Evangelicals wondering why so many people don't take them seriously, well here's why. [View all]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2023/05/politics-smothers-christian-message-of.html

"Evangelicals, this is your guy," so said Joe Scarborough on his Morning Joe segment on MSNBC this morning.

He was referencing Donald Trump. You know, the twice divorced man of the world, who has cheated in business, defaulted on debt, indicted for lying about a payoff for political purposes to a porn star with whom he had an affair, currently undergoing a civil trial for an alleged rape, the instigator of the January 6th insurrection, a pathological liar and con artist who dabbles in conspiracy theories, advocates revenge politics. twice impeached for mind-boggling corruption. That guy.

There are a lot of things Evangelicals claim to believe which they say distinguishes them from other Christians, specifically Catholics and liberal, mainline Protestants. I grew up in an Evangelical church, so I can recite from memory most of what they claim are "distinctives" of their doctrine and theology which set them apart from other Christians and, in their eyes, demonstrate that they are the "true church" in a world of pretenders. But the evidence that comes from observing what they do creates an entirely different impression than what they claim.