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‘It Is A Moral Freak Show’: MSNBC Says Evangelical Movement Is ‘Anti-Intellectual,’ ‘Anti-Science’ ‘Moral Freak Show’

Ben Johnson
‘It Is A Moral Freak Show’: MSNBC Says Evangelical Movement Is ‘Anti-Intellectual,’ ‘Anti-Science’ ‘Moral Freak Show’
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Motivated by irrational fear and anger, Christians have embraced an all-out antipathy toward education and science, turned their churches into a “moral freak show,” and taught that “Donald Trump is the second coming of Jesus Christ,” according to a seven-member panel on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

During an extended discussion on Monday regarding the cultural currents rippling through American churches, former Bush family speechwriter Peter Wehner blamed Christians’ rejection of secular-progressive zeitgeist on their anger, resentment, and collective inferiority complex.

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