By Brandon Smith
Conservative movements are often depicted as unyielding and uncompromising; dangerously incapable of adaptation when new ideas come to light. This image of the political right is rooted in a number of misconceptions. In reality, modern conservatives are often far too compromising – Far too willing to go along to get along. None of us wants to be seen as a dictator.
Perhaps the most important and defining characteristic of conservatives (at least in the US) is a regard for freedom, but ONLY freedom that is tempered by responsibility. When leftists (or libertarians) scrutinize the conservative ideal they usually reach back around 50 years to the days of evangelical censorship – The attempts to shut down the porn industry, temper the gay agenda in media, warn about satanic references in movies and violence in video games.
This was the era of the Christian “busybody” and a lot of people made fun of them for it. To be clear, they were wrong in some instances, but as our current predicament in the west proves, they were right about many things, too.
The supposed balance to the evangelicals was Liberalism. Most liberals today are certainly not the staunchly individualist and freedom minded people they once were. In fact, the majority of them joined woke activists without question or kept their mouths shut while the far-left pulled a speed run into Orwell’s 1984.
Perhaps in a desperate attempt to save their ideology from losing all relevancy, some liberals slipped over to the center and criticized the woke mob. Most of them didn’t have the balls to jump into the culture war until a few years ago. Those of us in the conservative sphere had already been exposing the existential dangers of post-modernism, futurism and luciferianism for decades.
Centrist liberals say they want to temper the political left’s addiction to Marxism and Communism. As recent events have proven, they are simply not up to the task of controlling their political cousins. The woke movement spread like a cancer throughout the entire liberal body and they bowed in fealty. The only thing that stopped the rot was the right wing finally taking a stand and going on the offensive.
With conservative principles currently gaining momentum there is a chance that America could actually turn back the clock on mores and social cohesion to a time when traditional values were held in much higher regard. This can only be a good thing in my opinion, but it requires a reconsideration of our concept of personal liberty. Maybe some behavior needs to be reined in? Maybe total unchecked chaos and limitless individualism is a bad thing?
Liberals warn that conservatives are gaining too much power after the success of MAGA in last year’s elections and therefore we must be kept in check. Their argument? The woke left is beaten, but now the world must put a leash on the “woke right”.
The “woke right” label in itself is a rather remedial and silly attempt to divert popular discussion away from traditional values (a development that hasn’t taken place in the US in a long time). Morals, nobility and responsibility might become “cool” again, and liberals simply can’t have that.
They argue that their way (a continued idealization of individualism without taking inherent narcissism, psychopathy and the mentality of mobs into account) is the best way. However, we have seen where liberalism without boundaries ends. The cult of chaos (wokeness) is simply a natural extension of the liberal ideal. They demand an end to ALL restrictions, even the restrictions of objective truth.
They want total open multicultural expansion, unfettered freedom to interpret biology and morality according to subjective preference, unchecked sexual deviancy, no consequences whatsoever for their actions. Liberals are not as far from this end of the spectrum as they pretend. They don’t like cultural structures and rules either. They don’t like collective limitations (unless they control those limitations). They don’t even believe in evil; they only believe in circumstances.
Conservatives now stand atop the fray of the culture war and many of us are suggesting that, in order to prevent the nightmare of wokeness (or something even worse) from ever happening again, we might need to instill some enduring rules of social conduct. The liberals in turn are freaking out. They especially seem to despise Christian Nationalists who want to bring America back to an era of carefully defined moral order.
A decade ago I might have agreed with this concern, at least in part. I’m not fond of the idea of a theocracy in which the church rules the state. I also agree that most people have a conscience outside of biblical teaching (If we didn’t then humanity would have gone extinct long ago).
That said, Christian Nationalism does not require theocracy, and if you do have a conscience then you should already be in agreement with most Christian fundamentals anyway. Living in a society where Christianity is more widely embraced wouldn’t make any difference for you. It would only be incompatible if a person harbors post-modern delusions that view Christianity as the enemy. If that’s the case, you shouldn’t be living in America anyway. All you have to do is go elsewhere.
