The “Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving” event in D.C. today had a Christian Nationalism feel. The Washington Post article's title:
It was not merely a private event:
A crowd of thousands transformed a block of the National Mall into an evangelical-style worship service Sunday at an event backed by President Donald Trump and funded with millions of taxpayer dollars.
Trump didn't show up. They played a video of his reading a Christian Nationalism-friendly biblical quote from a different event. A few signs of religious diversity (including the usual Judeo-Christian touches with Judaism as a the clearly junior party) aside, the dominating force was apparent:
People described a variety of reasons for coming — to bring awareness to what they see as harassment of or disfavor toward conservative Christians, to pray for the country to repent for its sins, or to fortify what they call the Christian roots of the country — in particular against Islam or other faiths outside Christianity or Judaism.
Pete Hegseth referencing the mythical story of General Washington kneeling to pray story is the flavor of "history" we will see here. An honest accounting of our nation's religious story would be helpful.
This bunch, with Trump as their false god, won't give it to you. It is more likely to be blasphemous, including to many Christian believers. And, to our overall values.
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