Confession: I'm a Former Christian Nationalist
What do you know about Christian Nationalism and why care? Christian Fundamentalism’s adherents, whether we like it or not, are gaining more and more power every day in the United States thanks to the Religious Right’s promotion of Christian Nationalism, which is based on fundamentalist views of the Bible. Christian Fundamentalism involves the notion that Christianity is the only religion that is “right” with God. Its rules for interpreting the Scriptures are anchored in inerrancy. Inerrancy means without error. So for fundamentalists, that means the Bible must be perfect. Why? Because they believe God is the author of the Bible and God is perfect. Therefore, whatever He authored would be perfect, too. Usually, to make the Bible appear perfect or without contradiction results in chopping up the Bible into different time periods called "dispensations" or "administrations" to show it has no contradictions. For instance, the God of the Old Testament told His people...