“What was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, ‘I’m literally quoting Jesus Christ,’ the response would not be, ‘I apologize.’ The response would be, ‘Yes, but that doesn’t work anymore. That’s weak,’” Moore said." newrepublic.com/post/174950/...
A former evangelical leader is sounding the alarm about the direction his religion is headed in.
"Moore said he thinks a large part of the issue is how divisive U.S. politics are, which is now spilling over into the church." I'd argue the opposite is true. The church as been spilling over into politics for decades now.
It has always blown my mind that REPUBLICANS are the ones that captured the "poor brown hippie love-child" demographic via Jesus Christ.
real The Grand Inquisitor hours over here, Dostoevsky weeps
I read an essay some years ago that I can no longer find, written by an ex-evangelical theologian. He argues that the modern church is the literal representation of the Antichrist in our time, that it has been so thoroughly politicized that it is now the antithesis of christian doctrine.
"Did he imagine at that moment That two hundred hypocrites would scream his name And were he now to come down Those hypocrites would crucify him again"
Welcome to religion being the single most dangerous, destructive, damaging, debilitating, deleterious, delusional and demented/ing invention of mankind.
"Republican Jesus" went from an internet meme to a literal reality for MAGA...just SMH...
I have said for some time now that 'evangelical' appears to be a synonym for 'not'.
We knew it was only a matter of time before they decided to give Jesus a few upgrades. They will ultimately say they all come from Jesus. They'll provide some reason Jesus wants to be upgraded from forgiveness Jesus to murder Jesus. A secret reason that woke libs don't understand.
Important to note this article is 13 months old.