Thread: Why people dislike evangelicals, by an evangelical

Honestly...I myself dislike evangelicals. I feel a strong far-right-wing, conservative, close-minded vibe from them. It seems they feel a strong desire to push their political views onto others "in the name of Christianity". ("If you don't believe exactly what I believe, then you're not a "true Christian".) I can't even begin to describe how evil and manipulative that bullshit is.

But then again, I think most other religions do the exact same thing. Evangelicals are just much more prominent. And I also think that's why so many kids in my generation denounce God, is because they associate him with religion.

Religion =/= God.

It's funny to see how even evangelicals themselves realize their own flaws. As I often say - I'm not against religion. Believe in whatever you want. But I'm against organized religion - it leads people into being.. well, evangelicals, scientologists, radical muslins and whatnot.

Evangelicals say atheists are arrogant, but they are always arrogant in thinking they are superior. Evangelicals say atheists are corrupt, but they are always the ones to do things just so they can go to heaven for it. Evangelicals say atheists are hypocrites, but they are the ones doing the dirty stuff and accusing others. Evangelicals say atheists are disrespectful towards them, but they are the ones always treating people as field to plant, instead of real and reasonable people. In summa, that's why atheists hate evangelicals. We all just have to agree relations between catholics and atheists are much better.

I think it just sums up to, everyone has flaws. Just typically it's the religious people who try to say they don't have any, or have much fewer, because they have god in their hearts and he makes them morally better. Which obviously is bullshit. At least most of the time atheists are pretty free in admitting they have faults.

I don't dislike them but I distrust most of them.
What I want to know is why so many evangelicals have shows?
Don't tell me the money is to build the church because seriously, how big of a church do you need? I hear that the money is to help people but I'm skeptical about that. I'm sure some churches do that but I doubt all of the money is going to the people. Some of these ministers dress in really expensive looking suits.

I don't trust flashy people. Period.
Doesn't matter the religion. If you're a person of the cloth (which ever it is) you really shouldn't be so flashy. Makes me think of those late night psychics on TV, with their glittery outfits, bejeweled from head-to-toe, huge gemed rings on nearly every finger (really? you need that many rings???) and a crystal ball.