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Are Evangelical Roy Moore Supporters Hypocrites?
Christian Post ^ | 11/18/2017 | Michael Brown

Posted on 11/18/2017 2:08:41 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Over the last 18 months, evangelical Christians have been asked how they could vote for a serial adulterer like Donald Trump while condemning the alleged serial adulterer Bill Clinton as unfit for office. The general response has been: 1) Trump was certainly not our ideal candidate and we do deplore his past; but 2) he seems to have made some changes and is open to our input; and 3) it was either him or Hillary Clinton, and for the sake of the unborn, for the sake of our religious liberties, and for the sake of our security, he got our vote.

Has this compromised our moral authority in the eyes of many Americans?

On the one hand, it certainly has. Our vote for Trump is thrown back in our face on a regular basis and we are linked to anything he says or does that is untasteful.

On the other hand, it really has not, since we have been mocked and vilified and called hypocrites and haters for years now. Do we really think that if many of us did not vote for Trump, the society in general would be more open to hear our views about homosexuality and abortion? Hardly.

When it comes to Judge Roy Moore, we are being asked how any of us could not immediately recognize his guilt, since the mounting evidence against him seems overwhelming. Plus, we seem to believe the bad reports about Hollywood moguls and celebrities and leftwing politicians. Why the double standard here?

First, all of us have biases, conscious or otherwise, and it's all too natural to defend people who are close to us and question people who are distant from us. For example, a devoted liberal Democrat would be far less likely to entertain an accusation against Barack Obama than against Ted Cruz. Conversely, a staunch conservative Republican would be much more likely to entertain an accusation against Obama than against Cruz.

This is reminiscent of the intense drama that unfolded when Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of crass and abusive behavior. Liberals rallied around Hill and conservatives stood with Thomas.

As much as we try to avoid partisan emotions, it's only human nature to have them, in which case we must always check to see if we're even making the attempt to be unbiased. Are we? Do we do our best to ask critical questions? Do we give the presumption of innocence to all, even if our first reaction is to condemn those we don't like? Do we weigh all accusations fairly?

Second, when it comes to Judge Moore, we're not just dealing with the possibility of double standards. We're also dealing with extreme skepticism towards leftwing media and extreme suspicion of the political system. So, what may appear to be an extraordinary display of hypocrisy, as conservative evangelicals stand by a man accused of abusive sexual contact with minors, may really be a display of distrust of the left.

Think back to the O. J. Simpson trial, which largely divided Americans between white and black. To many white Americans, the evidence against O. J. was absolutely damning, right down to his DNA all over the crime scene. How is it that so many black Americans didn't see it? Were they ignorant? Did they wink at murder? Was it impossible to think that a black hero was guilty?

Not at all. Instead, they deeply suspected the legal system, from the police to the courts to the jails. They had witnessed unequal treatment under the law. They had seen people framed. They had seen the innocent convicted and the guilty set free, hence their deep-seated suspicion.

Today, with President Trump shouting out "Fake News" on a regular basis and with millions of Americans agreeing, when a story starts with the Washington Post, red flags immediately go up. And when one of the most conservative senatorial candidates in decades comes under fierce attack right before the elections, a man with great loyalty among his followers, it's very easy for some to question his accusers rather than sympathize with them.

As it stands, we are nearing the tipping point in the charges against Moore, with more accusers coming forward by the moment and with his supporters becoming more desperate. And it's understandable why the Babylon Bee, a Christian satire site, posted an article titled, "Evangelicals Announce They Will Withdraw Support For Roy Moore Should Three Or Four Dozen More Women Come Forward."

But before you condemn Moore's Alabama supporters, and before you write off other conservatives who have stood with him, bear in mind that double standards are not the whole story (or, perhaps, even part of the story). Rather, there is extreme suspicion of the left and deep recognition of how many enemies someone like Judge Moore really has. And with some claiming there is clear evidence that the yearbook signature is a forgery, everything else becomes questionable.