I think liberals need to acknowledge that they are a product of a very narrow moment in time and that time is fading. For most of American history Christianity was the preeminent cultural compass. The US was always Christian and nearly all of our leaders were Christian. America has in fact always been a Christian nation and Christian Nationalism was the norm. Christians are still the majority today (62%) despite the endless negative campaign to shut them down.
As recently as the 1990s, over 90% of all Americans identified as Christian. Things have only changed in the past 30 years, and they have done so dramatically to the negative.
In light of the unfettered horrors of wokism I’m increasingly convinced that Christian doctrine is a necessary firewall designed to filter out otherwise malicious ideological malware. If the progressives (and their liberal counterparts) are not kept in check by someone, then the woke march could repeat by the next generation.
So, what is to be done?
The underlying debate is this – Should one group define western culture above all others and defend it against existential threats. Are Christian Nationalists that group? I would say yes to both questions, because of America’s spiritual history and the fact that there’s no other viable alternative. Do we continue to allow liberals to anoint themselves the arbiters of American culture? Or, do we try something different?
Is this hard-right position also “woke right”? The term “woke right” is often linked back to Kevin DeYoung’s 2022 review of Stephen Wolfe’s book The Case for Christian Nationalism. In his article entitled “The Rise of Right-Wing Wokeism” he argues that:
“Besides trafficking in sweeping and unsubstantiated claims about the totalizing control of the Globalist American Empire and the gynocracy, Wolfe’s apocalyptic vision—for all of its vitriol toward the secular elites—borrows liberally from the playbook of the left.
He not only redefines the nature of oppression as psychological oppression (making it easier to justify extreme measures and harder to argue things aren’t as bad as they seem), he also rallies the troops (figuratively, but perhaps also literally?) by reminding them they’re victims. “The world is out to get you, and people out there hate you” is not a message that will ultimately help white men or any other group that considers themselves oppressed…”
“…If critical race theory teaches that America has failed, that the existing order is irredeemable, that Western liberalism was a mistake from the beginning, that the current system is rigged against our tribe, and that we ought to make ethnic consciousness more important—it seems to me that Wolfe’s project is the right-wing version of these same impulses.”
While DeYoung’s analysis seems to be coming from a sincere place and he does defend Christian culture as an important part of American life, his analysis requires a certain level of ignorance to stay afloat. Liberals and left leaning Christians refuse to consider one important factor:
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.
The entire premise behind the notion of the “woke right” requires that none of the threats above prove to be real. That there is no globalist conspiracy to destroy the west and Christianity. That the subversion of conservative principles is imagined. That there is no white replacement in the US and Europe. That conservatives are not being oppressed and that tribal organization against our attackers is unwarranted or impractical.
DeYoung (and most liberals) prefer passive Christianity. If Christians had thought like DeYoung in the Middle Ages, the entire west would have been wiped off the face of the Earth by Muslim invaders centuries ago. Instead, they took direct action to save themselves. The issue is not even particularly nationalist in origin, it’s only that nations are the easiest barrier to rally and defend. At bottom, Christians must at times act to prevent their own erasure.
Wokeness is largely about false witness – Leftists claim they are being oppressed when they are provably not. The political right cannot be woke because the western world and Christianity are indeed under constant attack. This is not debatable.
In Europe today, the war on Christians and conservatives (or populists) is evident and it is undeniably systemic. Europeans have been under siege by engineered mass immigration from the third-world. Most of the migrants come from places (Islamic) that despise Christianity and view personal liberty as an aberration or heresy. The governments of France, Germany, England and Romania are actively imprisoning right leaning political opponents and silencing them online, all in the name of liberal democracy.
In the US, woke zealots and the global elites have used everything from mass censorship to medical tyranny to mob violence to shut down and terrorize the political right. The Biden Administration made multiple public proclamations declaring conservatives a domestic threat to democracy. We were accused of being insurrectionists. We were painted as terrorists, and all we did was ask questions and demand truthful answers. This isn’t an exaggerated tale of victimhood conjured up for sympathy, it’s just the facts.
