Donald Armstrong
1 min readJan 11, 2022

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You have a number of issues, Jeff, with the belief system that you are attempting to support. But let's set that aside and look at just two that came to mind when I read your post. The first and most significant is the failure of many, perhaps most, evangelicals to recognize the just and equitable limits of individual freedom. It really isn't a difficult concept: we live in two co-existing spheres of activity. In the private sphere--defined as that space where your actions cannot reasonably be expected to harm anyone else--you are free to do as you please. But in the public sphere--that space where our behavior may reasonably be expected to affect others--we are obligated 'to do justly' ... that is, afford the same benefits and protection to everyone. So when Christians loudly demand the right to discriminate in the public marketplace, but wail in protest when they perceive that others are treating them in the same manner, the stench of rank hypocrisy is hard to deny.

The second issue, presumably a transitory one, is best repreeesented by the sight of a mob attacking the citadel of American democracy waving Nazi insignia--and the Protestant flag. Perhaps it would be helpful to take a long stroll along the beach and meditate on how your defense of the most openly immoral and corrupt president in American history squares with 2 Corinthians 6:14 (Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?)

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Donald Armstrong
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