U.S. Bible founder says Trump's endorsement shows faith in the same things that all Americans have

This is a place where simplicity ends, but you might not know that if your understanding of "Christianity" mainly depends on politics. In that case, your perception is that "Christians" are associated with the Republican Party, unconditionally support Donald Trump, and seek to return America to its "Christian roots" - to an era before the Garden of Eden in our history, before science, technology, and liberalism provoked a fall from God's grace.

Of course, there are many other forms of Christianity, apparently too many to list, and this is where the complexity of the task of "Christian nationalism" in restoring America to its "Christian roots" lies.

They say that as the country becomes more diverse and secular, their faith is increasingly under attack. They claim that everything they do is in the name of religious freedom. However, that is not the case. All of this is done in the name of religious oppression, including the oppression of other Christian denominations.

Recently, I watched a video featuring Fox host Laura Ingraham and Stephen Miller. He is the architect of the plan awaiting Donald Trump's election, which aims to deport 10 million "illegal" migrants. This will require large-scale grouping zones and up to 200,000 law enforcement personnel. As I was watching, it occurred to me that these two—Roman Catholic Ingraham and Jewish Miller—do not understand the danger. They seemed to think that the desire to "cleanse" America would not affect them.

Most of us have a good understanding of anti-Semitism, but few of us grasp the hatred that white conservative Protestants have towards Catholics, which forms the basis of "Christian nationalism."

We understand little because social and political forces, including white solidarity and the anti-abortion movement, have assimilated Catholics to such an extent since the 19th century that they seem just as Christian as everyone else. This is true for the average American. However, white conservative Protestants are not the average Americans.

I speak about this from personal experience. I was born and raised in a community of white conservative Protestants, whose identity as the true religion worshiping the true God was based on the belief that they were not a "false religion worshiping false gods." Jews were always under protection because they would have the opportunity to convert after the Apocalypse and the divine millennial reign. But not Catholics. They were idolaters, pagans, and heretics, possibly even unwitting accomplices of the Antichrist. The Catholic God was not our God. It was something closer to Satan.

The hatred of white conservative Protestants towards Catholics still exists.

It is based on one of the biggest theoretical disagreements in human history.

They will not understand or will not stop denying how much they are hated, because in their minds they are immune to the consequences of their own hatred. They can cheerfully support the restoration of America's "purity" until the time when it was "poisoned" by 10 million migrants. They may be confident that their visible "white" skin will protect them. And for a while, they will be right. But only for a while.

Ultimately, if Trump is elected and if 10 million immigrants are deported, the desire for "cleansing" will not stop, because it cannot. It is too universal. Up to this point, "Christian nationalists" have claimed that America was founded as a Christian nation for Christians. After that, they will say that America was founded as a "true Christian" nation for "true Christians" - a term that will exclude Christians who are considered by many conservative Protestants after the Reformation to be idolaters, pagans, and heretics.

We can see what is happening to Christians and what is currently happening to Republicans, where the demand for maintaining group purity (that is, the requirements against the influence of "Republicans in name only") has led to organizational chaos within the party.

The number of "true Christians" will decrease, just as the number of "true Republicans" is declining. Roman Catholics, Mormons, Seventh-day Adventists, the Church of Christ, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Unitarians - any Christians who are not sufficiently recognized as "Christian nationalists" will be excluded, until God's chosen people remain an island surrounded by an ocean of heresy.

The results of the presidential elections do not depend on whether conservative Roman Catholics, like Laura Ingraham (or, say, conservative Jews like Stephen Miller), understand the danger they are in. "Christian nationalists" are a marginal group. There are too few of them. Their views are unpopular.

Until they understand or stop denying how much they are hated, they will continue to give "Christian nationalism" a dangerous credibility that it does not deserve and that will only be abused by it. It claims to speak on behalf of all Christians, but its vision of America excludes, or promises to exclude, the overwhelming majority of Christians. It may already be too late for Laura Ingraham. But other Roman Catholics who value their religious freedom must speak for themselves.

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