The Christian Patriot movement is a reference to claimed loose association of groups and people in the United States. Many of these groups may share common interests including militia or self defense, conspiracy theories, a Christian theology which places special emphasis on eschatology or covenant eschatology and apocalyptic matters, and interpretations of law, economics, and the United States Constitution not currently entertained by today's venues despite past rulings. The movement is generally considered to be part of the political far right in the United States, and is also described by some, as a movement which bridges the gap between the more mainstream evangelical Christianity and the racialist Christian Identity movement. Lexington Minuteman representing militia minuteman John Parker Militia is the activity of one or more citizens organized to provide defense or paramilitary service, or those engaged in such activity. ... A conspiracy theory is a theory that defies common historical or current understanding of events, under the claim that those events are the result of manipulations by two or more individuals or various secretive powers or conspiracies. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογια, logia, words, sayings, or discourse) is reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... Look up eschatology in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Apocalypse (disambiguation). ... Lady Justice is a personification of the law. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Constitution of the United States of America Page one of the original copy of the Constitution. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into far right. ... Evangelicalism, in a strictly lexical, but rarely used sense, refers to all things that are implied in belief that Jesus is the savior. ... Christian Identity is a label applied to a wide variety of loosely-affiliated groups and churches with a racialized theology. ...

History

The origins of the movement are debated. Some researchers believe the movement is rooted in a wide array of American populist and xenophobic movements, including the Know-Nothing movement, the John Birch Society, Ku Klux Klan, Father Coughlin and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-Communism, America First, George Wallace's segregationism, and Barry Goldwater's conservatism and libertarianism. Other researchers more specifically locate the movement's origins in the rural economic depression and overwhelming debt in the 1980s combined with a feeling of disenfranchisement and anger among white males and private property natural rights advocates in response to rapid inflation and rise of federalised departments of education, the Civil Rights movement, and Feminism. The movement proper is thought to begin in the late 1970s or early 1980s, with especially strong followings in the Pacific Northwest and Upper Midwest, with the foundation of the Christian Patriot Association in Oregon and book publishers such as Emissary Publications. Posse Comitatus was a somewhat related albeit more radical movement which was also active at the time. Populism is a political ideology or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, which exists only to serve its own interests, and therefore, the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and instead used for the... Xenophobia means fear of strangers or the unknown and comes from the Greek ξενοφοβια, xenophobia, literally meaning fear of the strange. It is often used to describe fear of or dislike of foreigners, but racism in general is sometimes described as a... The Know-Nothing movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1850s. ... The John Birch Society is an Americanist organization founded in 1958 to fight what it saw as growing threats to the Constitution of the United States especially a perceived communist infiltration and to support free enterprise. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... Father Coughlin Father Charles Edward Coughlin (October 25, 1891 – October 27, 1979) was a Canadian-born Roman Catholic priest at Royal Oak, Michigans National Shrine of the Little Flower Church. ... Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin between 1947 and 1957. ... America First was a series of 20th Century isolation movements that opposed United States involvement in international affairs. ... Governor George Wallace (in front of door) standing defiantly against desegregation while being confronted by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach at the University of Alabama in 1963. ... Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 – May 29, 1998[1]) was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–87) and the Republican Partys nominee for President in the 1964 election. ... Conservatism is a political philosophy that usually favors traditional values and strong foreign defense. ... In English-speaking countries, libertarianism usually refers to a political philosophy maintaining that every person is the absolute owner of their own life and should be free to do whatever they wish with their person or property, as long as they respect the liberty of others. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Feminism is a collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies largely motivated by or concerned with the liberation of women. ... The Pacific Northwest from space This page is about the region that includes parts of Canada and the US. For the US only region, see Northwestern United States The Pacific Northwest, abbreviated PNW, or PacNW is a region in the northwest of North America. ... The Upper Midwest is a region of the United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary, but it always lies within the US Census Bureaus definition of the Midwest and the states of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as at least the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ... The Posse Comitatus (from the Latin phrase meaning power of the county) is a loosely-organized right-wing social movement that opposes the United States federal government and believes in radical localism. ...

The movement came to public attention in 1992 when the U.S. Federal Government besieged Randy Weaver at his home in Northern Idaho, and in 1993 during a 51-day standoff between the U.S. Federal Government and the Branch Davidians outside of Waco, Texas, which ended in the deaths of 85 men, women and children. The Branch Davidians were not connected to the Christian Patriot movement at all, but supporters of the Christian Patriot movement were among the most vocal sympathizers of the Branch Davidians during the siege. The siege of the Montana Freemen, a Christian Patriot group, also brought continued attention. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11 and the resulting War on Terror, the movement has fallen from public attention. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ruby Ridge was the name given by the mainstream media to the home of Randy Weavers family, a nameless hillside between Caribou Ridge and Ruby Creek in the northern Idaho Panhandle, just outside of the small town of Naples. ... The Branch Davidians are a religious group originating from the Seventh_day Adventist church. ... Waco is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. ... The Montana Freemen were a Christian patriot group based in Montana, United States, near the town of Jordan. ... The war on terrorism or war on terror (abbreviated in U.S. policy circles as GWOT for Global War on Terror) is an effort by the governments of the United States and its principal allies to destroy groups deemed to be terrorist (primarily radical Islamist organizations such as al-Qaeda...

