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Evangelical Christian leader Russell Moore revealed this week that many evangelical pastors have become alarmed that their Trump-loving congregants have become so militant that they are even rejecting the teachings of Jesus Christ.In an interview with NPR, Moore said that multiple pastors had told h...

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[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I find it absurd that evangelicals support Trump so hard. A man who is quite literally the exact opposite of what they are asked to be in scripture. He throws them a couple of pieces of red meat and they dive on it. How sad.

[–] RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Christianity was never about following scripture, it's always been about using scripture to maintain power over others. If a personis going to put christians in that position of power, they're going to follow that person, simple as that.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Authoritarians don't vote for other authoritarians, they vote for charismatic strongmen who don't share their political beliefs. It's literally crazy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_authoritarian_personality

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Uses two tiny hands to feebly bring a bottle of water to his mouth while blabbering incoherently. Such charisma!