1.0Politically Pastoralhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/politicallypastoralRev. Jason Carson Wilsonhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/politicallypastoral/author/jwilson/When Patriotism Becomes False Religionrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lYOnN4TDRO"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/politicallypastoral/2023/10/patriotism-became-a-religion/">When Patriotism Becomes False Religion</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/politicallypastoral/2023/10/patriotism-became-a-religion/embed/#?secret=lYOnN4TDRO" width="600" height="338" title="“When Patriotism Becomes False Religion” — Politically Pastoral" data-secret="lYOnN4TDRO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1991/2023/10/aaron-burden-9C8r4QUwZRQ-unsplash-1.jpg499340Patriotism became a religion during the Reagan administration. After all, the Moral Majority helped usher former Screen Actors Guild President Ronald Patriotism became a religion during the Reagan administration. After all, the Moral Majority helped usher former Screen Actors Guild President Ronald Reagan into the White House. Reagan spent eight years in office repaying them by demonizing and demoralizing everyone they despised. History has a funny way of repeating itself.