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Buckeye_Democrat

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3. It's mostly the white evangelicals causing the problems.
Fri Feb 5, 2021, 12:00 PM
Feb 2021

They don't care about freedom of religion, but rather forcing their beliefs on others.

Among all Christians, evangelicals are especially compelled to CONVERT others, so their attention is usually directed outward. Hence, introspection and self-criticism are often lacking among them.

And why should they bother with self-criticism? A common statement from them is that "everyone is a sinner", so why bother? They can summarily be forgiven for their many faults because of their supposed belief in Jesus, and they're really only expected to keep spreading their religious beliefs like a virus otherwise.

"Live and let live" is impossible for them as long as there's anyone not proclaiming to be one of them -- i.e., people who must be converted.

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