Marshall
McLuhan[1]
encouraged humans to make certain mutual words& phrases address the heart
of an issue rather than a subsidiary aspect. Similarly, reliable statistical
research cannot exclude dominate variables. I want to suggest that Christian
Nationalism can, during Advent 2022, at University Baptist Church (UBC), focus
on accepting that the-mystery-of-God survives global civility& legislation.
I doubt Jesus is the-God and could be wrong. However, Christian Nationalism is
a Christ argument against the-metaphysical-word-of-Jesus (MWJ). For all I know,
MWJ expresses the-good human being (verb) or even good-application of physics.
I do not write either as Phil Beaver’s opinion: I don’t know.
Christian Nationalism springs from 5 cultural evolutions: humankind, Sumer, Israel, Christendom, and the United States.
At the recent edge of 300,000-years’ cultural development, a fairly-well documented succession of kings in Sumer, an ancient, Mesopotamian civilization, attributed otherworldly forces to a system of Gods. Also, each city-state sponsored its champion-God. It seemed to those kings that order& prosperity in their part of their world was their nation’s sole, collective responsibility. I think it is unfortunate that no civilization improved Sumer’s responsible-human-independence (RHI).
Starting 10-thousand years ago, Sumer kings developed a civilization predicated on mankind working for order& prosperity while the Gods saw to other worlds. Each citizen could responsibly pursue the happiness they perceived rather than subjugate to someone else’s vision for them. Slaves, artisans, administrators, and royalty collaborated to constrain consequences of the-laws-of-physics, in order for Sumerians to survive if not prosper. Some citizens did not cooperate.
Successive kings developed statutory law that pursued civic-justice. “Civic” refers to practicing reliable connections& transactions between humans more than to adherence to municipal rules. Civic-Sumerians could& might pursue comprehensive-safety& security to their city-state (hereafter security). However, among dependent citizens some perceived the Gods were in control and individual contributions did not matter. Some dependents were criminals or worse.
Monotheism seems 4,000 years old; for example, an Egyptian sun god.[2] The Bible suggests that Terah, who left Mesopotamia, was born 4100 years ago[3]. He was Abraham’s father. Abraham’s first son was born 3800[4] years ago. At least 3 monotheisms are attributed to Abraham’s descendants: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Moses shared the 10 commandments perhaps 3600 years ago.[5]
What about MWJ? Jesus lived 2000 years ago. Writers
controversially abstracted Jesus’ actions& expressions during 40 to 90
years after he died. Several Christian movements emerged by 1600 years ago,
including Roman Catholicism, eastern Orthodoxy[6],
and oriental orthodoxy[7], with
early branches in Africa.[8]
Protestant Orthodoxy is only 500 years old.[9]
Baptist orthodoxy emerged 376 years ago. Can any sect claim to witness for
Jesus? I don’t think so. Emerson thought Jesus was an insightful man whose
message was forever hidden when the Church made him divine. [10]
Physics began to control development of the universe 13.7 billion years ago. MWJ
seems there for future discovery. Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago. Cultural development of human being (verb) includes
this sequence, in years ago:
300,000 homo sapiens branched from
other bipeds
10,000
Sumer civilization developed responsibility to their world
4,000 monotheism dominated religious
development
3,600 Moses shared the 10 commandments
2,000 Jesus lived
1,600 Christian orthodoxies canonized
500 Protestant orthodoxy
376 Baptist orthodoxy
235 the United States proffered pursuit
of responsible-human-independence (RHI)
233 Congress unconstitutionally gave itself freedom of religion despite RHI-citizens.
MTJ (the metaphysical word-of-Jesus) expresses, in 2022
perspective:
presence
13.7 billion years ago (John 8:58);
political
philosophy (Genesis 1) refutes Moses’ law (Matthew 19:3-8);
human-leaders’
responsibility to the earth (Matthew 22:16-21);
to resist
MTJ invites personal woe (Luke 9:26);
MTJ serves
truth rather than kingship (John 18:37); and
responsibility
impacts ourselves and our posterity (Luke 17:20-21).
Please forgive my omissions and my ignorance of what the authentic
Jesus really, actually said& meant. I express opinion, because I do not
know the-ineluctable[11]-truth.
Today, at the leading edge of 13.7 billion years’ physical
evolution, 300,000 years’ psychological evolution, and 10,000 years’ cultural
evolution, human being (verb) demands awareness of past experiences&
observations. By not neglecting
the-laws-of-physics, humankind plans to colonize the moon in 10 years. Yet some
nations work to annihilate others, and children are being enslaved to gender
change. With 2000 years since Jesus’ death, predicted second coming seems un-impactful
to Genesis-1-human-duty to benefit from physics.
The United States was proposed 235 years ago and has yet to pursue
the USA’s 246 year-old intentions: independence from England’s religion. The
U.S. framers, in 1787, proposed a nation that pursues security, leaving spiritual or religious pursuits to privacy.
Framers had observed& experienced 1400 years’ war among Christians and with
others -- exacerbated 300 years before then by Protestantism. Aware of history,
framers decided to create a nation that leaves motivation& inspiration to
the individual. Civic-citizens collectively aid security.
Although, the United States’ intentions to develop RHI with
religious privacy is proffered, Congress imposed a Protestant legislative
branch, hidden as freedom-of-religion-to-Congress, in 1791. The Bill of Rights
completed the constitution that was negotiated in the ratifying constitutions
of 9 of 13 states, succeeding on June 21, 1788. Some states wanted Congress to feel
divine like Parliament, with its 26 seats constitutionally assigned to Church-of-England-bishops.
Congress, by self-assigning
freedom-of-religion, promulgated a civic-tyranny that 99% of voting inhabitants
(4% of the population) did not mind, because they were Protestants. The
consequence is the chaos Americans suffer this December 2022. The nation seems
approaching the nadir of Protestant if not religious imposition on U.S.
governance. Intentions for national religious-privacy can& may be
established at last.
U.S. RHI can& may be initiated by amending the First
Amendment. I suggest: Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or promoting the free exercise thereof.
The long-standing practice clause is, “preventing the free exercise
thereof”. The extant phrase is a shockingly clear challenge to
statutory-justice and demonstrates how ruinous democracy can be. The U.S.
promises a republican form of government; elected representatives develop
the-rule-of-law in a system that ruins democracy.
Despite all that has transpired, it seems MJW prevails: humankind
can& may pursue security. Let the
person who knows better take charge; they may be right. But my vote is to reform
the question of Christian Nationalism to a petition to amend the First
Amendment’s religious-practice clause. UBC has the intellectual power,
authenticity, and civil standing to petition for statutory-justice. Delivery
would be Congress’ responsibility.
Christian Nationality lessens a dominant variable to human being
(verb): the-metaphysical-word-of-Jesus,
which humankind can discern together.
[1] https://www.marshallmcluhan.com/biography/
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_in_Islam
[11]
Ineluctable means “not to be avoided, changed, escaped, neglected, or resisted”.
Copyright©2022 by Phillip R. Beaver. All rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted for the publication of all or portions of this paper as long as this complete copyright notice is included. Updated to add earth formation 4.5 billion years ago.
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