Project 2025 Explained: Doug Wilson, Christian Nationalism & Trump’s Real-Life Handmaid’s Tale

“Theocracy isn’t scary.” — Pastor Doug Wilson

And yet, somehow, this quote doesn’t come from a dystopian novel like The Handmaid’s Tale. It comes from a real pastor in Idaho who has real political allies and real influence on a real document that could become the blueprint for America’s future government: Project 2025.

From Pulpit to Policy

Doug Wilson, the far-right pastor from Moscow, Idaho, isn’t just preaching fire and brimstone from a pulpit. He’s running what amounts to a theocracy incubator.

“Doug Wilson makes Margaret Atwood look like an optimist.”

His Christ Church empire includes its own college, its own press, and even a “pastor bootcamp” that trains men to dominate in politics, business, and family life—through the lens of biblical dominion.

Wilson wants Moscow, Idaho, to be a model Christian city. But thanks to Project 2025—the Heritage Foundation’s extremist roadmap for the second Trump term—his ideology is migrating from pews to policy.

What Is Project 2025?

This isn’t just a conservative think tank memo. It’s a 920-page policy manifesto called Mandate for Leadership. And it reads less like governance and more like a corporate merger between the Bible and the federal government.

• Purge federal agencies: Replace civil servants with Trump loyalists.
• Defund public education: Swap out science for scripture.
• Target LGBTQ+ rights: Roll back protections under the guise of “religious liberty.”
• Ban abortion and medication like mifepristone: Put reproductive freedom on the altar of political theology.

“It’s less a policy agenda and more a dystopian Ikea manual—when you’re done, democracy is missing a few critical screws.”

From Moscow, Idaho to Washington, D.C.

Many of Project 2025’s architects come from the same ideological stew as Wilson: men who openly dream of a biblically governed America.

“The separation of church and state wasn’t decorative—it was democracy’s load-bearing wall.”

His fans include politicians, media figures, and even Pentagon leaders like Pete Hegseth, who has praised Wilson’s theology.

Project 2025 isn’t just about “smaller government.” It’s about the Trump administration weaponizing executive orders to implement a theocracy.

Project 2025: A Roadmap to Gilead

Let’s be honest: The Handmaid’s Tale was supposed to be a warning, not a policy proposal. And yet, here we are.

Wilson has argued that women should not hold civic leadership roles. His church culture demands female submission. He once even claimed that slavery wasn’t “inherently sinful” if done under biblical law.

“Project 2025 is Gilead in khakis and polos—no red robes required.”

Why I’m Speaking Out—And Why You Should Too

The Founders weren’t perfect, but they understood one thing: religion and state power should never be entangled.

When Wilson says “theocracy isn’t scary,” he’s telling you exactly what he and the Heritage Foundation want:

• Abolish public schools.
• Criminalize LGBTQ+ identities.
• Eliminate reproductive rights.
• Reshape the federal government into a tool of religious dogma.

“This isn’t conservative politics. It’s theocratic authoritarianism—plain and simple.”

What You Can Do

• Call it out. Stop treating Project 2025 like just another policy debate. Name it for what it is.
• Educate your circle. Most Americans don’t even know Project 2025 exists. Share it.
• Support pro-democracy orgs. Groups like Americans United for Separation of Church and State are fighting back.
• Vote in every race. School board, county supervisor, president—because every office is now a frontline.

Final Thought

Doug Wilson may be a small-town pastor, but his ideas have found their way into the Heritage Foundation’s playbook for the Trump presidency. And if Project 2025 becomes policy, the America we know will be unrecognizable.

“Once Gilead is built, there’s no easy way out.”

So speak out. Push back. And let’s keep our democracy a democracy—not a Sunday sermon with executive orders.

For more on how Pete Hegseth and CREC push the same Christian nationalist agenda, check out my piece on Pete Hegseth’s crusade to roll back women’s rights.

I’ve also written about Trump’s alliance with evangelicals — a match made in theocracy that shows just how deep this movement runs.

And if you think I’m just another “radical leftist,” think again — here’s my explainer: I’m a liberal, not the caricature you’ve been sold.