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For the general identity of an individual with certain core essential religious doctrines, see Christianity. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings

Christian Identity is a label applied to a wide variety of loosely affiliated believers and churches with a racialized theology. Many promote a Eurocentric interpretation of Christianity. Eurocentrism is the practice of viewing the world from a European perspective with an implied belief either consciously or subconsciously in the preeminence of European (and Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings

The Christian Identity movement holds that non-Caucasian peoples have no soul, and can therefore never earn God's favor or be saved. The Caucasian race, sometimes the Caucasoid race, is a term of Racial classification, coined around 1800 by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach for the " The soul, according to many religious and philosophical beliefs is the self-awareness, or Consciousness, unique to a particular living [1] Believers of the theology affirm that Jesus Christ paid only for the sins of the House of Israel and the House of Judah and that salvation must be received through both redemption and race. Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) The Kingdom of Israel ( ( KJV Israel in Samaria) was one of the successor states to the older United Monarchy (also often called the 'Kingdom of Israel' Judea is a term used for the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel.

Christian Identity's key commonality is British Israelism theology, which teaches that white Europeans are the literal descendants of the Israelites through the ten tribes that were taken away into captivity by the armies of Assyria. British Israelism (sometimes called Anglo-Israelism) is the belief that many early Britons, Europeans and/or their royal families were direct lineal descendants See also History of ancient Israel and Judah According to the Bible, the Israelites were the dominant group living in the Land of Israel. Early history The most Neolithic site in Assyria is at Tell Hassuna, the center of the Hassuna culture Furthermore, the teaching holds that these (White European) Israelites are still God's Chosen People, that Jesus was an Israelite of the tribe of Judah, and that modern Jews are not at all Israelites nor Hebrews but are instead descended from Turco-Mongolian blood, or Khazars, and are descendants of the Biblical Esau-Edom who traded his birthrights for a bowl of soup (Genesis 25:29-34). "Kazar" redirects here for the Marvel Comics character see Ka-Zar; for the village in Azerbaijan see Xəzər. Esau (ˈisɔ ( Hebrew, Standard Hebrew Esav, Tiberian Hebrew ʿĒśāw) is the brother of Jacob (whom God renamed

The Christian Identity movement first broke into the mainstream media in 1984, when the white nationalist organization The Order embarked on a murderous crime spree before being taken down by the FBI. White nationalism is a political Ideology which advocates a racial definition (or redefinition of national identity for White people, in opposition to For other uses see The Order. The Order, also known as the Brüder Schweigen or Silent Brotherhood, was an organization Tax resister and militia movement organizer Gordon Kahl, whose death in a 1983 shootout with authorities helped inspire The Order, also had connections to the Identity movement. A tax resister resists or refuses payment of a Tax because of opposition to the institution collecting the tax or to some of that institution’s policies The Militia movement is an unorganized Political movement of Paramilitary groups in the United States that claim legitimacy under the Militia Gordon Wendell Kahl ( 1920 - June 3, 1983) is best known for his involvement in two fatal Shootouts with law enforcement officers in the United [1][2]. The movement returned to public attention in 1992 and 1993, in the wake of the deadly Ruby Ridge confrontation, when newspapers discovered that former Green Beret and right-wing Christian fundamentalist Randy Weaver had at least a loose association with Christian Identity. Ruby Ridge was the site in Idaho of a violent confrontation and Siege in 1992, involving Randy Weaver, his family Weaver's friend Kevin Harris federal In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities Fundamentalist Christianity, also known as Christian Fundamentalism or Fundamentalist Evangelicalism, is a movement that arose mainly within British and Randall Claude Weaver (born January 3, 1947) is a former Green Beret who was at the center of a deadly confrontation with U [2]

No single document expresses the Christian Identity belief system; however, adherents draw upon arguments from linguistic, historical, archaeological and Biblical sources to support their beliefs. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin Estimates are that these groups have 2,000 to 50,000 members in the United States of America,[3] and an unknown number in Canada and the rest of the Commonwealth. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

Christian Identity believers reject the beliefs of most contemporary Christian denominations. They claim that modern Christian churches are teaching a heresy: the belief that God's promises to Israel (through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) have been expanded to create a spiritual people of "Israel," which constitutes the Christian "Church". Heresy is an introduced change to some system of belief especially a religion that conflicts with the previously established canon of that belief For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. In turn, most modern Christian denominations and organizations denounce Christian Identity as heresy and condemn the use of the Christian Bible as a basis for promoting anti-Semitism. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility Adherents claim that Europeans are the true descendants of the Biblical Jacob, hence the true Israel, and that it is those who are against the interests of European-descended Christians that are the true anti-Semites.

