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D.A. Horton

3 Dec, 7 tweets, 2 min read

As an Evangélico, I want to share a common pattern I've encountered inside of Evangelicalism the past couple decades to help provide insight for those engaged in fruitless online debates:

Step 1 - Make a hyperbolic claim about a specific person (or designated group).

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Step 2 - When asked to provide evidence in support of said claim either:

(a) provide generalized anecdote(s)

(b) backpedal away from the specific person/group initially called out & shrewdly pivot to a broader group

(c) share a YouTube link

(d) all the above

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Step 3 - Pivot the conversation by asking the person requesting evidence, to provide you with evidence to support their debunking of your initial claim. (Note: In this step it's okay to deny reading primary sources if you assert the Bible is your rule of faith & study)

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Step 4 - If time allows, make a second hyperbolic claim, this time about the motives and status of 'salvation' of the person who asked you for evidence to support your initial claim. (Note: Load your claim with pre-text Bible passages and overt spiritual language)

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Step 5 - No matter what response you receive, respond by telling your now "accuser", who all of a sudden may or may not be a Christian, that you are praying for them and are concerned for the condition of their soul. (Note: Insert a question about their stance on abortion)

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Step 6 - Express your disappointment in the person who is too prideful to hear you out and then call your enemy to repentance.

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Step 7 - Share your evangelistic encounter with your tribe on Social Media explaining how you were persecuted for your faith and why we must fight to save our country from (insert pejorative term for opposing political party).

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18th Century: At one time Evangelicals were known for centering the Bible, the Crucifixion, Conversionism, & Social activism (see Bebbington). All the while at-large turning a blind eye to the sin of greed, chattel slavery, & the sin of partiality based on skin (racism).

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A few years beforehand I opened up about my battles to people I trusted. Some didn’t understand, how I, a pastor and preacher of the Gospel could have such struggles. This inability to understand was no fault of theirs. I didn’t even understand my own struggles.

Others times I shared my struggles to others, they showed little interest, but used what I shared in vulnerability against me in later seasons of life.

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@da_horton

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Since the move on Social Media among Jesus followers is a struggle to parse out the phrase #BlackLivesMatter from the BLM movement; there's a few nuances to consider lest we force an unnecessary binary in our dialogue.

#1 - Is the phrase "Black Lives Matter" true?

Even the "All Lives Matter"/ "Blue Lives Matter" crowds say yes its true because of the imago dei. Since it's a truthful statement, there's a freedom to say it, and equally freedom to not say it.

If one says it, this does not mean they categorically embrace the BLM mvmt. And

If one does not say it, this does not mean they're "racist" or reject the imago dei. With this matter, we must fight off forcing a binary where nuance is not only permissible but necessary.

#2. Regarding #BlackLivesMatter, we must ask the question "why, do Black Lives Matter?".

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D.A. Horton

@da_horton

1 Apr 19

🗣️ PSA 📢 GANG AFFILIATION

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For some, their family affiliation is 3-4 generations deep. It's woven into the fabric of the family identity, similar to religion. To walk away is not simply a 'death sentence', its worse, a life of lonely banishment from their own family structure. (2/5)

For some, it's making a life-altering decision at the age of 10 because they're tired of being jumped while walking home from the corner store, playground, school.

For some, it's about finally receiving positive affirmation from a male figure of the same ethnicity. (3/5)

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