@PapiDavito@Canonandcreed The same reasons I was EO for 6 years and came to similar conclusions. I’ve met many ex EO’s personally that have the same experience. When I left it felt like weights were lifted off of me. It was the best thing I ever done.
@OrthoProvoc@Canonandcreed I was EO for 6 years and it caused severe depression and I had to see a shrink. There are many reasons I left than this but I have found my experience is quite common among ex EO’s.
The best way to reject Islam is to embrace Christianity.
The best way to reject feminism is to embrace patriarchy.
The best way to reject Zionism is to embrace Christendom.
The best way to reject globalism is to embrace nationalism.
The best defense is always a good offense.
Stephen Wolfe says that Christian nationalists are gaining "real power at the local level" by taking over their local Republican Party: "It is happening. We don't talk about it publicly because it's still kind of under the radar." https://t.co/fdI2rZ8mQf
If Jay Dyer couldn’t strawman Protestant theology, I doubt that he would have an audience. Absolutely no Calvinist believes in justification by assent to legal doctrines. The righteousness of Christ is imputed to us. This is monergistic, not synergistic, and it is the only way that we can stand before God.
All Christians believe in sanctification, which is the Holy Spirit training us to hate our sinful desires and live in holiness. But the RC and EO blur justification and sanctification, leading them to believe that justification can be lost. When this happens, they need the made-up sacrament of penance to restore it. True repentance is not a ritual act to “satisfy” for sin. Penance is congruous merit, a parody of true repentance. Then purgatory had to be made up as a system to “pay off” temporal guilt. This leaves them bouncing between despair over obviously insufficient works and a false security through rituals.
This all stems from the denial of justification by faith alone. If faith is insufficient, the merit of works is required. If the merit of works is required, justification can be lost. If justification can be lost, there is no assurance of salvation.
Protestant doctrine is justification apart from the MERIT of works, not the existence of works. When we are justified by God, all of our sins, past present and future, are forgiven. Abraham was justified by being counted (imputed) righteous while still ungodly (Romans 4), not through progressive deification through works.
In 2 Peter 1:4, “partakers of the divine nature” is better understood through union with Christ and the indwelling Spirit, not ontological deification. We are conformed to the likeness of Christ (Rom. 8:29), but we do not become like God by nature. If we participated in God’s essence or immanent being (ousia), the distinction between God and man would be abolished.
A lot of this sacerdotalist confusion comes from the Latin Vulgate. The Latin word for justification is iustificare. This comes from the noun iustus, meaning justice or righteousness, and the verb facare, meaning to make. The Latin fathers understood this to mean that God MAKES unrighteous people righteous.
One of Luther’s great insights from the Septuagint is that the Greek word dikaiosune doesn’t mean to make righteous, but rather to regard as righteous, to count as righteous, to declare as righteous. God is in this sense granting righteousness to those who don’t innately deserve it. This means that the righteousness by which we are saved is iustitia alienum, an alien righteousness; a righteousness that belongs properly to someone else. It’s a righteousness that is extra nos, outside of us.
Luther said, “When I discovered that, I was born again of the Holy Ghost. And the doors of paradise swung open, and I walked through.”
Iustificare (to justify) and iustitia (righteousness/justice) are the best Latin equivalents for dikaiosune, but they don’t adequately capture the full meaning. As Luther realized, dikaiosune righteousness is imputed (forensic, being declared righteous before God), whereas iustitia righteousness is imparted (making the ungodly righteous internally).
This is the way.
In absolutely no way is caring for the heritage citizens of America and seeking their national welfare dependent on Adolf Hitler.
No, Hitler was not the worst figure in all of human history.
But neither should we seek to lionize him as some kind of hero - the Last Christian Prince.
Lionizing Hitler as a Christian Prince is historically inaccurate, as well as a foolish and suicidal strategy.
