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title = "How Dare You"
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date = 2021-01-09
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taxonomy = [
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"evangelicals",
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"politics",
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"rant",
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2021-01-09 12:08:16 -05:00
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Be aware the following is a rant. It is not carefully researched, nor is it a
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methodical analysis or logical argument. It is instead an attempt to capture my
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feelings after the events of Jan 07, 2021.
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# I'm really angry
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2021-01-09 12:08:16 -05:00
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I'm angry. Not just a little angry, I'm furious. Angry enough that I want to
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punch something. For context, I am a Christian. There are times in my life that
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I would have been considered a conservative politically, at least in some
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dimensions anyway. But I do not recognize evangelical conservatism today.
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The recent events at the capitol are the perfect culmination of 4+ years of
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Trump politics. But that isn't really the source of my anger. The source of my
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anger is illustrated by the flags with Jesus on them at the assault on the
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Capitol. I'm angry with every prominent evangelical who aligned with and
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supported Trump. To borrow some phrasing from Christ. "Depart from me I do not
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know you." In the name of some policy wins you supported a fool. You made
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excuses for him. You encouraged him. You praised him. You told the people that
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it was Okay to follow Trump, _and they did_. They followed him as he bullied
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others. They followed him as he ridiculed and belittled women. The followed him
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as he treated veterans shamefully. They followed him as he called foreigners
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names. They followed him as he lied. They followed him as he tried over and
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over to do more than the powers of the President allows him to. They followed
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him as he demonstrated incompetence over and over and over again. They followed
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him as he downplayed the pandemic. They followed him as he falsely claimed
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success over it. They followed him as he contributed to the deaths of 300,000+
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Americans.
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As they followed him they got more and more angry. They believed more and more
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lies. They were sucked into conspiracy theories. Families were ripped apart.
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Friends, brothers, sisters, wives, and husbands watched in growing horror as
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their loved ones were entangled into a web of lies and lost their grip on
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reality. And as it continued you kept giving his followers permission to align
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with Trump. You dragged God's name through the mud for Israel and some court
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seats.
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I don't want to be you when God asks you to justify yourselves. You are
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responsible as shepherds for your flock. And you are a part of the reason
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there were flags with Jesus name being waved on national television as those
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people you led stormed the Capitol building.
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**Shame** on you! And may God have mercy on you when you face him.
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