Is your church addressing Christian Nationalism?

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15. I've posted on other threads about the denominations that oppose

Christian Nationalism, so I know that the rally's theme won't appeal to everyone.

But the emotional appeal of music and its juxtaposition with messages about Trump being spared by God and chosen for leadership will motivate many Trump followers to regard the election as a holy war.

There is conscious and unconscious symbolism in using Ave Maria at a rally that promotes Trump as chosen by God to lead the nation. The words of the music are about Mary humbly accepting the announcement of her impending motherhood as the divine will of God. Trump (humbly?) accepts the divine will of God to lead the nation. He says that he is doing it for the people, not himself. He claims that he could be on a beach somewhere, but is running to protect Americans, at personal inconvenience. Part of that protection is against evil immigrants. But he is also the obedient servant of God, on a mission to make women obedient to motherhood. For people who believe that abortion is murder, that message sinks in.

The projection of Trump as obedient to God's calling to a righteous mission obscures the reality of him as a non religious, hate-mongering, misogynistic, racist criminal. It is a smoke and mirrors comeback from his indictments, convictions, and devastating debate with his non-White opponent.