The debate over Christians and conservatives taking direct action instead of waiting around for the next crisis reminds me of a fascinating film directed by Bill Paxton called ‘Frailty’. If you haven’t seen it then I recommend doing so before I spoil it for you here.
In the movie, Bill Paxton plays a father with two sons living a relatively normal life as a devout man with a good heart. One day, he approaches his sons with a terrifying tale: He was visited by an angel from heaven that told him he has been chosen for a mission to destroy evil. The evil, he says, is enacted by demons that take the form of human beings. He claims that God has demanded that he and his sons remove these demons before they do anymore harm.
The youngest son believes his father without question and in full faith. The older son does not and asserts that the man might be going dangerously insane.
What follows is an escalating conflict between father and son as Bill Paxton begins to kill the people he believes are demonic. When he touches them, he says he can see the crimes they’ve committed. The older son refuses to participate in the murders and tries to sabotage Paxton’s efforts. Finally, Paxton accuses his oldest of being a demon as well. The boy eventually kills his father in order to stop the murders.
Plot Twist: Bill Paxton really did receive a vision from God. He really was killing demons, and his eldest son was also a demon the whole time.
Liberals who perpetuate the woke right narrative remind me of the oldest son in Frailty. They play at being even handed, fighting to keep the scales of power from tipping in either direction. In truth, they are blinded by their own self righteousness and their belief that there is no such thing as evil. The rest of us see it, but if we try to do something about it these same people obstruct and sabotage and accuse us of “becoming monsters to defeat the monsters”. They allow the sparks of woke chaos to survive.
Should western civilization be allowed to discriminate? Should we be able to refuse to associate? Should we have the right to be tribal (like everyone else) and deny entry to malicious cultures and ideologies? Is our heritage valid and enduring? Is Christian Nationalism the solution to the woke luciferian agenda? It seems to me that the elites want conservatism dead so badly that it must be a threat to them.
We ARE fighting demons, and a culture without a spiritual consensus is a dying culture. Christian Nationalism was the natural default of American society for centuries. Many people who are not Christians are still perfectly capable of living and thriving within such a society as long as they don’t try to tear it down. The Overton Window has merely been rigged so far to the left that any return to the old standard sounds like madness; it is in fact the most sane thing we could possibly do to save our country.
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If your circumstance is hunger pangs (for not having prepared), are you still 1 of the good guys, when you steal from another, even if it is, to feed a starving son?
Total freedom, can quickly stoop to chaos then tyranny.
Freedom tempered by consequence (for hindering another’s unalienable right(s)) is justice.
Long ago, it was the tribe, that banded a folk, it was the echoed wish, of a father to his descendants. Paired with a religion that promoted the long term survival of the tribe, a religion grounded in probity, and you’d have, a robust tribal society. Europe was long ago stripped of its tribal religions, for 1 that teaches, ‘turn the other cheek’ or 1 Peter 2:18, submitting to cruel masters. The current fratricide between Russians and Ukrainians, or a former 1 like between Yankland and Germany (1941-1945), displays how tribal self-awareness, is almost gone too. These fratricides are submission to cruel masters, are a dishonor to the forefather. But if circling the wagons around christianity, is what it takes, to preserve the folk and principles of Yankland, and by extension, Europe, I’m all for it. Let’s slay this Saruman 1st, then later sort out, what needs to be sorted.
The dupes i.e. ‘liberals’ I are much smaller in numbers, than our aspiring enthrallers, have us believe. Control perception, and you tip the scales. Perhaps Bezmenov is right, the corrupted are too far gone, to fight for Truth n justice now. Unwin’s book [Sex & Culture], was meant to be a warning, not a strategy.
We must save ourselves, and then our brothers, across the pond. No controlled opposition will do it for us. Our Creator and forefathers are watching.
“Should one group define western culture above all others and defend it against existential threats. Are Christian Nationalists that group?”
