John ShirleyAug 12, 2023

Evangelicals Are Now Rejecting JESUS as TOO LIBERAL (not a joke! Not The Onion!)

"Multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount and...'Where did you get those liberal talking points?'"

"When the pastor would say, 'I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ' ... The response would be, 'Yes, but that doesn't work anymore.' "When we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, we're in a crisis."
https://www.newsweek.com/evangelicals-rejecting-jesus-teachings-liberal-talking-points-pastor-1818706

Evangelicals Are Now Rejecting ‘Liberal’ Teachings of Jesus

Christian devotees of former President Donald Trump are denouncing Bible verses attributed to Jesus as “weak,“ according to an evangelical leader.

Newsweek
Show threadJohn ShirleyAug 12, 2023
Yes they DO think Jesus is too woke. Not all evangelicals take this attitude. But there's a MAGA faction of Christians. Some are saying, "We need to get more Old Testament"--others say no, because that's so...Jewish
Show threadGuitarsophist

@JohnShirley2023 Often it seems that evangelicals are doing and saying the opposite of what Jesus does and says. But the Old Testament is full of raunchy stuff that they wouldn't approve of either. A lot of it is God telling the Israelites what to do and the Israelites not doing it and getting in big trouble.

Are we watching a MAGA schism in Christianity? Perhaps The Art of the Deal becomes a new sacred text?

Aug 12, 2023 at 5:24pmWeb
Show threadJeff CraigAug 12, 2023
@jredlund @JohnShirley2023 Honestly, breaking the back of the idea that "Christian" is a political bloc would be great. Break them back into denominations like before the 1970s, and we all benefit. Even the Christians who don't want to be politically lumped in with Evangelicals.
Show threadgraphictruthAug 12, 2023

@jredlund @JohnShirley2023

Reading Revelations these days is starting to make me wonder what Shrooms John of Patmos was eating, because Donald Trump is a damn fine #antichrist.

As an #Ignostic I don't see much need for prophecies; they are either common sense coerced into doctrines or the sacred gibberish that comes from trying to relate and understand a shamanic trance journey. Subjective truths; often useless. Pulling meaning out is difficult.