Project 2025's takeover agenda is progressing nicely. While Democrats in Congress are raising their individual treasure chests for a possible mid-term election run, and at the same time, avoiding any real "rock the boat" kind of behavior, anything that might be misconstrued as genuine and possibly effective opposition to Trump, and a few organizations, centered around raising money, are also pushing dates for protests, marches and rallies, and the nation is distracted by the possibility that its chief executive may have been much more deeply involved in the child sex trafficking, raping, and subsequent "suicide" of Jeffrey Epstein, white Christian nationalists are checking off the boxes of the list of things which must be done to dismantle the American democracy as it exists, in order to bring about their desired reconstruction of the republic.
Nationwide Protests, Marches and Rallies are Fine, Up to a Point, But Those Opposed to Trump Need to Make Themselves Aware of Christian Nationalism to Effectively Oppose It
Any progressives or liberals who are interested in saving this country's constitutional democracy need to educate themselves about what is happening, and about the ideology and philosophy that is behind the agenda of white Christian nationalism. This group of individuals, operating inside a pseudo-Christian veneer, have established a blueprint for taking over the government of the United States, ostensibly, because they need the support of conservative Evangelicals to tip the electoral balance in elections, because as the "chosen" agents of God, they are charged with the responsibility of preparing the world for the second coming of Christ.
I won't link it here, but one of the best primers on white Christian nationalism and its plan for the reconstruction of the American republic has been laid out in book form and published under the title, The Reconstruction of the Republic, by Harold O. J. Brown. Brown's primary angle as a Christian nationalist and reconstructionist is that he is one of the most influential apologists for the pro-life movement.
Within American conservative Evangelicalism, this is actually a theological position in the area of eschatology, which is the broader subject involving what they refer to as the "end times," their belief that the world will come to an end, be judged by God for its wickedness and destroyed. The Second Coming of Christ will be the final redemption of the saints, those who have remained faithful through the increasing wickedness of the world, following a series of events they claim to have discerned from the Bible, mainly the Old Testament book of Daniel, and the New Testament book of Revelation. Christian nationalists like Brown hold a view known within Evangelical ranks as "Postmillenialism."
These are people who see themselves as being "chosen" to be on a mission for God, and as a result of that mission, and their "chosen" status, the basic principles of the Christian gospel, like the Beatitudes, Jesus' stating that loving one's neighbor is the only pure demonstration of one's love for God, and all of those values around which he taught that the church was to identify itself and testify about his salvation from sin, can be set aside to achieve that mission. After all, God allowed his chosen people, the Jewish nation in the Old Testament, to brutally conquer Palestine, under the mandate that the only good pagan was a dead pagan. The pagans were the Canaanite population that occupied Palestine when the Jewish nation, under Joshua, the successor to Moses, conquered them. And that's where Christian nationalists get most of their ideology and their alleged mandate, from a gross misinterpretation of the old covenant that Jesus claimed he came to fulfill.
So, in pursuing their mission from God, which involves preparing the world for the second coming by taking over the United States and using the power of its government to cleanse the world of those who are predestined to be reprobate, a Calvinist doctrine that dominates the whole Christian reconstructionist movement, they have a mandate to destroy whatever they need to in order to achieve their purpose. It will be, by their definition, a "just" cause. And it will be deadly.
Are They Really on a "Mission From God," or is That Just an Excuse to Seize Power?
I have a couple of my own theories regarding this movement, based on my own upbringing and the experience of having been raised in a conservative, Evangelical church and denomination, and then attenting a denominational college, where I took several theology and Biblical studies courses. I think the "mission from God" talk is just cover for their real motives, and they are only using Christian nationalist influence in the church because of the power it gives them. Baptist News Global, a publication in partnership with the Baptist group that split off of the Southern Baptists because they had been taken over by fundamentalists and right wing political extremists, published this piece by former fundamentalist Baptist and current freelance author and musician Rick Pidcock, which shows how Christian nationalists distort, twist, and outright misinterpret passages from the Bible to justify their means to an end, in this piece, 10 Bible Verses Christian Nationalists Take Out of Context to Seize Power.
Christian nationalists aren't interested in true, Biblical Christianity. They are simply interested in using the commitment and sincerity of millions of Christians, many of them completely ignorant and unaware of how some of their own pastors and church leaders are being manipulated, or are manipulating them, to bring this about. If they do succeed in gaining control of the United States, an outcome that seems more likely as each day passes, they'll drop the Christian veneer pretty quickly, except for what they think they'll need to hold on and stay in power.