The term Christian Patriot came into "official" use by the current movement during the late 1970s or early 1980s following the establishment of the Christian Patriot Association of Boring, Oregon. There was a previous usage of the term during the Great Depression by at least one small group with similar political leanings. Wood mill in Boring. ... The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn which started in October of 1929 and lasted through most of the 1930s. ...

Christian Patriots generally do not gather in large self-identifying groups, but exist in and associate with a wide variety of groups. Such groups include tax protester groups, homeschool groups, and conservative Christian churches. Their literature is sometimes available at gun shows and at "preparedness expos" which were held in some cities during the 1990s. A tax protester is an individual who denies the obligation to pay a tax (for which the government has determined that person is liable) based on a belief that the government is acting outside of its legal authority when imposing such taxes. ... Homeschooling – also called home education or home school – is the education of children at home rather than in a public or private school. ... A gun show is a form of exhibition or gathering where guns, gun parts and literature, as well as knives and miscellaneous collectibles are displayed, bought, sold (subject to regulations) and discussed. ...

Views

Some views commonly associated with The Christian Patriot movement, sometimes considered synonymous with the Militia Movement, are generally organized around a belief that world events are secretly controlled by some group such as the Illuminati, the Council of Foreign Relations, international banking families, Communists, Jews, the United Nations, or some combination of the above, and that conspiracy will culminate in a new world order conspiracy, which is either present or impending. Lexington Minuteman representing militia minuteman John Parker Militia is the activity of one or more citizens organized to provide defense or paramilitary service, or those engaged in such activity. ... A claimed Illuminati symbol (unfinished pyramid with all-seeing eye capstone) from the back of the United States one dollar bill. ... The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is a think tank which describes itself as dedicated to increasing Americas understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy. ... This article is about communism as a form of society, as an ideology advocating that form of society, and as a popular movement. ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... This article describes an alleged conspiracy to establish a unitary world government. ...

Christian Patriots hold to a strict constructionist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, and are closely associated with the tax revolt movement. They may encourage people to get rid of their Social Security number, believing it to be an unconstitutional national identity card, and to stop paying income taxes, based on their belief that the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is illegitimate (see Tax protester constitutional arguments). The Christian Patriot movement wants to abolish the Federal Reserve System in the United States, which they believe is part of the conspiracy. Christian Patriots are often hostile to banks and bankers in general, accusing them of usury. Some Christian Patriots may support a state citizenship theory. They generally support gun rights and other conservative causes, along with causes such as jury nullification which also have support from the left and libertarians. Strict constructionism is a philosophy of judicial interpretation and legal philosophy that limits judicial interpretation to the meanings of the actual words and phrases used in law, and not on other sources or inferences. ... A tax revolt is a political struggle to repeal, limit, or roll back a government-imposed tax. ... Sample United States Social Security Card In the United States, a Social Security number (or SSN) is a 9 digit number issued to citizens, permanent residents, and temporary (working) residents under section 205(c)(2) of the Social Security Act, codified as . ... An income tax is a tax levied on the financial income of persons, corporations, or other legal entities. ... Amendment XVI (the Sixteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, authorizing income taxes in their present form, was ratified on February 3, 1913. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Headquarters Washington, DC, USA Chairman Ben Bernanke Central Bank of United States Currency US dollar ISO 4217 Code USD Base borrowing rate 5. ... Banker redirects here; see wiktionary:banker for more meanings. ... For other uses, see Bank (disambiguation). ... Of Usury, from Brants Stultifera Navis (the Ship of Fools); woodcut attributed to Albrecht Dürer Usury (//, from the Medieval Latin usuria, interest or excessive interest, from Latin usura interest) was defined originally as charging a fee for the use of money. ... The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States defines state citizenship. ... The phrase Gun politics refers to the views of different people within a particular country as to what degree of control (increased gun rights vs. ... Jury nullification occurs where a jury, apparently ignoring the letter of the law and the instructions by the court, and taking into account all of the evidence presented, renders a verdict in contradiction to the law. ...

