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This interesting opinion piece in today's NYT gives an overview of the fate in store for the USA under a Trump Administration:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/...MNW9VOKBCnfhuCfsSDzV-El9GNWKAO&smid=url-share
The link to Christianity Today in the article is also worth a read.
More and more outlets are waking up to the danger of Christian nationalism, the idea that the USA is a "Christian nation" (which, by definition is impossible) and that its cherry-picked view of what exactly constitutes Christianity will be imposed on the country as a whole. Remember that Trump's most enthusiastic supporters are "evangelicals". Already we're seeing religious views imposed on parts of the country - the abortion bans are a purely religious phenomenon (essentially a Catholic doctrine, only relatively recently adopted by "evangelicals" as a wedge issue to get the faithful suitably riled). And we're seeing the dumbing-down of Florida, as Ron DeSanctimonius (something that Trump actually got right) interferes in libraries and places of education, telling them what they can and cannot teach. Indeed, the Florida actions could be see as seeking to fulfil the Seven Mountain Mandate of the Dominionist Movement - a "Christian" takeover of the "seven mountains" of society - family, religion, education, media, entertainment, business, and government.
Gilead may not be that far away...
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/...MNW9VOKBCnfhuCfsSDzV-El9GNWKAO&smid=url-share
The link to Christianity Today in the article is also worth a read.
More and more outlets are waking up to the danger of Christian nationalism, the idea that the USA is a "Christian nation" (which, by definition is impossible) and that its cherry-picked view of what exactly constitutes Christianity will be imposed on the country as a whole. Remember that Trump's most enthusiastic supporters are "evangelicals". Already we're seeing religious views imposed on parts of the country - the abortion bans are a purely religious phenomenon (essentially a Catholic doctrine, only relatively recently adopted by "evangelicals" as a wedge issue to get the faithful suitably riled). And we're seeing the dumbing-down of Florida, as Ron DeSanctimonius (something that Trump actually got right) interferes in libraries and places of education, telling them what they can and cannot teach. Indeed, the Florida actions could be see as seeking to fulfil the Seven Mountain Mandate of the Dominionist Movement - a "Christian" takeover of the "seven mountains" of society - family, religion, education, media, entertainment, business, and government.
Gilead may not be that far away...