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Christian Identity Movement — Part 01
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RE: Christian Idttity Movement
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these beliefs, are the enemies of God and natural adversaries of the
hite race, the chosen race of God; blacks and other nonwhites are
ually regarded as unegual to' whites..
Its racism aside, the views of Identity often parallel.
traditional Biblical scholarship. In a religious connotation,
Identity is akin to fundamentalism, in that the.proponents of each
- tudy the Bible extensively and use it as a literal and infallible
document for their beliefs. Identity, however, is far.more.
despite some similarities; there are, however, significant
differences. Foremost of these is racism..
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 from.
British Israelism or Anglo-Israelism. This concept claims that Anglo-
Saxons and others are the descendants of the Biblical Israelites and
that England is the true Israel. Under Identity, 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
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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
this."Truth" is hidden and although it is obvious to those of God's
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chosen race, the white race, it is not recognizable to all readers.
Identity and the Qrigin of the White Race.
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:
:
Identity publications are almost exclusively anti-Jewish while others
are largely antiblack..
One aspect of Identity is its interpretation.of the origin
of the white race. To the advocates of Identity, the Bible is a..
history of the white race. It is taught that Adam and Eve were the
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first white people from whom all other white people descended. God,
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