The Last Temptation - How American Evangelicals Sold Their Collective Souls For Politics

[pismoe]

Looking for moral consistency in evangelicals is a lost cause. They are very authoritarian and have been trained to accept without question the moral judgements of their leaders who are often the very worst kind of people.

----------------------------------------------- in your OPINION and the same as POLITICIANS eh Occupied .

 

[pismoe]

...I thought that only GOD is supposed to or has the RIGHT to JUDGE ...

I have told you before what happens when you try to think...you are always wrong.

------------------------------------------- morning GGator [chuckle] . Have you answered the call to prayer and been to 'morning prayers' yet GGator ??

 

[occupied]

Looking for moral consistency in evangelicals is a lost cause. They are very authoritarian and have been trained to accept without question the moral judgements of their leaders who are often the very worst kind of people.

and the article points this out, exactly.

I grew up in an evangelical household, I lived it. Turns out they even turn on family if they express doubts.

 

[occupied]

Looking for moral consistency in evangelicals is a lost cause. They are very authoritarian and have been trained to accept without question the moral judgements of their leaders who are often the very worst kind of people.

----------------------------------------------- in your OPINION and the same as POLITICIANS eh Occupied .

Whatever, defenders of the faith have done more to ruin the faith than anyone.

 

[pismoe]

Looking for moral consistency in evangelicals is a lost cause. They are very authoritarian and have been trained to accept without question the moral judgements of their leaders who are often the very worst kind of people.

and the article points this out, exactly.

I grew up in an evangelical household, I lived it. Turns out they even turn on family if they express doubts.

-------------------------------- SURE , and I think its called SHUNNING or DISASSOCIATION or parting of ways and why not in certain cases and its Voluntary Action isn't it Occupied ??

 

[Lysistrata]

The evangelicals abandoned the teachings of Jesus a long time ago. There is no sign of the Sermon on the Mount in their religion. They just misappropriated Jesus' name.

 

[pismoe]

The evangelicals abandoned the teachings of Jesus a long time ago. There is no sign of the Sermon on the Mount in their religion. They just misappropriated Jesus' name.

---------------------------------------------------- in your faulty OPINION Lysis !!

 

[BrokeLoser]

The Last Temptation - The Atlantic - Pocket

One of the most extraordinary things about our current politics—really, one of the most extraordinary developments of recent political history—is the loyal adherence of religious conservatives to Donald Trump. The president won four-fifths of the votes of white evangelical Christians. This was a higher level of support than either Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush, an outspoken evangelical himself, ever received.

Trump’s background and beliefs could hardly be more incompatible with traditional Christian models of life and leadership. Trump’s past political stances (he once supported the right to partial-birth abortion), his character (he has bragged about sexually assaulting women), and even his language (he introduced the words pussy and shithole into presidential discourse) would more naturally lead religious conservatives toward exorcism than alliance. This is a man who has cruelly publicized his infidelities, made disturbing sexual comments about his elder daughter, and boasted about the size of his penis on the debate stage. His lawyer reportedly arranged a $130,000 payment to a porn star to dissuade her from disclosing an alleged affair. Yet religious conservatives who once blanched at PG-13 public standards now yawn at such NC-17 maneuvers. We are a long way from The Book of Virtues.

In January, following reports that Trump had referred to Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries,” Pastor Robert Jeffress came quickly to his defense. “Apart from the vocabulary attributed to him,” Jeffress wrote, “President Trump is right on target in his sentiment.” After reports emerged that Trump’s lawyer paid hush money to the porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up their alleged sexual encounter, Graham vouched for Trump’s “concern for Christian values.” Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, argued that Trump should be given a “mulligan” for his past infidelity. One can only imagine the explosion of outrage if President Barack Obama had been credibly accused of similar offenses.

The moral convictions of many evangelical leaders have become a function of their partisan identification. This is not mere gullibility; it is utter corruption. Blinded by political tribalism and hatred for their political opponents, these leaders can’t see how they are undermining the causes to which they once dedicated their lives. Little remains of a distinctly Christian public witness.

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The GOP, the party that claimed Jesus for themselves & for a nation, have now ultimately defiled Christianity & Jesus, relegating their claimed 'savior' to nothing more than a political tool in their efforts to attain & retain political power.

And Jesus said to the evangelicals, "I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

Haha...you poor ass bangers long for the days when Republicans sat in their corner, pretending shit wasn’t happening, reading their Bibles while you filthy fucks trashed their nation don’t you?
I get ya...I’d hate this new-age Republican if I were you too...these badasses will punch you square in your dirty fucking mouth and that sucks for you filthy, degenerate lowlife trash.

