My evangelical church is gaslighting me, an article on HuffPo by

[PatrickforO]

Elizabeth Baker, guest writer and evangelical Christian blogger.

Well worth reading and passing on, especially for those of us who cannot in good conscience call ourselves Christians anymore. Here's an excerpt:

The church told me that God is a God of justice. He says the poor and the persecuted are blessed and will have a great reward in heaven. However, the term “social justice warrior” is a reviled label in conservative Christian circles.

When I speak out against racism, police brutality, gun violence and discrimination against the LGBTQ community, many Christians sneer at the concept of justice and accuse me of being “divisive” and “too political.” Instead, they embrace nationalism, the rule of law without mercy and “Make America Great Again” as their values, even at the expense of human life.

It simply does not matter to the evangelical church that Trump is racist and that his dehumanizing rhetoric is emboldening radicals and costing Americans their lives. Americans are dying in mass shootings at the hands of white supremacists, while the church is celebrating the nation’s return to traditional values. For Christians who reject the MAGA mindset, this is absolute crazy making.

No wonder I live with crippling anxiety and spiritual trauma. The church that warned me against moral relativism now calls me a heretic when I apply the very principles they taught me to real situations, with real stakes for real people. I don’t know where to turn or whom to trust. Is any of it true? Have I wasted my life on a religion that hurts more than it helps?

Here's the link: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/evangelical-christians-trump_us_5bfc326de4b03b230fa57ae9

[Tobin S.]

1. It's okay to call yourself a Christian...

...just don't call yourself an evangelical or a fundamentalist. People act like there are only evangelicals or fundamentalists when it comes to Christianity. The religion is much more varied than that.

[LAS14]

5. Please specify "far right" or "politically conservative" or something like that.

"Evangelical" and "fundamentalist," are (or were, or should be) theological terms. See this web site for evidence of evangelicals inspired by Christ to act for social justice.

https://sojo.net/

[Tobin S.]

6. My reply was to the OP who appears to have an issue with Evangelicals.

I'm not saying you can't be a good person if you are an Evangelical, just that not all Christians are Evangelicals.

Politically conservative or far right Christians aren't even Christians in my view.

[RAB910]

2. When it comes to religion I believe in a live and let live philopshy

The exception is the evangelical church which truly has become a cult of evil

[mitch96]

3. The evangelical church has proven this year how hypocricical they really are

I asked a evangelical aquaintance if it's ok if tRump grabs his daughter or wife by the P***y?
Or ripping babies from their mothers....... nothing but crickets... I believe it's all about pushing their agenda no matter how it is accomplished... That's just me.. ymmv
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[LAS14]

4. Why do you cede the label "Christian" to the evangelical far right?

"especially for those of us who cannot in good conscience call ourselves Christians anymore."