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- “Oh, I’m not saying we _need_ to be peaceful. Climate change is real! Look how much they are polluting. If we invaded Africa and India and stopped them from polluting, I think that would be the _morally right_ thing to do.”
Really? I’m surprised. I’ve never heard a liberal talk like this. 
- “Yeah I’m not against fighting a war. As long as it is moral. Think about it this way:  if we nuke India and Africa, we would save more lives than we lose, because we avert climate change. So - it would be moral right? It’s for the greater good.”

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If they are the hardest thing to create, aren't genes the most important competition of all?
"Why is it about competition?"
Because I am a man, and I am telling you it is.
All across the world right now, in every nation, there are men who agree with me.
In fact, in every non-Western nation, there are *more* men who agree with me.
We have established a global empire for every race, religion, and nationality. We have opened our land up to every more competitive country. We have completely given up on the competition. If we don't fix it, it will cost us everything.

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This man’s testimony is absolutely fascinating. It really challenged me to consider how vast the mercy of Jesus really is. He was literally experiencing hell, and Jesus rescued him. Listen to the way he describes both hell and heaven. He certainly has some things to say about race and racism also. Clearly, a man who has been changed by the power of Jesus’s love.
While I understand and agree with some of your points that it’s beneficial to focus on traditional Christian values and supporting each other in maintaining what is good in our cultural heritage. My real goal is about the kingdom of heaven, not any kingdom of man on earth. And the currency of heaven is love. It is Jesus who unites us. And the enemy who divides us.
Also, I love your house. It was fun to see you yesterday.
I’ll give it a watch.
And thanks, it was fun.
Why do you think they put religion in the Civil Rights Act, along with race?
Hmmm… my guess is as a majority “Christian” nation perhaps some people were discriminating against Jews and or Muslims, etc., when they were applying for housing or jobs.
There is a difference between immutable differences among us like race and sex versus things we can choose like political values or maybe even religion. But it would seem the civil rights act was an attempt to make things more fair for everyone because some with leverage or power were not judging people on the content of their character.
I think the civil right a Against hard and biased hearts. Unfortunately, the pendulum has swung too far now. And we are once again back to judging people, according to externals and not the content of their character.
Civil Rights act was an attempt to correct hard and biased hearts
Interesting, biased how?
Not allowing someone to buy a house in a certain neighborhood because of the color of their skin. Or not renting an apartment because the renter was a woman and not a man. Or not hiring or paying equal pay for equal work because someone was black or female, etc..
Where do you think that bias came from?
And do you think it’s wrong for Christians to be biased towards other Christians?
Probably cultural traditions and stereotypes, and maybe lack of exposure to people who were different from them in order to know them as human beings and see what was good inside of them.
I think there Call themselves Christians who have a form of religion, but do not really know Jesus or his ways and are not truly led by the Holy Spirit. I think if someone is a true follower of Jesus, their goal should be helping others to know an experience Jesus. So being biased against other Christians is not in keeping with the ways of Jesus. Again, we always want to focus on what separates us not what unites us. And that is how the enemy works.
Don’t you think that the more homogenous a community, the less people will think about race?
I.e. if a man of one race only knows others of his race, how often will he be thinking about other races he has never even met?
Sam, I don’t even have a homogenous family. I have a daughter of another race. And yet I never look at her and see her as culturally Chinese. She is an Erikson 100%. A funny thing, when she was in about second grade 2 separate friends told me stories of how their daughters of approximately the same age or totally shocked to learn that Susie was adopted. Because when they looked at her, they just saw her as part of our family and they didn’t recognize that her Asian features indicated she was from a different race. I think people have to be taught to focus on race.
And one of my dearest friends is African-American. She grew up in New Orleans in the 60s and 70s. She was bussed to a different school and experienced desegregation. She became a brilliant FBI agent. She’s far smarter than I am. I have the utmost respect and love for her. What unites us is our commitment to Jesus and his kingdom. She certainly doesn’t act like a so-called ghetto black person might. But some of her family members do, (more so than I might’ve expected.) However, that doesn’t threaten me in any way. We marvel and how the Lord has united our hearts and how it’s difficult for some other people to even understand that. She is a strong Trump supporter and a conservative, however, not a republican per se. She has cousins who are high ranking members of the DNC. She sees them as foolish and blind, just like we would. It’s far more about world view, and who the True king is, and what the values of his kingdom are than the color of skin. She often talks about the foolish pride of her wealthy and powerful black relatives who are so proud of being black. God hates pride, no matter what color your skin is.
