Evangelicals embraced MAGA out of desperation over their 'demographic slide

[winetourdriver01]

Evangelicals were driven to support former President Donald Trump out of fear of their "demographic slide" and their impending loss of political and cultural relevance, argued Robert P. Jones for Religion News Service on Tuesday — and several points of data suggest that their fear is justified.

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[winetourdriver01]

1. It is

The kids ain't buying their bullshit and they know it.

[TheBlackAdder]

33. Remember when Evangelicals thought Catholic JFK was going to be controlled by the Vatican?

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Now we have a majority Catholic Supreme Court, which rules now based on their Catholic faith.

Ron DeSantis's eight grandparents are Italian Catholics.

And the Evangelicals abdicates their power and control to the Catholic Church.

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[yardwork]

2. Well. I don't care. They betrayed everything they claim to believe.

I have zero empathy. None.

[Samrob]

3. In doing so, they caused a drastic fleeing from all things religious...especially Christian religion

And hooking up with the MAGAs prevented them from introspection and cleaning their own house.

[2live is 2fly]

34. You're absolutely correct they made it worse, ppl were once walking away, now they're running!

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Yes, we know. They made a deal with the devil.

[AllyCat]

35. Yup. They are the message of hell.

[Eko]

5. That is no excuse at all.

Add to that it is a good vs evil for them. Them good us evil.
Snowflakes.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. They embraced Trump with huge and genuine fervor because they knew he would

do everything they wanted him to do. Which was nominate anti-choice judges. That is, nominate anti-choice judges. And did I mention nominate anti-choice judges?

[orthoclad]

7. It's very simple:

they want power. Period.
They don't believe in god. They believe they ARE god. And they want to wield their power, dammit.

[Mariana]

9. "They don't believe in God".

Yes, of course, they must be atheists.

[GenThePerservering]

27. I don't think that's what Orthoclad meant

if I read it aright, they *do* think they're God because they have remade what is considered an infinite deity into their own image.

Atheists don't bother with all of that rubbish - they do good because it's the right thing to do, kind of like people of all sorts of beliefs who actually walk their talk.

[AllyCat]

36. I see why you would say that, but read the post again.

That is not at all what it says.

[Mariana]

8. Evangelical Christians embraced MAGA because Trump reflects their values.

[OMGWTF]

21. My mother is a Talibangelical End-Timer and full-on Rethuglican with Authoritarian Tendancies.

She is the absolute worst person I've ever known (and I'm old) and hides her shit deeds behind her Buybull. She's going to have some 'splaining to do if she gets to the Pearly Gates. All religions suck. All of them. I don't need a religion because I have a conscience. Nature is my God.

[markodochartaigh]

23. I grew up in Amarillo a half century ago.

You are absolutely correct. Everything that the evilgelicals care about is embodied in Trump and maga. Many corporate Republicans who had tried to co-habit in the same party with them since the 1980's also realized this.

[Mr. Ected]

10. No animal realizes its species is going extinct

Latching onto the howler monkeys may have just been a chance occurrence in science.

[Thomas Hurt]

11. I don't buy "desperation" The far right has been worried about white folks...

becoming a minority for decades. The reconstructionist/dominionist/evangelicals have been praying for christian theocracy at least since Reagan.

[yardwork]

12. On reflection, I agree with you.

I think that right-wing Christian fundamentalists are motivated primarily by racism. They LIKE what Trump says. I don't think it was desperation or strategy.

[OMGWTF]

28. THIS! THIS! THIS!

The only reason the Christofascists became anti-abortion is because they realized that it was mostly white women getting them which means fewer white babies. At its core, the racists/Rethuglicans are afraid of being treated the way they have treated minorities when they finally become one. It's so gross. Just stop being a hateful jerkhole and we'll all get along.

[ThoughtCriminal]

13. If Satan was real, what would he tempt them with?

What they wanted most - power - at any cost.

