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Christian Identity Movement — Part 1
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_Ehese beliefs, are the enemies of God and natural adversaries of the
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ang te race, the chosen race of God; blacks and other nonwhites are
“ Masually regarded as unequal to whites. 7 So no
Tts racism aside, the views of Identity often parallel =
traditional Biblical scholarshi ae
the Bible extensively and use it as a literal and infallible.
p@ocument for their beliefs. Identity, however, is far more.
differences. Foremost of these is racian. -
Identity concerns the rise of white Christian nations. It
seeks to discover a national as well as a racial identity for white.
Christians by telling them who they are and where they come fron. a
Many Identity beliefs are rooted in a 19th Century British movement,
British Israelism or Anglo-Israelism. This cercert Claims that Anglo
Saxons and others are the descendants of the Biblical Israelites and
that England is the true Israel. Under Identit , these concepts were
Changed to the view that the United States is the true Israel. .
Furthermore, other racist concepts that are based upon Biblical
interpretations have been added to those of British Israelism by the
advocates of Identity. Because these interpretations are speculative,
some factions of Identity may be more racist than others, and
individual interpretations of the same Biblical passage may differ.
The fundamental resource of Identity is the Bible. This
document reveals to the advocates of Identity the spiritual origin and
physical history of the white race, as well as the rules and”
regulations that make life better on earth and which lead to eternal
life. The Bible is also used to search out God's words and thoughts
in order to understand "The Truth." Seng to Identity beliefs,
this "Truth" is hidden and although it is obvious to those of God's
Chosen race, the white race, it is not recognizable to all readers.
t d e se
There is no single document or set of documents which set
forth the beliefs of Identity. Because interpretations of the Bible
can result in a wide range of viewpoints there are often. conflicting
interpretations within the Identity movement. For example, some."
One aspect of Identity is its inte retation of the origin
of the white race. To the advocates of Ident ty, the Bible is ne
history of the white race, It is taught that Adam and Eve were the. _-
first white people from whom all other white people descended. God,
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