Young people may not be as deceived as pollsters seem to be indicating.

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https://baptistnews.com/article/our-undeceived-young-people/

he first time both our kids were old enough to vote in the United States presidential election was the year 2016.

That year, more than 80% of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. And here, eight years and one insurrection, later, white evangelicals remain steadfast in that decision and may soon again knowingly elect a president who is a sexual deviant. Adding to his own voice bragging about his complete freedom to commit sexual assault on women, Donald Trump now has a rape conviction.

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I didn’t always think this way. In 1994, driving home in my BMW to my oceanview house, I would listen to the local AM talk station hosts rant and rave in support of Prop 187 “Save our State,” which prohibited undocumented immigrants from using public education, health care and other state services. I was fully on board wanting to protect me, my and mine. Fortunately, despite my selfishness, California decided in court approved mediation that resulted in no child being denied education or health care.

What changed my thinking? It was my kids. The ones who asked me good questions trying to reconcile the teachings of Jesus that I taught them with what they saw going on in the world around them.

Today, they are in their mid 20s and they aren’t buying the answers the church is giving them.