Off Script 40: Roy Moore, Gay Wedding Cakes, and White Evangelicals

While scrolling through Facebook, I came across Charles Mathewes’ Washington Post article, “White Christianity is in big trouble. And it’s its own biggest threat.”  At first reading, I was infuriated at what I felt were unfair criticisms, but after I thought about it, I realized what an opportunity this article presented.  It collects together no less than thirteen criticisms against Christianity.  In this episode Dan Fitzsimmons, Rose Rider, and I (Sean Finnegan) respond to the first seven, including:

1. Our society’s war on Christmas bothers Christians
2. A Christian baker refused to sell a cake for a gay wedding
3. 80% of white evangelicals in Alabama voted for a pedophile
4. We’re ignorant of history
5. We’re ignorant of the current state of the world
6. We’re ignorant about scientific knowledge
7. We’re surprisingly ignorant about our own religion

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• Read the original Washington Post article here
• Intro music: “Protofunk” by Kevin MacLeod.  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.