Parallels in History

For John, BLUF:  A Hanakkuh story for today.  We need to keep the faith, both religiously and Constitutionally.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Hellenized David French Attacks Christians

From The Victory Girls, by Blogger Darleen Click, 13 December 2020 .

Here is the lede plus one:

It’s not like we haven’t been here before with the Convenient Christian David French, lifting his eyebrow and expressing his horror over the more passionately demonstrative members of his claimed brethren.  However, in his latest broadside, French asserts certain Christians (and Trump) are threats to America.

This is a grievous and dangerous time for American Christianity.  The frenzy and the fury of the post-election period has laid bare the sheer idolatry and fanaticism of Christian Trumpism. (snip)

There is no other way to say this.  A significant movement of American Christians—encouraged by the president himself—is now directly threatening the rule of law, the Constitution, and the peace and unity of the American republic.

French has been freaked out by the literally peaceful marches in D.C. yesterday

A little fartther down we get the tie to the season and the lesson:

David isn’t so much an observant Christian as he is as “Hellenized” as were a faction of Jews in 165 BCE when the Maccabees had had enough and revolted against assimilation – what is celebrated today as Hanukkah.

The Jericho March in Washington on this Saturday last was an expression of that other part of America's unhappiness with our recent election.  Yes, the intelligensia did not like the march.♠

Those of us who voted for President Trump's reelection are going through the Kübler-Ross five stages of grief.♥  While we are being told to grow up and accept it, the example of Democrats over the last four years is not helpful.  Exhibit Number One is, of course, Ms Stacey Abrams.  Exhibit Two is Ms Hillary Clinton.  Are folks like Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell.  With recent revelations, Mr Swalwell's inability to move on becomes even more comic.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  Here Mr Rod Dreher refutes his immediate critics.
♥  I am claiming I have moved to Stage 5, Acceptance, but I suspect I am faking it until I make it.