An 'imposter Christianity' is threatening American democracy

[LiberalArkie]

Analysis by John Blake, CNN
Updated 1646 GMT (0046 HKT) July 24, 2022

(CNN)Three men, eyes closed and heads bowed, pray before a rough-hewn wooden cross. Another man wraps his arms around a massive Bible pressed against his chest like a shield. All throughout the crowd, people wave "Jesus Saves" banners and pump their fists toward the sky.

At first glance, these snapshots look like scenes from an outdoor church rally. But this event wasn't a revival; it was what some call a Christian revolt. These were photos of people who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, during an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The insurrection marked the first time many Americans realized the US is facing a burgeoning White Christian nationalist movement.

This movement uses Christian language to cloak sexism and hostility to Black people and non-White immigrants in its quest to create a White Christian America.

A report from a team of clergy, scholars and advocates — sponsored by two groups that advocate for the separation of church and state — concluded that this ideology was used to "bolster, justify and intensify" the attack on the US Capitol.


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[LuvLoogie]

1. It's not an imposter Christianity. It is distilled.

With few exceptions, Christianity in America was always leveraged to control and subjugate others.

Even if the Bible version of Jesus actually happened, most applied American Christianity is way off course, and always has been.

[MyMission]

5. It's christofascism

I'm not sure how distilled it is, but I agree religious loyalties have been used to leverage and subjugate, as you said.

I'm not christian, but I read something last year written by a Christian scholar who said most wouldn't recognize the antichrist if he was among us, and talks about people being fooled, and makes an excellent case that tfg meets antichrist criteria, citing numerous references and examples. Fascinating. I may not believe in christian theology, but I could easily accept that he's the antichrist.

[LuvLoogie]

7. By distilled, I mean this is American Christianity in its purest form.

What we saw from them on the Hill on January 6th was the essence of their Christianity. Its most accurately expressed derivative.

[multigraincracker]

3. God is created by man

in his own image.

or so it would seem.

[H2O Man]

4. Respectfully disagree.

Christianity has been such since Paul hijacked the movement and took it west. Examples like Martin Luther King, Jr., are the exceptions.

[tenderfoot]

6. This image...