 

[BrokeLoser]

They've made their priorities pretty clear, that's for sure, and the Big Fella doesn't appear to be #1.

The thing is Mac....NOTHING the Left has pushed on good, real Americans has been beneficial for good real Americans. EVERYTHING sold by the Left, by design, benefits the filth within our society while fucking over everybody decent. Real Americans are done with that twisted bullshit.
For years the Loons have demanded that Conservatives shred their Bibles, many have and now the Loons are pissing themselves...they can no longer sell Conservatives on their warm and fuzzy FEELZ bullshit. Good people are tired of being suckered and stepped on for being kind and gracious. Good people don’t want nothing to do with anything ‘Left”.

 

[Lysistrata]

The evangelicals abandoned the teachings of Jesus a long time ago. There is no sign of the Sermon on the Mount in their religion. They just misappropriated Jesus' name.

---------------------------------------------------- in your faulty OPINION Lysis !!

So why did you guys ditch Jesus? He was supposed to be the Main Event.

 

[occupied]

Looking for moral consistency in evangelicals is a lost cause. They are very authoritarian and have been trained to accept without question the moral judgements of their leaders who are often the very worst kind of people.

and the article points this out, exactly.

I grew up in an evangelical household, I lived it. Turns out they even turn on family if they express doubts.

-------------------------------- SURE , and I think its called SHUNNING or DISASSOCIATION or parting of ways and why not in certain cases and its Voluntary Action isn't it Occupied ??

I could tell you my story but it would not matter to you. In spite of the abuse and the pedophiles I would still be wrong for walking away.

 

[Lysistrata]

The Last Temptation - The Atlantic - Pocket

One of the most extraordinary things about our current politics—really, one of the most extraordinary developments of recent political history—is the loyal adherence of religious conservatives to Donald Trump. The president won four-fifths of the votes of white evangelical Christians. This was a higher level of support than either Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush, an outspoken evangelical himself, ever received.

Trump’s background and beliefs could hardly be more incompatible with traditional Christian models of life and leadership. Trump’s past political stances (he once supported the right to partial-birth abortion), his character (he has bragged about sexually assaulting women), and even his language (he introduced the words pussy and shithole into presidential discourse) would more naturally lead religious conservatives toward exorcism than alliance. This is a man who has cruelly publicized his infidelities, made disturbing sexual comments about his elder daughter, and boasted about the size of his penis on the debate stage. His lawyer reportedly arranged a $130,000 payment to a porn star to dissuade her from disclosing an alleged affair. Yet religious conservatives who once blanched at PG-13 public standards now yawn at such NC-17 maneuvers. We are a long way from The Book of Virtues.

In January, following reports that Trump had referred to Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries,” Pastor Robert Jeffress came quickly to his defense. “Apart from the vocabulary attributed to him,” Jeffress wrote, “President Trump is right on target in his sentiment.” After reports emerged that Trump’s lawyer paid hush money to the porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up their alleged sexual encounter, Graham vouched for Trump’s “concern for Christian values.” Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, argued that Trump should be given a “mulligan” for his past infidelity. One can only imagine the explosion of outrage if President Barack Obama had been credibly accused of similar offenses.

The moral convictions of many evangelical leaders have become a function of their partisan identification. This is not mere gullibility; it is utter corruption. Blinded by political tribalism and hatred for their political opponents, these leaders can’t see how they are undermining the causes to which they once dedicated their lives. Little remains of a distinctly Christian public witness.

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The GOP, the party that claimed Jesus for themselves & for a nation, have now ultimately defiled Christianity & Jesus, relegating their claimed 'savior' to nothing more than a political tool in their efforts to attain & retain political power.

And Jesus said to the evangelicals, "I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

Haha...you poor ass bangers long for the days when Republicans sat in their corner, pretending shit wasn’t happening, reading their Bibles while you filthy fucks trashed their nation don’t you?
I get ya...I’d hate this new-age Republican if I were you too...these badasses will punch you square in your dirty fucking mouth and that sucks for you filthy, degenerate lowlife trash.

Thank you for being Exhibit A. Your beautiful language and demonstration of Christian kindness are underwhelming.

 

[whitehall]

When the crazy angry left starts talking about "collective souls" you know they need therapy.

 

[pismoe]

'''' just a comment but the 'bush's' that were mentioned in your article are all lefty 'rino' or Moderate pwicks same as 'mrobama' [including] gun controller and Amnesty man 'reagan' . Just a comment Caddo because you or your article mentioned the 'bush's as being Evangelicals . Just a comment Caddo .

 

[blackhawk]

You know there are Democrats who are also Christian but you never see any liberals questioning their faith when they vote for a candidate who has less than upstanding morale character. If you want to question people's faith over who they vote for maybe you should question everyone's not just conservative Christians.

