Christian Identity Hate Is Rousing Conservative Base In America

by Samantha Posted 2012/07/07 17:48:26

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I recently wrote an article about a Pastor from a small Alabama town who advertised a Pastoral Conference inviting “All White Christians.” This man is a Pastor of a Church of God (Christian Identity), and at the time of the article, this writer had no understanding of the term “Christian Identity.” As a result, a great disservice was done to members of a small town that in no way deserved to be identified with this hate group.

http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/Christian_Identity.asp?xpicke...

Christian Identity is a religious ideology popular in extreme right-wing circles. Adherents believe that whites of European descent can be traced back to the "Lost Tribes of Israel." Many consider Jews to be the Satanic offspring of Eve and the Serpent, while non-whites are "mud peoples" created before Adam and Eve. Its virulent racist and anti-Semitic beliefs are usually accompanied by extreme anti-government sentiments. Despite its small size, Christian Identity influences virtually all white supremacist and extreme anti-government movements. It has also informed criminal behavior ranging from hate crimes to acts of terrorism.

Jon Bergen 2012/08/08 00:21:05

Christian Terrorism Comes to Milwaukee by Mark Juergensmeyer

"Like the Oklahoma City bomber, Timothy McVeigh, and the Norwegian militant, Anders Breivik, Page thought he was killing to save white Christian society...he was on a military mission to save white Christendom."

And so on. Direct proof of your thesis.

Also:

"Page, who was originally from Colorado, served in the army from 1992 to 1998, stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas and Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Initially he was a sergeant as a repairman for the Hawk missile system. Then he became a specialist in “psyops”—psychological operations. Though it is not clear what Page did in this branch of the service, in general psyops attempts to influence an enemy or a foreign audience through propaganda or other means of influencing attitudes."

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historian 2012/07/07 17:58:12

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Gotta love how "anti-government" is thrown into a religious group believing in mud people, lost tribes of Israel(maybe they are), etc. This looks like a hit piece against liberty loving Americans tired of government usurping power not delegated to it by the Constitution, police state tactics at home, aggressive wars abroad, etc. The so-called Christian Identity group is one of many tools in the fear-mongers bag of tricks. Are there nuts out there? Yes. But I think people should look at the threat in their face rather than the one rumored to exist "out there....somewhere".

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Samantha to historian 2012/07/07 20:38:54

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Racist Christian Identity is real; Timothy McVeigh had Christian Identity connections.

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historian to Samantha 2012/07/07 21:11:04

I understand that there is such a movement, but I believe it's being used as a scare tactic to demonize those who have nothing whatsoever to do with those people. I find the revelation of their real intent when they chose to throw in "anti-government" and "extreme right wing" hot button phrases into the mix with a religious belief system. As for McVeigh, that's a whole different can of worms, as it was clear the OKC bombing is as surrounded in controversy as the attack on 9/11, with conflicting witness reports, government quelling of information, evidence tampering, etc. There was a whole historical chain of events leading up to and proceeding after the OKC bombing that had nothing to do with "Christian Identity" whatsoever. Such smoke and mirrors are easily dispelled when one actually looks at the situation with a critical eye, rather than thinking the reality is that nice packaged product they broadcast on television.

I understand there are quacks out there that think "brown people" are the children of Cain, as there are those out there that teach white skin is the mark God placed on Cain, those who believe they're "God's Chosen" because of some long and drawn out "endless genealogy", etc, but all in all, my point was that it's a ploy to lump two entirely separate issues,...

I understand that there is such a movement, but I believe it's being used as a scare tactic to demonize those who have nothing whatsoever to do with those people. I find the revelation of their real intent when they chose to throw in "anti-government" and "extreme right wing" hot button phrases into the mix with a religious belief system. As for McVeigh, that's a whole different can of worms, as it was clear the OKC bombing is as surrounded in controversy as the attack on 9/11, with conflicting witness reports, government quelling of information, evidence tampering, etc. There was a whole historical chain of events leading up to and proceeding after the OKC bombing that had nothing to do with "Christian Identity" whatsoever. Such smoke and mirrors are easily dispelled when one actually looks at the situation with a critical eye, rather than thinking the reality is that nice packaged product they broadcast on television.

I understand there are quacks out there that think "brown people" are the children of Cain, as there are those out there that teach white skin is the mark God placed on Cain, those who believe they're "God's Chosen" because of some long and drawn out "endless genealogy", etc, but all in all, my point was that it's a ploy to lump two entirely separate issues, one of wariness toward a government operating without the bounds of the Constitution, the document that gives them any legitimacy, and those with a particular racial ideology.

Hope I made my point. Thanks.
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Samantha to historian 2012/07/08 20:48:49

There's no doubt the right wing extremist anti-government groups that have increased since Barack Obama became president have a racist foundation ranging from outright hatred of minorities and attempts to justify that racism by marketing it was some type of "religion." Christian Identity is extremely racist and violent.

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historian to Samantha 2012/07/08 20:58:07

The increased anti-government sentiments have nothing to do with race. That is a piece of lying propaganda meant to stir up ignorant racists, to get them stirred up for violence, and to put a false face on the true problem. The increase is due to the expansion of government tyranny, the growth of a homeland security grid, release of training manuals that list patriots, veterans, liberty loving individuals, sovereign citizens, and so forth as potential terrorists, job listings that seek operators for relocation camps in this country, abusive treatment by TSA at airports, the expansion of the police state by moving TSA out of the airports and onto the highways, train stations, public events, and so forth, the "public service announcements" featuring "regular people" as terrorists- telling them "if you see something, say something", and the list goes on and on. This whole "foundation based on racism" is outrageous and extremist propaganda. Please don't be suckered into it. There are still some racists out there, trust me, and they exist of all groups, whites, blacks, hispanics etc., but the only way they're going to ever be considered a threat is by the very tactics as your post represents. Terrorizing people, instilling fear of a manufactured threat, magnification of a minor fringe into a bogeyman, etc until it stirs it to a boil and the idiots start a chain reaction into chaos.

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