“Christian” as an adjective for objects

Christian should not be used as an adjective of objects; there is no such thing as a “Christian nation” or “Christian music”, for how can these things be Christ-like when Christ was a man? And if this means that these things were made by Christians or composed of Christians, does this pre-suppose that everything made or done by Christians is Christian? Can there be Christian arguments, or Christian pornography, given that Christians may do these things? And the argument that this adjective only applies to Christians doing things that are in line with the Bible also falls apart. Is there Christian sex or Christian work? The point is that Christian as an adjective for objectives cannot mean as much as Christian as an adjective for people; calling something “Christians” leaves a degree of flexibility that the term does not have, allowing it to be applied in situations that clearly do not apply. For example, the Nazi Party was a “Christian” party, there are “Christian” Objectivists and “Christian” Transhumanists. Effectively, using “Christian” as an adjective allows whatever isn’t Christian to suddenly become more morally palatable or to put something on a higher moral ground. America is a good nation because it is a “Christian” nation; this is good music because it is “Christian” music.

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