Nationalizing Christian Bigotry

 CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM is, on the surface, an innocuous enough term. Devoutly patriotic, one might say. It seems to imply a combination of devotion to faith and love of country. deep religious devotion and patriotism are generally considered to be among the highest virtues. They combine church and state,  which the constitution mandates be kept separate, but are nonetheless usually placed in one special place together by American conservatives. In truth, the term "Christian nationalism" means much more than merely being religious and patriotic at the same time. it is a far right movement, in which the central belief is that special privilege should be given to white Christian conservatives who were born in the United States. It is a racist, religiously bigoted doctrine, inherently antithetical to liberalism, any religion or non religions other than Christianity, non whites, and those of foreign origin. In essence, it is the Ku Klux Klan by another, less pejorative name. Alarmingly, a high percentage, exactly what percentage remains unclear, of American evangelical fundamentalist christian embrace it, just at they in overwhelming numbers support Trump and believe that the election was stolen on behalf of the Democrats and Joe Biden. It is modern America's versions of fascism, modern America's version of the nineteen thirties Hitler movement in Germany. even more alarming is that it has already been in power, and resisted being voted out of power by staging an insurrection in an attempt to overthrow the government, and may come to power again, by legitimate electoral processes. The potent combination of religious fanaticism and political right wing extremism is especially concerning, for its potential for violence and coordinated resistance to progress. American Christians and conservatives see the United States becoming a country they do not like. The christian faith is declining in membership as a percentage of the general population, as teh baby boomer generation fades away and the millennials and post millennials emerge as much more secular humanist. Christian conservatism in American is a dying breed, although that fact is not yet widely recognized nor accepted.It will be. the rate of social change is staggering; in the last few decades homosexuality has gone from being illegal and punishable by imprisonment to being an accepted way of life, due to decades of social organization by gays and lesbians. White patriarchal society is a thing of the past, and ethnic diversity is now the norm. Humanity is globalized in all areas of life.Christian nationalism can be regarded as the dying gasp of a way of life going extinct, because that is exactly what it is.