Do you think God created race? Or humans?
After all, we hate when someone denies the sex they are assigned at birth. We hate it because sex is given by God, and not changeable by choice.
Isn’t it the same with race?
Actually, I can think of nothing more beautiful than the many ways in which God has shaped men. The ways in which the land, the culture, the religion, and God’s own choices have shaped us are truly a sight to behold!
The pendulum has simply swung too far. I understand how young white men like you may feel discriminated against. In fact, you probably are. DEI and woke ism are vile, false beliefs, straight from the pit of hell just like true racism is. The alternative to woke ism not more racism or separatism. It’s becoming awake to the real truth of Jesus and his Kingdom.
Are you familiar with theologian Michael Heiser? He’s one of my favorites. He points out in scripture what many of us in this modern age fail to see: The reality of two kingdoms on this earth. The Earth is currently ruled by the enemy and his various Spiritual principalities. The early chapters of Genesis hint at this, and several of the psalms show this too. The ancient world understood that the so-called gods of other nations were supernatural beings that had certain powers. But God separated out the people of Israel, in order to display himself and his nature through them, and to show His supreme power and authority as the Most High God. And, to bring forth one who would change the order of things on earth, for all nations and people groups. Of course, that’s Jesus. Paul helps continue the clarification of this teaching when he admonishes Jews to not get caught up in genealogies. True followers of Jesus love people: male, female, Greek, Jew, slave, Free. and we are to be united together as different parts of the body with unique abilities and even perspectives, all of us focused on building up Jesus and his kingdom.
I would love to discuss all of this with you more. But I can’t really do it over text. Come visit us soon and let’s talk. This is fascinating. I appreciate how you ask questions and I do sympathize with some of your concerns.
I think God enjoys the unique diversity of his creation. All creation: plants, Animals and humans. I think our racial differences happened over time as a result of the fall of the tower of Babel and the peoples of the Earth being spread out and given different languages and different principalities to rule over them. I think God created our differences and enjoys them. I think the amount of melanin and skin is definitely affected by the amount of exposure to sunlight and the need to be protected from too much of it. This is why we see darker skinned people closer to the equator on continents like Africa south and Central America, etc. I think these adaptations happened over time and were directed by God for our best Good.
Sounds good, we can definitely discuss it next time I see you. Might be next week.
I’ll leave off with this:
The idea of anti-racism seems to be the idea that we should judge everyone by the content of their character. Which you appear to agree with: you say that people’s character should matter more than the color of their skin.
The Civil Rights Act is the incarnation of this philosophy, applied to everyone within America.
In other words, The Civil Rights Act is the idea that we should not care about anything which is long-term. Because that’s what an innate characteristic is. A man cannot change his sex, race, or even religion without a good deal of effort and consideration. Racially, of course, it is simply impossible. Even harder than sex - nobody is “trans-racial”. That’s because race takes multiple generations to form.
Therefore, it seems race is the most determined by God of these characteristics, because it is the most outside of human choice. That’s an interesting observation.
The second observation is that, for seemingly no reason at all, this government also said that we should forget about God. They said that as long as you are working, God must stay separate. They tell us, under threat, that the content of someone’s character is not related to their religion. Doesn't that seem strange?
If a Christian business owner publicly says that Christians are more moral than non-Christians, which I would assume is a normal belief, what’s the next step for atheists?
They will find someone to act Satanic around this Christian in the workplace, such as pushing homosexuality, and then claim that Christian is violating the Civil Rights Act.
"Don't ask, don't tell" - that's today's policy in corporations.
Whites-only private schools were attacked and disbanded by the Civil Rights Act - why not Christian Schools next?
The only reason they don't is because public support hasn't gotten there.
Of course, they tell us - “these are Christian values, these are European values - we must judge everyone fairly”. And yet, the nation gets less Christian and European every year. If that is the result of our values, what exactly is going on? The people in charge, too, get less and less Western. All the while, they whisper in our ear to abandon the traditions (the biases) of our ancestors. "Race - religion - sex - who cares! Life is meant to be fun!”
That’s what they led with, in the 60s. That’s how they got the Act passed - by using the enticement of immorality against the kids, and the barrel of a gun against the parents.
So, in some ways, anyone who supports the Act is a progressive. You believe in the rapid change of values that has accelerated after WWII, becoming exponential, your only desire is to go back to a different point when the exponential decline had already started.
