The Price of an Evangelical Christian Soul

The Price of the Evangelical Soul

"Local pew sitters weaned on a heavy diet of prejudice, Apocalypse, and Nationalism convinced themselves that all his terrible indiscretions were somehow the lesser of two evils and safely within the parameters of Christlikeness by comparison.
And one by one, souls got sold.

With all their well-rehearsed, sanctimonious Scripture lip service about receiving salvation, this proved to be largely ceremonial. They may have once invited Jesus into their hearts, but when the rubber met the narrow road they evicted him and took the cash. 

Jesus was right when he said you cannot serve both God and money—he just probably thought he’d do better in the Bible Belt this year. He certainly felt he’d win North Carolina.
And as with all deals with the Devil, it feels like winning at first. In the rush of the moment you think you’ve beaten the house—until later you learn that the house always wins; that the game is set up for your failure, that the Devil never makes an even deal. One day the temporary high of the win wears off and you realize you’ve been had; that you took a sucker bet and lost everything—and by then it’s too late.

And so right now a large portion of the American Evangelical Church sits pretty, believing itself victorious; momentarily giddy at its spoils, gloating in its apparent advantage, and oblivious to the cost.

The cost, is that the Church itself, though winning this political battle has lost the greater war for its humanity and its dignity. It has been fully separated from its namesake. It is no longer synonymous with Jesus. It is no longer good news for the poor, the marginalized, the hurting, the downtrodden. It is an exclusive brothel where power lusting white Christians fornicate freely."

This article definitely goes along with the one I wrote called "I hate the religious right." During my years in the IFB, there was a lot of patriotism, funny how the jingoism can blind, they plaster the room with flags on Memorial Day among the crosses and sell more war and making the life of the poor much harder. There is so much hypocrisy out there, I remember when Obama went to visit Saudi Arabia and bowed before one king [probably told to do so culturally as the Japanese bow to each other] and Trump is there this week, bending down to get his glittery necklace as he makes a 100 billion dollar arms deal with them. I don't see nary a peep among the Trump supporter crowd over this discrepancy. Some of us have long memories and know when things do not add up. Again I never have seen anything that Christian about the Republican party. You know many non-Christians watch the charades and are disgusted. It doesn't do much for the gospel in the meantime.