And Trump, at least, and perhaps Vance as well, is also just a means to an end. His immorality and complete lack of any semblance of a Christian lifestyle is an embarassment to those who are genuine and sincere in their belief and practice of Christianity. His agenda is the destruction of America's constitutional democracy. Once he's done the dirty work of destroying and dismantling the Republic, they'll find a way to dump him in short order.
In reality, once they achieve control of the massive wealth and power the are after, the second coming talk will fade away. That's just superstitious folk religion to the leaders of this movement, all of whom are highly educated men. It's the temptation to control massive wealth and power that is their motivation, the "rule of the world" that was the third temptation offered to Jesus. And once they have it, the pseudo-Christian veneer they are using as a tool will no longer be necessary. Once they get control, the second coming of Jesus won't be part of their narrative. Some of the means they will use to achieve their ends cannot be justified within the framework of Christian theology, ideology and morality. So they will let that go.
They are using Trump as a means to their ends. He'll do as much destroying as he can, and leave them in position to take over. His vulnerability is his gross immorality and lack of character, and his usefulness, to them, is his ability to marshall enough support to get to the political office they need to do their work. Their real ideological allies already have the influence and some are already in the government, like Stephen Miller, and Mike Johnson, while others, within the group known as the Heritage Foundation, continue to fine tune the plan, which is making steady progress.
Trump is a political liability they can't afford.
This Movement is Coming Right Along
To be effective in opposition, attacks on this ideology, and on the people who are pushing it, must be exposed. J. D. Vance and Mike Johnson are monitoring moves within the states to call Constitutional conventions in order to alter the Constitution itself for their benefit. They are six states away from acheiving this Rush Limbaugh dream. Look at the damage Trump has done to this country in six short months in office, most of it because he is so pathetically incompetent when it comes to performance of this job, and because he listened to the Christian reconstructionists, and put the most destructive people available in American politics into positions of responsibility in government.
I haven't seen any signs of effective opposition. The Heritage Foundation has done a great job of hiding its agenda, knowing that if their motives and methods were exposed, there would be a horrified reaction from the American people that would actually empower the opposition and very likely thwart any attempt by Christian nationalists to take over the government. But the opposition isn't really opposing them. Think about it. How many people are aware of the movement to call a constitutional convention with the power to actually change its contents, and eliminate the rights it protects, and that doing so is as close as the power of two thirds of the state legislatures ratifying the changes? Or how close we are to having two thirds of the state legislatures being favorable toward those kind of changes?
This is a simultaneous attack on all fronts. And what is the opposition doing? Protest marches, loud angry speeches, and protecting their own turf by raising money individually for a mid-term election that the Republicans are already planning to steal in every possible way.
What am I suggesting?
Well, I would suggest that everyone who is opposed to the whole scope of what the Republicans, and Trump, are scheming, educate themselves on white Christian nationalism, the Heritage Foundation and its history and philosophy, and get familiar with the elements of Project 2025. Those who are involved in a church should find out where their own pastor and church leaders stand with regard to this draconian, evil entity and take away financial and intellectual support. Leave, if that becomes necessary.
It's time to ramp up the protests and marches, and make the presence of this opposition, which has grown exponentially, known. Oh, come on, I know Democrats do things with decorum. And see how well that is working. The Republicans and MAGA extremists have already made a violent attack on the Capitol. I'm not suggesting we do that, but there are ways to make a point without being violent and destructive. I'm hearing and seeing a lot of frustration among those who are showing up and going to these protests, desiring to ramp up the volume and attention they are getting. They've turned out, like asked, so why not?
I am glad to see some initiative finally coming from the DNC. I wish it were more directed, and had a lot more punch behind it, and had the ability to pull candidates together and unify the message instead of all of this scattered "send me money--no, sent ME money" fundrasing. Seems like we're still showing up to the gunfight with a knife. We have received some clear political messages over the past six months. One is that a whole lot of Americans don't like the things that Trump is doing. His ineptitude and incompetence, and that of the advisors he has chosen, is evidence of that. The other is that there are leaders who are naturally rising to the top of the opposition that haven't needed the sanction and crowning of the party leadership, and they're probably successful because they are listening to the people and getting the messaging right.
Someone better be keeping an eye out for massive voter fraud being committed during the midterms, because they're telling us exactly what they are going to do. Can someone tell me who is responsible, among Democrats, for that not happening? They think they are going to lose, 40 seats in the House is the number their goons throw around. They're not going to sit down and take that. So are we ready? Where? How? Who?
And if we do get lucky, somehow, and a new Congress can overcome the Christian nationalist regime being set up by our own Supreme Court, who, among the Democrats, is willing to take the bold risks that will be necessary to make sure we can protect this country for the rest of the orange menace's term, and save the democracy?
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