Daniel Walters claims to be an ethical journalist. After reading his article titled, “For and by Christians: How Idaho’s influential Christian Nationalist group wants to reshape the state” all I can do is disagree. I think he is another leftist, yellow journalist hack. The article is full of biased language aimed at painting anyone who wants to see the nation return to it’s Christian heritage as, “Christian nationalists” as if that is somehow a bad thing, a disparaging label. The left loves to call anyone who would like to see America be a nation comprised of mostly Christians as racist, clan members, NAZI, and bigots. They don’t understand that many of us embrace the label. We have varying ideas of how to get to the goal of a more Christian USA, but as Christians, shouldn’t we all want to see that?
The article called this controversial, “After all, his organization has swiftly become the largest conservative policy organization in the state, having a hand in successfully pushing some of Idaho’s most controversial bills in recent years, including laws restricting access to abortion, puberty blockers and controversial library books.” If you are for abortion, putting porn in grade schools, and transing kids, you are not Christian.
Another interesting section of yellow journalism is when the author penned this, “That’s where the policy center announced it was opening up another front: a law firm that will not only defend Christians for free, but also sue to enforce the laws that Conzatti wrote. The legal center is launching this summer.” A law doesn’t get passed in a vacuum. It must be voted in. If the people of Idaho vote a bill into law, and it doesn’t get enforced, the obvious recourse is to use legal action against those refusing to obey the law. If you don’t want the law to pass call your representatives.
The article paints the idea of having a Christian confession as a prerequisite for office as a negative thing, but until 1961 there were many states that still required the person to be a Christian. It wasn’t that long ago, and the country was better off. A nation comprised mostly of Christians would be a superior one, due to the fact that it would be comprised of people whose minds have been ordered by God’s word, and spirit. Only a non-Christian would oppose this. Anyone here pretending to be Christian, while opposing this, is actually worshiping a different god, and has the religion ultimately of satanism.
Our original laws were not made up by our founders in a vacuum. They were pulled from God’s word. The men who formed our government recognized God’s authority, and just judgment in determining good, and evil. Murder is illegal because God said, “Thou shalt not kill.” The same is true of theft, and many other crimes. Adultery used to be illegal. Homosexuality used to be illegal. All the antichrists have ruined this nation, not made it better. It wasn’t progress, it was abominable rebellion against our Creator.
Walters makes it sound like a bad thing to repeal the 19th amendment. Repealing the 19th amendment would be a good thing. Women are under their husbands headship. That is basic Christian doctrine going back to the beginning. Only a liar, and a revisionist would say otherwise. In a Christian home, the wife should be of the same faith, and opinion as her husband. She should vote the same way. What we see is more rebellion. God’s word views it as a curse to have women, and youths, as your nations leaders.
I’m not going to waste my time writing a step by step refutation of the entire article, and I rather you don’t give the author anymore clicks. He is obviously lost, and hostile to God. So are the people who hate the idea of God being our God, and the nation being Christian. At the end of the day there are more than a few ideas of what Christian nationalism is. I don’t know them all. I don’t care. I do care that it is being used as a boogey man like being called a racist. It just doesn’t matter to me. I will own the label, because the enemy is a liar. My specific brand of Christian nationalism is simple. I would that the nation were comprised mostly of true Christians, and that her laws reflected the convictions of her people, and their God. I hope that you agree.
As always, agree with God that your sins are ugly, and evil. We have merited death, and hell. God has come in the person of Jesus, lived a perfect sinless life, laid down His life, suffered the wrath of God on the cross, paid for our sins, justifies us to God, and grants us eternal life in Him. Repent, and trust Jesus.
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