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Whenever organized Christianity is associated with state power or a state cult like Trumpism, it has lost out because the state would only select the Christian teachings it likes, and ignore the rest. My conclusion is that 60+ White Christians have supported Trump out of fear of change; they are afraid that they are living (not much longer) than the world they grew up in. Trump tapped into this fear by promising to turn the clock back to a mainly White America, with mainly White people going to church, and where the minorities knew to keep quiet unless spoken to. Churches like the Episcopal Church are shrinking because they have not been able to offer a fear-free vision of a changing world to their mainly White congregations, which are rapidly dying off. At the same time, younger Whites see nothing which organized Christianity offers which is attractive to them and their needs. The most active Christians now are non-Whites. I have gradually come round to the conclusion that while this is bad for organized Christianity, it comes closer to reflecting the original teachings of Jesus. Christianity started as a social movement among the poor and other social outcasts, encouraging them to help each other on a voluntary basis, and to care for each other. Once Christianity became a state religion after the Treaty of Nicea, it lost its original character. Two thousand years later, in the US, organized Christianity is paying the price for that alliance with the state, and its inability to adapt to the future.
Whenever organized Christianity is associated with state power or a state cult like Trumpism, it has lost out because the state would only select the Christian teachings it likes, and ignore the rest. My conclusion is that 60+ White Christians have supported Trump out of fear of change; they are afraid that they are living (not much longer) than the world they grew up in. Trump tapped into this fear by promising to turn the clock back to a mainly White America, with mainly White people going to church, and where the minorities knew to keep quiet unless spoken to. Churches like the Episcopal Church are shrinking because they have not been able to offer a fear-free vision of a changing world to their mainly White congregations, which are rapidly dying off. At the same time, younger Whites see nothing which organized Christianity offers which is attractive to them and their needs. The most active Christians now are non-Whites. I have gradually come round to the conclusion that while this is bad for organized Christianity, it comes closer to reflecting the original teachings of Jesus. Christianity started as a social movement among the poor and other social outcasts, encouraging them to help each other on a voluntary basis, and to care for each other. Once Christianity became a state religion after the Treaty of Nicea, it lost its original character. Two thousand years later, in the US, organized Christianity is paying the price for that alliance with the state, and its inability to adapt to the future.
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