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Citizenschallenge-v.3 replied to the topic Playing the long game in the forum Politics and Social Issues 5 years, 1 month ago
Sometime I w0nder if Obama wasn’t part of that long plan, considering the massive blowback Republican were able to orchestrate out of him. How about that Birth Certificate. Have we ever seen Trump’s?
I wonder why no mention of the extremist Right Wing judges the Moscow Mitch is ramrodding through the Senate?
Also what about that Evangelical Prosperity Doctrine thing and that the entire insanity of actually believing that you can know God and “God’s Will.” I keep thinking back on what happened to John Lennon, because of his silly Jesus comparison remark. That would have been a good time to start pushing back against Christian absolutism
which was destined to evolve into Totalitarian tendencies given half a change. Then we allowed Trump to get elected. Now lookie.
Although there was one bright spot on the news front that I could see:
An editorial published Thursday by Christianity Today, a magazine founded by the late Rev. Billy Graham, called for President Trump’s removal from office in the wake of his impeachment, deeming him “grossly immoral.”
“We have reserved judgment on Mr. Trump for years now. Some have criticized us for our reserve. But when it comes to condemning the behavior of another, patient charity must come first. … To use an old cliché, it’s time to call a spade a spade, to say that no matter how many hands we win in this political poker game, we are playing with a stacked deck of gross immorality and ethical incompetence.”
Why it matters: Christianity Today is an influential mainstream magazine for evangelicals, with 4.3 million monthly visitors on its site and hundreds of thousands of print subscribers. President Trump won 81% of the evangelical vote in 2016, a group that makes up about 25% of the electorate, according to the Pew Research Center.Billy Graham’s son, Franklin, is an ardent supporter of President Trump. He told “Axios on HBO” in November that he supports the president because he “defends the faith.” …



