What Roy Moore's Narrow Loss Says About Evangelical Christianity | Playboy

Americans love stories of faith and redemption, of apocalyptic struggle and good versus evil. This ethos is embedded in our national DNA. As our physical landscape is dotted with active churches, so our cultural landscape is dotted with phrases and concepts from the Bible, even if most Americans perform poorly on tests of Biblical literacy (tellingly, atheists and agnostics score best). For reasons like this, Americans have a hard time admitting that any large, widely recognized Christian group might be undeserving of a seat at the mainstream table. Should not “sincerely held religious beliefs” cover a multitude of societal sins?....
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