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Origins

Christian Identity developed out of British Israelism, a Protestant religious movement popular in the Victorian era of British history. British Israelism (sometimes called Anglo-Israelism) is the belief that many early Britons, Europeans and/or their royal families were direct lineal descendants Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland It asserted that the Anglo-Saxons were the original descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes. For their language see Anglo-Saxon language. Anglo-Saxon is the term usually used to describe the invading Tribes in the south The phrase Ten Lost Tribes of Israel refers to the ancient Tribes of Israel that disappeared from the Biblical account after the Kingdom of Israel was destroyed However, this form of the belief contained little or no anti-Semitism, its followers instead holding that Jews made up a minority of the tribes of Israel, with the British and other European peoples making up the remainder. However, this tradition's popularity in the United Kingdom has been interpreted as seeking to justify imperialism in the Victorian period. The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power.

English banker Edward Hine (1825-1891) published an influential book on British Israelism in 1871 called Forty-Seven Identifications of the British Nation With Lost Israel. Edward Hine (1825-1891 was an influential proponent of British Israelism in the 1870s and 1880s drawing on the earlier work of Richard Brothers (1794 and John In 1884, Hine sailed to America to spread his ideas there. Howard Rand (1889-1991), born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, took Hine's ideas, added antisemitism, and called the result "Christian Identity. Haverhill (ˈheɪvrɪl is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. "

Wesley Swift (1913-1970) is considered by the FBI to have been the single most significant figure in the early years of the Christian Identity movement. Wesley A Swift (1913-1970 was a former Methodist minister from Southern California Swift helped popularize a new element: the "two-seed" (or "seedliner") theory, which holds that Eve was seduced by the Serpent, conceived Cain as a result, and that modern Jews are actually descended from Cain. Most current Identity groups embrace this belief. (Some figures once prominent in the Identity movement (Pete Peters, Ted Weiland) believe that modern Jews are descended from the Khazars rather than from Satan. "Kazar" redirects here for the Marvel Comics character see Ka-Zar; for the village in Azerbaijan see Xəzər. However, in recent years they seem to have backed away from the Identity label. )

Swift was born in New Jersey, eventually moving to Los Angeles to attend Bible college. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West He is claimed to have been a "Ku Klux Klan organizer and Klan rifle-team instructor. Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are "[4] In 1946, he founded his own church in Lancaster, California. Lancaster is the eighth-largest city in Los Angeles County and the 9th fastest growing city in the United States In the 1950s, he was Gerald L. K. Smith's West Coast representative of the Christian Nationalist Crusade. Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith ( February 27, 1898 &ndash April 15, 1976) was a leader of the Share Our Wealth In addition, he had a daily radio broadcast in California during the 1950s and 60s, through which he was able to proclaim his ideology to a large audience. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 With Swift's efforts, the message of his church spread, leading to the creation of similar churches throughout the country. In 1957, the name of his church was changed to The Church of Jesus Christ Christian, which is used today by Aryan Nations (AN) churches. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar)

One of Swift's associates was retired Col. William Potter Gale (1917-1988). Gale had apparently been an aide to General Douglas MacArthur, and had coordinated guerrilla resistance in the Philippines during World War II. General MacArthur redirects here for other meanings see General MacArthur (disambiguation. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Gale became a leading figure in the anti-tax and paramilitary movements of the 1970s and 80s, beginning with the California Rangers and Posse Comitatus, and helping to found the militia movement. The A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military force but which are not regarded as having the same status This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The Posse Comitatus (from the Latin phrase meaning " force of the county " is a loosely organized Far right Social movement that The Militia movement is an unorganized Political movement of Paramilitary groups in the United States that claim legitimacy under the Militia Numerous Christian Identity churches preach similar messages and some espouse more violent rhetoric than others, but all hold to the belief that Aryans are God's chosen race. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity.

