Growing Hostility towards Evangelical Christians on Atlas

[R.P. McM]

I don't have a problem with criticism of Evangelical beliefs, as long as it's criticism of things that Evangelicals actually believe and not a caricature of Evangelical Christianity.

This doesn't really happen here often, but I've gathered that some people at places like DU and some parts of Reddit basically believe that almost all or at least the majority of evangelicals believe in snake handling, prosperity theology, speaking in tongues, Calvinistic predestination and KJV-Onlyism, which is laughable because not only do the majority of evangelicals not believe in any of those, it'd be almost impossible to find one who believes in all.

Even I'm only 0.5/5 on those.  I say 0.5 because I believe that speaking in tongues can be legitimate, but I don't have the gift of tongues myself and believe that it's best done privately and not for show if you have the gift.

I would've preferred you were 0.5 on the snakes. Because anyone can mumble unintelligible nonsense. The snakes are actually a potent demonstration of faith a nonbeliever might find persuasive. And there's scriptural justification, too (despite the fact that Mark 16:18 is a later addition). Better yet: drink cyanide. Then I'd really have to question my atheism!