{"id":6680,"date":"2011-03-04T15:08:13","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T21:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=6680"},"modified":"2011-05-03T16:55:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T16:55:05","slug":"do-evangelicals-hate-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2011\/03\/do-evangelicals-hate-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"Do Evangelicals Hate Jesus?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/2011\/03\/sad-jesus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/2011\/03\/sad-jesus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you define yourself as an evangelical, your first thought is probably: &#8220;Of course, not!&#8221; But Phil Zuckerman, a professor of sociology at Pitzer College in California, seems to think the answer is yes.<\/p>\n<p>Read his interesting reasons why at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/phil-zuckerman\/why-evangelicals-hate-jes_b_830237.html\">The Huffington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/Politics-and-Elections\/Tea-Party-and-Religion.aspx\">The results from a recent poll published by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life<\/a> reveal what social scientists have known for a long time: White Evangelical Christians are the group least likely to support politicians or policies that reflect the actual teachings of Jesus. It is perhaps one of the strangest, most dumb-founding ironies in contemporary American culture. Evangelical Christians, who most fiercely proclaim to have a personal relationship with Christ, who most confidently declare their belief that the Bible is the inerrant word of God, who go to church on a regular basis, pray daily, listen to Christian music, and place God and His Only Begotten Son at the center of their lives, are simultaneously the very people most likely to reject his teachings and despise his radical message&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/phil-zuckerman\/why-evangelicals-hate-jes_b_830237.html\">READ THE REST OF THE ESSAY HERE<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nThoughts?!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you define yourself as an evangelical, your first thought is probably: &#8220;Of course, not!&#8221; But Phil Zuckerman, a professor of sociology at Pitzer College in California, seems to think the answer is yes. Read his interesting reasons why at The Huffington Post. 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