You know the funny part of all of this is that they claim to believe in heaven/hell after they die. Jesus made it very clear who will go to heaven in Matthew 25:31-40. He also told the rich young man to sell everything to follow Him. Yet their behavior is the complete opposite of what they say they believe. They clearly don't believe in the heaven/hell their Evangelical faith tells them exists.
You know the funny part of all of this is that they claim to believe in heaven/hell after they die. Jesus made it very clear who will go to heaven in Matthew 25:31-40. He also told the rich young man to sell everything to follow Him. Yet their behavior is the complete opposite of what they say they believe. They clearly don't believe in the heaven/hell their Evangelical faith tells them exists.
No, they believe. At least some of them do (probably far more of them than a lot of people on the Left think), BUT:
1) They only really focus on certain parts of their beliefs--and they are far more Old Testament than New (it has to do with their identity/psychology and with why they are also "conservatives;" and
2) They will be forgiven for their sins (regardless of what they actually do) because they are justified by their faith.
It is more complex than that, but that is the gist of it.
I think itтАЩs fair to say, they donтАЩt believe in anything Jesus stood for. Their тАЬChristianityтАЭ is just a holier than thou weapon to control others.
You'd think there'd be a parable about the rich person who kept all their money and looked down on the poor for not being blessed by God. Probably in there at first, but didn't survive the edit.
You know the funny part of all of this is that they claim to believe in heaven/hell after they die. Jesus made it very clear who will go to heaven in Matthew 25:31-40. He also told the rich young man to sell everything to follow Him. Yet their behavior is the complete opposite of what they say they believe. They clearly don't believe in the heaven/hell their Evangelical faith tells them exists.
No, they believe. At least some of them do (probably far more of them than a lot of people on the Left think), BUT:
1) They only really focus on certain parts of their beliefs--and they are far more Old Testament than New (it has to do with their identity/psychology and with why they are also "conservatives;" and
2) They will be forgiven for their sins (regardless of what they actually do) because they are justified by their faith.
It is more complex than that, but that is the gist of it.
But you're using facts and logic. They cannot process either.
I think itтАЩs fair to say, they donтАЩt believe in anything Jesus stood for. Their тАЬChristianityтАЭ is just a holier than thou weapon to control others.
Right on Eva. So sad, but soo true.
You'd think there'd be a parable about the rich person who kept all their money and looked down on the poor for not being blessed by God. Probably in there at first, but didn't survive the edit.