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Christian Nationalism is light-years better than Wokeism and Leftism. Every sane person knows that. But is that really saying much?
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Christian Nationalism Movements just take one’s eye off the real ball… the ball that our eyes should always be fixed upon.
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Actually, Christian Nationalism has little to do with Christianity. Christian Nationalism is just plain old Nationalism dressed up in one singular particular take on just one iteration of Christian thought and belief.
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Christianity Nationalism is mostly about gross-level Earthly politics. Real Christianity is God-centered, period… and wholly based upon the Divinity manifested in the life and words of Jesus.
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Real Christianity is about the worth and dignity of human beings. All of us, regardless of how much we might dislike the Woke and Leftism. People who are Woke and Left are deeply confused souls who have made a very bad decision in Life to embrace a corrupt and failed mind virus.
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Real Christianity about recognizing our Divine roots and heritage and our purpose in Life found only in living a courageous existence of compassion and the shared brother-and-sisterhood of the entire human family. Yes, even those folks you radically disagree with on the gross-level of human politics.
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Real Christianity is about living your life in a way that mimics the way Jesus lived. It is not about vacuous Earthly borders conjured by humans upon maps and never found or seen upon the Earth itself when looking down from above. Or declaring some statements about the political hot-take take of the day.
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Real Christianity is about the Heart. Not some weak, sentimentalized wimpy Heart but about living with courageous compassion and empathy for all living things. Living each moment in profound gratitude and appreciation for receivin the gift of Life – and the honoring that Life in manner that reflects and shares true Divinity. Not the phony Divinity of human-made doctrines and dogmas and bureaucratic structures populated by leaders more concerned about promoting themselves and their own take on theology that living a God-like existence.
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There are some good Christians in Christian Nationalism movements. But that is because they are good Christians first and foremost – and this has nothing to do with Earthly politics or contentions and rivalries among Nations.
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In short… Christian Nationalism is not necessary. It is a sidetrack at best or an entire wrong turn at worst.
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Being Christian yourself is enough. More than enough. Anything more than that is just egoism falsely dressed up in faux-divine-looking clothing. And at worst – this can turn into being a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing.
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Christian Nationalism debases Christianity by lowering down into being just another politicial movement. And God knows we already have way too much of that in this World. And way too little of people living as – actual Christians.
I disagree and this mentality is part of the problem – Personal Christianity is NOT enough and never has been. History has proven that without organization Christianity faces annihilation. As noted in the article, Christian nationalism is NOT about nationalism; the nation is just the easiest vehicle for defending our culture from those who would pillage it. Christian nationalists are simply acknowledging the reality that tribal defense is absolutely necessary, until there are no longer any malicious antagonists left in the world to do us harm. Get rid of the globalists and the Islamic fundamentalists and the post-modern zealots that hate us, and then maybe your ideal society would work.
Brandon I love your work and agree with you on most topics but I side with the Shaman on this. The only way I can see Christian Nationalism being of value is to perhaps coalesce the populace during an existential crisis in a kinetic environment. We are not at that point now regardless of what anyone thinks. Currently people are waking up to reality and those that don’t will fall by the wayside. You mentioned being organized and I agree whole heartedly, but organize to save the country, not Christianity. Christianity should stand or fall on it’s own merits as any other religion or ideology must. Organized religion at it’s core has always been about fear and control. It is my belief that we should follow the true teachings of the Christ and seek the Devine within. About the Bill Paxton movie: A person murdering fellow humans because he hears voices or because he thinks they are “demons” is textbook insanity. To rationalize his acts by saying he actually did see demons and that his own son was a demon only perpetuates this insanity.
We have been at that point for YEARS. And saving the country will require spiritual unity, because the problems we have today are spiritual in nature, not political. You aren’t going to save the family unit, motherhood, marriage, moral responsibility, meritocracy, social cohesion, etc, without some kind of spiritual intervention. The soul of the nation has been under attack for decades; this is a concerted war – And like the Crusades, Christians cannot sit around like morons as western civilization is systematically dismantled. Anyone that thinks they can save our nation with politics is truly kidding themselves and is not a true Christian in any sense. Also, please watch the film, you clearly did not understand the point I was making.
