Why "Evangelical" instead of "Protestant"?

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I think the word "Evangelical" has evolved to be construed as a little more hard core conservative than "Protestant".

EDIT: Please don't let any of the Evangelicals know that I just described them by using the word "evolved".
 
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Nice one.

But it's not a denomination such as Baptist, Pentacostal, etc. It could be folks from any and all of these groups?
 
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volinbham said:
Nice one.

But it's not a denomination such as Baptist, Pentacostal, etc. It could be folks from any and all of these groups?
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That's basically my perception - you can be an evangelical Christian of any denomination (Catholic even?). I think born-agains, mega-churches, televangelism, very outward and open about your religion, even if unsolicited. The distinction seems more style than anything else. If you evangelize, you're evangelical, no?
 
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Episcopalians are considered Protestants, however, their embracing of gay and female priests puts them at odds with the more "traditional" churches, so I doubt there are very many evangelical Episcopalians.

I think "evangelical" is used when describing anti-gay (not Westboro BC's variety), pro-life stances, therefore it's always associated with the right-wing.
 
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We can all perform a litmus test tomorrow. Look down at your watch when church lets out. If you've been in there an hour or less, you're a Protestant. More than an hour . . . you're an Evangelical.
 
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GAVol said:
We can all perform a litmus test tomorrow. Look down at your watch when church lets out. If you've been in there an hour or less, you're a Protestant. More than an hour . . . you're an Evangelical.
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i like it - according to this litmus test, when i first started going to this church, we were evangelical...barely. we've been pushing more and more to be devout protestants - even when there's a baptism or communion.
 
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T-TownVol said:
Nope, just unedumacated.
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don't mistake the corollary for this to be absolute either. not all evangelicals believe this. but I gotta believe if you do believe it, you're highly likely to be an evangelical.
 
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TennNC said:
don't mistake the corollary for this to be absolute either. not all evangelicals believe this. but I gotta believe if you do believe it, you're highly likely to be an evangelical.
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Just like if you're on welfare, you're likely to be a Dem?

One is about as true as the other. For the record, I don't consider myself to be an evangelical.
 
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It's like someone tried to combine Evil and Angelic... Hmmmmmm... Come on Professor, back me up :)
 
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the whole shift toward "evangelical" is pure media tripe to make Christians appear to be weak minded loonies bent on converting everyone and forcing everyone into day long prayer and making the Bible the constitution. It's the harshest they can be and they love to point out poll results of evangelicals.
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I think that's the best explanation I have seen. Most of the time the term is used seemingly to marginalize. It's almost a code word for "Here's what the kooks think".
 
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BigPapaVol said:
the whole shift toward "evangelical" is pure media tripe to make Christians appear to be weak minded loonies bent on converting everyone and forcing everyone into day long prayer and making the Bible the constitution. It's the harshest they can be and they love to point out poll results of evangelicals.
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are you serious?
 
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GAVol said:
I think that's the best explanation I have seen. Most of the time the term is used seemingly to marginalize. It's almost a code word for "Here's what the kooks think".
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do you consider yourself Christian? do you consider yourself Evangelical? do you feel like your peers confuse the two?
 
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TennNC said:
are you serious?
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absolutely. otherwise the word Christian would be the primary descriptor. Evangelical is definitely pointing at the crowd that might be knocking on your door tomorrow night and the broad brush paints much of the Christian population in that light when it can.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
absolutely. otherwise the word Christian would be the primary descriptor. Evangelical is definitely pointing at the crowd that might be knocking on your door tomorrow night and the broad brush paints much of the Christian population in that light when it can.
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First, as a non-Evangelical Christian, I appreciate when "the media" (love that term, btw) distinguishes Evangelical thought or action from other Christians who don't share the same. Are there not portions within Islam that are fundamentalist? Are there not portions within Judaism that are Hasidic? Are there not portions of Southerners who want a return to the Confederacy? A portion of Americans who think 9-11 was a conspiracy? Why not just refer to them by their larger group? Because that descriptor would make the reporting less accurate and actually "broad brush paint" even more. They're actually protecting the reputations of all involved (including Evangelicals, who I'd bet are pretty proud to be called that).

Second, you've stated multiple times that "the media" primarily cares about making money. If true (and I agree to a large extent), why in the world would they "marginalize" more than 3/4 of the American public?

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TennNC said:
First, as a non-Evangelical Christian, I appreciate when "the media" (love that term, btw) distinguishes Evangelical thought or action from other Christians who don't share the same. Are there not portions within Islam that are fundamentalist? Are there not portions within Judaism that are Hasidic? Are there not portions of Southerners who want a return to the Confederacy? A portion of Americans who think 9-11 was a conspiracy? Why not just refer to them by their larger group? Because that descriptor would make the reporting less accurate and actually "broad brush paint" even more. They're actually protecting the reputations of all involved (including Evangelicals, who I'd bet are pretty proud to be called that).

Second, you've stated multiple times that "the media" primarily cares about making money. If true (and I agree to a large extent), why in the world would they "marginalize" more than 3/4 of the American public?

The Graduate Center, CUNY
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they're not marginalizing anyone. Your point that the evangelicals are proud to be identified as such is likely true, meaning they don't find it offensive or a denigrating in the least.

I find it denigrating, to say the least.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
they're not marginalizing anyone. Your point that the evangelicals are proud to be identified as such is likely true, meaning they don't find it offensive or a denigrating in the least.

I find it denigrating, to say the least.
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It was GaVol who posted:

"Most of the time the term is used seemingly to marginalize."

Do you disagree with GaVol?

And how in the world is it denigrating to you if they're being portrayed how they want to be portrayed? geez, bpv, your last post above makes you sound like a bleeding heart liberal.
 
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