Fea is not the focus of the post, but rather his comments. AFAICT, Charles was looking for discussion of Fea's observations and offering the authors self-identification as an evangelical in an attempt to get past the artificial barrier in the majority of the conservative Christians that frequent this online community that rejects any and all opinions or points made about Christendom if they are not themselves bona-fide Christians by the rather restrictive criteria held here AND bona-fide Republicans/Conservatives holding to the conservative agenda as recently defined by the Trump centered republican party.
Instead the entire thread became focused on who the author of the opinion was and if he actually met the 'bona-fides' I mention above - whether or not his opinion had the proper 'authority' associated with it*. IOW, most were unwilling to discuss the ideas expressed themselves and instead focused on the man offering the opinion, with a focus on discrediting him as not having the proper authority within certain circles to be worthy of voicing any opinion at all regarding Christian faith.
Which says a whole heck of a lot about just how petty the 'Evangelical' Christian community - as a whole - is on this site.
* and an opportunity for these oh so righteous individuals to mock, cajole, and otherwise denigrate Charles for even daring to ask for such a discussion.
Instead the entire thread became focused on who the author of the opinion was and if he actually met the 'bona-fides' I mention above - whether or not his opinion had the proper 'authority' associated with it*. IOW, most were unwilling to discuss the ideas expressed themselves and instead focused on the man offering the opinion, with a focus on discrediting him as not having the proper authority within certain circles to be worthy of voicing any opinion at all regarding Christian faith.
Which says a whole heck of a lot about just how petty the 'Evangelical' Christian community - as a whole - is on this site.
* and an opportunity for these oh so righteous individuals to mock, cajole, and otherwise denigrate Charles for even daring to ask for such a discussion.
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