Well, I think we’ll just have to agree that our ideas of Christianity are not the same. Perhaps we will need to join the new Crusades but we must exhaust all other nonviolent choices first. Trump has set the example for the world and laid out the game plan for peace going forward. He’s also fostered a resurgence of the ideals that made our country great and strengthened those who fight the woke communists. Let’s give him a chance and the support he needs.
I think the Christianity of the past half-century is not the same as the Christianity of the previous millennia, and that’s the problem. Trump is a temporary political stopgap (IF he follows through on his promises). He’s only in office for 4 years. We need to be thinking about the survival of the west for the next 100 years, because the slide we are currently on will not be solved by any president. Also, one does not need to be violent to set boundaries, you only need violence when those boundaries are maliciously ignored.
Few church leaders even know the truth or even care issues destroying society, because most churches are social centers without real substance or Biblical teachings. I home church because of corruption in majorty of churches and apostasy, because church leaders are muzzled by the 501c3 (1954 bill passed, but not mandated) most churches signed up. Their hierarchies tell them what to preach and what not to so the pastors can keep their jobs. Seminaries teach them how to be a CEO. Watered down sermons prevail with no substance. Dave Daubenmire on News with Views (and others) have exposed this issue for sometime. Child abuse has been covered up also in some protestant churches incl S. Baptists.
True, and this is due in large part to the abandonment of Christian Nationalism. I.e. cultural expectations, moral rules and standards used to be enforced, and now they’re simply not.
“I think the Christianity of the past half-century is not the same as the Christianity of the previous millennia, and that’s the problem.”
Wholeheartedly agree with this truth.
Today’s church knows nothing of the constructs previous generations of Christians held. Total nihilism…..no idea of sacrifice nor yielding to the Leadership of God by His Spirit. There is no expectation that life will bring corruption your way and it is up to the individual to choose to ask God for help to stand against it. And there is no concern about the effects of one’s actions upon another.
Because of these foundational voids I would hesitate to promote Christian Nationalism, expecting it to be quickly corrupted unless this nation became blessed by a visitation from God…..the kind that brings internal transformation.
Full disclosure: I expect a visitation from God…..the kind that brings internal transformation.
If Christian Nationalism prevailed those kinds of churches would no longer exist. No one would go to them and they would not be able to financially survive. People often make the mistake of thinking Christian Nationalism would mean the churches will run the country; this is simply not so.
Brandon, we know where you’re coming from and there is of course merit to your position. But ‘Personal Christianity’ does not mean you just sit on your couch or in the church pew and do nothing else. Personal Christianity also means taking action in one’s circle of Life in every way possible to further the Will and Spirit of Divinity. Personal Christianity is an active one or it is of little effect.
I have quoted this before and I believe it. Albert Einstein is quoted to have said, “Problems cannot be solved with the same mind set that created them.” And whether he said this or not, I believe the essence of these words is true.
What I object to is to see Christianity hijacked by one particular take on it and then weaponized as such.
Honest Christian know that the faith and the flock need to be always protected from harm. We all agree on that.
But when Jesus said, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” he was not being a wimpy Christian. What he meant was you have to have a higher mentality and spirit from those you disagree with or you are still on the same level as they are.
And yes, you ACT on that higher vision. That’s real faith power.
Love your enemy does not mean “accept your own destruction at his hands” and that’s where I think there is a disconnect for modern liberalized Christians here. At no point in western history after the fall of Rome have Christians NOT been organized to defend their culture. What I’m calling for is simply a return to the original ideal. I’m saying we turn the clock back about 70 years to a time when Christianity set boundaries, instead of the very wimpy “go with the flow” Christianity we have today.
Amen. 70 Years sounds good. 700 Years does not sound good.
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If Biblical prophecy is accurate – and the Protestant interpretation thereof – the same “Christian” power from 700 years ago will again manipulate the rulers to persecute real Christians who keep God’s Law instead of that power’s laws.
