“Fourteen percent of Muslims say that they are evangelical - it’s the same percentage as Roman Catholics. Even 12% of those identifying as nothing in particulars and Hindus say that they are evangelicals!” - Ryan Burge
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The Rise of the Non-Christian “Evangelical”
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Read Burge’s whole article. His style very much thinking out loud vs. delivering answers.
I’m inclined to think “evangelical” has been pretty badly diluted (much like “fundamentalist,” though diluted with a different mix).
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New"Cacagelical"
It strikes me that if you don't have the good news of Jesus Christ, it's not evangelism, but the spread of cacagelism, or bad news. No?
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Agree.
To get word nerdy… It might be “cacogelical”… like cacophony. I’m not sure what the pattern is for kakos (bad) + root → English, but maybe the o is typical. (Apparently cacography is also a word). Why the Greek kappas become C’s, I have no idea… (maybe it has something to do with Latin?)
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.