{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Christian Identity and Creativity are funny because they basically have the same backstory as Odinism or Wicca - someone...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/76616063098/", "html": "<a href=\"/post/76594102060/\">None</a>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"/post/76594102060/\" target=\"_blank\">kontextmaschine</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Christian Identity and Creativity are funny because they basically have the same backstory as Odinism or Wicca - someone committed to a project of palingenetic nationalism thought it needed a religious component, and decided to \u201crevive\u201d the \u201cancient, historic faith\u201d of the nation, which they did\u2026</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I mean now that I think of it this is basically the same relationship Soka Gakkai has to Buddhism</p>\n<p>The same relationship Joseph Smith had to Christianity.</p>\n<p>The same relationship Martin Luther had to the Pope?</p>\n<p>The same relationship Moses Mendelssohn had to Judaism</p>\n<p>The same relationship Jesus had to Judaism.</p>"}