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In reply to the discussion: It's about evangelism, evangelicals, and why they are so dangerous [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,180 posts)People don't want to hear that. Especially those who just quietly attend their moderate Christian churches. The places that don't talk politics. Just a place to preach from God's holy book to encourage the flock to be nicer, be thankful, pray every day.
It all sounds harmless, even good.
But its the same thing as "moderate" Republicans giving shade to the radical right Trump cult. The news media still gives any Republican the respect of them being representative of the party of Goldwater, Reagan, George Bush senior... So that the destroyers can wreak havoc on the nation.
I know, I grew up in an Evangelical house. My parents, one who is now gone, are the sweetest, wonderful parents...about most things. But they and most who attend church as Christians, are feeding the narrative that believing in an invisible all powerful creature and the book written by the first cult follower humans, as...well...gospel. It is normalized by these folks.
And once some of that supernatural belief system is accepted, its easy for the more crazy ones to extrapolate further.
Europe is so far ahead of us in North America. They have gone through many centuries of Religion dictating their lives, and now, mostly, have a healthy disdain of organized religion. I wish we'd have matured sooner by now across the pond