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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEvangelicals have problems with Trump, but see nowhere else to turn
The rise of the New-York-real-estate-tycoon-turned-reality-TV-star-turned-political-rebel poses something of an existential question to voters in the faith community: Can they support someone whose candidacy seems to rebuke the very Biblical admonitions about charity, humility and compassion that underlie their beliefs?
Interviews with evangelical voters around Springfield, from pastors to Republican Party officials, public servants to religious activists, reveal a grudging acceptance of Trump as the GOP's standard-bearer. They've papered over their disquiet with his egocentric bluster, his racially tinged attacks, and his obvious unfamiliarity with matters of faith with a plethora of excuses: he's rash, he's not a practiced politician, he's not politically correct.
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tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Those people are supporting a guy that represent everything that Jesus taught against.
LuckyTheDog
(6,837 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I guess situations change.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)no how much hand-wringing they do. They would vote for Satan over HRC.
LuckyTheDog
(6,837 posts)So, they will do as they are told.
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)Why does the hatred run so deep in some Christians? I've never understood this. If I were a follower of Jesus, I'd try to live by his example, as he taught. Some of these people act in the exact opposite of the ethos Jesus offered.
Initech
(100,081 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Have a bunch of ads with Trump spouting bigoted crap, or talking about his divorces, or encouraging violence at his rallies, etc. and ask if that's what Jesus would do...
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)they do this every election cycle no matter the Republican candidate. Jesus himself could run on the Democratic ticket and they'd still vote Republican.
LuckyTheDog
(6,837 posts)... would never win the Republican nomination. The super pacs would spend big against Him.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)ROFL!
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He looks like even more of an idiot than he actually is. Every time I see him he has that stupid hat on. It wouldn't surprise me at all if he started to wear it backward one of these days. What kind of serious presidential candidate does this?
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)A Methodist who wants to:
Help the poor
Feed the hungry
Care for the sick
Help the victims of war and famine
House the homeless
ileus
(15,396 posts)She can win them over with actions, one or two is all that most would need to nudge their vote to her. After the election she can tell them to stuff it.