Nicly done, Shannon. Excellent use of both scripture and history. As a communicator & believer I've been struggling with how to make the argument in a convincing way, and have finally come to the conclusion that (since as you point out, what the Evangelicals are really after is worldly power), the more secular values of trust and betrayal are useful: https://medium.com/the-national-discussion/another-word-for-hypocrisy-87057a5d71fd?source=friends_link&sk=b1c22c23cc50ddf2b73599e0e2a56b2c