debeda

well said!

debeda

You're right, they strive not to h**e. Which is why they cant align with Democrats

debeda

Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

Mystery Solved: Why Evangelicals Support Trump
Bryan Preston August 21, 2019
• Why do evangelical Christians support President Trump?
• What's the appeal?
• To people who profess family values.
• Of a man whose life includes multiple marriages and affairs.
• And who tends to be crude?
• Let's dive into this alleged mystery.
• Turn with me if you will to the book of Isaiah, chapter 45.
• We come to the story of Cyrus the Great.
• He was not a king of Israel or Judah.
• He was emperor of Persia from 539-530 BC.
• Persia tended to be an enemy of the children of Israel.
• It's now called Iran.
• And continues to be an enemy of Israel.
• But Cyrus himself was not.
• God called Cyrus "my servant."
• And Cyrus followed through.
• Cyrus decreed that the Jewish exiles in Babylon could return to their homes and re-establish their country.
• He also allowed them to rebuild the temple.
• This was a big deal.
• Judah had been subjugated and exiled for 70 years.
• Their ability to worship disrupted by the destruction of their temple in Jerusalem.
• Yet here was Cyrus, who was not one of them, playing a major role in fostering the Jews' return home.
• Consider a recent headline: Bibi Heaps Praise on Trump, Compares to Persian King Cyrus the Great
• I do have a point.
• NeverTrumper Ben Howe has a book out called The Immoral Majority: Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power over Christian Values.
• Howe has been doing a lot of TV, MSNBC included, defending that incendiary title.
• I have not read the book.
• I've seen him defend, it including the title, which suggests it reflects what he really thinks.
• The thesis smears evangelicals.
• It's fair to say Donald Trump is not an evangelical.
• He's never been called one.
• And has not called himself one.
• Technically, he's Presbyterian.
• As a New York liberal for most of his life, he had no conservative credibility prior to 2016.
• Conservative evangelicals were very skeptical of him.
• And many did not support him in the 2016 primary.
• Initially, countless others thought his candidacy was Seinfeldian — about nothing.
• But by the time he won the Republican primary in 2016, a few things became clear.
• One: Donald Trump could win the presidency (though it looked unlikely).
• Two: He seemed to have grasped a fact that eluded Jeb Bush and John Kasich.
• Namely, that if you run as a Republican you shouldn't spend most of your time insulting Republicans.
• Not, at least, if you want them to v**e for you (or applaud your speeches).
• You should probably spend the bulk of your time articulating a positive conservative vision and lambasting the left's rage and socialism.
• Trump did that.
• His passion suggested he might actually put up a fight against the left.
• The worse they treated him, the more he seemed to be readying for a fight.
• Three: However flawed Trump might be.
• And he is.
• He was obviously better for the country and for evangelicals than any Democrat would be.
• Recall that Trump was running after eight years of President Obama.
• Those eight years saw the federal government attempt to force nuns, literally the Little Sisters of the Poor, to violate their consciences and fund birth control.
• Obama took them to court over that.
• The eight years of Obama saw activist l*****ts haul Christian cake bakers to court and destroy their livelihood.
• The eight years of Obama saw a very emboldened left vent its hatred for everyone to their right.
• And evangelicals knew we were in their crosshairs.
• They went after Christian-owned Hobby Lobby.
• They used our tax dollars to fund a******n.
• They made their disdain for our faith abundantly clear.
• The Democrats' 2016 appeal to us amounted to "V**e for us, you stupid, r****t, bucktoothed h**ers!"
• That's terrible marketing anywhere outside the New York Times newsroom.
• Their 2020 message is worse.
• They're pushing failed 19th-century socialism paired with anti-Semitism (while calling us "r****t").
• Along with the policy plan that just finished k*****g Venezuela.
• They want to erase our borders.
• And take away our guns.
• They'll betray Israel at the first opportunity.
• Remember — Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) threatened to nuke gun owners!
• Plus: they still h**e evangelicals.
• And want us to pay for a******n on demand.
• Hillary Clinton did not offer a break from any of that.
• She called us "deplorable."
• And relished cranking Obama's hostility up a notch.
• That's not a good look.
• Ditto for the NeverTrumpers.
• Facepalm.
• Stupid.
• So, Trump emerged as a kind of Cyrus figure.
• Not necessarily "one of us."
• But not someone who would not go out of his way to smear or hurt us either.
• Somebody might misread that previous line, so as Obama would say, let me be clear.
• Trump would be benign toward evangelicals.
• And might even be helpful, as Cyrus was helpful toward Israel.
• The previous is not meant to suggest Trump would literally become an emperor.
• We're not interested in that.
• Speaking for many evangelicals, Trump earned our v**es by articulating many of our ideals fearlessly.
• This suggested he might actually follow through, unlike many who have called themselves "conservative" for their entire lives but "grow" left once they get to Washington.
• If we got some policy wins out of him, all the better.
• Trump has been strongly pro-life.
• Strongly pro-American.
• Strongly pro-Israel.
• Strongly pro-capitalism.
• And he has pushed back against the freedom-robbing regulatory state.
• He cut taxes.
• And he left evangelicals alone.
• He didn't sue the nuns.
• He doesn't want our guns.
• V****g for Trump is not "trading Christian values for political power."
• It's v****g in self-defense against the radical, evangelical-hating left.
• And hoping for the best.
• And getting more than expected.

debeda

AWESOME, TERRIFIC article, Parky!! Thanks for sharing

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Apparently you don't know what god the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints worship.

In the gospels of Matthew (26:33-35), Mark (14:29-31), Luke (22:33-34), and John (13:36-38), when Jesus was arrested, his disciple Peter denied him three times, said he didn't know him. At the Last Supper, Jesus told Peter he would do so.

At the DNC convention in September 2012, when v****g on the motion to accept Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel and to include God in the democratic party platform, the majority of the delegates v**ed "NO". The v**e was too close, so Chairman Antonio Villaraigosa had to request a second v**e. Again the majority v**ed "NO". Villaraigosa tried one more time. The v**e was a resounding "NO". Three times, wolfy, the democrats denied God. However, Villaraigosa rejected the v**e and proclaimed the resolution passed. He received a majority of BOOs. And, the democrat leaders had to scramble to recover the confidence of the delegates. They failed. Today, what was once the democratic party is now the Progressive Movement, which, FYI, is unabashedly Atheist.

debeda

Fodaoson Loc: South Texas

The Democrats have left the road to the left. The Republicans have veered to the right. Both parties are in the ditch not driving on the road. Where does that leave John Q Public? Neither party is worthy of his v**e.
40% of the eligible v**ers do not v**e. Many v**ers v**ed against a candidate rather than for one. The problem with that is that neither candidate is wanted so the e******n elects an unpopular candidate. It is not just in the P**********l e******n but down the b****t.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

This is not relevant to the topic.

Tug484

Right.
We don't h**e the sinner. We h**e the sin.
Bible clearly calls it sin.

tophat

WHO?

tophat

In case you haven't noticed!

tophat

Thanks T. great post!

PZG1225 Loc: Florida

You get the prize for "Best Post of the Year" Parky! LOVED IT!!!

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas