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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill Christian conservatives dump the porno president?
I think we all know the answer to this question but I am finding the revelations about Trump's activities with porn stars hilarious considering that I know many Christian conservatives who think Trump is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I have seen people on Christian forums unironically sporting avatars showing Jesus guiding Trump's hand.
See: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/does-jesus-love-donald-trump-bizarre-vision-goes-viral-1602597
Now of course Jesus spent time with prostitutes but that is a far cry from what Trump was doing. I don't think Trump was trying to spread the Good Word to Stormy Daniels.
Cha
(298,049 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,255 posts)blue cat
(2,415 posts)They don't care.
JI7
(89,289 posts)US are largely white supremacists .
It was segregation, not abortion, that originally fueled the religious reich's fire, and it's Trump's racism, not his pro-life stance (a subject he rarely addresses anyway) that gets them all tingly inside today.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,660 posts)They got who they voted for and are thrilled. He didn't change and neither will they. They love the vile moron. Repub do not care about their GOP president having morals, intelligence, respect, etc.or not. A Dem president on the other hand is an entirely different story. HYPOCRISY is their middle name.
pnwmom
(109,024 posts)safeinOhio
(32,754 posts)1."If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done." -- Matthew 6.14-15 GNTD
"If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in one day, and each time he comes to you saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him." Luke 17.3-4 GNTD
"And when you stand and pray, forgive anything you may have against anyone, so that your Father in heaven will forgive the wrongs you have done." --Mark 11.25 GNTD
"Do not judge others, and God will not judge you; do not condemn others, and God will not condemn you; forgive others, and God will forgive you." -- Luke 6.37 GNTD
"Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, 'Lord, if my brother keeps on sinning against me, how many times do I have to forgive him? Seven times?' 'No, not seven times,' answered Jesus, 'but seventy times seven
'" -- Matthew 18.21-22 GNTD
Has he ever forgiven others?
pnwmom
(109,024 posts)Good deeds are equally important. So I don't understand the evangelical mindset, but that's what I've heard. They accept Dt's word that he was saved, so that's all that matters.
Le Gaucher
(1,547 posts)Even if Trump scoops out & eats his own shit from the commode they will continue believing that Jesus put him in the white house and it must be part of God's plan.( Unlike Barack Obama's election which obviously is the Devil's handiwork)
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)One of the greatest truths the shitgibbon has spouted.
Its proven again.. day after fucking day.. to be completely accurate.
The deplorables might draw the line at swallowing, though.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)To them, any thing is allowable as long as you ask for "forgiveness" afterward. They are all such slimy hypocrites.
safeinOhio
(32,754 posts)Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30 And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31 So you testify against yourselves that ...
I do not call myself a Christian, but I do respect Red Letter Christians.
see redletterchristians.org
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)We are talking about two entirely different groups of people.
safeinOhio
(32,754 posts)with those words in red.
dalton99a
(81,707 posts)and that Alabama child molester
So no
malaise
(269,295 posts)Their Jebus only forgives ReTHUGs. Ask Vitter, ask Ensign, etc.
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Luz
(772 posts)They really are anything but Christian.
meow2u3
(24,776 posts)Those far-right reTHUGs are nothing but two-bit authoritarians who think democracy should die.
JHB
(37,166 posts)DrDan
(20,411 posts)wishstar
(5,273 posts)They claim that he is god's instrument who despite his sinful past and flaws, is now promoting their values.
Since Stormy Daniels and other incidents happened before the campaign, all has been forgiven especially since Mike Pence and mother Pence are waiting in the wings overseeing the WH.
As long as he avoids being caught in compromising situations as President, they will continue to excuse and defend him.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Yep.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,382 posts)Maggiemayhem
(811 posts)These nuts protect child molesters in their own congregation. They have church twice on Sunday and also on Wednesday night because it is all about collection plates and tax free money. It is a big scam that anyone can run with no education or morals. The vast majority of Christians are Evangelical rather than Mainline and this is part of the rise of the Right Wing alliance of church and politics. So no, they wont drop Trump until the leadership decides he is not no longer useful to them.
rurallib
(62,482 posts)Until then its all OK as long as they have power.
pstokely
(10,538 posts)they are power voters, not values voters
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)And he only pays out the highest blackmail fees, the best payouts of anyone. Russia, if you are listening ....
Link to tweet
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)lkinwi
(1,477 posts)Wishful thinking, but maybe he will lose some elderly votes.
Botany
(70,643 posts)They are fake Christians
Wounded Bear
(58,778 posts)They think that the fact he is rich means God has blessed him.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)accomplish his will. They wont backtrack from that...in any great numbers anyway.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)And to believe it bothers them, is to misunderstand them.
Ask one of them what they think of King David sometime.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)So...nope.
Bettie
(16,148 posts)they love him, he is what many of them are inside, out for the world to see, the embodiment of everything they would love to openly do, everyone they would love to openly hate.
He gives them permission to be the worst possible versions of themselves.
lindysalsagal
(20,793 posts)They'll follow the idiot over a cliff.
Watch their faces when you tell them jesus was brown.