Ernie: Yes, it is a good article. However, there is a larger point than Evangelicals needing
a superior choice than Left vs Right -although they certainly need that. How about the need to give a damn and the need to become informed? For that matter, the need to want to win and not accept defeat, should be on the list. Kindly tell me of any Evangelical you might name who gives a damn, who is well informed, and who is not a defeatist. Anyone at all. Not talking about the one and only social issue that Evangelicals care about, Abortion. Close to 100% of Evangelicals do care about that matter. Which, after decades of activism, is a battle that is being won. However.... What about homosexuality and transgenderism and gender feminism? New WSJ survey is out; 33% of homosexuals are or have been child molesters The rate for heterosexuals is in the teens somewhere, possibly lower. Virtually all the children raped or coerced or seduced by homosexuals are boys, virtually all the victims of heterosexual males are girls. Percentage of Evangelicals who give a damn? Can't say for sure but let's be generous and say 10%, of whom the percentage who make themselves informed = maybe 3% but could be far less. But, hey, if it isn't your (anyone's) son, so what? Doesn't concern me, why should it, right? We Christians can hunker down in our safe churches and let the world (literally) go to hell. This is the attitude that I perceive is dominant in Evangelical-Land. The percentage willing to speak out? Approximately 0%. That's the real problem. But who is willing to speak out who is not well informed? That is also a problem because Evangelicals, by and large, are indifferent to the need to do serious research so that they may become well informed. Everything else is more important, literally everything else. I do not see this changing in the foreseeable future. therefore, I need to forget about my one time hope of working along side Evangelicals (a few exceptions) because basically there is no-one to work with. To be sure, this is an over-the-top assertion but about these kinds of issues the way it seems to me is that Evangelical religion is a massive failure. About which no-one will actually do one damned thing. B. ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Centroids <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 8, 2019 11:05 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Billy Rojas Subject: Re: [RC] "the Evangelical political witness is a panicked mess" ie on ward christian soldiers, in full retreat Good confession. Evangelicals need a better choice then Left or Right, for trump or against divisiveness. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 6, 2019, at 10:04, Billy Rojas <[email protected]> wrote: > > And here’s where I have to take my share of responsibility. I’ve been writing > for years about the rising tide of secular intolerance. I’ve traveled the > country speaking about the progressive threat to religious liberty. Those > challenges are real, but when warnings are divorced from greater historical > context — when they’re not accompanied by clear expressions of faith and > confidence in God’s unquestioned ability to protect His church — they can > breed unreasonable fear and help rationalize a faithless response. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Google Groups<http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism> groups.google.com Google Groups allows you to create and participate in online forums and email-based groups with a rich experience for community conversations. Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org [https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/becade87f4704f1f93c3ca0278c4fda6?s=200&ts=1549655351]<http://radicalcentrism.org/> Radical Centrism | A Unifying Paradigm of Civil Society<http://radicalcentrism.org/> radicalcentrism.org A Unifying Paradigm of Civil Society --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Google Groups<https://groups.google.com/d/optout> groups.google.com Google Groups allows you to create and participate in online forums and email-based groups with a rich experience for community conversations. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
