John 10:10 New International Version
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Given the 75% support of evangelicals for Donald J Trump, despite his authoritarianism and abuses of power and now, his refusal to concede to the will of We The People who overwhelmingly voted against 75% evangelicals' apparent desire to turn US into a police state, we need to have an honest conversation about their values. Evangelicals, particularly of the white variety, have no right -not to mention zero credibility- to speak truth to power, because they have abused power to grasp at even more, to the detriment of their neighbors.
If you want to read a cheery up-beat piece about how well Joe Biden is handling this abusive narcissist by playing grey rock and going about his business, while all that is true, this is not that piece. No, this is a reality check for any 75% evangelicals who see my blog: decent folks are disgusted at all y'all, and your shamelessness is deplorable evil. Hey Americans, tell your friends.
Here's reality: a decent though imperfect human being, despite all smears, won our election. Usually, the loser concedes the race; they don't cast doubt on our institutions.
We had ordinary people all over the country who went out to vote during a pandemic and others working hard to count votes for US, and the pro-life president, who hasn't served his country a day in his life, has the gall to smear that service. We shouldn't be surprised, because he has never really respected our military's service to country, either.
What is most despicable is how some of our leaders in the Republican Party and the evangelical church have catered to a tyrant. How dare they presume to lead anyone now.
It was my understanding that the God I love, the Lord I worship, taught a life-giving Way to lead, and Jesus did not minimize death; He wept.
Here's a little something true, for all those "stop the steal" ignoramuses supporting Trump's attempt to rob We The People of the 2020 election:
Abuse. Of. Power.
So the question is this: are the evangelicals fine with betraying their country and fellow citizens for just a little bit of earthly power and control? Certainly it seems so. Many evangelicals have supported and endorsed blatant insurrection, and not just against our norms. This is unforgivable evil.
Don't they understand that a coup or a civil war or even civil unrest are all abuses of power wielded by a monster who does not care who gets maimed or killed? This is pro death and tyrannical. Don't these fools realize that callously endorsing people dying or being maimed, for a pro-life vote, renders any profession of saving faith utterly useless? I don't care if their faith is "real" or not. It's worthless, good-for-nothing, to be trampled upon and mocked into oblivion. What a vile lack of love for one's fellow citizens.
Why can't American evangelicals submit to legitimate authority? Why do they demand others submit to them? Where does their hubris lead- or where is it leading US?!? I think we have ample indications from history on where this is going, if they will not repent. They've sold their souls to the dude-bros that want Americans to kill their fellow Americans for being Democratic. (FYI- I am a Democrat as of 2020.) And "I regret I have but one life to give for my country."
Seriously, how does a group, purporting to worship a humble God who sacrificed his life on a cross for the sake of others, justify enabling a malicious, murderous jerk, who wants the world to bow down to him, while treating US lives as expendable?
It's interesting Robert Jeffress, who civil-war-mongered over abortion (the irony of it, given civil war involves the murder of one's neighbors), has in fact accepted Biden as the winner of the 2020 election. I think he knows in his heart he has destroyed any "witness" he ever had. He's not repentant. He's never said sorry, and he's done no work to actually change.
And who pays Franklin Graham to spread propaganda that harms his country? Or does he simply engage in subverting our freedoms for free? Others, too, like John MacArthur Jr, whose church is represented, amongst others, by Jenna Ellis of above stupid "logic" fame, have dug their heels in, perhaps not about the election result itself, but certainly about sensible government restrictions on large groups gathering during a deadly PANDEMIC.
What is pro life, let alone Christlike,
about these evil people?
Civil war was never a joke.
Insurrection is never a joke.
Coup d'état will never be a joke.
NONE OF IT IS FUNNY OR NORMAL OR LIFE-GIVING!
It's sickness.
And ANY Christian participating in it will answer to a holy God, end of story.
I mean, at least, that's what they taught me to believe.
Seems many evangelicals don't really believe in a holy God,
for them it's only really about money, status, and power.
Character. Is. Destiny.
I mean, maybe Joe Biden's Christianity is closer to the truth and reality than the whole swampy cesspool of Fundamentalist Evangelicalism can or will ever be.
Things to think about.
I mean read this:
Luke 1 NIV
46 And Mary said:
“My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, 49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name. 50 His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. 51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. 52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. 53 He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.
54 He has helped his servant Israel,
remembering to be merciful
55 to Abraham and his descendants forever,
just as he promised our ancestors.”
Does any of that sound like Trump's bastardized Christianity to you?
Or take:
Galatians 3 NIV
26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
TRUMP? REALLY?
See also:
Philippians 3 NIV
17 Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. 18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
75% evangelicals, what a brood of vipers you are.
Stop this attempted coup.
And leave US alone. We are done with y'all narcissists.
You are disqualified by sin from leading in a free country.
Democracy is the basis of American freedoms.
Shame on 75% evangelicals for ungrateful, selfish arrogance that has done real harm to the rest of US.
There's really little more to say to evangelicals now.
Let Freedom Ring.
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