It was Col. Gale who introduced future Aryan Nations founder Richard Girnt Butler to Swift. Aryan Nation (AN is a White Nationalist Neo-Nazi organization which was founded in the 1970s by Richard Girnt Butler as an arm of the Christian Identity Richard Girnt Butler ( February 23, 1918 - September 8, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer for Lockheed turned Until then, Butler had admired George Lincoln Rockwell and Senator Joseph McCarthy, but had been relatively secular. George Lincoln Rockwell ( March 9, 1918 – August 25, 1967) was a Navy Reserve Commander (aviation and founder of the American Nazi Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14 1908 – May 2 1957 was an American politician who served as a Republican U The charismatic Swift quickly converted him to Christian Identity.

When Swift died, Butler took over the Church, to the apparent dismay of both Gale and Swift's family. Neither Butler nor Gale were anything like the dynamic orator Swift had been, and attendance dwindled under the new pastor. Butler eventually renamed the organisation "The Church of Jesus Christ Christian/Aryan Nations" and moved it to Hayden Lake, Idaho. Hayden Lake is a city in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States.

Lessor luminaries were also present as Christian Identity theology took shape in the 1940s and 1950s, such as Baptist minister and California Klansman San Jacinto Capt[sic] (who claimed to have gotten Wesley Swift started in Christian Identity), and one-time San Diego Deputy City Attorney (and lawyer for Gerald L. K. Smith) Bertrand Comparet (1901-1983). [5] But for the most part, today's Christian Identity groups seem to have been spawned by Wesley Swift, through his lieutenants William Potter Gale and Richard Butler.

Ideology

Christian Identity asserts that the people of Europe are God's servant people according to the promises that were given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It further asserts that the early European tribes were really the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel and therefore the rightful heirs to God's promises. The phrase Ten Lost Tribes of Israel refers to the ancient Tribes of Israel that disappeared from the Biblical account after the Kingdom of Israel was destroyed See also History of ancient Israel and Judah According to the Bible, the Israelites were the dominant group living in the Land of Israel. The argument is that the lost tribes of Israel were taken into captivity and deported by Sargon, king of Assyria as punishment for failing to honour the terms of the first covenant, given by God to Moses. See also History of ancient Israel and Judah According to the Bible, the Israelites were the dominant group living in the Land of Israel. Sargon may refer to Persons Sargon of Akkad (Šarrukînu also known as Sargon the Great, Sargon I) Mesopotamian king Early history The most Neolithic site in Assyria is at Tell Hassuna, the center of the Hassuna culture After the death of King Solomon, the Hebrew people experienced a civil war that resulted in two houses, the House of Israel, and the House of Judah. King Solomon ( Ge'ez: ስለሞን Arabic: ar سليمان, Sulayman, all from the Triliteral root S-L-M, "peace" Hebrews (or Hebertes, Eberites, Hebreians, " Habiru " or " Habiri " Hebrew: עברים As punishment for their sinfulness, God warned both houses through Jeremiah, and the minor prophets that both houses would be punished for 2520 years ("seven times" or also known in the Bible as "the time of the Gentiles"), by being divorced as a people from their God, and removed from the land of their forefathers. From 745BC Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria started this invasion of the House of Israel plus 2520 years comes to 1776, and Identity holds that America is the tribe of Joseph's younger son, Manasseh. Tiglath-Pileser III (from the Hebraic form of Akkadian: Tukultī-apil-Ešarra, "my trust is in the son of Esharra" was a prominent king In 721BC Tiglath-Pileser III continued his invasion plus 2520 years later was 1801, marking the Act of Union and the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which Identity holds to be the great commonwealth of nations promised to Joseph's eldest son, Ephraim. Tiglath-Pileser III (from the Hebraic form of Akkadian: Tukultī-apil-Ešarra, "my trust is in the son of Esharra" was a prominent king The phrase Act of Union 1800 (or sometimes Act of Union 1801) (Acht an Aontais 1800 is used to describe two complementary Acts whose official United Kingdom titles are The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927 Ephraim ( Hebrew: אֶפְרַיִם/אֶפְרָיִם Standard Efráyim Tiberian ʾEp̄ráyim/ʾEp̄rāyim Christian Identity believes that the remaining tribes to be the remainder of the western European nations. By extension, the theory goes, this would mean that the European tribes inherited God's first covenant, subsequent punishments, and the "New Covenant" as well. The term New Covenant (; Greek:, diathēkē kainē is used in the Bible (both in the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament) to refer