For those on the left who think I'm trying to excuse the inexcusable – meaning, giving Moore any benefit of the doubt even for a moment – just ask yourself how you would have responded if Fox News and Rush Limbaugh claimed to have evidence of Barack Obama sexually abusing minors. To my readers on the left, what would your first reaction be?

We all agree that if the charges against Moore are true then what he did is terribly ugly and evil, especially since he did so as a professing Christian and as someone in power. But let's not get carried away with double-standard accusations right now, especially against conservative Christians in Alabama. There's a lot more to the story that must be factored in.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: evangelicals; hypocrisy; roymoore; sexscandles
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To: SeekAndFind

Was Moore convicted of something while I was napping?


21 posted on 11/18/2017 2:50:07 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: SeekAndFind
No.

"Beloved believe not every spirit but try the spirits to see if they are of God."

I weighed the evidence before me and made my judgement.

22 posted on 11/18/2017 2:51:29 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: SeekAndFind

Who isn’t ?


23 posted on 11/18/2017 2:53:53 PM PST by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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To: SeekAndFind
May the Lord rebuke whoever wrote this Article, and all in FR who agree with it. You are supporting the Demonrat Party by going along with the forgeries, the lies, and the false witnesses.

I am voting for Roy Moore on Dec 12th.

24 posted on 11/18/2017 2:55:19 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; we got Gorsuch and a bit of MAGA. Likely have a civil war before we get more.)
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To: TomServo

Is the hypocrite’s hypocrisy worse than the hypocrisy of the hypocrite he points the finger at?


25 posted on 11/18/2017 2:56:22 PM PST by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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To: TomServo

You lie. You are aiding and abetting the Demonrats.


26 posted on 11/18/2017 2:56:23 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; we got Gorsuch and a bit of MAGA. Likely have a civil war before we get more.)
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To: jmaroneps37
if the charges against Moore are true then what he did is terribly ugly and evil

I do not get this.

Even if every single thing said about him is true, what is it said he did that is "terribly ugly and evil"?

27 posted on 11/18/2017 2:56:26 PM PST by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like)
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To: SeekAndFind

If ethics didn’t matter we’d be democrats.


28 posted on 11/18/2017 3:00:59 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: SeekAndFind

Christianity does not consider a courtship between a 32-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl to be a sin, as long as civil laws are not violated. Rather than a sin, it is seen as a good thing—two mature adults discerning whether they have a vocation to marry each other and try to bring new souls into the world, who are predestined to love God for all eternity in Heaven.

There’s nothing virtuous in the behavior alleged by the three allegations of misconduct (the 14yo, the yearbook/car incident, the groping), nor in the implied allegation of lying. With that said, there are contradictions in the story of the 14yo, the yearbook looks on balance to have been forged, the character of the witnesses is in question, the witnesses are not available for further questioning, there is no common modus operandi in the alleged crimes, and other than the yearbook there is no corroborating evidence of any sort, physical or testimonial. With control of trillions of dollars at stake in the election, it is difficult to take these sorts of claims at face value.

Now there is no law that says that you have to vote for a man if you disapprove of his dating choices. For example, Christianity says that interracial dating is a good thing, but many voters have in the past disapproved of that sort of thing.


29 posted on 11/18/2017 3:02:00 PM PST by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: SeekAndFind

We have seen Moore’s character over the last several decades. We know what he stands for. We know what his opponents stand for. Its an easy choice.

The Anita Hill attack on Thomas was fraudulent. She worked for him for years and followed him from job to job. There was no evidence she had a problem until the ambush during his confirmation.

As for Moore and Trump, I would normally give the women the benefit of the doubt if they spoke up at some time other than days before an election after the ballots have been printed (in Moore’s case). And whatever Moore was 40 years ago, we know what he stands for now, and we know what his opponents stand for now.


30 posted on 11/18/2017 3:02:05 PM PST by marron
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To: TomServo

Yup.


31 posted on 11/18/2017 3:05:06 PM PST by APatientMan (Pick a side)
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To: SeekAndFind

Elections are always about comparative choices. Always. It is not hypocritical to support Roy Moore compared to an abortion-loving democrat ... even if the charges turned out to be true. There are degrees of bad.