[markodochartaigh]

24. Indeed, power over others.

So ironic that they want control over others when they refuse to control their own hate.

[keithbvadu2]

14. Political Christians rather than Christians of faith.

Religion and politics use each other to gain power and wealth.

[OMGWTF]

20. Everything Traitor Tot touches turns to sh!t.

[Mariana]

37. There's no reason to doubt the veracity of their faith.

Do you really think it's impossible for people of faith to be politically active? A lot of fine Democrats would strongly disagree with that idea.

[keithbvadu2]

41. Jimmy Carter - yes... Those who witness for Mammon?

[Martin Eden]

15. Perhaps they should have embraced Jesus

Embracing Trump was the diametrically opposite direction.

[BOSSHOG]

22. Interesting that those deep in religion

Would care whether they had political or social relevance. Jesus and their tax exemption (if an organized church existed) would seem to be their top priorities. Political relevance should neuter any tax exemption of any church in America. And yet?? Ignorance and hatred are a horrible, volatile mix.

[Zorro]

16. They are the Antichristians

[Hassler]

17. Unsurprising, peddle a toxic brew and people don't want to drink it.

[OMGWTF]

18. They would throw Jesus to the lions to get another point in the polls.

The churches are going down, and I couldn't be happier!

[SunSeeker]

19. And now they have forced Gilead on all of us.

Despite their diminishing demographics, they won.

[ShazzieB]

25. If you asked them, I'll bet they'd say...

...that they supported Trump because they felt called by God to do it.

That's a handy excuse for a lot of things.They can't prove it happened, but nobody can prove that didn't happen, either. And besides, it just sounds so nice, you know? "I felt that that God was calling me to [fill in the blank]."

"I didn't do it because I was feeling angry or vengeful or wanted to hurt anyone. God was calling me to do it. How could I possibly say no to Him?" 😇

[Mariana]

38. For many of them, loyalty to Trump is a tenet of their Christian faith.

They believe Trump was handpicked by God to rule over the US, and that Democrats are agents of Satan. Therefore, to oppose Trump is to oppose God. This has been preached in plenty of Christian churches.

[hunter]

26. They bought the ticket, they get the ride.

To hell in a handbasket.

[onecaliberal]

29. They can't be taken seriously. They're liars. If Jesus was standing here now, they would deport him.

They think he’s a brown hair, blue eyed, white man.

[Mariana]

39. They should be taken seriously, because they vote.

Trump got about 80% of the Evangelical Christians' votes, in 2016 and in 2020.

For the record, it wasn't just the Evangelical Christians who put Trump in office in 2016. Trump got the majority of the Christians' votes overall - 58% of Protestants, 52% of Catholics, and 61% of Mormons. He could never have taken office without their support, and they should not be deprived of their fair share of the credit for his disastrous presidency.

[Elessar Zappa]

42. That only applies to white Christians.

The majority of non-white Christians voted for Biden, especially black evangelicals.

[onecaliberal]

43. What they say is not serious. They're not doing anything serious in government.

We vote too, and millions more of us at that.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

30. Democratic Party looks like 20-year-old America, while the Republican Party looks like 80-year-old A

"In terms of its racial and religious composition, the Democratic Party looks like 20-year-old America, while the Republican Party looks like 80-year-old America."

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yep. old folks passing backwards laws to impose on young people

[nakocal]

31. Evangelicals aka "white supremacists"

are driven to obtain power. They have very little to do with Christianity.

[Hamlette]

32. it is all racism

I noticed when they first started saying whites would be a majority minority group by 2050. Whites realized that minorities have been treated horribly, especially by white people.

So, they knew, their lives were going to be shit in a few short years.

All the freakouts are a result of that. This is more evidence.

[ratchiweenie]

40. What kind of fool turns from Christ to Trump?

[Martin Eden]

44. Hateful greedy ignorant hypocritical fools

I'm sure some other adjectives apply as well, but none of them apply to "Christian" in the true sense of that word.