Christian Identity, through British Israelism, has formulated the belief that the historical House of Israel, which was captured by Sargon, did not stay long in the "City of the Medes", the Biblical destination of Sargon's deportation. Rather, the House of Israel became nomadic and became the source of the invading Celto-Germanic tribes that ravaged the Roman Empire and Rome itself. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Much is made of folk etymology such as the Hebrew word for exile (Glh, or Gal) compared to "Gaul", or "Issacsen" and "Saxons". Folk etymology is a term used in two distinct ways A commonly held misunderstanding of the origin of a particular word a False etymology. In a similar way, some Identity believers claim the Biblical "tribe of Dan" became the tribe known as Danes, claiming that they left alleged clues scattered about Europe (such as river names like Danube, Dnieper, Dniester ) or that part of the Biblical "tribe of Judah", that was taken with the House of Israel in the Assyrian captivity, became known as the tribe of Jutes. The Danube (In Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow run" Slovak and Polish Dunaj For the rocket see Dnepr rocket. For other uses see Dnieper (disambiguation. The Dniester (Дністер translit Dnister; Nistru is a river in Eastern Europe.

One of the most distinguishing beliefs held by Identity Christians is the belief that modern Jews are not the Biblical "House of Israel". Identity Christians hold that modern Jews are not even the Biblical "house of Judah", but rather claim they are Edomites, descendants of Esau, that mixed with the House of Judah in Babylonian captivity, or are Khazars that adopted Judaism in 838 A. Esau (ˈisɔ ( Hebrew, Standard Hebrew Esav, Tiberian Hebrew ʿĒśāw) is the brother of Jacob (whom God renamed D. to avoid warring with Christian Europe, or the emerging power of Islam in the Middle East. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. [6] This is known as the single-seedline version of Christian Identity. Other Identity Christians, known as dual-seedliners, believe that Jews were a result of Eve and the serpent in the Garden of Eden having sexual intercourse. In Genesis, Eve is the first woman the wife of Adam. God created her from Adam's rib as his helpmate Not to be confused with Eden Gardens.The Garden of Eden ( Hebrew "pleasure" גַּן עֵדֶן Arabic: جنات عدن, Sexual intercourse, in its biological sense is the act in which the male reproductive organ (in humans and other higher animals enters the female reproductive tract [7] Some Identity Christians believe that a version of Christianity must have existed before Roman Christianity entered Europe. Proponents of this theology cite the existence of Celtic Christianity and its struggles with Roman Christianity as evidence, arguing that Celtic Christianity must have been a reflection of the native beliefs of many European tribes. Celtic Christianity, or Insular Christianity (sometimes called the Celtic Church or the British Church) broadly refers to the Early Medieval On a related note, many Christian Identity churches display animosity towards the Roman Catholic Church, referring to it as the Whore of Babylon. The Whore of Babylon is one of several Christian allegorical figures of supreme Evil mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible

Iconoclastic fundamentalism

Some Christian Identity followers assert that Adam and Eve were preceded by lesser races identified as "beasts of the field" (Gen. Adam (אָדָם ʼĀḏām, "dust man mankind" آدم; Ge'ez: አዳ and Eve (חַוָּה Ḥawwā, "living Untermensch ( German for under man, sub-man, sub-human; plural Untermenschen is a term from Nazi racial Ideology 1:25); for example, the "beasts" which wore sackcloth and cried unto God (Jonah 3:8) are considered Negroes. Negro is a term referring to people of Black African ancestry Dual Seedliners, as they are called, believe that Eve was seduced by the snake (Satan), shared her fallen state with Adam by lying with him, and gave birth to twins with different fathers: Satan's child Cain and Adam's son Abel. Cain then became the progenitor of the Jews in his subsequent matings with the non-Adamic races. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ This is referred to as the two-seedline doctrine. Serpent seed is a controversial doctrinal teaching that the serpent in the Garden of Eden had Sexual intercourse with Eve, and that This doctrine is a revival of a medieval folk belief ascribing the ancestry of legendary monsters such as Grendel to Cain. Grendel is one of three Antagonists along with Grendel's mother and the Dragon, in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf Most Christians see this ancestral argument as absurd since for them a literal interpretation of Genesis would indicate that Noah, a direct descendant of Seth (another son of Adam), is the father of all modern day peoples since his bloodline was the only one saved in the flood. However, Christian Identity adherents claim the flood in Genesis only rose high enough to drown the region of the Tarim Basin below sea level (Gen. 7:20) and that therefore the Hebrew word "eretz" which appears in those verses should be rendered "the land" (as in a specific place) rather than "the earth. "[8]