 

[pismoe]

The evangelicals abandoned the teachings of Jesus a long time ago. There is no sign of the Sermon on the Mount in their religion. They just misappropriated Jesus' name.

---------------------------------------------------- in your faulty OPINION Lysis !!

So why did you guys ditch Jesus? He was supposed to be the Main Event.

-------------------------------- seems that Evangelical believe or have Faith in what they believe about Christianity and Jesus . Seems to me that they believe that its you lefties that have ditched Jesus but have replaced him with LEFTY Satan Lysis .

 

[occupied]

You know there are Democrats who are also Christian but you never see any liberals questioning their faith when they vote for a candidate who has less than upstanding morale character. If you want to question people's faith over who they vote for maybe you should question everyone's not just conservative Christians.

You will never hear me ridiculing someone's personal faith. I only care when some politician or religious leader starts thinking I have too much personal freedom and there ought to be a law.

 

[Polishprince]

The Last Temptation - The Atlantic - Pocket

One of the most extraordinary things about our current politics—really, one of the most extraordinary developments of recent political history—is the loyal adherence of religious conservatives to Donald Trump. The president won four-fifths of the votes of white evangelical Christians. This was a higher level of support than either Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush, an outspoken evangelical himself, ever received.

Trump’s background and beliefs could hardly be more incompatible with traditional Christian models of life and leadership. Trump’s past political stances (he once supported the right to partial-birth abortion), his character (he has bragged about sexually assaulting women), and even his language (he introduced the words pussy and shithole into presidential discourse) would more naturally lead religious conservatives toward exorcism than alliance. This is a man who has cruelly publicized his infidelities, made disturbing sexual comments about his elder daughter, and boasted about the size of his penis on the debate stage. His lawyer reportedly arranged a $130,000 payment to a porn star to dissuade her from disclosing an alleged affair. Yet religious conservatives who once blanched at PG-13 public standards now yawn at such NC-17 maneuvers. We are a long way from The Book of Virtues.

In January, following reports that Trump had referred to Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries,” Pastor Robert Jeffress came quickly to his defense. “Apart from the vocabulary attributed to him,” Jeffress wrote, “President Trump is right on target in his sentiment.” After reports emerged that Trump’s lawyer paid hush money to the porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up their alleged sexual encounter, Graham vouched for Trump’s “concern for Christian values.” Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, argued that Trump should be given a “mulligan” for his past infidelity. One can only imagine the explosion of outrage if President Barack Obama had been credibly accused of similar offenses.

The moral convictions of many evangelical leaders have become a function of their partisan identification. This is not mere gullibility; it is utter corruption. Blinded by political tribalism and hatred for their political opponents, these leaders can’t see how they are undermining the causes to which they once dedicated their lives. Little remains of a distinctly Christian public witness.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The GOP, the party that claimed Jesus for themselves & for a nation, have now ultimately defiled Christianity & Jesus, relegating their claimed 'savior' to nothing more than a political tool in their efforts to attain & retain political power.

And Jesus said to the evangelicals, "I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

Here's the problem the Libs have with evangelicals, caddo.

You have people like Hillary Clinton declaring evangelicals to be the "Basket of Deplorables clinging to their guns and bibles".

That's not very complementary. Donald J. Trump is hardly a perfect individual, but he treats evangelicals with respect. He isn't demanding reparations from Honkies, he isn't making fun of normalcy on entertainment programs, he shows respect.

Can things turn around? Sure. There are 2 dozen D candidates out there, there is certainly room for a D to embrace life and normative sexual behavior. Democrat candidates can go down to San Antone and confer with Rev. Hagee or to Lynchburg to see the Falwells or go on Pat Robertson's program.

But until libs start to actually EARN the votes of evangelicals, they can expect to get shut out.

 

[pismoe]

You know there are Democrats who are also Christian but you never see any liberals questioning their faith when they vote for a candidate who has less than upstanding morale character. If you want to question people's faith over who they vote for maybe you should question everyone's not just conservative Christians.

You will never hear me ridiculing someone's personal faith. I only care when some politician or religious leader starts thinking I have too much personal freedom and there ought to be a law.

------------------------------------ thanks and that's good thinking Occupied !!

 

[blackhawk]

You know there are Democrats who are also Christian but you never see any liberals questioning their faith when they vote for a candidate who has less than upstanding morale character. If you want to question people's faith over who they vote for maybe you should question everyone's not just conservative Christians.

You will never hear me ridiculing someone's personal faith. I only care when some politician or religious leader starts thinking I have too much personal freedom and there ought to be a law.

I feel the same way towards politicans who want to limit or restrict my rights and personal freedom.