Another Attempt to Implement Sharia Law in the United States

This is my Shocked Face!

My bad.  This isn't the Taliban, it's the Talibaptists, who are hip deep in the January 6 insurrection.

I may be the least surprised person in my zip code right now:

A team of scholars, faith leaders and advocates unveiled an exhaustive new report Wednesday (Feb. 9) that documents in painstaking detail the role Christian nationalism played in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and calling it an unsettling preview of things to come.

Christian nationalism was used to “bolster, justify and intensify the January 6 attack on the Capitol,” said Amanda Tyler, head of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, which sponsored the report along with the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Tyler’s group is behind an initiative called Christians Against Christian Nationalism.

The organizations touted the report as “the most comprehensive account to date of Christian nationalism and its role in the January 6 insurrection,” compiled using “videos, statements, and images from the attack and its precursor events.”

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Asked about the future of Christian nationalism — particularly its growing popularity among right-wing extremists — the authors struck a somber tone.

“Even as the movement is trying to shake faith in elections whose results they don’t like, their political allies are also doubling down on voter suppression and gerrymandering that seem intent on codifying minority rule,” Stewart said.

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“Christian nationalism is powerfully associated — with white Americans — with anti-democratic views,” he said. “As it gets marginalized a little bit, I think we need to watch out for a reaction of anti-democratic efforts.”

This seems to flow directly from Shelby Spong's question, "Has religion in general and Christianity in particular degenerated to the level that it has become little more than a veil under which anger can be legitimatized?"

The Christian Right has increasingly defined themselves by their hate.