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Scot McKnight is a well-known Anglican Bible scholar with a large following across all Christianity. In a viral essay, he says that American Evangelicals can’t be seen as Christian.

What’s called the ‘American church’, he suggests, has drifted so far away from the faith that they aren’t in it. He argues: “Evangelicalism Needs to Get Saved.”

[belover.medium.com]

Daco2007 7 Feb 18
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I mean… if you must be a xtian, yes, I agree. But it would be better to just throw out the baby with the bath water.

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Well, he has a nice argument if you consider that his way of thinking is what brought about so many Christian denominations. Anyone remember when Catholics were not Christian? To believe that all you had to forget is that they started it all and we all followed along until we rebelled.

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Evangelicalism does not need to be saved. Lets bury it once and for all.

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They are nasty

bobwjr Level 10 Feb 18, 2022
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Your Kooks are NOT kookier than our Kooks!
Our Kooks are the kookiest Kooks!
Kookier even than Q-akooks!

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Since I dislike all religions, and all denominations of all religions, I don't care what he says.

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According to the article, “McKnight had managed to avoid the key obsession of the Evangelical world: the war on LGBT people.”

I’ve learned not to use superlatives. Most Evangelicals have many “key” obsessions, beginning with the love of money and the linkage between God’s approval and a person’s wealth.

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No dog in this fight, but I find it ridiculous when Christians tell other Christians that they aren't true Christians. Evangelicals suck and can't mind their business but they clearly believe in divine Jesus, heaven and the bible. You don't get to disavow them because they're embarrassing. "Not all christians"

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"Evangelicalism, finally, is not an effort that traces to Martin Luther, much less to Jesus. It’s simply a mode of politics by another name." (As if we didn't know already!)

Evangelicalism traces itself back to the mid-19th century "Great Awakening." It was a movement that infiltrated many denominations. It wasn't that concerned with Martin Luther.

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