Doug Wilson follows a key interpretive rule: the Old Testament applies today unless the New Testament specifically says it doesn't. This "applies unless revoked" view contrasts with the more common evangelical stance that the Old Testament *doesn't* apply unless the New Testament *reaffirms* it. This principle has vast implications for his views on law and society.

The historical establishment of Israel is presented as a playbook for political conquest through demographics. A group can immigrate into a region, grow its numbers until it becomes a dominant political class, and eventually assume control, a strategy potentially being replicated by other groups in modern nations.

The Spanish used a legal document called the "Requerimiento" to legitimize conquest. Before attacking, they read a history of the world and demanded submission to the Pope and Spanish King. Refusal provided a legal pretext for slaughter, a practice some Spaniards at the time considered absurd.

The English believed their string of improbable victories against a larger, richer France proved God's favor. They viewed their claim to the French throne not as aggression but as a divinely sanctioned right, using battlefield success as theological proof that their cause was just.

Historically, anti-Semites have supported Israel's existence as a place to send Jews. A government can be staunchly pro-Israel while fostering antisemitism domestically. Conflating support for Israel's government with support for Jewish people is a dangerous trap that can obscure genuine threats.

A cuneiform tablet from 1700 BC, predating the Old Testament by a millennium, tells a nearly identical flood story. The Babylonian version attributes the flood to gods annoyed by human noise, whereas Judean authors later repurposed the narrative to be about a single God punishing humanity for its sins.

The argument posits that religious tribalism is an ancient organizing principle that inevitably leads to conflict. The only force powerful enough to override it is the even more fundamental human drive for economic exchange. Creating shared economic prosperity is the only sustainable path to peace in regions like the Middle East.

Pastor Doug Wilson supports the First Amendment's formal separation of church and state, opposing a national or even state-level established church. However, he argues that separating the state from *morality* is impossible. Since any law reflects a moral stance, he insists the key political question is *which* morality—and by extension which religion—will provide the state's foundation.

Theologian Doug Wilson argues that biblical prophecies of cosmic collapse—like the sun going dark—are not about the future end of the world. As a "preterist," he views this "decreation language" as a standard Old Testament metaphor for the fall of a nation, asserting Jesus used it to predict the historical destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.