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Despite the presidents lies and initial skepticism about the crisis, most white evangelical Christians strongly approve of what hes done.
Even when faced with plague and pestilence, white evangelicals are placing their hopes in President Donald Trump.
About 7 in 10 white evangelical Christians approve of the way Trump is handling issues related to the coronavirus outbreak, including 52% who strongly approve of his performance, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll conducted over the weekend.
In contrast, only 45% of all American adults surveyed said they strongly or somewhat approve of how Trump is handling the outbreak.
Seventy percent of white evangelicals also approve of the way the U.S. government is managing the outbreak. Only 47% of all respondents surveyed said the same.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-evangelicals-trump-coronavirus_n_5e7238f9c5b6f5b7c53c6701
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Demovictory9
(32,472 posts)ant-immigrant, anti-environmental policies that they secretly coveted. it will have to get pretty pretty bad for them to break away
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)If enough people die, the rest of us might come over to their way of thinking.
VMA131Marine
(4,146 posts)If Italy is a guide, were not close to the worst of this and it did not have to be that way.
Also, the evangelicals are the least likely to believe or understand the science of whats going on.
Mariana
(14,860 posts)no matter how bad it gets. Understand that they truly believe God put Trump in office to implement His will. Therefore, as far as they are concerned, opposing Trump is exactly the same as opposing God. They will not do it.
durablend
(7,464 posts)"The sinners are being punished" or something like that
Mariana
(14,860 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,788 posts)I expect evangelicals to be irrational.
They think that killing the Son of God was a good thing that saved us all? And they worship the Cross he was nailed to?
mountain grammy
(26,644 posts)edbermac
(15,943 posts)Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)Because racism is tax exempt if you call it a religion.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)When are people going to understand that the basic premise of Christianity is that some folks are going to have a great afterlife and some folks arent. You are either in the club or youre not.
And if you find yourself unable to believe it (because people do not choose what strikes them as believable or not) you are not in the club.
It is entirely about us versus them.
This notion that the central message of Christianity is some fluffy notion of be nice is just silly. Nobody needs an entire theological system around be nice.
dustyscamp
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winstars
(4,220 posts)Permanut
(5,625 posts)You know, the one who said:
January 22: "..we have it under control."
February 27: "It's going to disappear."
February 28: (referring to Democrats) "It's their new hoax."
March 7: "I'm not concerned at all".