Two-seedline adherents believe Jews are genetically compelled by their Satanic ancestry to carry on a conspiracy against the Adamic seedline and today have achieved almost complete control of the earth through their illegitimate claim to the white race's status as God's chosen people. [9] As a general rule, Christian Identity followers carry the traditional orthodox Christian views on the role of women, abortion, and homosexuality, and view racial miscegenation as a sin and a violation of God's laws as dictated in Genesis of "kind after kind". An Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. Miscegenation (Latin miscere "to mix" + genus "kind" is the mixing of different racial groups, that is marrying, cohabiting (Ex. 21:22, Lev. 20:13). They assert a variation on the creationism account of the earth's creation; they say the pre-Adamic races inhabited the earth for an unknown period of time before the six-thousand year history of Adamic people. "Creationism" can also refer to Creation myths in general or to a concept about the origin of the soul. [10] Many Christian Identity ministries reject the two-seedline doctrine but still consider Jews evil as an entire race. [11][12]

In addition to their racist views Christian Identity adherents distinguish themselves from mainstream Protestant Fundamentalism in various areas of theology. Most Christian Identity adherents follow the Mosiac law of the Old Testament (e. g. dietary restrictions, the Saturday Sabbath, certain annual festivals such as Passover. ) It is also commonplace for adherents to follow the Sacred Name Movement and insist on using the original Hebrew names for referring to God (Yahweh) and Jesus Christ (Yahshua). The Sacred Name Movement (SNM is a movement in Christianity that seeks to conform Christianity to its roots in Judaism in practice belief and worship Some Christian Identity writers criticize modern Bible editions as well as the Jews for the removal of the original Hebrew name of God in the Bible. Although their adherence to Old Testament Mosiac law may make them appear "Jewish"; they claim that the Jewish interpretation of the law has been corrupted through the Jews' Talmud. The Talmud ( Hebrew: he תַּלְמוּד is a record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history Unlike many Protestant Fundamentalists, Christian Identity adherents reject the notion of a Rapture, believing it to be a Judaised doctrine which the Bible does not teach. The Rapture is a prophesied event in Christian eschatology, in which Christians will be gathered together at the return of Christ; even Christians who have died [13]

World's end and Armageddon

Christian Identity adherents believe in the inevitability of the end of the world and the Second Coming of Christ. In Christianity, the Second Coming is the anticipated return of Jesus Christ from Heaven to earth an event that will fulfill aspects of Messianic These End Times events are seen as part of a cleansing process that is needed before Christ's kingdom can be established on earth. End time, End times, or End of days are the eschatological writings in the three Abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios in various other Christ is the English term for the Greek ( Khristós) meaning "the anointed " During this time, Jews and their allies will attempt to destroy the white race using any means available. The result will be a violent and bloody millennial struggle, which will be a race war. This is an article on sociological Millennialism You may be looking for the article on Christian Premillennialism. Race war is a slang term referring to developing hostilities between ethnic groups divided on the basis of racial group The white Christian Identity believers see themselves as God's agents battling what they see as the forces of evil: Jews and non-Whites. The view of what Armageddon will be varies among Christian Identity believers. All contend there will be a race war in which millions will die; many believe that the United Nations, backed by Jewish representatives of the anti-Christ, will take over the country and promote a New World Order. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security For other uses see Antichrist (disambiguation In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist or anti-Christ means a person office New World Order refers to a Conspiracy in which a powerful and secretive group is plotting to eventually rule the world via an autonomous World One Christian Identity interpretation is that white Christians have been chosen to watch for signs of the impending war in order to warn others. They are to then physically struggle with the forces of evil against sin and other violations of God's law (e. g. , miscegenation and internationalism); many will perish, and some will be forced to wear the Mark of the Beast to participate in business and commerce. Miscegenation (Latin miscere "to mix" + genus "kind" is the mixing of different racial groups, that is marrying, cohabiting For the Marxist concept of internationalism see Proletarian internationalism. The Number of the Beast is a concept from the Book of Revelation of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. After the final battle is ended and God's kingdom is established on earth, only then will the Aryan people be recognized as the one and true Israel.

