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THE BIG PICTURE AND THE DETAILS
The strategy for Confronting Christian Nationalism is to destroy its roots. As a movement it is too well established and too well funded to be destroyed at the leadership level. The more reasonable strategy is to destroy it from the bottom: one Christian Nationalist at a time. When the individuals drop out, they take their money and votes with them. Only then will the movement crumble into disarray and ineffectiveness. We don’t know how long this process will take. We do know, however, that its strength is in its money and votes and that anything that can be done to chip away at these strengths works to disable the movement.

The hope that drives this fight is that individual Christian Nationalists will willingly abandon their personal involvement in the movement when they discover that it is based on lies. The hope is that they would admit to themselves, and others, that the movement has been directed by greedy, power-hungry politicians and religious leaders — not by God as they have been led to believe..

The premise of this strategy is that lies based on the literal words of the bible are a foundation of sand on which Christian Nationalism is built. These lies are cloaked in religious self-righteousness, the flag, and Jesus’ name. These lies have been taught in churches and synagogues where obedience to the literal words of the bible is always preached. The historical power of these lies has informed and energized religious extremists for thousands of years and continues to inform and energize Christian Nationalists today.

The power of these lies is enduring and formidable. The destructive influence of these lies can only be overcome by truth.

See the links below for understanding of the literal words of the bible and the truth hidden in the symbolism of those words:

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Much of the deep study about religious injustice and bible interpretation has already been accomplished and published in Religion Detox Network. Religion journalists and scholars who don’t want to do their own bible research may choose to use Religion Detox Network as a resource to support their own original work. There is no cost, no permissions, and no need to credit me for anything borrowed or plagiarized. Anyone can cite as much as they want from any resource, reword it anyway they want, and present it as original material. The journalism ethics police are not watching. Plagiarism is encouraged.

The takeaway message from Religion Detox Network is that, with only a few exceptions (God’s Commands About Doing Justice for Others, God’s Commands About How to Relate to Him and to One Another, What God Says About Evil, Deceptive Hearts), God never intended that his people should obey the literal words of the bible. His intention was always that he — not religious leaders, not bible editors — would teach his people. The reasons why God does not want his people to depend on the literal words of the bible are found in Bible History, and they are found in the legislation and injustice perpetrated by Christian Nationalists.

While, as a general rule, the bible should not be interpreted literally, notable exceptions exist in scriptures about loving your neighbor. These exceptions are detailed in Make the World Better: Love Your Neighbor. 

God speaks when he reveals truth hidden in the symbolism of the literal words of the bible. These truths are the only antidote for the cancerous lies that Christian Nationalists use to justify their unholy movement. God can and will reveal these truths through anyone who reports them.

But God also speaks directly to the intellectual mind in the bible without symbolism, so that his words can be understood and obeyed by anyone — even those with limited intellectual capabilities. See these links for God’s clear words about loving your neighbor:

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