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That’s because the “white evangelist” craze that started mid-70s was never religious at its core. It was and is a fascist outgrowth of post-WW2 US fascist supporters gone underground.
What popularized it was its utility for creating whites-only religious schools, not piety.
What popularized it was its utility for creating whites-only religious schools, not piety.
So ppl like Pence and Rubio are not being hypocritical in their own eyes. The central tenet of their Christianity was always white supremacy. Just like the keystone of medieval Christianity was absolute hereditary royal rule.
Paying no mind to Jesus’s teachings is not new.
Paying no mind to Jesus’s teachings is not new.
In fact, it dates back to the classical-era Nicea convocation, in which Roman emperor Constantine “converted” to Christianity by re-inventing it to obscure Jesus-as-example, and to support Roman imperial rule.