Christian Identity adherents believe that God will use what they believe is the Chosen Race as his weapons to battle the forces of evil. Various groups and individuals(see List of Messiah claimants) have considered themselves chosen by God for some purpose such as to act as God's agent on earth Christian Identity followers believe they are among those chosen by God to wage this battle during Armageddon and they will be the last line of defense for the white race and Christianity in general. To prepare for these events, they engage in survivalist and paramilitary training, storing foodstuffs and supplies, and caching weapons and ammunition. Survivalism is a commonly used term for the Preparedness strategy and subculture of individuals or groups anticipating and making preparations for future possible disruptions A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military force but which are not regarded as having the same status Christian Identity followers who are Preterist however, view the end-times as being a mistranslation for the 'end of the age' rather than the end of time, and they also believe that the Kingdom of God is here and now and is merely waiting for good Christian men of Adam-Israel stock to take hold and build the Kingdom of God here and now, and thus they are neither awaiting a second coming, Armageddon, nor any race war. Preterism is a variant of Christian eschatology which holds that some or all of the biblical prophecies concerning the Last Days or End Times

Groups

Christian Identity groups include the Aryan Nations; Church of Jesus Christ Christian; Mission To Israel; Folk And Faith; Jubilee (newspaper); Yahweh's Truth (James Wickstrom); Kingdom Identity Ministries; and White Separatist Banner. Aryan Nation (AN is a White Nationalist Neo-Nazi organization which was founded in the 1970s by Richard Girnt Butler as an arm of the Christian Identity The Church of Jesus Christ–Christian is a White supremacist church which was founded in 1946 by Ku Klux Klan organizer Wesley A James P Wickstrom (born 1942 is a Far right radio talk-show host as well as a Christian Identity minister who resides in Rhodes Michigan. Kingdom Identity Ministries is a Christian Identity outreach ministry based in Harrison Arkansas. Christian Identity is a major unifying theology for a number of diverse groups of white nationalist Christians. Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective It is a belief system that provides its members with a religious basis for racial separatism. Herbert W. Armstrong is inaccurately described by some of his critics, as well as supporters of Christian Identity, as having supported Christian Identity, due to his belief in a modified form of British Israelism, and the fact that during his lifetime, he propounded observances favoured by many Christian Identity groups, such as the observance of the Sabbath and Biblical festivals. Herbert W Armstrong ( 31 July 1892 - 16 January 1986) was the founder of the Worldwide Church of God and an early pioneer of In Christianity, the Sabbath is generally a weekly religious Day of rest as ordained by one of the Ten Commandments (the third by Roman Catholic The Worldwide Church of God which Herbert W. The Worldwide Church of God (WCG formerly the Radio Church of God, is a Christian church currently based in Glendora California, United States. Armstrong founded did not subscribe to the anti-Semitism commonly held in the Christian or Israel Identity groups but instead adhered to the traditional beliefs of British Israelism; i. e. the belief held that modern day Jews were descendants of the Tribe of Judah whereas the Anglo-Saxons, Celts, Danish etc. were descendants of the remaining Ten Tribes of Israel formerly known as the Northern Kingdom. Note: LaPorte Church of Christ is often mischaracterized as sympathetic to Christian Identity, but the organization explicitly rejects this association.

