald, The lower left quadrant indicates that in medieval times we were sailors and fisherman. We fought the Viking longboats at sea rather than letting them land.