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I may have found a weak spot in the "New Apostolic Reformation"(NAR), which is perhaps the most dangerous and fastest growing varient of Christian nationalism in the US.

Turns out they reject a major, key doctrine of most modern Christian churches. They reject the Trinity doctrine, most famously set down in the Nicene Creed recited by Catholics, Episcopalians, and a number of related denominations.

The Nicene Creed establishing the Trinity as official Christian doctrine goes all the way back to the 325 CE Council of Nicea-and the NAR rejects it.

By rejecting the Trinity, the New Apostolic Reformation rejects a core tenant of both Catholicism and most Protestant doctrines that split from it alike. Because of this, some non-NAR pastors have gone all the way to calling the NAR "apostates."

This is a ready-made wedge issue that we can use to stir up fighting between extreme-right Catholics and mainstream right-wing Protestants on the one hand and the NAR on the other. If this escalated far enough, we could see Opus Dei and NAR burning each other's churches.

While there are other Christian groups such as Unitarians and Jehovah's Witnesses that also do not follow the Trinity doctrine, neither of these groups are serious contenders for state power. Their relations with mainstream Christians seem to be mostly peaceful, and the Unitarians in particular seem to be quite easy to get along with.

The NAR's relations with mainstream Christianty appear on the surface to be peaceful at this time, but most of the traditional churches may simply be unaware of them, or of their true nature.

A few more informed preachers have turned on them and are calling them apostates. They have even been protrayed on one Christian website as a wolf threatening a flock of sheep.

piratechristian(dot)com/berean-examiner/the-six-hallmarks-of-a-nar-church

These are the first sparks of a schism in Christian nationalism, begging to be fanned up to a roaring inferno of division.

Those of us who are defending our communities from right-wing Christian nationalists in general can only benefit from the division between the NAR and most other Christians. If Opus Dei and NAR are burning each other's buildings, they both have less time and energy to burn LGBTQ nightclubs or lobby for more abortion prosecutions. This could even split voters if both run candidates, handing power back to secular opponents.

On a final note, given the number of white supremacists/white nationalists in NAR, one has to wonder if they confused "Arian" with "Aryan."

Don't forget that Trump's VP candidate J.D Vance has appeared at a major NAR event