*Yes, you will still be called a Nazi, even if you publicly reject Hitler as an exemplar for restoring American greatness. But this way, your enemies will actually be slandering you, and your conscience remains clear before the Lord.
This is how we win.
I believe we are officially at “Stage 2”.
Stage 1 - Provocation, Controversy, Exposure
Stage 2 - Galvanize, Make Powerful Friends, Caveat, Clarify, Solidify, Assume the Center
Ironically, moving from Stage 1 to Stage 2 is precisely what Doug Wilson did.
But here’s where he went wrong:
For 40 years, Pastor Wilson lived in Stage 1.
Finally, over the past few years, he moved into Stage 2.
This “move” was not, in and of itself, the sin of Doug Wilson.
It is vital that we analyze Wilson’s sin accurately (and sadly, there is real sin on his part).
Wilson’s sin was twofold:
1) Pastor Wilson got off the bus too early.
Doug, while being famous for his “No Quarter November”, chose to galvanize at a point that still provided obvious quarter for sin - soft feminism, racial egalitarianism, etc.
In short, Doug spent his life attacking the excesses of liberalism, but chose to leave room for the seeds of liberalism to remain and sprout again.
2) Pastor Wilson intentionally left a pipe bomb on the bus to slaughter everyone who chose to stay on.
Doug’s incessant attacks and slander of anyone who believed we should push a little further than he did, are truly vile.
May the Lord grant him repentance and forgiveness.
*But don’t miss this: 👇
Moving to Stage 2 is NOT inherently a sin/compromise.
Eventually, everyone has to decide “this is my stop”. We don’t simply stay on the bus forever.
One sign of maturity is eventually arriving at your positions and convictions, no longer accumulating new ones but galvanizing, clarifying, and deepening the positions you’ve finally come to hold over several years.
This is the strategy of any serious person who actually wants to achieve real victories in the real world.
However, you must exercise wisdom and grace.
1) Wisdom - Make sure you don’t get off the bus too early. Don’t sell out.
2) Grace - Don’t make it your mission to destroy the lives of everyone who disagrees with you, and chooses to continue riding the bus to the next stop.
I hope this analysis is a blessing to you all.
@JSlither92565@Isaiahii1@JoelWebbon Agreed I’ve studied this extensively and the National Socialist economy would have inevitably collapsed over time. It was unsustainable.
I never liked Hitler.
Some have tried to convince me that Hitler is akshually the “Last Christian Prince”.
Never been persuaded.
But there’s a guy with the username “Hitler Hated Christ”.
He’s insufferable.
Most compelling argument for embracing Hitler I’ve encountered yet.
🇮🇱🚫✝️I never closely studied the Right of Return myself but that's pretty cute. The next time a jew/pagan/atheist says "Jesus was a jew" tell them that "Jesus wouldn't be welcome in modern Israel".
In the CZ view, how exactly is Jesus going to "reign in Jerusalem", if the law only allows those who practice a religion that was created after 70 AD? Worshiping Jesus prevents you from entering modern "Israel"
It's also interesting that they allow atheists/occultists/pagans as long as they don't declare another official church, which would create the Zionist connection to esoteric pagan larping as a psyop for the right wing.
Tucker Carlson says he’s officially done supporting the Republican Party after 35 years.
Listen closely to how he ends it. That’s not a man quitting. That’s a man counting.
“There’s no chance I would support the Republican Party. Not going to support the Democratic Party. I don’t know what I’m going to do.”
“How could I, or any American voters, support a political party that’s not loyal to the United States, that puts the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens?”
“It’s not possible to vote for people like that. And I’m not going to.”
“I’ve been a consistent defender for 35 years of the Republican Party. I mean, very consistent defender. But there’s no defending this because it’s immoral.”
“And it’s exactly the opposite of what a political party in a democracy is charged with doing, which is representing its own voters, its own citizens, its own nation. And they’re not doing that.”
“So, no, I’m out. And if I’m out, then I think a lot of other people are out.”