# FBI Search and Seizure at Trump's Mar-A-Lago Residence, August 8, 2022, Case Dismissed July 15, 2024

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Not in my experience. At least, not in the sense meant here. Christian Nationalism is just a common believe among many different groups. They aren’t formed in some sort of militia.
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> And they also don’t all support Trump, let alone have violent level of devotion to him. I’m pretty sure J6 was the highest number of those who did, and they clearly weren’t organized.
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> The groups I’m worried about are more the Proud Boys and other militia groups. Not Christian Nationalists as a whole. I was one myself at an earlier point in my life, and all it meant was that I constantly prayed and would carry my Bible in school.

The movement has become somewhat more radical in recent times and has in the opinion of many abandoned Christianity and become heterodox religiously and even more overtly political. I find them to be a scary group with extremely nefarious intentions. They specifically call for actions that oppose democracy as we know it. While they do not yet practice weapons training-- they are quite militant about accomplishing their goals.

I recommend reading this article on the matter. (I have others if you become interested in how they have evolved and grown and how intentional their efforts have become in the political world. In fact there are other articles on the topic in the thread linked below.

> **[Underreported and Massive Theocratic Movement Joins Forces with Michael Flynn...](https://buckscountybeacon.com/2022/08/underreported-and-massive-theocratic-movement-joins-forces-with-michael-flynn-and-roger-stone/)**
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> A tour featuring “Seven Mountains” Christian dominionists, Flynn, and Stone is coming to Pennsylvania.

> [@The "Christians" are coming! The "Christians" are coming!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-christians-are-coming-the-christians-are-coming/946304):
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> I put “Christians” in quotation marks, because IMHO this doesn’t resemble anything that Jesus (if he’s your guy, or even if he isn’t) promoted. (I had eight years of Catechism classes, four years of Catholic high school, and four years of Catholic college, so I am well-informed on the subject of Christianity.) … [A Ft. Worth pastor] stood in front of the glowing map, a 38-year-old White man in skinny jeans telling a congregation of some 1,500 people what he said the Lord had told him: that …

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