The violent authoritarianism of Christian Nationalism reveals to us the violent authoritarianism that has always been present in Christianity.

Christianity offers a mythology in which humans have no choice but to obey a divine dictator who punishes and abuses people at his whim. There is no democracy in Christianity, just the exercise of power by those who are lucky enough to have it.

The Christian god is a dictator, sometimes forgiving, sometimes unforgiving.

Those who worship such a god want to replicate this system of harsh absolute authority in human government, replacing democracy with a Christian monarchy.