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This is honestly ok. NPR’s liberal bias not getting in the way, finally.
Bastardized Christianity, bastardized Republican Party! Well done Christians!
Amen
Evangelicals have a long way to go toward any credibility about their Christian faith or about their sanity. An embarrassment to traditional Christians.
The crazy bastards that stormed the chamber floor had a moment of prayer right there in the middle of an insurrection. Christianity and extremism are twisted together like the roots of a tree.
Only took a couple hundred years
If you are HUMAN, speak out against inequality, racism, white supremacy, white nationalists. Speak out against HATRED. These are not attributes. None of these serve anyone. Instead, speak up for LOVE! ❤️❤️❤️
What took them so long to be honest with the American People and call out this bigotry that Christianity has come to embrace?
The saved do not steal. GOP's steal by making laws that allow the wealthy to steal more than their fair share of America. 'Thieves do not belong in Heaven.' GOP's lead people away from Heaven.
Evangelicalism IS the problem with Christianity. Millions believe they're saved because they mouthed some magic words, but their lives aren't changed. It's all about growth, ie money. Small close knit community churches have been replaced with huge gleaming temples of excess.
It’s true. Jesus saves. Trust me.
The only goal of Christianity seems to be to wipe out indigenous, freethinking, collective cooperation with nature for the sake of the selfish value of individual, competition at the expense of human life, and conformity by way of eliminating culture.
The Evangelicals are much to blame for casting their voting block in favor of Trump. If they are now upset with faith leaders accommodating white supremacy, then they should support the DEMOCRATS where nary a white supremacist abides.
The problem is the fact there are so many conflicting passages in the bible, the devil could use it to justify his/her behavior and get forgiven by millions of evangelicals.
Love one another
the NPR boomerang.
Someone say heresy?
Yet 99 youryourkj 2h , 33bkr m yin ytore 3 geis wm
Lol Weirdos smh
You've got a long way to go before anyone plans to associate the word evangelical with anything other than white nationalism
'Heresy of Christian nationalism'...what the fuck are you on about? Lmfao this is ridiculous! 😂
Good thing religious participation is on the decline. Nations with higher religious participation actually have higher crime rates than non-religious nations.
The sign should read “Jesus saves, We kill”
separationofchurchandstate
It’s a shame that brings race into religion. There is no room in religion for racism. Any Christian knows this.
roybelly My favorite stories of Jesus were the ones where he mocked and persecuted all the wicked. I specifically remember passages where it states “mock and belittle the wicked for it is that which will bring them into God...” paraphrasing a bit.
The Evangelical Paradox 🥴
So I guess they don’t teach the part about golden idols?
Isn't this like 4 years late...
Give me a break , evangelical isn’t a Christian religion anymore , they’re a far right political movement whose only interest is wealth and power .
then tear down the Trump golden calf lies are about keeping control.. exposeHATE4PROFIT time to DefundFASCISTS BANKRUPTtheTRUMPS and ALL who support them. Accountability is key in 2021!!
They all take advantage of the same people. Then the people take the blame. Basic political manipulation.
Shut down and prosecute all members Epstein ranch in new Mexico feds seized documents computers hard drives we the positive people ask for Truth and change positive demand
Religious NAZIs hiding their racist hateful right wing extremist beliefs behind the flag, the church, while holding a bible. They are a serious danger/threat to American democracy, civil rights, religious rights.
In America a synonym for Evangelical if BIGOT and it’s true for all races, not just whites. fullstop EmptyThePews ChristianHateGroups
Too late.
I mean the white is supreme /manifest destiny movement has only been the case since 1845.
Come on, now. Maintaining white supremacy is the entire raison d’etre of white evangelicalism.
These creatures only read selected portions of the Bible...
Christian leaders need to speak up against the Trumplification of the American political system
Well, NPR: your article sure brought out all the Christian haters here in Twitterverse.
The R party is screaming...”we are the right wing theocratic extremist authoritarian fascist party.We despise the rule of law and democracy. We will strive for fascist minority rule by any means necessary.” once you hear that it all makes sense.
Extremists vandalising CAPITOL , an ugly precedent taking coverage under the name Christian faith and justifying such violence and peddling lies about democratic practices is highly contemnable and should be stopped
Too bad we can’t get the GQP to do the same
Islam is off limits for criticism under woke law
Organized religion is a business. If they want to follow Trump, they’re following the money.
roybelly Outlaw religion world would be better. The hardcore belief distracts tou from real world problems and makes you say “jesus will save me” NO HE FUCKING WONT. You do shit yourself or it wont be done
Under the party of Trump, conservative white evangelical Christians do for Christianity what Islamic militants do for Islam.
I'm recalling the great debate about the rebel flag flying over the South Carolina state house, and how surprised I was to learn of a petition signed by over twenty Baptist preachers in support of that symbol of hate.
This is why I don’t believe in swearing on the Bible or taking oaths. Because it doesn’t mean anything. Let your yes be a yes. And your no be no.
So, which bank does Jesus save his money in, or does he put it all under his mattress? What kind of interest rate is he getting? Does a personal relationship with his dad get him a preferred rate?
So they sent a sternly worded letter distancing themselves from the insurrections. But they still support trump. Supporting him is supporting white evangelical nationalism. They can't have it both ways.
