Evangelicals are taught that all morality comes from God
and therefore true goodness can only be spread by obeying God,
even if it harms people around us,” Ajoy said.

“This isn’t necessarily a bad thing if pleasing God manifests by following the teachings of Jesus
― loving our neighbors, loving our enemies, promoting peace and taking care of the poor, the widow, the immigrant and standing up for the marginalized.

It becomes dangerous when Christians weaponize this vertical morality for power,
which is exactly what we’re seeing with the Christian nationalism in the Trump administration

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