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Ofcourse that does NOT mean to let open Wokeism, Luciferianism and Satanism prevail by doing nothing. It IS important to realize that when decrees are made on HOW to worship, you are under Luciferian tyranny.
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Great article that I can resonate with. One of my long time best friends is an atheist. He made that claim years ago, though I’m not sure if he relaxed his stance recently. But lets go with the atheist for the sake of discussion. He knows full well of my history and that I’m Russian Orthodox of the pre Soviet days. I told him that if the USA was run under a TRUE Christian Monarchy, even the devout atheist would have a better life. He did not disagree. And not only him, but another guy I worked with for many years never claimed to have any particular faith and I made the exact same comment. He did not jump to an opposition.
But both of these guys understand something that perhaps others don’t. There are Christians who are “do as I say, not as I do” and sadly that turns them and many people away form Christianity.
I have met many folks who are Christian and believe they are saved because they believe in Christ and go to the Protestant church, which to me who was brought up in the Orthodox church, is more like a social club. No disrespect intended. Many of these people are ex alcoholics, or just roughnecks that have gone bad but turned their life around. Abandoning the old life of sin and repenting is nothing short of a miracle and to anyone who can do that is unbelievably strong. But what about those who act like saints in public but in reality have no problem excessively indulging in worldly pleasures or worse? I’m trying not to judge, but there are clear differences between the two churches. It’s the hypocrisy that my two friends have an issue with and that tends to throw the baby out with the bathwater. So naturally after seeing countless examples of this, they push further away form Christianity. Worse yet, some will migrate toward some other religion or way of life that better fits with their personal beliefs or ideology. But there in lies the problem. As pointed out here, the hard swing form the far right to the far left has been going on for a long time. That accomplishes nothing except more confusion and a gateway to some kind of centrist solution that is overtly or covertly rooted in Marxism.
Christianity is a way of life. It requires intense personal struggle to abandon the world and live for God. I find it rather confusing how many people cite all the moral principles of a good life. Especially the left, who throws the evangelical right under the bus, they are literally reciting everything that Christ taught! But yet so many outright reject Christ. It makes no sense to me that the only truth that was revealed to mankind is still being crucified.
Great writing sir. I wish the world would read. Romans 5:8 God comendeth His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Jesus said, Ye must be born again. Not of flesh and blood, but of spirit and water. We have to stayed confessed, repented, and ready. I have failed God, my fellow man, and country with my lifestyle. If America survives it’s up to the heart of the individual to love God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength. God bless you Christian friends in Jesus Christ Name.
Thanks you! Christ said then that he did not come to judge the world but to save it. We are all flawed but may God grant us enough time to repent. And remember there is only one unforgivable sin: Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.
a question i always ask an atheist is, do you have a soul ?
your comment on hypocritical christians really hits home, of course. people are flawed.
something that took me over 6 decades to figure out, haven’t been around the correct people i suppose –
God wants us to be happy. the devil wants us miserable.
This Brandon Smith essay states very clearly that our war is spiritual – with serious material consequences – pretty much ignored by our secular and religious populace.
Also – accidentally or by design – it looks like you’ve stumbled or been led into my bailiwick – http://www.crushlimbraw.com – and that’s just the starting point.
In order for the satanic forces to succeed, Christianity had to be converged into churchianity – https://crushlimbraw.blogspot.com/search?q=Churchianity&max-results=20&by-date=false&m=1 – a list of headnotes to articles by various authors archived in DaLimbraw Library. Needless to say, the public face of ‘Christianity’ is actually churchianity – a sort of ‘be nice to everyone’ social movement – with plenty of pabulum dispensed from DaPulpits. Jesus has become a divine butler providing a comfy blanket for our boo-boos.
As to those who deny the existence of the devil, evil and related fallout – Old Scratch has done an excellent job of convincing at least half of Western Civilization that he doesn’t exist – how can you blame someone who doesn’t even exist? How many churchians even worry about OS? And in case you’re relying on conservative politics – it’s controlled opposition – plain and simple.
