Conservative Evangelicalism exposed as a political cult by Mainline Protestants who are liberal and progressive.

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2026/01/as-trumps-presidency-exposes.html

Those Christians who are remaining faithful to the gospel message of Jesus Christ, and to a biblically guided, doctrinally and theologically honest practice of Christian principles are labelled as liberal, progressive, moderate, or some other descriptive adjectives used by conservatives to cast derision and disrespect, and accuse those they are labelling of apostasy and heresy. But it's the conservative Evangelicals, the "religious right," the fundamentalists, Pentecostals, Charismatics and other right wing pseudo-Christians who have distorted and misinterpreted the Bible, and attempted to use it to advance a cause it was never intended to advance, including the Heritage Foundation's "Project 2025" that have become a godless cult.

It's difficult for many people on the political left to embrace any kind of alliance with any group that identifies as Christian. Many American political liberals see any kind of Christian practice as intellectual failure, and a betrayal of rational thought. I would think that pure progressive liberalism would embrace free conscience, regardless of what it produces, and would see those who have made the connection between one of the most powerful cultural influences in the world, and its alignment with their own political views in a way that has the power to protect and preserve American Democracy, and there are many who do see it this way.

The Episcopal Church has, for a long time, stood squarely on the core values of the Christian gospel. I remember, when I was a high school student, seeing a sign outside of an Episcopal church building in Tucson, Arizona that proclaimed, "It is a sin to build a nuclear bomb," and directly linking that message to Matthew 5 , "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." When I asked my Sunday School teacher in the Baptist church where I grew up about it, I was told that dropping the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary actions to bring about God's will, and was told that the Episcopalians were in error when it came to understanding and interpreting the Bible.

[liberal N proud]

1. I walked out of church 12 years ago

It had become obvious that the right wing extremist had seized the message. They had been feeding the kids extremism then, one day it was preached that you had to be a republican if you were a Christian.

I walked out making sure it was apparent why. Never darkened the door again.

[Gaugamela]

2. It's about time these sunny day Christians

woke up. Not only is the Christian-right a political cult, they're a radical Christian heresy. And I say that as someone who was never part of their worldview. If I can see it, you can bet they always did. They better start speaking up as a movement, because the cross is morphing into a swastika in real time.