Posted on 02/27/2024 7:04:22 AM PST by MtnClimber
A Politico reporter appearing on MSNBC garnered headlines because she said that (gasp!) so-called “Christian nationalists” believe that our rights come from God and not from the government. Those Christian beliefs, of course, align perfectly with Enlightenment thinking and the magnificent introduction to the Declaration of Independence. Many have seen her statement as a way to empower government. But the real stinger is hidden in the word “nationalism.” For the left, that’s code for Hitler. She just called everyone who believes in natural rights “Hitler.”
According to Heidi Przybyla, a Politico reporter, America is under attack from “Christian nationalists”:
The thing that unites them as Christian nationalists, not Christians because Christian nationalists are very different, is that they believe that our rights as Americans and as all human beings do not come from any Earthly authority. They don’t come from Congress, from the Supreme Court, they come from God,” she explained. “The problem with that is that they are determining, men, are determining what God is telling them.”
As Silvio Canto pointed out just today, what these “Christian nationalists” believe aligns perfectly with our Declaration of Independence. Rights that come from God are inherent in every human being. The rights she wants—those from human institutions—are merely privileges. What the government giveth, the government can taketh away.
In other words, Przybyla is just a garden-variety leftist.
What’s more concerning is the word “nationalist.” That’s the same word Rob Reiner uses in his dismally performing “God and Country.” The headlines from reports about the movie tell it all. Here’s just a sampling (emphasis added):
Washington Post: ‘God & Country’ film spotlights Christian nationalism’s threat to democracy
The Hollywood Reporter: Rob Reiner Takes on Christian Nationalism Threat in ‘God & Country’ Trailer
Axios: First look: Film dives into threats of Christian nationalism
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
I have noticed that these same leftists NEVER attack islam or muslims. Why is that?
“..I have noticed that these same leftists NEVER attack islam or muslims. Why is that?...”
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Besides, they don’t want their heads chopped off or tossed from the highest floor of a skyscraper...... Leftists are loud, boisterous and obnoxious, but basically they’re just cowards. Always were, are and forever will be.
See Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals rule #13:
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
That works if the other side has the same values. But we have spent the past 80 years importing people into our home that do NOT share those values.
simple...because THEY don’t follow the one true LIVING GOD so they aren’t a real threat to the evil of this world. “IF you want to live in the real worLd then get the “L” out and live in the Word”.
It looks like the government-funded think tanks, nonprofits, the DNC and the intelligence community have trotted out a straw man for the 2024 election.
They put a lot of effort into dreaming up this nonsense so you better appreciate it. If you don’t vote according to their wishes, then you are a threat to “democracy”.
They use our lack of hatred against us even as they attempt to portray us as haters and racists. I don’t think they can imagine not hating.
bttt
Christian Nationalist is the new slur.
I know exactly what you mean.
They’re trying to convince us we’re bad because, we’re white men, we’re christian, we want secure borders and should put the American peoples interests ahead of foreigners who hate us. I feel more and more like the man in “falling down”. I did everything I was told to do: Stayed out of trouble, served my country, went to college and had career as professional, got married, had children. Now, “I’m the bad guy?”
Bkmk
Bill Foster: I’ve passed the point of no return, Beth. Do you know when that is? That’s the point in a journey where it’s longer to go back to the beginning than it is to continue to the end. It’s like... do you remember when those astronauts got in trouble? They were going to the moon and something went wrong. I don’t know, somebody screwed up, and they had to get them back to Earth. But they had passed the point of no return. So they had to go all the way around the moon to get back-and they were out of contact for hours. Everybody waited, breathlessly, to see if a bunch of dead guys in a can would pop out the other side. Well, that’s me. I’m on the other side of the moon now... out of contact, and everybody is going to have to wait ‘til I pop out.
This is a giant DUH!
Since most leftists do not believe in God, they cannot believe their rights come from God.
Rights must therefore come from man, or more specifically, government.
By definition, rights given by man can be taken away by man.
This is why whenever I hear an atheist on FR start to spout off, I tune out. They are a hypocrite of the highest order. You cannot be a conservative and/or a Republican and be an atheist. It is not possible.
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