It's not just that many Christians think liberals are weak—they now think Jesus is weak, his teachings too liberal.

I recently described why I think “woke” has become a vacuous word that means little more than “libtard” in modern parlance. It seems apropos, then, that Christianity Today also recently released a piece that saw the editor-in-chief claim (in a previous NPR interview) that evangelical Christianity is moving too far to the right.

It turns out that Jesus’s teachings are increasingly considered by many Christians to be too “liberal” and “weak.”

  • SuzyQEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    These sorts of questions not only expose a deep lack of biblical and theological knowledge in the modern flock, but they show how unforgiving people are becoming.

    And follow [Trump] blindly they do, excusing all the many moral foibles the narcissistic autocrat clearly has.

    It seems a long time ago when Christians confidently claimed the moral high ground. Nowadays, the “high ground” is wherever the “us” is standing, irrespective of the moral topography. There is no desire to welcome others into the flock; instead, fences are built to divide.

    And the shepherd? Weak.

    Forgotten.

    The above pretty much sums up why I despise the church nowadays.

    • sunbeam60@lemmy.oneEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’m the least religious person ever. But aren’t you quoting exactly what the church is trying to argue against? My point being that your statement would be more accurate if you had said “this pretty much sums up why I despise church-goers nowadays”.

      • SuzyQEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        You’re right on all accounts.