When a race in a nation goes from 90% to 54% in 60 years, and a race in the world goes from 35% to 9% in 60 years, most people would say ”hey, there’s something unhealthy here. Why are our people declining?”
That’s what the statistics are for whites. And yet, nobody ever brings it up. A white would never dream of making things about race - only a gloating liberal.
The problem is, though, that nations are biological. And, therefore, the races which make them up are very important.
If a nation is an organism, a real, biological being, then the health of the race is crucial to understanding the health of the nation. And, as we can see in history, this is true.
It was exactly when the Roman birth rates fell that the Republic was overthrown, and an atheist empire was created.
And then Rome fell, not through illegal immigration, but through legal.
The riots that led to the sack of Rome were started by legal, discontented German immigrants.
By that time, everyone in Rome was German. They said "who cares?" The support was not mustered, and so Rome fell.
One would think, because no man was willing to risk his lives merely for "character", or for another short-term characteristic.
The conclusion I came to, not just after facing discrimination but, actually, after sitting down in January 2024 and watching the country get invaded with the help of the sitting president, is that the reality is that the Civil Rights Act was, itself, from Satan. It was an attempt to disconnect Man from everything God gave him - everything man could not change by his own mind and desire.
Race, sex, religion, and even nation - all banned.
Sounds like communism, doesn't it?
Man is a colorless, genderless, atheist animal. That’s how the Civil Rights Act mandates you to think - 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week.
Now, of course, they apply that logic to foreigners too.
And it represents the death of the nation.
How could we possible judge the entire world by the content of their character? Doesn’t that sound like… playing God?
The idea that we, in our corner of our world, MUST meet every human who comes, and spend hours determining his worth?
Doesn’t that sound globalist?
If you believe in individualism, or globalism, or anti-racism, or anti-religious-discrimination - this is what you believe.
Because, if we are successful, which I would assume is the point of a nation, people will come. And then we must judge them. According to these ideas, as an individual.
That's what Churchill believed. When he ruled the world with the British Empire. And we adopted that belief when we won.
But, physically, it isn’t possible. There aren’t the resources or the time to do it. The British Empire doesn't even exist anymore - since adopting that philosophy, they have lost almost everything.
And, if it was possible, but merely costly, to judge every man on Earth - what would we be we saying to ourselves? That we are worth so little that we need to spend hours learning about every other race, religion, and culture? And if we don’t, then we can’t make a living?
It’s no wonder the birth rate is down - how could it not be! Our value of our own people has steadily plummeted.
That’s not what a great or free nation says (at gunpoint, remember) - that’s a conquered one.
And what you all fight against now, as simple “conservatives”, is exactly what was signed into law 60 years ago. And you say you fight for Christianity, too - but that was also signed into law, 60 years ago. “You must be a globalist atheist in the workplace” - that is the literal translation of the law. And that law is what you are conserving.
My belief - based on what I have discerned from most people - is that most people who speak against racism are not actually against racism. After all, almost every other race is more racist than us. Actually, our people are against secular racism, because that is the only racism we have known. That is National Socialism.
You are right, that secular racism (Nazism) is increasing. But the problem is that secular globalism and secular racism, i.e. Churchill-ism and Hitler-ism (who were both atheists), are two sides of the same coin.
Each man was attempting to play God - Churchill by thinking that we should judge every man on Earth by his character, and Hitler by saying we should use technology to micromanage biology.
It appears to me that there is not a way to completely divorce race from God. There is a reason why the Amish are all German. That's why I think that, even if Jesus ruled the Earth, race would still exist and would cross our minds. And that's not a bad thing - because racial differences are God's creations, and are really quite remarkable and interesting.
Churchill won, obviously, but Hitler was right in many ways. He predicted the future better than any other Western leader. His resurgence is not necessarily evil. It is a natural correction, that we must now understand in America and find the true solution.
My opinion is that the West began its decline with the Enlightenment, which was where separation from God and anti-racism really began. When I saw America getting invaded, I realized, on a personal, level, that I would like to live in a real nation. I realized that a real nation is better than a globalist empire. A real nation is connected to the long-term - it discriminates on nationality, on sex, on religion, and, yes, on race.
Being in a real nation is something I originally got a taste for at Geneva, and the classical school I went to in Florida. In Florida, there were several years where it was actually 100% white, and at Geneva it was almost 100% (and almost all of the minorities became Democrats after - completely okay with invasion). Those were schools which both genuinely loved God, and genuinely loved the English people. And white people. And I find it impossible to believe that the experience would have been at all the same if it were mostly minorities.
Our people are going away so quickly, if things continue we will cease to exist. So it's an important decision. If we really love the English people, or the European people, we can't accept what's happening. If we want to have an environment like Geneva in any way, we can't accept it. War may well be necessary to restore Canada, America, England and the rest of Europe. The other nations are almost certainly not happy that we are getting more racist again - they were enjoying our decline.
Recently, many young men have understood this. That is why we are racist. Once war begins, egalitarianism and "judging on the content of character" is not relevant. How can I judge an enemy combatant before I shoot him? Only innately by race, and maybe by religion or nationality depending on the uniform.
Anyway, the Case for Christian Nationalism is a good book which also discusses this. By Stephen Wolfe.
I'll finish watching that interview too.

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If we take Haiti and eradicate the gangs, what would we do then? There are 10 million people there. What would we do with them?
We would have to establish a permanent region. A nation. And then we could grow the borders from there.
I don’t know if I’m down for that. Taking land from a bunch of peaceful citizens doesn’t seem like Christian values.
But they’re not that peaceful.
But you just said they are!
They’re peaceful in the sense that they aren’t gang members, that doesn’t mean they’re generally peaceful. They’re a primitive nation with high crime. One must assume they fight and kill each other all the time. Stab each other at the bar and whatnot.
“Yeah don’t we all?”
Sure, so why not go over there and stab em?
“I dunno, it doesn’t seem very Christian. To go and conquest their land.”
Isn’t that exactly how America started?
“Yeah…
But I dunno man.
I would be down to maybe subvert them, and get them to sign away their land in exchange for first-world amenities. That’s what the Chinese are doing in Africa.”
Yeah, but Africa is winning.
“What? No they’re not”
Yeah, Africans are much more demographically successful than the Chinese are.
“Oh but that’s not what I mean. I’m talking about the nations and their power.”
If everyone in China becomes African, does it really matter how big their government is?
Would that government even exist?
“Maybe not, but I don’t think everyone in China is going to become black anytime soon.”
Sure, but nations are organisms. At any given point, they are growing or shrinking. So why would we, or the Chinese, want to shrink?
“I don’t know if I agree that a nation is just biological. Immigrants can come in and assimilate to the culture or the system.”
Okay, but where does the culture or system come from?
If they have a low IQ, doesn’t that limit the complexity of their legal system?
Doesn’t that determine what sort of structures they will build?
Doesn’t that determine what sort of books they will write, or songs they will play?
If they can’t eat certain foods, doesn’t that change the dishes they will make?
Doesn’t it determine how they worship God, or which God they will worship?
“I suppose”
So what you are saying may be true: some immigrants can assimilate.
But doesn’t it also seem true that when we describe national cultures or systems, we are actually describing reflections of biology?
“I don’t know. I believe on of the reasons our system in America is better than the others is because it has such a big Christian influence. I think God’s will for people can and should be a part of our nation. I don’t think it’s as simple as just a reflection of biology.”
You don’t think there is such a thing as Christian biology?
“What do you mean?”
Okay. Since we are talking about Christian values, let’s talk about the Fruits of the Spirit.
Would you agree that the Fruits of the Spirit are a good approximation or summary or Christian values?
“Well there’s certainly more to the story than just the fruits. But sure, I think they are a good introduction or approximation to what Christ is like.”
And our goal is to be like Christ?
“Yes”
So our goal, or at least one of our main goals, is to display the Fruits of the Spirit.
“Yeah, sure”
Okay, now let’s talk about dogs.
Thousands of years ago, we bred dogs from wolves.
Now when we think about the Golden Retriever versus the wolf, what is the difference?
“Where there are a lot of differences, but he’s definitely a lot nicer. Less aggressive.”
So he is Kinder, Gentler, more Peaceful, and more Self-Controlled?
“Yeah”
And this is a part of his nature?
“Yeah”
And How did Golden Retrievers come to have this nature?
“We bred them.”
So we got dogs by breeding the Fruits of the Spirit into wolves.
“Hmm. Yeah I guess so.”
One would think, then, that the same could be accomplished in humans.
“Interesting.”
And therefore, if our goal is to have a Godly nation, which displays the Fruits of the Spirit, we want to push forward those genes in our society.
