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MineralMan

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19. Well, that's nice for the publication.

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #18)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:53 AM

Dec 2019

People who agree with the editorial seem to be signing up for it. But, I don't see that it changed any minds, which is what I mean by being relevant.

I remember Christianity Today being around in the early 1960s. There was always a copy of it in the little library in the Presbyterian Church I attended while in high school. I read a few issues of it, since I seemed to be in that building a lot because of being involved in music at that church.

It didn't have a lot of subscribers then, and it still doesn't.

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Why "Christianity Today" Is Irrelevant. [View all] MineralMan Dec 2019 OP

What started out as merely symbolic has blown up on RW media and /w Trumpsters to be hlthe2b Dec 2019 #1

If nothing else it shows that all White Evangelicals are not total nutjobs. walkingman Dec 2019 #2

True. Only 81% of white Evangelicals voted for Trump in 2016. Mariana Dec 2019 #10

That doesn't make what they say irrelevant in my view. pwb Dec 2019 #3

maybe ... but they are persistent dweller Dec 2019 #4

Trump only "won" by a margin of 70,000 votes in 3 states. trotsky Dec 2019 #5

None of whom, I'm sure, has ever read that magazine. MineralMan Dec 2019 #6

Well yeah, but the media firestorm caused by the magazine. trotsky Dec 2019 #15

No doubt, but that's not my point. MineralMan Dec 2019 #16

I don't think it's irrelevant - the editorial has received so much publicity The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #7

It's irrelevant to the evangelical Christians who support Trump. MineralMan Dec 2019 #8

It is creating discussion and controversy, even in those circles. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #9

My point is that it will not materially affect attitudes toward Trump. MineralMan Dec 2019 #11

It's not the magazine, it's the publicity that the editorial has stirred up, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #14

Evangelical support for Trump has dropped TlalocW Dec 2019 #12

Do you have a source for that drop in support? MineralMan Dec 2019 #13

Alas, no TlalocW Dec 2019 #21

That's OK. I was just hoping to be able to look it up. MineralMan Dec 2019 #22

I just did a quick search, and every story/poll seems to say the opposite. nt. Mariana Dec 2019 #23

The military isn't happy with Trump either. I would like very much to secondwind Dec 2019 #17

May not be a big deal, but it is showing results. safeinOhio Dec 2019 #18

Well, that's nice for the publication. MineralMan Dec 2019 #19

I bet those new subscribers already opposed Trump, before this story. nt. Mariana Dec 2019 #24

you are very, very wrong. all cracks in the wall matter. mopinko Dec 2019 #20

The point is to refute the idea that evangelical Christians guillaumeb Dec 2019 #25

There's always a few in any group, however defined. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #26

We disagree. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #27

Which suggests religion is actually irrelevant. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #28

Which actually suggests that no group is a monolithic bloc. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #29

Who the hell says it is? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2019 #30