Religiosity

[Buckeye_Democrat]

43. Of course not.

Last edited Sat Jun 5, 2021, 02:25 AM - Edit history (1)

Just like it's not ONLY racism and homophobia that causes 80%+ of white evangelicals to vote for Republicans. That's some BS right there that I've seen posted here in the past.

But why the evangelicals and not others?

Because they're far more comfortable imposing their beliefs, which they can't even objectively demonstrate, on others. They're regularly compelled to direct their attention outward at the non-believers, and to convert them.

If white evangelicals didn't have a long history of privilege in this country, and they'd instead been rounded up and sterilized against their will as a group for example, then perhaps they wouldn't be so eager to impose themselves on others because of their beliefs based on nothing objectively?

Unlike the black evangelicals out there?
https://religionunplugged.com/news/2020/4/7/rev-al-sharpton-on-the-black-evangelical-vote
"I may disagree with abortion personally,” Sharpton said. “That’s not the issue. The issue is do I have the right to put my personal will on another person? Suppose someone of a different religion becomes president. Do they have a right to make me as a Baptist illegal?”

Edit:
And it's a different story among black evangelicals still living in Africa too, more similar to white evangelicals in their support of Trump:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54297372

It's the imposition of their faith-based beliefs upon others that's especially galling, and that's currently most practiced by white evangelicals. Earlier in history, Catholics were a major problem in that regard.

I'd actually consider a coin toss to be more reality-based. At least the coin could be viewed and verified by everyone.

"No, I ain't gonna call it. The coin don't have no say. It's just you."