It’s Officially Time to Redefine ‘Evangelical’
The term has been hijacked by politics for too long
I love that subhead because it puts me in mind of Nietzsche’s famous remark that truth and Christianity never come in contact with each other. The dismal reality is that, ever since the founding of Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority, evangelicals have been trying to hijack our politics and, truth be told, they’ve done a pretty good job of it.
That’s why Donald Trump is winning the fight for the Republican nomination. The evangelicals adore him; he gives a voice to their malice.
So now, of course, it’s time to redefine/rebrand ‘evangelical’ because people like Michael Hamar and I have been right all along: The Republican Party is now in the custody of lunatics, and everybody with a functioning mind knows it.