I’ve been on this journey for 25+ years….still learning……most everything I knew beforehand has turned out to be bullshit and propaganda…..but this has become clear:
In essence….it always was…..and still is…..a War on Christ! – https://crushlimbraw.blogspot.com/2021/03/in-essenceit-always-wasand-still-isa.html?m=0 – an outline to much reading and action needed to follow up.
Welcome to the journey!
Pull up this very informative video on Youtube and read the scrolling text while listening to Orthodox chants and the choir singing.
>> 1917: The Beginning of the Last Days.
I think everyone will find a lot of relevant information and gain a better understanding of the current situation. Side note: My mother knew St. John Maximovitch and through his prayers she is able to walk today. Her story is documented as one of his many miracles.
The article certainly went into a depth that may have lost readers along the way but the premise was indeed right on. What has made a change in this country in recent years is conservatives finally finding a spine to fight back and that is all thanks to one man…Donald J Trump. For far too long Christian conservatives have turned the other cheek because a “gentleman” simply doesn’t get dirty in the mud. To hell with that…fighting in the mud is exactly what we needed to do. Christians don’t need to turn the other cheek when they are being beaten and stomped on, all their rights being twisted and mutilated, as are their children’s lives. Civility, elegance, a sense of order must prevail in our country for our Republic to survive and above all, Christ our Lord must once again be at the center of our universe as King.
Christian thought is not for everyone. Consider Christians have faith in God , while I only experience God in my daily life. Christian’s believe we are a body with a soul where my experience is I am soul temporarily residing in a human body . My experience is that soul is immortal . My thoughts are Earth is a place where souls gets experience on its journey through the worlds of creation . Humans can behave in evil ways and that is a choice . Satan does not exist for me as human create their own evil ways . On this plane of existence soul has free will to chose a positive existence or it can follow a very negative path full of destructive. It’s all about choice and an individuals understanding of love and power and which of those they chose to express.
I carry no original sin . I think praying for someone is an offence unless they request it.
The Christian religion is heavily involved in power politics and appears more concerned with social behaviours – man’s plight on earth than man’ spiritual freedom and journey. Fear of death is a learnt behaviour and is totally unreasonable.
But as Jesus said the meek shall inherit the earth . To me this means the spiritually impoverished will reincarnated here over and over again while the spiritually educated person journeys forth in the worlds of creation to gain greater experience .
In my opinion the 3 Abrahamic religions are responsible for the vast majority of bloodshed on the planet so why on earth would you propose one of them as saviour to the US political and social woes?
What you are spouting is Gnosticism (rejection of the physical world as subjective and worship of knowledge over divinity). It’s a precursor to theosophy, which is mostly nonsense. Its an interesting diversion in religious theory but it’s also the path to self worship and luciferianism. Christianity is indeed concerned with the spread of morals and saving people from sin. I find that people like you are far more concerned with unfettered freedom and less with what’s right. You don’t like being told what to do – Too bad. A civilization needs standards and boundaries.
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Also, the “Meek shall inherit the Earth” argument is based on a misinterpretation; “Meek” did not mean “passive” nor “spiritually uneducated”. In Biblical times, it meant honor, gentle strength and devotion (meaning evil people will NOT inherit the Earth). Also, Atheists and occultists are responsible for more death and destruction than all the religions combined. Frankly, the only Christian wars were wars in self defense against invaders so it’s hard to figure on what the hell you’re getting at. Christianity has been the majority religion of the US since the nation’s inception. The country was founded on Christian nationalism. Don’t like it? Leave.
Anyone who believes the devil does not exist has not read/studied scripture. Today, that’s lots of folks. What does scripture say about how Christ dealt with the devil and demons? He cast them out of people. He did not “deal”, or negotiate, or persuade, or forgive, or love, or convert the devil himself. He said ‘get behind me’ and walked away. He did not murder Satan. The final judgement of Satan is God’s turf. People would do well to study Spiritual Warfare.