I am reading Armn’s America on Trial, which is giving me a whole new understanding/ appreciation for Catholic intellectual tradition....an interesting vantage point from which to thoughtfully consider this topic
I’ll google it but what is the definition for ‘white evangelical’
roybelly The damage is done, my friend
When you condition people to be unquestioning believers in a myth to start with, they are primed to believe conspiracy theories as well. They already center their lives on something made up, with no factual evidence to support it.
Hey, good luck to them...but 100 is not very many
Is it time to stop incorrectly using 'evangelical' to describe a political identity? I certainly hope so.
Began with the preaching of abortion as murder. This myopic view turned many into single issue voters and some into extremists.
I scratch my head whenever I hear someone who identifies as Christian saying he supports DonaldTrump. It just doesn't make any sense.
The Bible Belt is synonymous with: - Slavery - Jim Crow - Voter Suppression - Anti Immigration These top-down Federal/Corporate WhiteSupremacist Laws, convinced the gullible white masses that their racist beliefs and actions were not only justified but patriotic.
JESUS would WEEP at the White (male) Nationalism/politics and “overturn their tables” in disgust, calling them HYPOCRITES, forbid them use his name.
BTW. That’s Sam (holding the Jesus Saves sign) from Charlotte, NC. He’s been a local character in the city for a few years now. You can Google him.
This is a profoundly interesting statement... who’s listening tho? Evangelicals
Too late. Christianity has been slaughtering humanity since Constantine. It’s their nature.
“We do not want to be quiet accomplices in this on-going sin.' Yes they do. They just don’t want to be associated with it.
Evangelicals and white supremacists are basically one big overlapping circle on a Venn Diagram
mattotcha JesusSaves? Why didn't he save himself? SundayThoughts
Anyone ever notice how American Evangelicals never actually quote Jesus? If he turned up at their church they would call him a socialist and boot him out.
Religion conditions people to believe that for which no evidence exists making them susceptible to both cons and conspiracy theories.
NOW they have had enough? They are the radicals themselves.. I grew up in that garbage of hate and distain for anyone who was not like them. So they can’t clutch their pearls now that they created the monster..
It’s shocking what atrocities people are willing to commit in the name of religion. An ex-President encouraged them to act out on their racist instincts. Although antithetical to biblical teachings, many religious leaders share these views.
Evangelism is the radicalized Christian nationalism
roybelly There are 100 churches in my county. This isn't even a drop in the bucket
This would have had more credibility if it had come a generation or more ago.
The problem is people pay attention to these so called “faith leaders” who peddle imagined ideas as reality-when people cannot distinguish what is imaginary from what is real, they have compromised their ability to think rationally and fall prey to “faith leaders” and others
For god sakes, these guys are so late to the party the caterers are already breaking down tables.
Uh, too late...
'I wanted to sign this statement just to say that Christian nationalism is not only wrong, but it's heretical,' Riggs told other leaders on the Zoom call, adding that evangelical leaders must take responsibility for 'rooting out this evil in our churches.'
I thought that's where they were finding their 'donors'. When you have a gilded whorehouse decor standard to maintain, you need some money.
I think “accommodating” doesn’t capture the full depth of the ties between Christian nationalism & white supremacy. The statement should read they have a symbiotic relationship & are inextricably linked. Although, Christian nationalism came first, white supremacy needs it to live
Bet there're quite a few evangelical Christian groups set up at CPAC right now.
Heresy.
Witness the evident double standard on the ground in their churches: the commonly vocalized perception that Islam is a violent religion, while only a certain subset of Christians are violent.
The old divide & conquer strategy. Most unfortunate that people feel the need to wear labels.
White Christian Supremacists are as radical and destructive as the Taliban and radicalized Islam ☪️. Our constitutional rights and protections, including our rights to practice or not practice religion.
Didn't the KKK inflamed crucifixes, right?
So what do you want to do? Change them? I don’t know who’s crazier, them or you.
Dont judge all Muslims
These cowards waited until the other cult leader left before condemning him and his followers.
But hey, Muslim is the religion of peace, right?
Wait. Hasn’t evangelicalism always = radicalized Christian nationalism?
Faith leaders have been everything but quiet.
Like burning crosses 🔥⁉️
I have been puzzled for years that these white racist evangelicals would call themselves Christians. What is Christian about their demented ways of racism, bigotry, misogyny, xenophobia and outright meanness. What kind of biblical scriptures do they use to justify their stands?
Evangelism is the worst
Many of these churches need to be investigated. I heard a story on NHPR about a 'patriot' church that preached insurrection. They cannot be deemed houses of worship. Tax the crap out of them, shut them down!
The clear reason why people are leaving their churches in massive numbers is because of this very reason. I won’t support a church that condones racist, or any other form of suppression. GOPCorruptionOverCountry Evangelicals Church religion
But they Already Are Accomplices
That Golden Trump Statute was Idolatry. No proper Christian could ever condone that
If one is not a Christian- the Cynical Hypocrisy is the DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC of Christianity- Not a 'Bug' GullibleRacistTrash
'They break and divide in the name of Jesus, against America - They coming against people that are working' The demonic confederacy !
It's easy to transmit racism and such poison through rubbish. Christianity is built on a foundation of intellectual garbage. That's why poisonous stuff can take root.
That ship has sailed.
Little known fact- Jesus was a Jewish middle eastern guy who chilled with downtrodden and prostitutes and whatnot.
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