>evangelicals are despised by a large majority of the population when it comes to the presidency. They will not tolerate a person who says only born-again people are going to heaven and the rest are going to hell
Can’t blame them. Such a proclamation sounds similar to the islam edict to convert or die. Don’t need any of that nonsense to keep America strong.
You make my point, and, obliquely, you are saying you despise me (at least the essence of me, my thoughts and theological underpinnings) — which is OK. We could probably get along, you and I; but you are not impressed with the God of the Bible, or with the Christians who proclaim it; nor are you particularly desperate for the Gospel as the Bible declares it. I have had many friends and colleagues and associates who have felt the same way.
Here on FR, we all espouse conservatism, in one of its several forms. In that sense, we have a common interest in seeing the Constitution, original intent, upheld and sustained.
I would reject outright the notion that what I believe is similar to islam. What an insult! It’s OK, though; I take no umbrage. As I said, I know that sentiment is very much in evidence out there in our society, even here on FR.
When I analyze islam, I see a goddie that doesn’t really care about us. I see a culture that has grown up around the koran; it is a political system which does not respect human life at all. Quite the opposite of Christianity. In Christianity, I see a God who made us, tolerated the hardness of our hearts, but then came to earth, did nothing but good, worked wonders, and then died for our sins, for as many as receive Him into their lives.
Obviously, nobody HAS to believe or receive it. It is, however, true.