Why I'm no Longer a Conservative
I believe the Bible is inerrant, that faith in Jesus and His blessed gospel are the only way to be reconciled to God. I believe in the Trinity, the physical resurrection, and the wickedness of abortion and sodomy.
And yet, I reject the conservative label when it comes to politics or broader cultural discussions, and so should you. Here are two reasons why:
1. We need a totalizing positive vision in order to unite. Conservatism works when we’re losing, but it inherently becomes negative and fractious the moment we start winning. We’ve seen this as Donald Trump’s coalition won and then proceed to implode. Nobody can agree on what “conservative” even means. Are we trying to conserve the status quo? The vibes of the early 2000’s? Or are we trying to preserve what’s left of the nation founded in 1776? These are wildly different visions for the future that are completely irreconcilable.
2. We need to stop defending ground the enemy already occupies. We’ve already lost. “Conservatives” are now occupying the ground radical leftists held 10 years ago. There’s nothing left to defend. We’ve lost. It’s time to regroup and go on the offense.
Ok, so what am I now, if I’m not a conservative?
I’m a Christian Humanist, in the sense that I believe in the dignity of every human soul, and want to preserve their liberty to live a life of virtue. I want humanity, under Christ’s High Kingship, to take dominion over the world and the cosmos. Mankind must rule, not machine, not false gods, but man under the reign of the Son of Man. But Christian Humanism alone is not fit for the task of fighting today’s culture war.
Traditionally, Christian Humanism is liberal, soft, weak. This will not hold up against Islam, radical leftism, and demonic globalism. Christian humanism traditionally eschews power, but power must be wielded by good men to preserve liberty. And Christian Humanism has fallen to a dark insurgency - the Trojan horse of egalitarianism.
Ironically, Christian humanism has, in an effort to preserve the real dignity and glory of every man and woman, been deceived into denying foundational realities of human nature. It denies realities like race and kinship, masculinity and femininity, hierarchy and power. We've been tricked into to redefining liberty as “the ability to do whatever you want,” when this version of liberty is completely foreign to historic Christianity and human nature. Liberty must be defined as liberty oriented to virtue - the ability to make good choices and the opportunity to govern your own life in dignity and righteousness befitting your status as an image bearer.
In short, Christian Humanism has been hijacked by antihumanists, gnostics, and cultural marxists who deny biological realities and desire to flatten human achievements to the lowest common denominator instead of helping everyone achieve the most they are capable of.
So what am I? I’m a Far-Right Christian Humanist. I believe in tribalism and in universal human dignity. I believe in liberty and virtue. I believe in compassion and in righteous exercise of power.
If you want to join me in exploring what this looks like on a practical level, in our day to day lives, in politics, in history and technology, and in our walks with Christ - follow for more.
Obviously, this doesn't mean we're worth more to God - He's the one who gave all men their gifts. We should be humble and, if God's given us superior gifting on a large set of metrics, we owe the rest of humanity servant leadership and love. But my point is that a lot more needs to be defined about "white supremacy" before all adherents are wholesale labled as degenerates.
This sounds great, and in theory I agree with everything you're saying here. But what do you even mean by "superiority?" Because, frankly, hierarchy is built into nature, and it obviously does run loosely in families through genetics. Physical strength is a form of superiority that is largely (though not exclusively) genetic; so is intelligence, creativity, disposition, etc.
Whites are not superior along every metric - we are not the most intelligent on a pure IQ scale, or the most athletic. But I think anyone with half a shred of honesty must admit that we build superior civilizations to virtually all other humans. Rome was great (and pagan) before Christian conversion. So was Greece. There are very few competitors.
Maybe it’s Paul’s direct command to not let anyone judge you for observance/non-observance of sabbaths.
Even if you think that’s stupid, at least be charitable enough to acknowledge that your brothers are trying to obey the Bible too. It’s not as though gluttony is the only conceivable motive.
Maybe it’s Paul’s direct command to not let anyone judge you for observance/non-observance of sabbaths.
Even if you think that’s stupid, at least be charitable enough to acknowledge that your brothers are trying to obey the Bible too. It’s not as though gluttony is the only conceivable motive.
Maybe it’s Paul’s direct command to not let anyone judge you for observance/non-observance of sabbaths.
Even if you think that’s stupid, at least be charitable enough to acknowledge that your brothers are trying to obey the Bible too. It’s not as though gluttony is the only conceivable motive.
Maybe it’s Paul’s direct command to not let anyone judge you for observance/non-observance of sabbaths.
Even if you think that’s stupid, at least be charitable enough to acknowledge that your brothers are trying to obey the Bible too. It’s not as though gluttony is the only conceivable motive.
If you can find a way to get us back to rule by righteous judges, I’ll hear you out. But politics is the art of the possible, and I don’t think that’s in the cards. Neither is Monarchy for that matter, or small government in the form described by the constitution. The constitution is only as good as the people governed by it.
Yes, but you’re the one who brought up wielding the one ring. I never mentioned that - I’m saying that Joel is delusional if he thinks we can win without being powerful. Men still beat Sauron through strength, cunning, and valor.
True that Frodo wasn’t particularly strong, but he never could have won without Gondor and Rohan. Power must be wielded - just not power to destroy God’s order. (And no, the constitution isn’t God’s natural order - at best, it’s neutral).