Their Christian theology is Protestant and mostly fundamentalist. Some segments of the movement - notably those overlapping with Christian Identity and the Aryan Nations espouse anti-Semitism, lionize Adolf Hitler and call Christianity a White religion, but this is not a universal tenet of Christian Patriots. There are other Christian Patriots who reject white supremacism and whose views run closer to standard fundamentalist Christianity, albeit with a heavy emphasis on the "Illuminati" conspiracy theory. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Fundamentalism is a movement to maintain strict adherence to founding principles. ... Christian Identity is a label applied to a wide variety of loosely-affiliated groups and churches with a racialized theology. ... Aryan Nations (AN) is an American anti-government, anti-Semitic white nationalist group. ... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... Hitler redirects here. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Some Christian Patriots espouse anti-Masonic and anti-Catholic views as well. Christian Patriots are apocalyptic, though there are various versions of apocalypse, ranging from the Christian Dispensationalist doctrine of the impending second coming of Jesus to the impending imposition of martial law and revocation of the U.S. Constitution. The Masonic Square and Compasses. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dispensationalism is a school of Bible interpretation that is associated with fundamentalist Christianity; the primary alternative within the evangelical community is covenant theology. ... The Second Coming or Last Coming refers to the Christian and Islamic belief in the coming or return of Jesus Christ to fulfill Messianic prophecy, such as the resurrection of the dead, last judgment and full establishment of the Kingdom of God (also called the Reign of God), including the... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... For other uses, see Martial law (disambiguation). ...

Some Christian Patriot views have crept into evangelical Christianity, most notably through evangelical Christian writers citing Christian Patriot works as references. Examples include Pat Robertson, whose book The New World Order used the writings of Eustace Mullins as a source; Jack Chick, who cites Christian Patriot writer Des Griffin's book The Fourth Reich of the Rich in several of his Chick Publications tracts; and John Todd, who caused a brief stir in the late 1970s claiming to have been a reformed member of the Illuminati. During the late 1990s, Hank Hanegraaff and Richard Abanes wrote articles for the Christian Research Institute warning of the increasing popularity of Christian Patriot views among evangelicals, and urging evangelicals to avoid buying into these theories. Marion Gordon Pat Robertson (born March 22, 1930) is a televangelist from the United States. ... Eustace Clarence Mullins (born 1923 in Virginia) is the last living student (aka. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Chick Publications is an American publishing company run by Jack Chick which produces and markets Protestant fundamentalist pamphlets, DVDs, VCDs, videos, books, a poster, and (most famously) comic tracts in many languages. ... John Wayne Todd (also known as John Todd Collins[1], Lance Collins, and Christopher Kollyns[2]) was a U.S. evangelist who claimed to have been born into a witchcraft family before converting to Christianity (in 1972, by some accounts). ... Hendrik Hank Hanegraaff is an American author, radio talk-show host and advocate of evangelical Christianity. ... Richard Abanes (b. ...

Legal theories

Christian Patriots advance a variety of theories on constitutional and statutory law. A recurring theme is that some group of people has used legal trickery to usurp the authority of the United States government. They often have a metaphysical aspect, in that the theorist claims that the legal reality that most people believe is an illusion obscuring a deeper legal reality. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Look up Usurper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The government of the United States, established by the United States Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 states, a few territories and some protectorates. ... Plato and Aristotle (right), by Raphael (Stanza della Segnatura, Rome). ...

In addition to common tax protester arguments, Christian Patriots have repeatedly made the following legal claims: Tax protester arguments are a number of heterodox theories that deny that a person has a legal obligation to pay a tax for which the government has determined that person is liable. ...

• The United States is in receivership.
• Private individuals have sovereign immunity.
• The United States is still a British Crown possession.
• Various legal instruments carry hidden meanings indicated by typography.
• The United States is under admiralty law, martial law or a state of emergency that suspends the Constitution.
• The Titles of Nobility Amendment was ratified and later suppressed so that lawyers could make themselves nobles.
• The federal government, Federal Reserve System, or Internal Revenue Service is a foreign or privately owned corporation.
• The right to travel supersedes any requirements for automobile registration or driver's licenses.
• Certain features of a United States flag, such as irregular dimensions, color schemes, or gold fringe, hold special meaning (usually that a court is under military jurisdiction).
• The United States government deposits money in a secret bank account for every birth certificate issued in the U.S. since the 1936 Social Security Act, linked to the newborn American, and that through arcane legal maneuvers (including a Uniform Commercial Code lien), one can access that money via "sight drafts" (Also known as the "Redemption Movement" [1] [2]).

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References

External links

• Get That Gold Fringe Off My Flag at APFN.org
• The United States is Still a British Colony at APFN.org
• The Lawyer's Secret Oath at APFN.org
• Trading with the Enemy Act at APFN.org
• Is the Constitution Suspended? at TheNewAmerican.com
• The Bankruptcy of the United States discussed by Representative Jim Traficant
• BATF/IRS -- Criminal Fraud by Milton William Cooper and Wayne Bentson
• Beyond Redemption - Article by the Southern Poverty Law Center critical of the Redemption Movement

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See also

• Bo Gritz
• Gordon Kahl
• John Birch Society
• Liberty Lobby
• Michigan Militia
• Peter J. Peters
• Domestic terrorism
• Christian terrorism