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[[Image:Wickstrom nazi.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Leading Christian Identity pastor James Wickstrom: "''The only way to totally eliminate racial strife in the United States and throughout the world is to bury every Jew on earth.''"]]

[[Image:Wickstrom nazi.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Leading Christian Identity pastor James Wickstrom: "''The only way to totally eliminate racial strife in the United States and throughout the world is to bury every Jew on earth.''"]]

'''Christian Identity''' is a branch of [[Christianity]] which asserts that the "[[Aryan]]", or white people of [[Europe|European]] descent, are the descendants of the [[Lost Tribes of Israel]] of the [[Bible]], and that the [[Jews]] are not, but are rather the offspring of [[Satan]]. They believe that while [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] were white people created in the image of [[God]], non-white people ("mud people") were created separately from whites, and they generally assert that [[salvation]] is only available to white people. The religion grew from '''British-Israelism''' and moved to the [[United States]] in the 1930s, becoming increasingly [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitic]] under the leadership of [[Wesley Swift]] who founded the [[Church of Jesus Christ Christian]]. Within Christian Identity some adherents believe in Swift's "two-seed" theory that the seduction of Eve by the Serpent was sexual, resulting in the conception of [[Cain]] who was the father of the Jewish people; thus all Jews are descendants of the devil. Some Identity adherents assert a "one-seed" theory. The religion also incorporates [[millennialism]] or the belief that the world is in its final days. Christian Identity groups or churches can be found in virtually every region of the United States.

'''Christian Identity''' is a branch of [[Christianity]] which asserts that the "[[Aryan]]", or white people of [[Europe|European]] descent, are the descendants of the [[Lost Tribes of Israel]] of the [[Bible]], and that the [[Jews]] are not, but are rather the offspring of [[Satan]]. They believe that while [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] were white people created in the image of [[God]], non-white people ("mud people") were created separately from whites, and they generally assert that [[salvation]] is only available to white people. Christian Identity groups or churches can be found in virtually every region of the United States. It has also engaged in [[crime|criminal]] behavior ranging from [[hate crime]]s to acts of [[terrorism]].

It has also engaged in [[crime|criminal]] behavior ranging from [[hate crime]]s to acts of [[terrorism]].  

The religion grew from '''British-Israelism''' and moved to the [[United States]] in the 1930s, becoming increasingly [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitic]] under the leadership of [[Wesley Swift]] who founded the [[Church of Jesus Christ Christian]]. Within Christian Identity some adherents believe in Swift's "two-seed" theory that the seduction of Eve by the Serpent was sexual, resulting in the conception of [[Cain]] who was the father of the Jewish people; thus all Jews are descendants of the devil. Some Identity adherents assert a "one-seed" theory. The religion also incorporates [[millennialism]] or the belief that the world is in its final days.  

Lenny Zeskind, research director of the Center for Democratic Renewal: "Identity is based on the premise that the Jews are literally Children of Satan - the seed of Cain, that people of color are 'pre-Adamic' mud people - God's failures before perfecting Adam, and that white Christian Aryans are the 'Lost Sheep of the House of Israel' - God's chosen people, and therefore America is the biblical promised land... Christian Identity binds together a number of previously isolated groups...Important sections of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], the [[neo-Nazi]] movement, the [[Posse Comitatus]], the [[Aryan Nations]], and other groups have adopted Identity theology."<ref>Berlet, Chip [http://www.publiceye.org/rightist/idennlns.html ''A New Face for Racism & Fascism''] Political research associates. Accessed 1 march 2008</ref>

Lenny Zeskind, research director of the Center for Democratic Renewal: "Identity is based on the premise that the Jews are literally Children of Satan - the seed of Cain, that people of color are 'pre-Adamic' mud people - God's failures before perfecting Adam, and that white Christian Aryans are the 'Lost Sheep of the House of Israel' - God's chosen people, and therefore America is the biblical promised land... Christian Identity binds together a number of previously isolated groups...Important sections of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], the [[neo-Nazi]] movement, the [[Posse Comitatus]], the [[Aryan Nations]], and other groups have adopted Identity theology."<ref>Berlet, Chip [http://www.publiceye.org/rightist/idennlns.html ''A New Face for Racism & Fascism''] Political research associates. Accessed 1 march 2008</ref>

Not all Ku Klux Klan groups adhere entirely to Christian Identity, but those that do call themselves the '''Fifth Era Klan''', which was introduced to mark what they hoped would be the fifth period of growth by the Klan since its inception.  

Not all Ku Klux Klan groups adhere entirely to Christian Identity, but those that do call themselves the '''Fifth Era Klan''', which was introduced to mark what they hoped would be the fifth period of growth by the Klan since its inception.  

Persons who believe in Christian Identity generally:  

Persons who believe in Christian Identity generally:  

* support White Power & Aryan Supremecy  

* support White Power & Aryan Supremecy