“(1) There is still no shared understanding of what the term means. Many proponents equate Christian Nationalism with support for some kind of church establishment and for the use of the state’s coercive power in matters of religion. I am opposed to both of these things.”
Kevin DeYoung
6 Questions for Christian Nationalists
1.) While, as a Christian Nationalist, I would not necessarily require an established church, I would require a religious establishment and the religion that must be established is the Christian religion.
2.) This means, following the original Article 36 of the Belgic Confession of faith, I would require the state’s coercive power in favor of the Christian religion.
3.) I would also remind De Young that all States use coercive power in favor of the State’s religion of choice. In the US today the state religion is humanism and the State uses its coercive power in favor of humanism. This is seen in decisions in favor of sodomite marriage, in favor pulling prayer from schools, in favor of abortion. De Young is kidding himself that the State (all states) ever does NOT act with coercive power in favor of its religion.
