09-10-2022, 02:00 PM
kj wrote:
I don't think it came from Evangelicals. The first place I heard the term was in college, and it was used to side-step religion. Sort of to separate the values from religion. It applied to stuff most people wouldn't quibble with (try not to kill people, etc.).
No it definitely did not originate with modern day evangelicals. They co-opted the term, changed the original meaning.
Earliest documented use is from 1820s, and it referred to people who converted from Judaism to Christianity.