Christians are now complaining that "turning the other cheek" is nothing more than liberal talking points...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3377375

I read an essay by a christian a while ago that pointed out that the separation of church and state wasn’t about protecting the state from religion - it was about protecting religion from the state.

The gist of the argument was that religion should be concentrating on the eternal, and politics, by necessity, concentrates on the immediate. The author was concerned that welding religion and politics together would make religion itself political, meaning it would have to conform to the secular moment rather than looking to saving souls or whatever.

The mind meld of evangelical christianity and right wing politics happened in the mid to late 70s when the US was trying to racially integrate christian universities, which had been severely limiting or excluding black students. Since then, republicans and christians have been in bed together. The southern baptist convention, in fact, originally endorsed the Roe decision because it helped the cause of women. It was only after they decided to go all in on social conservatism that it became a sin.

Christians today are growing concerned about a falloff in attendance and membership. This article concentrates on how conservatism has become a call for people to publicly identify as evangelical while not actually being religious, because it’s an our team thing.

Evangelicals made an ironically Faustian bargain and are starting to realize it.

  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    even if people don’t believe fully in the bible, we can believe in many of the core values that Christianity preaches

    Homophobia, bigotry, slavery.

    that almost all of western civilization as we know it is based on

    Define Western civilization

    We can understand that two parent households are better for children and the nation.

    I see. So why are you guys attacking gay couples adopting?

    That small communities helping each other is preferable than the government taking money out of our paychecks so they can determine what’s best for us.

    What part of the bible taught you that? What controlled studies did you perform? How do you define “better”? Why do you hate cities?

    That the way towards a more unified people is not government overriding and pushing culture.

    You mean like praying in school for over a century?

    You don’t have to dog whistle btw. We all know what you are really about.