AN AUDACIOUS  PROPOSAL TO COLLABORATE
Confronting Christian Nationalism focuses on strategies designed to engage concerned Americans in a strategic, unified, under-the-radar, effort to share truths that have real potential to effect short-term mitigation of the plague of Christian Nationalism. If sustained, these strategies also have potential to build an invisible team of truth-tellers equipped for the long-term effort needed to stall any future Christian Nationalist uprisings. If they are willing, journalists can be the recruiters, trainers and leaders of that team. Without their leadership, however, Christian Nationalist movement may not be arrested.

While journalists have tools and platforms from which a truth offensive can be launched, many of them may not have the access to the ammunition (i.e. truth) necessary to disable Christian Nationalists. Being biblically literate may be an asset to reporting, but deep knowledge of the bible is probably not part of the skill set of most  journalists. That is why they should team up with me (Paul Borene).

The resources I bring to a collaborative effort include Make the World Better: Love Your Neighbor, Religion Detox Network, and Make the World Better Substack blog. These are arsenals of truth able to supply battalions of journalists fighting on the front lines for decades. These truths have the potential to raise incontrovertible doubt in the hearts and minds of Christian Nationalist adherents about the movement’s rhetoric and the character of its political candidates.. Anyone with an open mind and heart who knows the truth about what God says is equipped to choose to reject the false doctrines (i.e., lies) espoused by Christian Nationalism. Whether they choose to reject those false doctrines or not is impossible to predict. Nevertheless, each time they hear/read/accept the truth, two important things can happen.

• Money stops flowing to the Christian Nationalism movement
• A vote for a Christian Nationalist candidate is redirected to a candidate whose ideology does not include dominion over the Seven Mountains of American culture.

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This is exactly what we hope will happen when Christian Nationalists learn the truth about what God says and what Christian Nationalists stand for. And, if hearts and minds don’t change quickly, at least the seeds of doubt are planted.

Despite their contributions to truth, my resources lack one big shortcoming: They lack the strengths and resources that are unique to journalists. Working as a team, however, we can do serious damage to the movement.

Here are some of the basic facts you need to know about me (Paul Borene) before teaming up with me:

• The best way to learn about me is to see my posts in Substack, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
• I have no legal or informal affiliations with any public, private, religious or secular organizations. I am totally independent.
• All my website content is fully open source in the public domain.
• None of my resources are copyrighted.
• All of my website content and social media posts can be freely used, reproduced, republished, and modified by anyone without notice, permission or royalty payments.
• No subscriptions are needed to access my websites.
• No source credits for citations are necessary for anyone who wants to reprint my content.
• I have no products or services to sell.
• I will never sell or share email addresses of people who subscribe to Substack.

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You can learn more about me by reading About Make the World Better and studying my social media posts..

Here are a few of the strengths and resources  journalists  can contribute to the team:

• • • They know the history of religion and politics.
    • Most have a good understanding of American history.
    • Most have a good understanding of the US Constitution.
    • Many are Christians with knowledge of the bible and Christian traditions.
    • They have professional credibility because they write about religion.
    • They have professional credibility because they are not associated with particular denominations.
    • They have existing platforms from which they can reach audiences who are concerned about Christian Nationalism and who might be willing activists in the effort to confront the movement.
    • By nature, they are researchers and truth-tellers.
    • They are unafraid to expose sensitive, controversial truths.
    • They value education and the power of the written and spoken word.
    • By nature, they know hypocrisy when they see it and are willing to call it out.

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What individual team members contribute to the overall effort depends on the inclinations of individual journalists. They are independent actors free to do whatever they think necessary to fulfill their professional goals, protect the American people and preserve democracy.  They will do what they have always done when they see a story worth reporting. When they are ready to write, my resources will be available. Collaboration will be at their will. Our relationship will be no more than an invisible handshake.

Note to Readers: See this content in this Substack post:  An Audacious Invitation to Journalists.