Christian Nationalism doesn’t look very Christian to me. As a life-long student of comparative theology I have read and understood the bible to a level that many Christians perhaps have not, and Jesus’ message was pretty simple and straightforward: Love one another. Care for one another. Support one another. Or, as most clearly and concisely elucidated by Bill & Ted: Be excellent to each other.

It’s a combination of persecution complex (‘they hate us for, uh, reasons, so we should hate them too!’) and superiority complex (‘they’re not Christian so they don’t understand why they’re wrong’) as a justification for hatred, the denial of rights (an attempt to force people who are different than them to go back into hiding to keep from making Christians uncomfortable), and violence. The fact that these people advocate for all of these things tells me that they are not very Christ-like, so I can only imagine the level of delusion and cognitive dissonance they must endure to continue calling themselves Christians. All this is is a backlash against their loss of status as the number of religious people steadily declines in the world, and a cynical attempt grab onto the reigns of power and ‘make things right’ (heavy emphasis on those quotes) before the opportunity slips forever from their grasp. It’s hatred being justified by religion in pursuit of political goals.