@realcaseyrollins Um..let me see if I can find him :( It was a few days ago, he had "Christian Philosopher" in his bio.
I'm not a Christian, as evidenced by my profile, but I have a vested interest in a traditional religion becoming mainstream (by traditional, I mean neither liberal, leftist or rightist)

@farhan IMHO Christianity is well positioned to do so, considering its popularity coupled with its social justice and Baptist "evangelical" wings. But honestly Atheism is growing and probably will never be overtaken.

@realcaseyrollins With all due respect (and I freaking mean that) I see Protestant Christianity in America as having become a cultural identity, not a religious one.

There are several examples, but things like giving Trump's deep immorality a pass, supporting the military, supporting the banking sector when Jesus flipped the tables of the money lenders, supporting Israel despite what they do to the Palestinians, stuff like that.

@farhan You have a good point, that a lot of Protestantism is cultural, but I view the cultural movement as Baptist, since Protestantism is a specific belief system, while the Baptist denomination is very theologically diverse, with only rejection of infant baptism as a core doctrinal belief. I think all Protestants are Baptist, though.

Follow the Southern Baptist Convention and you will find it's more political than theological, sadly.

@farhan On the #Trump issue, the Christian community is far more diverse than you give it credit for. Many are #NeverTrump voters. Others find him unappealing but are hoping his Supreme Court picks will end up overturning Roe V Wade. A precious few (led by the American Family Association) have convinced themselves that he's actually a Christian, despite his lack of piety, use of profanity (which I don't view as sinful, but they do), and his "pastor" Beth Moore's deep-seated theological issues.

@farhan (And there's nothing biblical about opposing banking and the military. In fact, whole there's little in the Bible about banks, there's a lot of evidence that God views armies as a good thing.)

@realcaseyrollins To use the analogy of ancient Rome and the Israelites, would our military today represent the oppressive Romans or the Israelites? I believe the former.

@farhan There are some similarities in the interventionism, but the government isn't used to turn on the citizens like they were in Rome.

@realcaseyrollins The parallel is using the military to oppress others in the name of state worship.

Usury is another topic I am quite passionate about. It was condemned by Jesus but the cultural Republican Christians make excuses...

@farhan

1. While interventionist policies are unethical IMHO, I fail to see how the US government is oppressive, I am unaware of many examples of this.

2. They do? I actually haven't heard then talk about it at all.