Hijacking Evangelicalism

[iluvatar5150]

What she said didn’t address anything in the OP.

I’ve already pointed out how that’s not correct.

Since you’ve abandoned our discussion in order to take up her cause, if you see it differently, then feel free to explain.

lol, I’ve been reported for saying the equivalent of “nuh uh” or “fake news” without giving an explanation. I’m trying to coax a substantive answer out of you and most of your responses are no better than mine was.

(this is not a commentary on mod actions btw. I have no complaints about that case and how it was handled)

 

[Hammster]

I’ve already pointed out how that’s not correct.

You pointed at that it’s not correct, but not how.

 

[iluvatar5150]

You pointed at that it’s not correct, but not how.

The op is about “hijacking evangelicalism.” Her whole post was about how a certain group did just that.

 

[Hammster]

Fundamentalists have hijacked the term "evangelical" for their own political purpose. "Evangelical" used to have something to do with spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, but now it is nothing more than a political label, and not an upstanding one.

“But a fundamental problem with this perspective is that it paints an entire ecclesiastical population, namely, white evangelical Christians, with a very broad and subjective brush, having judged them collectively guilty of harboring such sinful attitudes solely on the basis that they are white and evangelical.”

 

[redleghunter]

Nope. But it would be nice to discuss what was said in the OP.

Yet some of the responses you received just adds credence to the argument in the OP.

 

[bekkilyn]

“But a fundamental problem with this perspective is that it paints an entire ecclesiastical population, namely, white evangelical Christians, with a very broad and subjective brush, having judged them collectively guilty of harboring such sinful attitudes solely on the basis that they are white and evangelical.”

They have done such an excellent job painting themselves with such brush that no one else has really had need to do any of the painting for them. They have become quite well-known by their fruits.

 

[Hammster]

They have done such an excellent job painting themselves with such brush that no one else has really had need to do any of the painting for them. They have become quite well-known by their fruits.

You’ve not defined anything. You can’t even specify who “they” are. So the quote is apropos and defines your position.

 

[redleghunter]

They have done such an excellent job painting themselves with such brush that no one else has really had need to do any of the painting for them. They have become quite well-known by their fruits.

This just reinforces the OP article argument.

 

[Hammster]

This just reinforces the OP article argument.

I know, right?

 

[bekkilyn]

You’ve not defined anything. You can’t even specify who “they” are. So the quote is apropos and defines your position.

That's because you defined the "they" in the particular post I was responding to with that comment. I have no need to specify something that was already specified...by you.

 

[Hammster]

That's because you defined the "they" in the particular post I was responding to with that comment. I have no need to specify something that was already specified...by you.

Okay, I don’t think you understand the argument. So I’ll move on.

 

[Hammster]

I had a long discussion on Twitter with a black man today. He kept insisting that I was a racist who supports racism because I’m a white evangelical. So this stuff is real.

 

[Hammster]