I have nothing good to say about this … I’ll let the blogger speak: “American evangelicalism has largely become a selfish, mean-spirited, power-hungry, and often-bigoted institution. I thank Trump for revealing those detestable characteristics for all to see – and for most evangelicals to blindly deny.”
I’ve alluded to this before, but it’s time to push past allusions and state it plainly, unequivocally: evangelical Christianity—the white folks’ version—in America will be dead soon. Of that, I am certain. How to interpret that certainty is a more difficult matter.
Many will celebrate American evangelicalism’s demise. I will not, but I absolutely understand such a reaction. American evangelicalism has largely become a selfish, mean-spirited, power-hungry, and often-bigoted institution. I thank Donald Trump for revealing those detestable characteristics for all to see—and for most evangelicals to blindly deny.
American evangelicalism has largely become a selfish, mean-spirited, power-hungry, and often-bigoted institution.
White American evangelicals have undeniably tethered themselves to Donald Trump, mistakenly and shamelessly believing his declarations of concern for their interests. Trump’s longtime friend Howard Stern candidly and astutely stated recently, “The oddity in all of this is the people Trump despises most [low-income evangelicals], love him the most.”…
