The United States is a Judeo-Christian nation.That is not sentiment; it is history.
Christianity does not exist without Judaism.The New Testament rests on the foundation of the Old.
Jesus Christ was born a Jew, taught from the Hebrew Scriptures (what Christians call the Old Testament), and declared, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew, that He came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets, not abolish them.Lately, though, I have watched that history get twisted, and it has dismayed me as a pastor.So I was glad to see a rare X post from Dr.
Jordan Peterson, who has been ill of late.He wrote:"With regard to ‘Judeo Christian’: The 10 Commandments are Jewish.
The great stories of the Old Testament are Jewish.The Jews developed the idea of subsidiarity as the alternative to tyranny and slavery.
The Jews established the cultural preconditions for the rise of universal literacy.The fate of Israel at the hands of the Islamists is the fate of the West.
This rising tide of anti-semitism sickens me.Those of you engaging in it for your oh-so-moral reasons, you're despicable.
And remember, you proud ‘Christians’ objecting in all your purity to the term: Christ Himself was a Jew."CHRISTIAN LEADERS HOLD EMERGENCY SUMMIT IN JERUSALEM TO CONFRONT GLOBAL RISE IN ANTISEMITISMEvery word is true.And almost on cue, someone proved his point.
Jack Posobiec, senior editor at Human Events, responded to Peterson’s post: "This is not what Christians believe." Another poster echoed Posobiec’s centering of Christianity: "Abraham was Christian, Moses was Christian, David was Christian." Posobiec agreed and added, "Adam and Noah were Christian."That is not a correction.That is the erasure of Jews and Christianity’s origins dressed up as false piety.We do not need new idols.
We need honesty about our faith and our founding.(iStock)Someone online rightly called this "the right-wing version of the 1619 Project." The comparison is sharp.
The 1619 Project tried to make slavery Ameri...