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Girard442

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2. I grew up in an Evangelical family.

Reply to lees1975 (Original post)

Mon Nov 27, 2023, 08:03 PM

Nov 2023

More and more I'm convinced that for Evangelicals, Jesus is just Santa Claus for slightly older children. The Yahweh of the OT who cast Adam and Eve out of the Garden, drowned the Earth and nearly every living thing on it, burned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah with everyone in them, drowned Pharaoh and his soldiers when the battle was already won, and tortured Job to win a wager with Satan is the one they love.

They're just into tormenting and smiting, and damning to eternal Hellfire.

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There's an existential crisis among conservative Evangelicals and the rhetoric of Trumpism is making it worse. [View all] lees1975 Nov 2023 OP

Aww. 2naSalit Nov 2023 #1

I grew up in an Evangelical family. Girard442 Nov 2023 #2

And they completely miss the point where Jesus turns all of that Old Testament violence around. lees1975 Nov 2023 #13

Trump's Christians/evangelicals are the public face of Christianity in America today. keithbvadu2 Nov 2023 #3

And they brought it on themselves . . . hatrack Nov 2023 #4

Wait! bigmonk Nov 2023 #5

K & R - recommended FakeNoose Nov 2023 #6

This started well before Falwell during Nixon's presidentcy. Billy Graham flashman13 Nov 2023 #7

True, but it was Reagan that gave the Christofascists real political power. catbyte Nov 2023 #9

Please do. These creeps need as much exposure as possible. erronis Nov 2023 #10

... catbyte Nov 2023 #8

They don't do what Jesus told them surfered Nov 2023 #11

Screw them all - yesterday, today and forever. dchill Nov 2023 #12

This needs to be exposed. lees1975 Nov 2023 #14