are inflexible
on policy, flexible
on morality
Three days after the House elected Johnson speaker, Mike Pence dropped out of the Republican presidential primary. The most recent Republican vice president had become a polling afterthought, and the reason isn’t hard to discern. He’s every bit as faith-forward as Johnson, he was every bit as loyal to the Trump policy agenda as Johnson, and yet — when push came to shove — he could not participate in the Big Lie. He paid an immediate and permanent price for his honesty, with his approval among G.O.P. voters plunging after the attack on the Capitol.
This is precisely indicative of the political ruthlessness that’s overtaken evangelical Republicans. They are inflexible about policy positions even when the Bible is silent or vague. They are flexible about morality even when the Bible is clear. One Christian man tells the truth, and it kills his career. Another Christian man helps lead one of the most comprehensively dishonest and dangerous political and legal efforts in American history, and he gets the speaker’s gavel.
From the NYT opinion piece, ‘MAGA Mike Johnson’ and Our Broken Christian Politics by David French.
According to the NYT, David French is an Opinion columnist. He is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and a former constitutional litigator.
This is precisely indicative of the political ruthlessness that’s overtaken evangelical Republicans.
They are inflexible about policy positions even when the Bible is silent or vague.
They are flexible about morality even when the Bible is clear.
I don’t understand this one bit.
I reminded of the passage, Matthew 7:15-20.
Watch out for false prophets.
They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
By their fruit you will recognize them.
Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
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