More than once, Pete Hegseth, the current Secretary of Defense who shouldn't have been allowed to be within 10 miles of the Pentagon, has seemed a bit off-base. He professes to be a Christian, he stopped drinking (he says), but he's prone to outbursts and clear lack of judgment. Also, he might not claim to be a racist, but he sure is doing things racists like, such as sneaky and subterfugious renamings of renamed military bases. Oh yeah, he's also paying tribute to a racist homosexual white supremacist artist who, as a teenager unsure of his sexuality, fathered a child with a mixed-race servant. More on that later.
However, while the artist might not be comfortable with the pastor leading the church that resembles a cult which Hegseth attends, Pete sure is. And the pastor is so far out on the fringe it's hard to see him from the normal right-wing churches that are undergirding this farcical administration.
So, here's what Pete did:
Pete Hegseth Promotes His Pastor’s CNN Spot – and His Call for ‘Christian Domination’
The pastor's name is Doug Wilson. I'm providing a bit more information about him below."For the past 50 years, Wilson has been trying to convince America that it has made the wrong choice —that it should choose “Christ,” as he put it, instead of chaos. But Wilson isn’t a conventional evangelist. He is, by his own description, an outspoken proponent of Christian theocracy — the idea that American society, including its government, should be governed by a conservative interpretation of Biblical law. Wilson’s body of work — made up of over 40 books, thousands of blog posts and hundreds of hours of sermons and podcast appearances — amounts to a comprehensive blueprint for a spiritual and political “reformation” that would transform America into a kind of Christian republic."
"Beyond these near-term goals, Wilson has floated some more fundamental changes to America’s political system: Amending the Constitution to include reference to the Apostles’ Creed, restricting office holding to practicing Christians and changing voting practices to award votes by household, with the default vote-holder being the male head of the household. His long-term goal, he said, is to inspire a grassroots Christian reformation that would excise the whole idea of secularism from American law and society."
I don't think that's going to fly (I sure hope not). But apparently Petey Hegseth does.
Another perspective:
Viral CNN Segment Highlights Disturbing Christian Movement. Bible Scholars Have Thoughts.
"A Pentagon spokesperson later shared that Hegseth is “a proud member of a church” that is affiliated with CREC and “very much appreciates many of Mr. Wilson’s writings and teachings.” ...
"While Wilson’s ideas might not appear aligned with the values of Jesus, they are deeply embedded in American church history.
“I grew up in the Southern Baptist denomination, where thoughts and ideas like these are mainstream,” [religious scholar] Motl said. “It is vital to understand just how pervasive these disillusioned and ignorant beliefs are.”
You can thus see why Hegseth and Wilson are birds of a feather -- i.e., cuckoo.
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