God tells you not just the way you should be, but the way you actually are, and if you accept that, you will be blessed. If you step outside of it, you're just asking for trouble. So arguing against this structure asks conservative white evangelicals to rewire their entire sense of reality.
If you don't understand that the Religious Right's conservatism does not stem from honest differences in faith, if you don't get that it's about particular structures of power, you badly misunderstand the situation, and you are not ready for prime time.
From sexual abuse to white nationalism, a fake rabbi, atheists behaving badly, and politicized pastries, 2018 had little going for it on the religion front.
The corrupt legislative shenanigans by lame-duck Republicans in Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina have prompted many to reiterate calls for "civility" and "love." But are those objectively good things?
This year's electorate resembles a presidential cycle as much as a midterm. So it might be helpful to compare 2018 both to previous midterms and to 2016.
Inviting a messianic Jew to say a prayer for the victims of the worst act of anti-Semitic violence in American history is like sprinkling bacon bits on an eff-you sandwich.
The 'Dems ignore faith' narrative ignores the rise of the Nones. It's as if it were 1954, and liberals were smarting over getting flanked by Ike on the 'In God We Trust' issue.
After all the uproar over Jeff Sessions' use of Romans 13 to defend the extravagant cruelty of separating migrant families at the U.S. border, you might be tempted to bet against administration members citing scripture.
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