Thank you Brandon Smith for enduring ‘flack’ and saying things that must be put out on the table of discussion.
If America is to survive and do well, everyone knows that a few very hard choices must be made. The preferred solution is faith in Yahuah, and salvation through Yahusha. Loving our neighbors. That is what Yahuah requires. It is the only way we will ever be all that Yahuah has in mind for us to be. It is the only peaceful path, and Yahuah will bless us if we choose that path. Righteousness. Obedience. Loving our neighbor, even the profoundly incapable and violent sub-Sarahans. If we want to be a better nation, we must become better people, and the only way is The Way – Salvation through Yahusha and obedience to the command that we love Yahuah with all our heart, mind and soul, and that we love our neighbors as much as we love our self. The “other way” is a sea of blood – a horror of slaughter. We do not want that legacy, and those are our two choices.
I have awakened to the undeniable fact that an insurrection was spearheaded through the Demon-Rat party and the Neocons to overthrow our Constitutional Republic, by dirty means, and to destroy my way of life in the process. I will never go back to sleep about that; I will never give them the benefit of the doubt. I will NEVER forgive those who have not made amends — and we all know those who did this, and their “overseas friends” don’t ever make amends because they only know how to take.
From the perspective of my personal views rooted in the ancient Orthodox church, there have been many struggles and wars that the church fought.
Before I go on, a clear distinction needs to be made between Russia and Russia post 1920s when the Bolsheviks took control after murdering the last true Christian monarch, Czar Nicholas II. The Soviet Union, which sought to erase all traces of Christianity while inserting the gov’t as the supreme authority, effectively continues today. At least I think so but not in the forceful ways of old. The communists simply put on a different hat. So me making references to Russia in a positive light is not to be taken as acceptance of the current leadership or even the KGB controlled church. I’m White Russian, which is naturally opposed to the satanic leadership that followed.
Going back centuries, Holy Russia had to defend herself from various attempts to overthrow the Orthodox Monarch of the time, who was the rightful defender of the Christian truth. Many stories of great leaders, who became saints, led armies to defeat the rivals in all out man to man combat. But one thing needs to be made abundantly clear. None of these Monarchs went into battle for their personal ego or any earthly interest. Every battle fought was done after divine liturgy with a Holy Icon carried on the battlefield. The battle was a fight to preserve the truth. The Christian truth. To boldly confess Christ as our Lord and Savior.
One example is St. Alexander Nevsky. He defeated the Swedes and Teutonic Knights while engaging in diplomacy with The Golden Horde. He knew that it was not possible to defeat the Khan in battle, so instead he went to meet with him personally fully expecting to die. But St. Alexander’s unusual approach of the time showed bravery and impressed the Khan so an agreement was made to maintain peace.
Brandon, you have always been prescient about topics that need discussion. Your essay is timely. You make many good points.
In our household there has also been discussion about the state of the nation’s soul and the future state of the wokesters when their utopia is denied by common sense.
It has been agreed that without radical change within the individual, false utopian ideals will return and be commandeered by transhumanists and their own utopian ideals.
The type of internal change required to realign our society with the 10 Commandments will be the product of dramatic and destructive experiences. The type of thing that drives a person to their knees.
To choose to casually re-adopt the 10 Commandments as a foundation for our society would never work because the strength of Christianity lies in the individual commitment to God and then to the Neighbor as part of a community, not in the intellectualsim of a religion.
Because Christianity has been the foundation of the nation, it will be the place people will turn when the difficult days begin.
Hey Brandon, I just read your article and I thought it was brilliant. Also, the movie Frailty sounds pretty awesome. I’ll have to check it out some time!
Before Christian nationalism can take root in both America and Europe a new Reformation will have to take place in the church itself. As it stands the church is too badly compromised to be of much use in shaping the culture.
I disagree. Christian nationalism has nothing to do with the church as a political institution and will ultimately happen without official church leadership. Keep in mind, the American revolutionary government was largely Christian and built a Christian nation, but they placed very little trust in the Vatican.