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Project 2025 called for a “whole of government unwinding” of current climate policies. For a slate of candidates who claimed P2025 wasn’t the plan, they’ve followed its climate objectives to the letter.
It’s easy for liberals to view the right’s climate denialism cynically. Of course, they deny climate change because they are bankrolled by billionaire oil industry barons like Charles Koch.
Now that whole books are being published about this topic, more Americans might take it seriously. Though a 2022 Pew Research study indicated we should have taken WCN End Times extremists seriously all along.
Before I briefly outline broad WCN beliefs about the End Times, let’s look at some demographics from the 2022 Pew study.
Four in ten US adults believe humanity is living in the End Times. That’s 40% of US adults. If
78% of the US population were adults-over-18 in 2022, that’sover 104 MILLION US ADULTS.63% of evangelical Protestants believe we are living in the End Times, and a whopping 92% believe Jesus Christ will return to earth in the future. According to
this Pew Research study, 23% of US adults identify as evangelical Protestants. Using the above-referenced adult population link from 2022, that’salmost 38 MILLION US ADULTSwho believe we are living in the End Times.Around 55 MILLIONbelieve Jesus will return.These beliefs are concentrated in the US south, though they exist elsewhere. They are more likely poorer and less educated.
76% of Black Protestants believe we are living in the End Times, which could partially explain why some Black people voted for this regime.
I provide these numbers to help readers understand: Just because you don’t know anyone who believes we are living in the End Times, around 104 MILLION US ADULTS build their lives and make major decisions around a radicalized, fervent belief in this dogma.
What is Last Days dogma?
Seminary courses spend semesters on Last Days dogma. There are several Christian variations. I distill the version I learned - a fancy term called premillennialism - into a few paragraphs below.
Certain White Christian Nationalists believe the Last Days will be the worst era on earth. (Anyone who wants to read some King James Bible can click here.) Wars. Famines. Pestilences. Human depravity. Natural disasters. Earthquakes. They point to practically every news story as proof we live in the Last Days.
They believe the Last Days will usher in a one-world government led by the Anti-Christ, most likely seated in Jerusalem. (Peter Thiel and JD Vance have talked about this to further radicalize these true believers.) He will impose a one-world currency (a mark on the hand or forehead - AKA ‘The Mark of the Beast’,) and will endorse a one-world church. (I learned this would be Roman Catholicism. My Baptist pastor railed against Catholics constantly.)
Earth will enjoy 3 1/2 years of bliss under the Anti-Christ, followed by 3 1/2 years of horror. These atrocities will culminate in the worldwide Battle of Armageddon, which will occur in Israel’s Valley of Megiddo. Jesus Christ will descend from heaven. His army will defeat the Anti-Christ and usher in a new utopian earth for true believers.
The nation of Israel is central to their Last Days beliefs.
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer
isnigh.Parable of the Fig Tree, Matthew 24:32 KJV
White Christian Nationalists interpret the fig tree as the nation of Israel. They believe the establishment of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 started the Last Days clock, conveniently ignoring Jesus’ admonition against predicting dates and times.
They also think the Bible promises that the generation living on May 14, 1948 will see Armageddon and the glorious return of Jesus. For context, people born on May 14, 1948 will turn 78 this year.
Much of the planet underestimates the extent to which Last Days dogma drives everything Christian Nationalists do. If we value climate initiatives, it is imperative that we convince everyone, especially young voters, of the importance of voting blue in the midterms.
Help more of your persuadable connections grasp what’s at stake in the midterms. Share this newsletter and convince them to vote.
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