The Church That Donald Trump Says He Goes to ‘A Lot’ Says He’s Not an ‘Active Member’

PreachersWife2004 · Sep 1, 2015

bhsmte said:
You haven't heard? He singed an executive order stating he can run for a third term.

Shhh...someone might hear you and believe you.

He does have the power to do it, though. I just think he's smarter than that. Or maybe I HOPE he's smarter than that.

In the meantime, Trump's church attendance is inconsequential, to me anyway.

bhsmte · Sep 1, 2015

PreachersWife2004 said:
Shhh...someone might hear you and believe you.

He does have the power to do it, though. I just think he's smarter than that. Or maybe I HOPE he's smarter than that.

In the meantime, Trump's church attendance is inconsequential, to me anyway.

No, he doesn't have the power to do so.

Albion · Sep 1, 2015

bhsmte said:
No, he doesn't have the power to do so.

That's what he himself said about other instances of him governing by fiat. It apparently isn't considered by him to be a deterrent.

cow451 · Sep 1, 2015

PreachersWife2004 said:
Shhh...someone might hear you and believe you.

He does have the power to do it, though.

No he doesn't.

seashale76 · Sep 1, 2015

iluvatar5150 said:
Whatever his membership status, does anybody really believe that Trump attends church more than a few times a year and that his faith is anything more than superficial? His outward faith is about as shallow and self-serving as Ann Coulter's, and the same crowd who was looking for ways to deny Obama's Christian faith is now looking for ways to exaggerate Trump's.

Agreed. Trump has never struck me as being particularly religious. He seems to be more of a cultural Christian, apathetic deist type. I know one of Trump's daughters converted to Judaism and is raising her children Jewish. I'm fairly certain Trump himself doesn't care one way or the other about his daughter not being a Christian.

abysmul · Sep 1, 2015

Churches and their "memberships"... is that like a membership to the country club?

bhsmte · Sep 1, 2015

abysmul said:
Churches and their "memberships"... is that like a membership to the country club?

In some church's, pretty close.

PreachersWife2004 · Sep 1, 2015

cow451 said:
No he doesn't.

He's got a pen, remember? That dude could do whatever he wanted if he thought he could get away with it.

He's smart though, and he knows even his own party wouldn't support that.

cow451 · Sep 1, 2015

PreachersWife2004 said:
He's got a pen, remember? That dude could do whatever he wanted if he thought he could get away with it.

He's smart though, and he knows even his own party wouldn't support that.

A basic civics lesson is in order:
Amendment 22 - Presidential Term Limits

PreachersWife2004 · Sep 1, 2015

cow451 said:
A basic civics lesson is in order:
Amendment 22 - Presidential Term Limits

I'm familiar with the amendment. Don't pretend that amendments can't be amended or done away with.

cow451 · Sep 1, 2015

PreachersWife2004 said:
I'm familiar with the amendment. Don't pretend that amendments can't be amended or done away with.

Do I really have to give you another civics lecture?

PreachersWife2004 · Sep 1, 2015

cow451 said:
Do I really have to give you another civics lecture?

Please, spare me. Besides, we're way off topic here.

cow451 · Sep 1, 2015

PreachersWife2004 said:
Please, spare me. Besides, we're way off topic here.

Nice exit. Google "Amending the US Constitution". Now back to the topic of where God as he (Trump) understands Himself goes to church.

whatbogsends · Sep 1, 2015

I don't think Trump is religious in anything other than name, but that isn't an issue for me in his candidacy.

I think Obama is more spiritual than Trump, but don't think he's any more "Christian" than Trump (and no, i don't think he's a Muslim, either).

I expect most Presidential candidates to, at the very least, pay lip service to their Christianity. Anyone perceived as "not a Christian" is at a major disadvantage in a national election in the US.

Blank Stair · Sep 1, 2015

Albion said:
I realize that you've tried to make something where there really is nothing. To make out that he claimed something about his religious life that's a lie just is not supported by the article itself.

As I said, and as you demonstrate, you aren't speaking truth here. There is something to this. A man that claims affiliation with a church because he knows his base tends to be Christian religious, and turns out he is not an active member of the church he claims to "go to", is lying.
Now it is true that for some a lying politician is perfectly acceptable. However, for Christians that is not true.

In fact, when you promote a falsehood as you do when you claim the article does not support "something he claimed about his religious life" , all one has to do to prove you did't read the BLAZE link, is to show the BLAZE video and an excerpt from the BLAZE article.
That makes all of your remarks non-credible. And why you would do such a thing when the article proves you're speaking falsely is between you and whatever motivates you to that end.

Please stop speaking falsely in this thread. Thank you.

All of the evidence that you are promoting falsehood is posted below and is part of the original BLAZE article that was linked in the OP.

But in a statement to TheBlaze regarding Trump’s membership status, Marble Collegiate Church said that while the Republican presidential candidate has a “longstanding history,” he is not an “active member.”

“Donald Trump has had a longstanding history with Marble Collegiate Church, where his parents were for years active members and one of his children was baptized. However, as he indicates, he is a Presbyterian, and is not an active member of Marble,” the church said.

Cute Tink · Sep 1, 2015

Blank Stair said:
There is something to this. A man that claims affiliation with a church because he knows his base tends to be Christian religious, and turns out he is not an active member of the church he claims to "go to", is lying.

As I've noted twice and quoted once in this topic, attending Marble Collegiate Church an being a "member" are two completely separate things. Trump may not be an "active member" but that doesn't mean he doesn't go to that church.

Albion · Sep 1, 2015

Blank Stair said:
As I said, and as you demonstrate, you aren't speaking truth here.

Oh, now. If you can't be civil, I see no reason to read further.

Blank Stair · Sep 1, 2015

Albion said:
Oh, now. If you can't be civil, I see no reason to read further.

There is not a thing uncivil in my remarks.
Promoting falsehood is not civil. If you don't like to be called on that violation don't commit to that violation.

The article proves you are promoting a falsehood. Your statements are untrue. That's not being uncivil. That is being truthful in telling you and forewarning others that may read you, that you're not speaking the truth as pertains to the articles content.

Blank Stair · Sep 1, 2015

Cute Tink said:
As I've noted twice and quoted once in this topic, attending Marble Collegiate Church an being a "member" are two completely separate things. Trump may not be an "active member" but that doesn't mean he doesn't go to that church.

A Humanist can be forgiven for being ignorant of what it means to be an active member of a church.

Donald Trump talked about going to this particular church a lot.
The church released a statement and said, he's not an active member.

An active member is defined as someone who goes to church a lot.

Hope that helps.

Albion · Sep 1, 2015

Blank Stair said:
There is not a thing uncivil in my remarks.
Promoting falsehood is not civil. If you don't like to be called on that violation don't commit to that violation.

The article proves you are promoting a falsehood. Your statements are untrue. That's not being uncivil. That is being truthful in telling you and forewarning others that may read you, that you're not speaking the truth as pertains to the articles content.

My earlier comment stands. Whatever you wrote here, I didn't bother reading past the first paragraph.

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