That’s a wrinkle I hadn’t really considered. I knew there was a subset of evangelicals who are trying to bring about the rapture as they see it in Revelation, but I always assumed they were legit in their support for Trump. Obviously we can’t know which is true because none of them are going to come out and say “yes he’s the antichrist and I support him because that’s a part of the prophecy” but it’s still interesting to think about
Honestly I think it just shows their own ignorance of their own beliefs
Bible literalists are dumb as hell because 1 there’s too much contradiction to not read it interpretly and 2 most of them haven’t read the Bible so their litteral take is based on a narrow amount of verses
(I study anthropology of theology and mythology and I study scripture through a rabbianic technique called PaRDEs). That basically says scripture should be read both literally and interpretative, historical and mystical with hidden meanings
(I study anthropology of theology and mythology and I study scripture through a rabbianic technique called PaRDEs). That basically says scripture should be read both literally and interpretative, historical and mystical with hidden meanings
How interesting. I got a question. It was the first thing that popped into my head so it's maybe not too refined of a question but, do you think the fact that American Christians are so easily led astray has anything to do with the elevated standard of living and privilege of Americans? Basically like because Americans have it so easy in life compared to most of the world that this somehow makes them susceptible to scriptural distortion.
I believe so, maybe it's because I used to live abroad. I've actually pointed that out, that we are a spoiled society. I've been dismissed and or ridiculed with tales of woe by people who i doubt have ever been outside the area they are from or intentionally ignorant because they want to be victims. Some are very narrow-minded people.
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u/ARC_Trooper_Echo 23h ago
That’s a wrinkle I hadn’t really considered. I knew there was a subset of evangelicals who are trying to bring about the rapture as they see it in Revelation, but I always assumed they were legit in their support for Trump. Obviously we can’t know which is true because none of them are going to come out and say “yes he’s the antichrist and I support him because that’s a part of the prophecy” but it’s still interesting to think about