Trump & Religious Principles

jacorian said:

Can anyone reconcile the figure of Donald Trump, the ever-patriotic guy with good command of economic principles, & negotiating skills with the fact that his bullying behavior from the businessworld to staff to the constant denigrating of persons or groups of people in the worst possible language stands out so much. As a populist he just throws away support from so many groups by just signaling that everyone in the world is inferior to him. All this seems inconsistent with the 10 Commandments & other concepts of just common decency. It's like he's one of the Pharisees who were pretending to be holy but really were more about bullying the common folk.

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Tuur said:

First, forget about Trump; it’s not restricted to Trump. A common complaint is that church is filled with hypocrites (and a common response is to come on in; we don’t mind one more).

Second; by Trump’s own words, he’s relying on works and not Christ for salvation, which means he’s not a Christian. Just because someone mentions God in the Christian sense doesn’t mean that person is a Christian.

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Hazelelponi said:

Trump is just one of us imperfect people doing their best. But at least he's doing his best, it beats the certain destruction of everything we hold dear.

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Tuur said:

Second; by Trump’s own words, he’s relying on works and not Christ for salvation, which means he’s not a Christian. Just because someone mentions God in the Christian sense doesn’t mean that person is a Christian.

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Tuur said:

Second; by Trump’s own words, he’s relying on works...

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