If you wanna read a scathing theological critique of #ChristianNationalism, look no further than John MacArthur himself. Brutal takedown of contemporary efforts to restore Christendom via political reform. Dude even thinks our Revolution was sinful—Founders didn’t obey Romans 13.
Here’s his thoughts on the American Revolution. Hardly an endorsement of the Christian founding of our nation.
Oh man, savage. Get ‘em, John. Unthinkable that Christians become the avowed enemies of the very people they’re hear to serve.
And here’s one where J-Mac quotes another author. Note the underlining.
Ok last one. But J-Mac doesn’t let up. Unequivocally against depending on social & political reform, from the Christian left or right, to advance an unspiritual Christian America. He says be good citizens & vote. But rails against Christianizing in any way but via conversion.
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Because the Jan 6 Committee ultimately decided to leave out all discussion of #ChristianNationalism in their report, we've posted testimony on @socarxiv. The document has not been substantively revised or updated. Others have cited video/photo evidence, but we felt this... 2/5
...written testimony provided a broader view of how white #ChristianNationalism is clearly linked w/many of the factors that facilitated the #CapitolRiots & have since made Americans on the right more inclined to remember the event has harmless or even good. We regret the... 3/5
🧵 Is #ChristianNationalism more threatened by religious or racial diversity? Our new study at @SREJournal uses a new CN index & finds CN predicts viewing both as hindrances to national unity, but its association with racial diversity is much stronger. 1/5 doi.org/10.1177/233264…
This figure shows the difference pretty clearly. As #ChristianNationalism increases, Americans are more likely to see both religious and racial diversity as hindrances rather than strengths, but look at how much steeper the slope is for racial diversity. We also measured... 2/5
...this another way by combining outcomes. As #ChristianNationalism increases folks are WAY less likely to see religious & racial diversity as strengths, but become especially more likely to see religious diversity as strength & race diversity as threat. This all suggests...3/5
I'm often told churches should take care of social services, not the govt. When I explain that churches really don't contribute near enough service or money to cover the need, the response is often "Well if taxes were lower, we'd do more." Has there been any study testing that?
Seems you could get pretty close by looking at congregational service work or outside giving by changes in tax policy over time or differences across regions.
🧵 Evangelicals, please stop saying silly stuff like "I read the XYZ translation cuz it's the most [accurate, literal]." How's your Greek & Hebrew? Non-existent? Then you are unqualified to judge "accuracy." And "literalness" is a dumb standard anyway. But you can do better...1/5
Rather than defensively repeating advertising claims you can't evaluate like "accuracy" or tribal slogans like "literalness," YOU can start to evaluate Bible translations on whether the editorial team has sought to be 1) transparent about their decisions & 2) accountable. 2/5
By "transparent" I mean have they sought to explain the MANY translation or TC options? Did they explain why they made their choices? In the days of the Internet, there are NO legit reasons why publishers couldn't make this known somewhere online. NET Bible is great here. 3/5
Hey fam, dropping in to share some data. Something we (@jt_davis14@JoshuaGrubbsPhD) found in PDES data shows up in Pew. Among WHITE adults who think govt should support religion, 70% think voting is a privilege, not a right. BUT, it's a WHITE #ChristianNationalism thing... 1/4
Notice when we look at Black Americans, even among those who think govt should support religion, ~70% still believe voting is a protected right, not a privilege. It's not even close to where white Christian nationalists end on on voting rights. But what about Hispanics? 2/4
Hispanics look more like Black Americans than whites. Notice nearly 60% who think government should support religion still think voting is a right that shouldn't be restricted, not a privilege. What's it mean? 1/4
🧵 Trump supporters often act like his norm-breaking rhetoric over his political career was harmless. Here's four studies documenting that Trump's Tweets and rhetoric increased anti-vaxx attitudes, hate crimes, religious and racial prejudice, & suspicions of voter fraud. 1/5
This study shows that when Trump supporters were exposed to Trump's anti-vaxx Tweets, they became more suspicious of vaccines in general. Hardly a harmless effect leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp…
This study demonstrates that Trump's Tweets predicted an increase in xenophobic Tweets from his followers as well as rising hate crimes. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…