Bruce Hass wrote:
Hollis Phelps', Professor of Interdisciplinary studies at Mercer University in Macon, GA wrote an article titled "Maybe It's Time to Admit that the 'Grotesque Caricature' of White Evangelicals is the Reality" where he examines the pathology. He writes the following:
"There’s no doubt that evangelicalism seems to have an image problem, especially since its overwhelming alliance with Trump. In the minds of many outside the fold, evangelicalism no longer represents a specific religious position centered on sin and the need for individual salvation but rather a self-serving, power-hungry political movement that will side with the devil himself for the sake of political pragmatism.
“When people say what does it mean to be an evangelical, people don’t say evangelism or the gospel,” Birdsall told the Washington Post. But this image problem isn’t new. Although polling shows that overall feelings toward evangelicals as a religious group have remained relatively stable since 2014, the perception of evangelicals as “agents of intolerance,” to quote John McCain back in 2008, well predates the Trump era. And besides, we shouldn’t chalk it all up to image. The fact remains that over 80% of self-identified white evangelical voters cast their lot with Trump. Moreover, despite a host of missteps and scandals, overall evangelical support for Trump as president hasn’t declined but grown.
Phelps posits the pretext that the White Evangelical uses to support Donald Trump and turns it on its head.
Given the consistency with which white evangelicals as a whole have lent their support to Trump—and right-wing candidates and policies more generally—it’s far past time to own up to the fact that the image is, in many respects, the reality."
"Well-intentioned evangelical leaders may not like to hear that, but it remains the case that an overwhelming majority of evangelicals continue to support Trump and his policies. Sure, they may have issues with his moral center, or lack thereof, but they’re willing to overlook all this for the sake of political expediency, for promises of “religious freedom,” and the hope of a judiciary stacked with conservative judges. This is because, at the end of the day, evangelicalism isn’t really about personal values but, rather, social and political conversion and control."
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The only people and groups trying to politically and socially control others is the left , the demonrats, and the corrupt media. They think government is the answer and it will usher in utopia. This plan has already been tried and has been a miserable failure as totalitarianism is contrary to liberty and man's free will. People who spout the demonratic party line about Christianity and evangelism are truly misled by the Communist, corrupt press and the totalitarian demonratic party and have never really studied Biblical principles and the higher moral values that it hopes its followers aspire to. The bigotry of some on this web site is quite profound and several courses in theology and the study of the positive results that Christianity has added to any civilization should be mandatory before the bigots start talking nonsense as usual. Most bigots don't even realize or show gratitude for living in the greatest country in the world with its foundations established by the higher morals of Judeo/Christian values which made this country so great!! The leftists want us to regress back to the Dark Ages. Yes, bigotry is alive and well in our country and the leftists own that moniker.