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This is scary. The concept of christian nationalism involves turning the USA into a theocratic state where Christianity is the approved religion.
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https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/christian-nationalism-report-prri-rcna70193?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma&taid=63ea635969067d0001d4f377&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Several Republicans have openly embraced Christian nationalism, including Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado; failed Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano; and Ginni Thomas, whose husband, Clarence, sits on the Supreme Court. Even others such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia have been unique in their giddy celebration of the exclusionary set of beliefs.
Last week, the Public Religion Research Institute released new findings that show how successful these people have been in spreading their oppressive message.
The rising influence of Christian nationalism in some segments of American politics poses a major threat to the health of our democracy, the report says. Increasingly, the major battle lines of the culture war are being drawn between a right animated by a Christian nationalist worldview and Americans who embrace the countrys growing racial and religious diversity.....
PRRI also provided a racial breakdown to show groups varying levels of support. For example, 64% of white evangelical Protestants the largest percentage of any group identify as either adherents or sympathizers of Christian nationalism. In this data, we see that Christian nationalism isnt confined to white people, as 38% of Black Protestants, 43% of Hispanic Protestants and 52% of other nonwhite Protestants say they sympathize or adhere to Christian nationalism.
Needless to say, its not a good sign when significant portions of the American population say they'd support or understand converting the United States into a Christian theocracy.
ProudMNDemocrat
(18,854 posts)There are many groups thst call themselves Christian....
Catholics
Lutherans
Episcopalian
Methodist
Baptist
7th Day Adventist
Pentecostal
Mormons
Amish
and others.
Have they thought about those who do not adhere to following a Christian based tenet? This is not as simple as they think it is. What about those who follow no religion?
Model35mech
(2,047 posts)is in currently in the thrall of radical Catholics who are doing more damage to the COnstitution than the Protestant Fundementalist who are typically blamed for R-wing reglious radicalism
dweller
(24,731 posts)And they are mostly older, white misogynist
Read the poll stats
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Sky Jewels
(8,674 posts)Every day, the USA becomes more brown, more progressive and less religious as the pre-Vietnam war generations lose members and Gen Z and Millennials gain clout. And thats a good thing.
dweller
(24,731 posts)2nd time Ive seen it posted here, and its basically fear mongering from the msm
Esp interesting is the topic of whether one would strike someone in a disagreement and it was the same older, white misogynist that would
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Silent3
(15,909 posts)Don't forget the typical way to handle data like this is to adjust the weighting of each age group to match real-world demographic distributions.
peggysue2
(11,435 posts)Think American Taliban, Purity Police.
And if you're a woman? Think hellish nightmare.
No surprise, the book is banned in multiple places.
Atwood was far more prescient than I ever suspected back in the early '90s. She nailed it!
DavidDvorkin
(19,842 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Sky Jewels
(8,674 posts)I hope this bullshit is the dying gasp of a lost cause. I dont think many Gen Zers will go along with the right wing religious insanity.
ananda
(30,403 posts)...
Me.
(35,454 posts)Not when it comes to them
Chakaconcarne
(2,718 posts)This doesn't mean a whole lot to me, they've probably always thought this way.
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,746 posts)LiberalFighter
(53,392 posts)Grins
(7,844 posts)How it would be formed, etc.
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,746 posts)aka-chmeee
(1,152 posts)I blaspheme every goddamned day!
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,746 posts)vercetti2021
(10,357 posts)Fine lets finish what we should have finished during the civil war. This time the losers are actually swept from existence like they should have been the first time.