10 Questions To Unmask Christian Nationalists
Christian Nationalists are pushing to change America into a fascist dictatorship with Project 2025.
When a candidate says she is a Christian (or any faith,) voters must dig deeper and find out what that means to the candidate. Are they a Christian? Or a Christian Nationalist? If candidates refuse to answer questions about their faith in public forums, consider it a red flag. Christian Nationalists are savvy about hiding their extremism to get elected.
This blog and teleprompter script is adapted from Andra Watkins excellent blog “How Project 2025 Will Ruin YOUR Life“. The script was created with the Big Stage Teleprompter. Use the app to create and share your talking point.
Questions to ask in a free teleprompter
How to Spot a Christian Nationalist (by Andra Watkins)
Don’t frame questions in combative way. Christian Nationalists have persecution complexes and are particularly sensitive to this approach. It is always better to make them think you’re one of them.
1. Do you believe the Bible is the inerrant, inspired word of God? While a Christian candidate may say that is their personal belief, they will also stress that they have no right to force that belief on others. A true Christian Nationalist will have a difficult time answering this question with the word NO. By framing the question this way, you are speaking their language. They will be more inclined to give an honest answer.
2. Do you believe marriage is a holy covenant between one man and one unrelated woman?
You don’t need to bring up same-sex marriage to find out whether a candidate is against it. Use their own language against them. By asking the question this way, you are communicating that you might be on their team. Let them think so. They are more likely to share extremist beliefs when they don’t feel defensive.
3. Do you believe life begins at conception/fertilization?
It is a waste of time to ask a Christian Nationalist why they oppose abortion or if they oppose a woman’s bodily autonomy. They don’t believe in women’s bodily autonomy. To them, it is a woke phrase they must obliterate from society. Use their language to find out what they believe.
4. Do you believe the Bible opposes divorce?
Christian Nationalists believe marriage is an eternal contract between God, the man, and the unrelated woman. It cannot be undone simply because one or both parties decide the marriage was a mistake. They don’t merely oppose no-fault divorce; they oppose ALL divorce. Attacks on no-fault divorce are the first step to removing the right to ALL divorce.
5. Do you believe God defines gender in binary terms, as only male and female?
Don’t ask a possible Christian Nationalist if they oppose transgender surgeries and treatments. You only reveal your political sympathies. Frame the question in their terms, and you will get a more revealing answer.
6. Do you support religious freedom exceptions that allow for the exclusion of LGBT people from society?
They don’t use LGBTQIA+, so avoid it when questioning them. A Christian Nationalist will strongly support their right to discriminate against all people who offend them by claiming such behavior offends God.
7. How do you define pornography?
A Christian Nationalist believes anything that could make anyone think about sex is pornography. An answer that strays from the liberal definition of porn and includes things like smutty books, sex scenes in movies, sex between people who aren’t married, homosexuality, transgenderism, nudity in art and similar is a sure sign of a Christian Nationalist.
8. How do you feel about the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that defines embryos as “extrauterine children”?
Christian Nationalists are falling all over themselves to placate outraged voters who have spent thousands on IVF while pandering to their far-right anti-abortion donors right now, but make no mistake. If they win in November, they will outlaw IVF and all forms of birth control nationwide. If the candidate brings up the ethics of IVF, a popular talking point, she is a Christian Nationalist pretending to be more open-minded. Don’t fall for it.
9. How do you feel about assisted suicide or the right to die?
DO NOT say right to die with dignity. It reveals your own position. Just as Christian Nationalists believe it is God’s choice to give life, they also believe our lives end when God wills it. A human being is never supposed to decide to end their own life, regardless of their suffering or the cost and burden to others. Christian Nationalists will outlaw assisted suicide nationwide.
10. How do you feel about the statement “God’s word is law”?
If a Christian Nationalist believes you are sympathetic to this view, they are likely to say some version of, “the Bible is God’s perfect law. It’s arrogant of man to think he can improve upon it.”
Christian Nationalism dogma
“God Said It, I Believe It, and That Settles It.” Everyone must follow God’s law, whether they believe it or not.
This dictum drove the Moral Majority. It informed the Republican party’s family values platforms of the 1990s. It drove their isolationism and Islamophobia in the wake of September 11. It fueled their horror at Obama’s presidency, and it led them to 45, their messiah. It is the bedrock belief of groups like The Heritage Foundation, Alliance Defending Freedom, and the Federalist Society. Several Supreme Court justices interpret the law through this lens.” – Andra Watkins
Andra Watkins explains Project 2025
Andra is a NY Times bestselling author who spent formative years in a Moral Majority-era Christian Nationalist church and school in rural South Carolina. She was indoctrinated in the very belief system people like Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott, Mike Johnson, and Marjorie Taylor Greene want to force upon all Americans.
She escaped that world more than 20 years ago, but indoctrination always lives in the brain. She is now applying her deep understanding of how Christian Nationalists think to their Christo-fascist manifesto, Project 2025. Mainstream media outlets miss Project 2025’s Biblical language and imagery. They speed-bump over the radicalized religious fanaticism of this document and its framers. Andra explains Project 2025 and how it will ruin your life. Her aim is to help convince enough Americans to vote against this Christo-fascist scourge and choose freedom and democracy this November.
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TakeAway: Learn to recognize the radicalized religious fanaticism in Project 2025’s Biblical language. Vote for Democrats to protect American democracy and your freedoms.
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