Don't Believe the Hype

Electism is not a Religion

I confess that I am slightly biased against John McWhorter’s slick words. When he talks about owning Electism as a religion, he’s not thinking in terms of the religious Elect, but in terms of the Elect as a religion in of itself. This distinction matters and is not merely parsing. When he says Electism is better than believing that Jesus Christ is the s…