Now, back to the original topic. You say that you don’t think nations are purely biological, because some systems and laws are of God.
But if we have a nation that displays the fruits of the spirit, and the fruits of the spirit are biological, wouldn’t even those Godly laws be biological in nature?
But if the fruits of the spirit are biological, then wouldn’t Godly laws be biological as well?
Don’t you think there’s such a thing as Christian biology?
“What do you mean?”
Well, do you believe that temperament is hereditary?
For instance, the pit bull is aggressive because of his nature. The golden retriever is peaceful because of his nature.
Right?
“Yeah”
And we bred these dogs from the much more aggressive wolves?
“Yeah”
Kindness, gentleness, patience, peacefulness, self-control:
Aren’t the Fruits of the Spirit genetic?
“But does that make it right?”
I mean hey man, my opinion is that they should peacefully turn over the land to us and go back to Africa. But you and I both know they won’t do that. So it’s not a question of violence or not - it’s a question of who deserves that land.
And if you are saying that we can’t invade, you are saying that they deserve the land more than we do. And I cannot agree.

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- “But you’re not _actually_ racist right?”
Well sure I am. The races are obviously different, aren’t they?
- “Well yeah. But that’s not what I mean. I meant hating them and stuff like that.
Oh, I see. Well yes, I don’t just blindly hate other races. But it makes sense to be competitive with them, right? 
- “Yeah, I guess so”
Well, if the competition becomes a war, won’t we end up hating them? After all, that’s why all those old guys hate the Japanese. None of us do.
- “True. Makes sense”
So that’s all.
- “I gotchu”
- “These fries are damn good”
Hell yeah. Let me get one. 
- Oh yeah bro, did I tell you about all those blacks that attacked me on the campaign trail? Shit was wild.
No, you didn’t! What happened?

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**Emma (Lady of the Empire)** 
- “It’s going to take like 10 years. Prop are going to suffer”.
Yes. 
(Mom) It will take some time but we already have things going. We’ll see.
She’s right. It will take ten years, and people would suffer. But if that’s what has to be done, why not? We have to be competitive.
- “Yeah, okay fine. The logic checks out. But who cares? If that’s what’s going to happen then just kill me now. There’s no point in all this.”
What do you mean who cares? Is this not the game of Life? Is this not the game that every one of our ancestors played in order to create us? What would our grandparents say?
- “Look, part of what I’m saying is - even if this is true - I just don’t see how we could win. I don’t see the point.”
Alfred the Great reconquered the whole of England from a small marsh. It’s never over until it’s over. Our position is not that bad.
- “Still, I just don’t see the point.
- “So, what, I can’t marry someone of a different race? Who wants to live like that?”
Everyone that came before us.
When you played basketball, were you sad that you couldn’t pass the ball to the other team?
- “I just don’t see the point. And most people aren’t going to want to change their lives like this.”
We’re not asking. If this is what has to happen, it is what will happen. Trump is laying the groundwork for power right now, the monarchy is probably already here.
- “Just kill me now then. I don’t care. I don’t want to live like that. That’s terrible.”
You mean live like the women being raped and the people being killed by illegal immigrants?
- “We’re not going to feel those effects. We’re the last ones who are going to experience that.”
Oh, we will feel it soon enough if we lose a war. And we will lose a war if we have no manufacturing.

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I believe it is because homosexuality is further from the type of person that creates Life, and therefore it is worse to be gay.
- “But Ghengis Khan had a lot of kids. Was he good for Life?”
Well, you tell me. Do we wish to destroy his descendants? 
- “Hmmm”

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Inherently dependent on the "building" "technology" mindset
Minecraft, redstone, engineering obsession from a young age
Spirits in the house
- “I think that the only at this will go is that we will be brought down to a lower standard of living, and also we will become a part of a community which will level everyone to a more equal playing field.”
Explain. What do you mean by that?
You don’t think the soul is connected to your biology?
- “I think of it in terms of that movie, Life. I am an independent soul that was dropped into the body”
So you don’t think that your soul is connected to those of your parents? Or your ancestors?
- Well, I’m not sure. I’ve met people in other parts of the world who I had a super strong connection with. Some of my family, I don’t.
But even those Scandinavians are more related to you than most others, are they not? It is a common lineage with Britain and the Anglo-Saxons of your mother. 
- That’s true.
God forms us through the land, does he not?
At what point in all of human history did the story suddenly change, and now is about the development of technology rather than the development of people? 
