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Evangelism at its best and worst

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A couple days ago, I came across a facebook group called "Christian Republicans", one of those dreadful groups whose contents are all images of the "like or comment to [some meaningless gesture in support of God, country, troops, etc.]" variety. The first objectionable part of the group, to me, is its name: "Christian" and "Republicans" are neither synonyms nor antonyms. Nor, of course, are "Christian" and "Democrats", or any third party. I am sure God would find something to like, and much to dislike, about every political party. The disliked qualities may be taking stands not praising Him at every opportunity, or about shooting first, second, third, ..., and fiftieth and asking questions later, rather than turning the other cheek . I came across this group via an image stating, "LIKE if... AMERICA SHOULD RETURN TO ITS CHRISTIAN VALUES!" What really infuriated me was seeing this comment among the thousands underne