The difficulty comes in accepting people who profess to be fundamental evangelical Christians that are pursuing a lying, deceitful ideology that loves to exclude other humans, and whose political choices may lead to severe harm

There’s major similarities between the Germany of 1935 and modern day USA.

Agreed. The horrible, irrational witness of the church in 2020 was revealing the fruit of that tree is rank 🤬

The Bible says Jesus said His followers will be known by how we love each other. Where is the love of Jesus when we are interacting with our neighbors, family, friends and enemies. Where is Jesus. "Less afraid"=FEAR...False Evidence Appearing Real. Leading with curiosity and being willing to listen to the stories of others helps build relationships.

“The people around us expect a certain version of us that we may’ve outgrown.”

I hope you host a watch party for Paul and Morgan's vid with NE.

The new guidebook for those in need: How to live amongst white evangelicals without really trying Sometimes when you live amongst people whose values and ideals are the antithesis of your own, you have to make certain kinds of adaptations. You also sometimes have to learn a new language. The purpose of this article is to help those of you stuck in communities that pitch you far out of your element. If you find yourself surrounded by white evangelicals, there is no reason to panic. This article is intended to help you cope. This article is written to help anyone who is not a white Evangelical to live comfortably in a community filled with them. Maybe not comfortably. But at least how to survive. We will review the new language and its meaning. We will also point out some aspects of their culture that may have escaped you. Clarification of those aspects may help make the community more understandable to you. You won’t ever feel you’re part of the community because they don’t want you to be. Also, would you really want to be part of theirs? I doubt it. However, at least the community won’t feel so foreign to you. We will start off by putting to rest certain stereotypes. For example, it’s not true that a child can’t get a decent education in a community filled with white evangelicals. True, if you value education, this may be a very challenging feat. However, it is not impossible. Your child can be educated, even if the rest of community is filled with white evangelicals. In fact, your child does not even have to attend, the local “Clasping Hands High School “. Because the fairy tales learned in those schools will be of little use to your child, your child’s time might be better served by enrolling your child in a public school that clearly differentiates fairy tales from facts, history, and science. It is important to note the risk, however. Your child will still be living amongst people who confuse their fairy tales with facts, science, and history. But at least your child will not have incorporated that confusion into their value system. There’s something to be said for avoiding that... A lot to be said for that. Key is ensuring your children do not adopt the prevailing values of the community. Then, when free to leave the community for college, they will learn that "dumb" is not as valued elsewhere as it is in the white evangelical community. There's a lot to be said about that!

Having a hard time with how highly Pavlovitz seems to think of himself. The line, when talking about universal healthcare, that "[he] cares for them far more than their pastors and politicians due" I suppose could be true, but reads like self-elevating hubris. The conversation was good but I wish there was some more humility involved.

Pavlovitz is not a Christian.

The one thing you can always take home by watching The New Evangelicals!: God made a huge mistake when He created American white heterosexual Christian men.