America’s far-right extremist cults claim a direct connection with Donald Trump. They adhere to conspiracy theories to back up their outlandish pronouncements. They were the warring forces at the Jan. 6th, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection riot. And part of the “Unite the Right” extremists protesters in Charlottesville before that. You know the one that President Trump refused to condemn as catering to white supremacy groups.

These radical right extremists groups outwardly claim ties to Christian principles and communities (as a front/façade) and often quote scripture to back-up their conspiracy theories and violent protests. Many Christian evangelical churches have been sucked-into their white supremacists way of thinking. What I can’t reconcile is their MO. They ready themselves continually for physical confrontation to carry out their objectives, yet, they have no concept nor willingness to turn the other check when confronted, as Jesus advocated.

Jesus never resorted to violence to further His cause; consequently, neither should Christians or protesting groups falsely claiming Christian principles. Jesus never advocated the overthrow of the Roman government even though they carried out His crucifixion. The Bible states Christians don’t need to resort to using the conventional weapons of war. They win spiritual debates, not physical encounters (1Cor. 10:4-5).

What I see in all of this confusion and discord is a last-ditch effort by basically white Americans (professed Christians?) to force our Christian beliefs into our American governments. There goes the separation of Church and State. And with it, the infringement of a person’s free will to rightfully choose (equally) one spiritual path or another. If we learned anything from the Crusades (and Jesus), it’s that you shouldn’t attempt to force people into Christianity. Religious choice must come unencumbered–or not at all.

And please don’t misinterpret my writing. I’m all in as a Christian. Have been for many decades. And, yes, I want American to be predominately a Christian nation. But I’m in disagreement that a government has the right to promote/force it’s citizens to accept Christian nationalism over anything else. It’s akin to a person being programmed, like an R2D2 robot, into love, when, obviously, love must have no strings attached. Ironically, God loves us unconditionally. Yet, He gives us a free will to choose to love Him or not–unencumbered.

That’s why God created/left only limited proofs to His existence. If He provided unlimited proofs to His existence, then it would very difficult, if not nearly impossible, to believe otherwise; therefore, stacking the deck against our free will of choice. God doesn’t force anyone to come to His Son, and that example should be paramount in everyone’s mind.

Yes, an inkling of Christianity already exists in American’s governmental bodies, but, presently, it’s not overwhelming to the extent that one can’t believe otherwise. If an individual is forced or simply coerced into Christian submission, faith is left out in the cold trying to find it’s way back into Christianity.