Crash Course: Evangelicals and "sex trafficking" hysteria: Another exercise in Christian hypocrisy

I'm grateful my fellow evangelicals have finally noticed social justice. But their current obsession is bulls**t [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm8-09P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvenJqMW94ZXdveS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTIzeTVwcTg4YWdXA3NwY0IKZPpAaBFlSayA5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm8-09P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbzJ1eTBrYWRrNy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTIzeTVwcTg4YWcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZPpAaBFlSayA5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Evangelicals and "sex trafficking" hysteria: Another exercise in Christian hypocrisy From Nathaniel Manderson: There has been considerable pressure within the evangelical movement to engage with some sort of social justice issue, especially since the evangelical positions on abortion and same-sex marriage are broadly unpopular. There are far too many messages around social justice in the teachings of Jesus Christ to ignore the question together. The most conservative elements of the evangelical church look increasingly heartless when it comes to the suffering of the poor and disenfranchised. So evangelicals had to find an issue that could prove they still had some heart for vulnerable people and that had nothing to do with oppressing women and rejecting the LGBTQ population. But at the same time, they needed an issue that aligned with the current talking points of the Republican Party, rejected the reforms of President Biden and the Democrats and was difficult to criticize on the merits. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm8-09P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaGllcW5hOXN1bi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTIzeTVwcTg4YWcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZPpAaBFlSayA5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). This Jewish high holiday is good for your mental health: Yom Kippur and the value of atonement On Yom Kippur, Jews all over the world will fast, pray, avoid work or play and otherwise repent both for their sins and those of humanity as a whole. They do this for religious reasons... but what if, in addition to being spiritually cleansing, Yom Kippur is also flat-out good for one's mental health? [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm8-09P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbnFwbGdubm9ycy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTIzeTVwcTg4YWcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZPpAaBFlSayA5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Keep Salon independent — [subscribe today](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm8-09P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbTRpMGFsajVnZy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTIzeTVwcTg4YWcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZPpAaBFlSayA5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) and unlock more benefits! 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