You support so many true points of Christian ideology. Most Christians will not confess it but I will say it:
Christian Nationalism is a travesty akin to political platforms which ignite the fires of promise and ignore the handwriting on the wall.
Christians, true Christ followers, are a small minority in the United States of America, therefore Christian Nationalists will never represent a majority of voters or anything more than a constituency of consensus sought out in election cycles for the financial benefit of our elected officials in government.
Jesus Christ most certainly would not approve of their message.
I have an honest question here as one who understands the dangers of Christian Nationalist thinking, especially in regard to women.
I live amongst many people who would not consider themselves Christian Nationalists, but who are concerned about unchecked immigration, as in immigration that is not through legal channels.
I also find myself concerned with having people coming into the country who are not accountable for who they are and what they are seeking in our country. I have no problem with regular, legal immigration.
I feel like Christian Nationalism gets in the way of having an honest conversation about the problem of not knowing who exactly is coming into our country or why.
Is it wrong that I’m concerned about the potential for those who seek our harm to enter the US alongside those who seek freedom?
Is my thinking off to see locking my doors and allowing safe people in as an analogy to having controlled borders for all of us?
Please be kind…this topic is so hot that it’s difficult to ask this question honestly and I can’t figure out why.
I appreciate you being vulnerable enough to ask these questions...it is so hard to have fruitful conversations because of the vitriol we see among Christian Nationalists. I would say that most people would agree that immigration is not a black and white issue. What is black and white is the bent our hearts should have toward other image bearers of God. The way you pose your question, in my opinion, is an example of the tone we should take when having these conversations.
Yes, I wholeheartedly agree and I wonder if we need to start every conversation (as you said) by way of reminder that we can’t have these conversations fruitfully unless both our hearers’ and our own hearts are pointed toward God? Maybe that would give us the common ground to engage together with all that is difficult about immigration?
Unless we do something like this, there is so much polarization that neither of us can hear one another correctly.
Our society has largely lost the ability to do what I am saying and I wonder if we need to lay that groundwork of seating ourselves together, side-by-side, so we can look TOGETHER at the problem from each other’s standpoints? I think that is the only way we can really listen to what concerns each other? What is actually causing FEAR? Perhaps that will take the power away from fear so that we stop “othering” each other and come together for real solutions with all sides in mind?
Just musing! But thank you for your kind words. They were a cup of cool water to a weary heart!🌷
You support so many true points of Christian ideology. Most Christians will not confess it but I will say it:
Christian Nationalism is a travesty akin to political platforms which ignite the fires of promise and ignore the handwriting on the wall.
Christians, true Christ followers, are a small minority in the United States of America, therefore Christian Nationalists will never represent a majority of voters or anything more than a constituency of consensus sought out in election cycles for the financial benefit of our elected officials in government.
Jesus Christ most certainly would not approve of their message.
I have an honest question here as one who understands the dangers of Christian Nationalist thinking, especially in regard to women.
I live amongst many people who would not consider themselves Christian Nationalists, but who are concerned about unchecked immigration, as in immigration that is not through legal channels.
I also find myself concerned with having people coming into the country who are not accountable for who they are and what they are seeking in our country. I have no problem with regular, legal immigration.
I feel like Christian Nationalism gets in the way of having an honest conversation about the problem of not knowing who exactly is coming into our country or why.
Is it wrong that I’m concerned about the potential for those who seek our harm to enter the US alongside those who seek freedom?
Is my thinking off to see locking my doors and allowing safe people in as an analogy to having controlled borders for all of us?
Please be kind…this topic is so hot that it’s difficult to ask this question honestly and I can’t figure out why.
I appreciate you being vulnerable enough to ask these questions...it is so hard to have fruitful conversations because of the vitriol we see among Christian Nationalists. I would say that most people would agree that immigration is not a black and white issue. What is black and white is the bent our hearts should have toward other image bearers of God. The way you pose your question, in my opinion, is an example of the tone we should take when having these conversations.
Yes, I wholeheartedly agree and I wonder if we need to start every conversation (as you said) by way of reminder that we can’t have these conversations fruitfully unless both our hearers’ and our own hearts are pointed toward God? Maybe that would give us the common ground to engage together with all that is difficult about immigration?
Unless we do something like this, there is so much polarization that neither of us can hear one another correctly.
Our society has largely lost the ability to do what I am saying and I wonder if we need to lay that groundwork of seating ourselves together, side-by-side, so we can look TOGETHER at the problem from each other’s standpoints? I think that is the only way we can really listen to what concerns each other? What is actually causing FEAR? Perhaps that will take the power away from fear so that we stop “othering” each other and come together for real solutions with all sides in mind?
Just musing! But thank you for your kind words. They were a cup of cool water to a weary heart!🌷