Berny Belvedere, an evangelical Christian and philosophy scholar, has written a scathing essay at Quillette about the devolution of the religious conservative movement under President Donald Trump.<br /><br />Belvedere in particular zooms in on the role that greed has played in transforming the evangelical movement from a social cause into a sleazy — and highly lucrative — business for political operatives.<br /><br />“Since Christian conservatism is built to withstand pressures to adapt, it becomes susceptible to all kinds of grifters and status-seekers,” he writes. “In many ways, belief consolidation sets up the perfect scam: Opportunists seeking fame and wealth can find in Christian conservatism a system that doesn’t require of its leaders continual reinvention—you master a fixed set of values and beliefs and let charisma do the rest.”<br /><br />Full story: https://www.alternet.org/disgusted-evangelical-scholar-details-how-christian-grifters-and-status-seekers-paved-way-trump<br /><br />SUBSCRIBE TO THE MIKE MALLOY YOUTUBE CHANNEL<br />ONE VIDEO A DAY...EVERY DAY<br />http://www.youtube.com/MikeMalloyVideo<br /><br />SUPPORT THE MIKE MALLOY YOUTUBE CHANNEL<br />http://tinyurl.com/MalloyChannelDonations<br /><br />MIKE MALLOY YOUTUBE CHANNEL PATREON PAGE<br />https://www.patreon.com/MikeMalloyShow<br /><br />VISIT THE MIKE MALLOY SHOW HOMEPAGE<br />http://www.mikemalloy.com/<br /><br />SUBSCRIBE TO AN AUDIO/VIDEO PODCAST<br />http://www.mikemalloy.com/register/