- It seems that there was a point at which the development of technology became disconnected from the development of people. During the Medieval era, perhaps.
Did it? As far as I can tell, national populations are intimately connected with the Industrial Revolution. 
- “What do you mean?”
The rise in machines was the same as a great rise in populations, and of what we know as the “modern lifestyle.”

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- “ Son, it’s good to see you. I’ve got to tell you, it’s been a while. Didn’t know when I would again. But look at you! All grown up, you look like a movie star.”
Yeah it’s good to see you too. When was the last time?
- “Shoot I don’t know. 
- “But look son. I’ve got to tell you. Don’t know when I’ll see you again. Just wanted to say. Always follow God. Above all else. Always trust God. I have made plenty of hard decisions in Life. It’s not always easy. Trust yourself, trust God. Be a man. Do what needs to be done. You understand?”
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Technology represents our restoration of the Garden of Eden.
It never says you won't be with a woman in heaven; only that you won't have a wife.
Yes, there are many atheist Jews.
"I think we have more in common with Islam than the Jews"
But aren't there many of us that are working together with the Jews? There are many whites that assist them.
"Only because they've been forced into it"
No, it's because they have the same perspective. They benefit from this system. These whites gain the same wealth and status that the Jews do.
Not to mention that we lived among them more recently and for longer than anyone else.
It’s important to not let fear take over. You have to remember - we are not of this world. We are of God’s kingdom.
Why are you advocating for the separation of church and state?
At the end of the day, these political systems are evil.
So you are denouncing the past 1500 years of Christendom as evil? Isn't that how we achieved all our growth? Isn't that the golden age of Europe?
It just isn't right to combine worldly systems with heavenly ones.
When Jesus came to the Earth, everybody was expecting him to do that. They were expecting him to start the revolution. But that's not what he did.
Instead, he created the church. He began restoring the Garden of Eden on Earth, not through violence and politics but through peace and the church.
You don’t think Constantine advanced Christendom?
No, I don't.
What would the devil do? As soon as he saw Jesus' church growing and working, what would he do?
Comnbine the church with state?
Exactly. And as soon as Christ's message became interwoven with the political system, everything became corrupted.
But how can we really say Constantine didn't advance the church? Weren't there more real believers that were converted, protected, and saved as a part of his adoption of Christianity?
"Real Believers?" How are we defining that?
Well, however you would define the true and good church. People who earnestly accept Jesus into their life, and have faith in him.
Okay, sure. I don't know.
And surely, this is the same for all of Christendom - the fact that the kings and governments adopted Christianity as a policy helped lead to growth and advancement of the church.
I don't know. I'm just saying that we can't put our faith in worldly solutions. Kingdoms of man rise and fall.
When Jesus spoke to the centurion, he didn't tell him to resign. Why, then, do we assume that Jesus doesn't want us to be a part of any worldly political system?
Yes, but these political systems aren't good. Look at what we did to the native Americans - I think it would have been better if we didn't do that.
We brought feudalism to the New World.
They had a different system, which we replaced with that European one. And we wiped them out as a result.
So you are saying that, because we did this to the Native Americans, we shouldn't be mad when it is done to us. Is that right?
No, that's not what I'm saying.
Well, that is why we are concerned. Because our own nations are now being invaded. That is why politics is important right now.
I just don't think we can put our faith in worldly solutions.
What if I become a politician? What if I am the one writing the law? Am I wrong for that?
Then sure, write the law how you want.
Okay, then isn't it important to engage with worldly matters? Shouldn't I write the law in a way that is more congruent with Christian teachings.
I suppose. But to me it seems wrong to explicitly link the two.
But you say yourself that the founding fathers got many things wrong. You think they were mistaken in their worldviews and their deism. And I agree. But isn't their secular government marked precisely by their separation from the God-given monarch of England?
And if you don't agree with their views, then what else is there? There is no such thing as a neutral governemnt. It must be either secular or Christian.
You say that it is important not to let fear take over. That is true. But what you seem to be saying is that it is bad to have any fear at all. That does not make sense.
I would argue that ignoring everything because "we can't let fear take over" is, itself, a manifestation of fear. To ignore real atrocities because they may lead to political action or even war is not a virtue.
In fact, a real lack of fear would mean a willingness to act quickly and, if necessary, to die for God's kingdom. This position you are saying sounds suspiciously like the one that will be most likely to keep you alive and comfortable.