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Here’s a question to ponder, if conservativism is such a spiritual virtue, why then is the word conservative not in the Bible? The answer is because there is no biblical foundation for being a conservative. Conservativism is a political and social construct. It is not a spiritual state of being. The word conservative cannot be found in the Bible because it is antithetical to Christian virtue and the teaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Perhaps this is what Jesus meant when he said, “But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” (Matthew 15:9; KJV). The word conservative, or any related word, simply does not appear in the Bible—not even once. To find out what is true about him, Jesus tells followers to. “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me” (John 5:39; KJV).<br/><br/>In the evangelical community, being conservative has become a litmus test for being considered a good Christian. However, if evangelicals wanted to find a biblical term to justify their political views, maybe they should have chosen the word liberal (a term they deeply despised) instead of the term conservative.<br/><br/>If liberal is such a supposedly sacrilegious word, then why is it found in the Bible? The word liberal and the related words liberally and liberality appears 10 times in the Bible in 8 different Bible verses. In each verse, the word is used in a positive manner. It is a word confirming that a person has developed kindness, charity, and spiritual virtue.<br/><br/>The conservative political right has done a masterful job of making liberalism an evil word. They have made the word liberal to be viewed as something un-American. The conservative religious right has branded those who share liberal values as being unChristlike. With the creation of the Moral Majority in the late 1970s, the conservative political right and the conservative Christian right merged. As a result—conservativism ha