Years ago, I created a graph with belief in Christian ethics as one axis and belief in Christian metaphysics as the other. I concluded that Christian Democrats were in the yes/yes quadrant, right-wing pagans like Trump were in the no/no quadrant, and that liberals typically believed in Christian ethics, but not Christian metaphysics. I did not pay much attention to the remaining quadrant, because I thought combining a belief in Christian metaphysics with an adherence to pagan ethics was implausible.
Pete Hegseth convinced me I was wrong. Anyone who threatens to rain death and destruction on people who don’t believe in the divinity of Jesus fits perfectly in the fourth quadrant. He is a cartoon Christian.