Evangelical Christian leader Russell Moore revealed this week that many evangelical pastors have become alarmed that their Trump-loving congregants have become so militant that they are even rejecting the teachings of Jesus Christ.In an interview with NPR, Moore said that multiple pastors had told h…

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    I grew up fundamentalist, and they had abandoned his teachings in the 80’s in service to Emperor Reagan.

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      I mean, really, when did Christians ever follow Jesus’ teachings considering how many people were converted by the sword…

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        It’ll be the ones you don’t hear about, for example my grandparents who are some of the kindest, most compassionate people you’d meet. They hosted refugees, consistently voted progressive, and changed church when their previous one started being more anti-LGBT. There’s just no headlines in Christians actually acting like Christians.

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          Because they’re actually following the teachings of the Bible especially the notes on the hypocrites. They just do good, they don’t talk about doing good in places where people will hear them.

          Good on them :)

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      I wasn’t alive during the crusades, but I think that would be a pretty good starting place.