The last line is the most telling. Right-wing evangelicals (Reply #39)

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Mon Mar 26, 2018, 02:42 PM

John Fante (3,479 posts)

39. The last line is the most telling. Right-wing evangelicals

can rattle off Bible verses with the best of them, but their actions are the antithesis of everything Jesus Christ stood for.

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Despite porn stars and Playboy models, white evangelicals arent rejecting Trump. This is why. [View all]	Poiuyt	Mar 2018	OP
Their racist, bigoted, homophobic, lying, morally bankrupt assholes. Theyre NOT Christians.	onecaliberal	Mar 2018	#1
Sounds like Christians to me. Seriously.	stopbush	Mar 2018	#6
This reply is the Executive summary. -nt	poboy2	Mar 2018	#7
If they aren't Christians, what are they, exactly? nt.	Mariana	Mar 2018	#9
First and foremost, they are HYPOCRITES	Martin Eden	Mar 2018	#22
One can be a hypocrite and a Christian at the same time.	Mariana	Mar 2018	#23
Matthew 7	OliverQ	Mar 2018	#29
Only non-Christians can be hypocrites. nt.	Mariana	Mar 2018	#37
If I had written that bad people must be non-Christians ...	Martin Eden	Mar 2018	#49
A self-professed Christian who attends church	Mariana	Mar 2018	#55
Someone who rejects Jesus by word and deed	Martin Eden	Mar 2018	#56
Modern-day Pharisees.	John Fante	Mar 2018	#30
Jesus said to obey the Pharisees.	Mariana	Mar 2018	#38
The last line is the most telling. Right-wing evangelicals	John Fante	Mar 2018	#39
Jesus criticized the Pharisees' hypocrisy and their behavior	Mariana	Mar 2018	#43
I don't want to nitpick a nearly 2000-year-old	John Fante	Mar 2018	#45
Sorry about that. Being a non-Christian myself	Mariana	Mar 2018	#46
Religious himackers. Fakes. What ever you want to call it. Read the New Testament to see what a	onecaliberal	Mar 2018	#47
+1	Martin Eden	Mar 2018	#21
They vote strategically. We don't.	Blue_true	Mar 2018	#26
This right here, people.	Beartracks	Mar 2018	#31
Beautiful, Bear!	MyOwnPeace	Mar 2018	#41
They are not Chirst like, but they are very much in tradition with probably at least 51% of	Eliot Rosewater	Mar 2018	#27
David Dennison is their ally in their war with modernity.	DemocratSinceBirth	Mar 2018	#2
As I suspected; Prosperity Gospel/End time Evangelicals will vote for the Anti-Christ...	haele	Mar 2018	#3
At This Point Why Do WE Care	Me.	Mar 2018	#4
rub their noses in it...which porn star would jesus hump??????call them the hypocrites that they are	dembotoz	Mar 2018	#5
Because he is a modern-day Cyrus, chosen by God:	dalton99a	Mar 2018	#8
hmmm...this actually explains a lot.....	dhill926	Mar 2018	#19
All the trump supporters I encounter are evangelicals who believe this or some variation of it.	hunter	Mar 2018	#24
Yeah, but you can then have fun.	Corgigal	Mar 2018	#33
I have been calling their backing of Trump	Lars39	Mar 2018	#28
Yep. Authoritarianism is a central feature in that belief system	dalton99a	Mar 2018	#32
great post	Exotica	Mar 2018	#50
Is Trump even a Christian? He does even go to church...	HipChick	Mar 2018	#10
I saw one of these evangelical leaders explaining it on the Sunday shows	Blue_Adept	Mar 2018	#11
How do they know all	Butterflylady	Mar 2018	#34
Blinders.	Blue_Adept	Mar 2018	#35
Interesting. So hyperchristians are bigots and nationalists?	Stinky The Clown	Mar 2018	#12
Pst - in evangelicals mind it doesn't count when it's a "red-blooded American White Male"	forgotmylogin	Mar 2018	#13
For them, its all about abortion and same sex marriage- which means Supreme Court picks who would...	Beaverhausen	Mar 2018	#14
Many Christians are unaware it's the same God	SHRED	Mar 2018	#15
that's only sort of true	Mosby	Mar 2018	#44
The means justify the end	rusty fender	Mar 2018	#16
Trump knows	C_U_L8R	Mar 2018	#17
The main reason they still support him is that he is going to bring about End Times	maryellen99	Mar 2018	#18
They call themselves Christians. Christ would not recognize them.	mn9driver	Mar 2018	#20
Gandhi nailed it	Exotica	Mar 2018	#51
Gandhi is a mixed bag	Mosby	Mar 2018	#57
Long story short: Racism	Blue_Tires	Mar 2018	#25
an American Francisco Franco	DBoon	Mar 2018	#36
Kickin' with disgust	Faux pas	Mar 2018	#40
I can't figure out why they think Trump is a Christian or gives a shit about the country's	Vinca	Mar 2018	#42
Misogyny	bdjhawk	Mar 2018	#48
How many articles analyzing why bigots vote for bigots	LuvLoogie	Mar 2018	#52
the real crux is	DonCoquixote	Mar 2018	#53
it helps that	DonCoquixote	Mar 2018	#54

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