Aryan Nations

The Aryan Nations (AN) is a group that adheres to the Christian Identity belief system. Aryan Nation (AN is a White Nationalist Neo-Nazi organization which was founded in the 1970s by Richard Girnt Butler as an arm of the Christian Identity The group espouses dislike towards Jews, blacks and other minorities, as well as the United States federal government. The original ultimate goal of the AN is to forcibly take five northwestern states - Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington and Montana - from the United States government in order to establish an Aryan homeland. Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The State of Idaho ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. This particular ideology is known throughout the White power movement as the Northwest Territorial Imperative. White supremacy is a racist ideology based on the assertion that White people are superior to other racial groups. The Northwest Territorial Imperative was an idea popularized within White supremacist and White separatist groups in the United States in the 1980s in The AN was headquartered at Hayden Lake, Idaho from the late 1970s until February 2001. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. February 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September Its annual World Congress attracted a number of different factions from the far right wing. In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities The World Congress was a sort of round table to discuss racialist issues. Racialism is an emphasis on race or racial considerations Racialism entails a belief in the existence and significance of racial categories but not necessarily in a Since the main Aryan Nations property in Idaho was dismantled following a costly lawsuit against the group and the death of Richard Butler, there have been several struggles over control of the movement that are as yet unresolved. Richard Butler may refer to Military: Richard Butler (general (1743–1791 American Revolutionary War general later killed fighting American Indians

The Order

Robert Jay Mathews formed a clandestine cell in part from members of Aryan Nations called The Order which committed a number of violent crimes, including murder. Robert Jay Mathews ( January 16 1953 – December 8 1984) was the leader of an American Neo-Nazi group The Order. For other uses see The Order. The Order, also known as the Brüder Schweigen or Silent Brotherhood, was an organization Their mission was to bring about a race war. While the group had a number of Christian Identity adherents, Mathews himself followed Odinism, as did several other Order members. Dennis McGiffen, who also had ties to the AN, formed a cell called The New Order, based on Mathews' group. Dennis McGiffen, David Neumann and Troy Murphy broke from Thom Robb 's Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in 1994 to start their own Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Michigan The members were arrested before they could follow through on their plans to try to start a race war. Chevie Kehoe, who was convicted of three homicides, conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property had also spent some time at the AN compound. Chevie O'Brien Kehoe (born January 19, 1973 in Florida) is the oldest of eight sons born to Kirby and Gloria Kehoe Buford O. Furrow, Jr., the man accused of the August 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting as well as the shooting death of a Filipino American US Postal Service carrier in Los Angeles, California, also spent some time at the AN compound working as a security guard. Buford O'Neal Furrow Jr (born November 25 1961) perpetrated the August 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting on August 10, The August 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting occurred on August 10, 1999, at around 1050 a Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

South African groups

Some white South Africans, mostly Afrikaners, practice a form of Christianity which is similar to Christian Identity, usually asserting that the Boer nation is God's chosen people and that God gave the Afrikaners dominion over South Africa and its people. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The term Afrikaner people refers to white Afrikaans -speaking people who have been established in Southern Africa since the 17th century and are mainly of northwestern Boer (ˈbuːr in Dutch ˈbʊɚ/ /boʊɚ or /ˈbɔr/ in English is the Dutch word for Farmer which came to denote the descendants of the proto Afrikaans They share similar views about race, the Jews, the role of women, and many other issues. Their lifestyle is often similar to that of Christian Identity groups elsewhere, as they frequently live in remote areas and stock foodstuffs and other supplies, believing that a race war is imminent. Race war is a slang term referring to developing hostilities between ethnic groups divided on the basis of racial group These groups have been accused of involvement in terrorist activity, including a string of bomb attacks in 2002. The 2002 Soweto Bombings were a string of terrorist attacks that occurred in Soweto in South Africa 's Gauteng province, in late 2002. [14]

Christian Identity in South Africa (where it is often called "Israel Identity") has a longer history than elsewhere, and due to the apartheid era, during which South African leaders made frequent use of religion to justify their ideals, may be said to have gained greater societal acceptance among certain sectors of the population than in other nations. Ideas similar to the Christian Identity belief system have continued to survive in certain areas, and some South African commentators blame this on the high crime rate in South Africa and increased unemployment among Whites, especially Afrikaners, since the ANC took power. In the sociological field, crime is the breach of a rule or Law for which some governing authority or force may ultimately prescribe a Punishment Unemployment occurs when a person is available to work and currently seeking work but the person is without work. The African National Congress (ANC has been South Africa 's governing party supported by its Tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions [15] Some members of these Israel Identity groups follow the teachings of Siener van Rensburg, an Afrikaner prophet who lived during the Second Boer War and predicted, amongst other things, the death of Koos de la Rey. Nicolaas Pieter Johannes ("Niklaas" or "Siener" Janse van Rensburg ( August 30, 1862 - March 11, 1926) was a Boer In Religion, a prophet (or prophetess) is a person who has encountered the Supernatural or the divine and serves as an intermediary See also First Boer War,, South African Wars (1879-1915 The Second Boer War ( Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey ( 22 October 1847 - 15 September 1914) known as Koos de la Rey was a Boer General [16][17]

