In which we sadly cease from having fun with this, January 7, 26.

Introduction.

So we've come to the conclusion of our review of Disarming Leviathan, Caleb Campbell's call to evangelize Christian nationalists.

We have said quite a few things over the course of this review, but please keep in mind that it was only because Caleb Campbell said quite a few things his own self. This was a good salad. It only remains to pick a few pomegranate seeds out of the bottom of the bowl. Christians under attack? In this section, Campbell pooh-poos, or is it pooh-Poos, one never knows, the idea that Christians are being

persecuted or marginalized in our country. He begins the section by talking about how Christian

nationalists have a deep anxiety about ethnic erasure. I want you to note the smooth way in which

he slid from Christian to ethnic erasure. That was a sly way of insinuating that Christian

nationalists are actually

all about being white nationalists. Now, in the interests of honesty, it must be acknowledged

that there are some people out there calling themselves Christian nationalists, too, who are attempting

to make the same point. They call themselves race realists, but the realism part is seen in the

fact that the bell curve applies to all

human beings when grouped by color. We have our long tail on the left, just like everybody else.

But let us return to Campbell's appeal to our color anxieties. So not only is white, he deeply

concerned about being erased, he is deeply threatened by what Campbell clearly regards as some

form of paper-cut persecution. Quote, while religious persecution is

certainly a threat, especially in some parts of the world more than others, most of what American

Christian nationalists experience is the result of living in a pluralistic culture, such as the

clerk using happy holidays instead of Merry Christmas or the coexist bumper sticker composed of

icons from various faith traditions.

Disarming Leviathan, page 166.

No, the concerns have more to do with the kind of thing that happened to Charlie Kirk,

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