32 posted on 11/18/2017 3:07:14 PM PST by plain talk
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To: All

moses
To: Rush Limbaugh
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 12:06 PM
Subject: Moore 2

Never Trumpers and drive by media radio talk hosts are having a field day ignoring the fact that all of the accusers were of the age of legal consent. Including the one claiming when 14 years old. For her accusations are the juiciest. Which they gleefully relate and dwell on in a touchy feel-ly manner as if it came off of a police report yesterday. Not as a unsubstantiated recollection from 40 years ago. Because they know these are damaging accusations which will be almost impossible to disprove.

Despite that fact that it has been uncovered that two of his accusers are working for the Perversion Party and that their accusations are false and politically motivated. The drivebys and the nevers media are not reporting this but are mentioning one accuser is a “Republican” .

Here is background on two accusers. One works for the perverts that one knows the one who claimed she was 14. But was actually 17 at the time? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3603606/posts
Latest charge : Grad book signature a forgery; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3604591/posts
someone named Roy signed it Moore’s last name was added to it. His legal secretary at the time he was a Circuit Court Judge declared it a forgery because her initials DA appear with his signature in that year book. Because she would do so to verify his signature only on his court rullings.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3605761/posts


33 posted on 11/18/2017 3:10:56 PM PST by mosesdapoet (Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin (not related to poster))
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve always said we’d face the same things we used as wedge issues. That day has come and gone.


34 posted on 11/18/2017 3:16:23 PM PST by joesbucks
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To: SeekAndFind

Ask that potential Dem senator if he gives a s*it if they are.

Start voting like you actually want to stop the left, and tell the church ladies to go sit on it if they dont like it.


35 posted on 11/18/2017 3:20:45 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: TomServo

No.


36 posted on 11/18/2017 3:24:32 PM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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To: TomServo
NOT AT ALL !

Read this: Check out this little fact from TheCipher From "TigerClaws" : Here's that image and a link to its ORIGINAL source : And here’s one more source:

That's the THIRD Spelling of his assistant.

WHICH ONE IS CORRECT ?

Check out this little fact from TheCipher Here’s one more source: And here’s a link to a DIFFERENT SPELLING of that name:


The more I search those different spellings of the assistant's name, the more I'm inclined to believe it was Delbra Adams.
I get results for a Court Specialist at State of Alabama Circuit Clerk's Office Cherokee County.
I also get results as a certified public notary located in Sand Rock, AL.
And ... I get results for Delbra Adams in Leesburg , AL. with a lot of A.K.A.s
37 posted on 11/18/2017 3:24:33 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: TomServo
Here's an excerpt from Rush Limbaugh's Radio Show:
38 posted on 11/18/2017 3:24:48 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: VanDeKoik

Yep, this is why the culture war has been lost. Play to win, not “muh principles”...while the left laughs and goes about destroying everything they can.


39 posted on 11/18/2017 3:27:30 PM PST by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Voting can be viewed as a choice between the lesser of two evils. Democrats support abortion (infanticide really) on demand.



The ad centers on an MSNBC interview Jones did on Sept. 27. Host Chuck Todd asked Jones what “limitations” he believes there should be when it comes to abortion.

“I am a firm believer that a woman should have the freedom to choose what happens to her own body,” Jones said. “And I’m going to stand up for that and I’m going to make sure that that continues to happen.”

More from the interview:

TODD: But you wouldn’t legislate ― so you wouldn’t be in favor of legislation that said ban abortion after 20 weeks or something like that?

JONES: No, I’m not in favor of anything that is going to infringe on a woman’s right and her freedom to choose. That’s just the position that I’ve had for many years. It is a position that I continue to have.

But when those people ― I want to make sure people understand that once a baby is born, I’m going to be there for that child. And that’s where I become a right-to-lifer. Jones has made no secret of his support for women’s reproductive rights. On Sept. 23, he posted a photo of himself at a Planned Parenthood event.

40 posted on 11/18/2017 3:33:03 PM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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