Opposition and support

Most Americans are unaware that the Christian Identity Movement even exists. Despite its anonymity, however, Christian Identity has influenced many white supremacist and extreme anti-government movements, inspiring and instigating criminal behavior ranging from hate crimes to acts of terrorism. Many Neo-Nazis reject Christian Identity because they see Christianity as a religion based on the Hebrew Bible and since they reject all things seen as influenced by Jews, they reject Christianity. The term neo-Nazism refers to post- World War II Political movements Social movements and ideologies seeking to revive Nazism, The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written in Biblical Hebrew (and the related Biblical Aramaic They believe that modern Jews and the Biblical Israelites are related genealogically. Some modern neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and White Power groups have an emphasis on belief in God and their version of Christianity. Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are White supremacy is a racist ideology based on the assertion that White people are superior to other racial groups. Whether neo-Nazi and Fascist movements promote Christianity or a form of neo-Paganism depends on the beliefs and ideology of the specific leadership of the organisations or movements, and as a general rule is never strictly one way or the other.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Quarles, Chester L. Positive Christianity ( German: Positives Christentum is a term adopted by Nazi leaders to refer to a model of Christianity consistent with Nazism Serpent seed is a controversial doctrinal teaching that the serpent in the Garden of Eden had Sexual intercourse with Eve, and that The Christian Patriot movement is a movement of American political commentators and activists Project Megiddo was a report researched and written by the FBI under Louis Freeh 's leadership Pre-Adamite hypothesis or Preadamism is the religious belief that humans existed before Adam, the first human being named in the Bible. List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that "Kazar" redirects here for the Marvel Comics character see Ka-Zar; for the village in Azerbaijan see Xəzər. August Kreis III (born Nov 2, 1954) is a Neo-Nazi leader in Ulysses Pennsylvania. (2004). Christian Identity: The Aryan American Bloodline Religion. McFarland & Company, 68. ISBN 978-0786418923.  
  2. ^ Reason Magazine - Ambush at Ruby Ridge
  3. ^ Barkun, Michael (1996). "preface", Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Christian Identity Movement. University of North Carolina Press, x. ISBN 0-8078-4638-4.  
  4. ^ Christian Defense League by D. Boylan 2004 Revision
  5. ^ http://www.churchoftrueisrael.com/who-deny/who-deny4.html]
  6. ^ Khazaria.com - History of Jewish Khazars, Khazar Turk, Khazarian Jews
  7. ^ "Carl Story, Vincent Bertollini and the 11th Hour Remnant Messenger: The Ideology of Hate", Anti-Defamation League, 2000. The Anti-Defamation League ( ADL) is an Interest group founded in 1913 by B'nai B'rith in the United States whose stated aim is "to stop Retrieved on 2007-08-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli  
  8. ^ Crosswalk - Devotionals, Christian Music, Family, Christian News, Forums & more
  9. ^ http://www.churchoftrueisrael.com/comparet/who-are-jews.html
  10. ^ http://www.churchoftrueisrael.com/comparet/comp5a.html
  11. ^ Welcome - Mission to Israel
  12. ^ Kinsman Redeemer Ministries
  13. ^ http://www.churchoftrueisrael.com/comparet/compthief.html
  14. ^ Rise of the Boeremag: A Case Study - 'Volk' Faith and Fatherland, The Security Threat Posed by the White Right - Monograph No 81 March 2003
  15. ^ http://www.hsf.org.za/focus29/focus29laurence.html
  16. ^ The Dust of Conflict - South African Military History Society - Journal
  17. ^ [http://www.siener.co.za/downloads/A_Remnant_Will_Turn_1.pdf here

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