Donald Trump and Christianity

[Sparko]

http://calthomas.com/node/985

[mossrose]

No surprise.

[tabibito]

But he self identifies as ...

that's all it takes.

[Cow Poke]

He's as much a Christian as many others who actually attend church!


oh, wait.....

[KingsGambit]

One thing that bothers me more is how many people I know who are real Christians are cheering him along as he declares revenge against people he believes have slighted him. Not repaying evil for evil is a command from Jesus. (This probably makes having a successful political career almost impossible for a Christian.)

[One Bad Pig]

One thing that bothers me more is how many people I know who are real Christians are cheering him along as he declares revenge against people he believes have slighted him. Not repaying evil for evil is a command from Jesus. (This probably makes having a successful political career almost impossible for a Christian.)

Are they cheering him along because he declares revenge, or in spite of the fact?

I'm not shocked by the seeming lack of depth to Trump's conception of Christianity, given what I know of his life thus far. It's tough for me to cast stones at him, however, since I'm far from perfect myself (and my salvation's the only salvation I should be worrying about).

[Cow Poke]

....(and my salvation's the only salvation I should be worrying about).

I get what you're saying here, maybe, and, yeah, I'm probably picking nit, but as "fishers of men", we should be concerned about the salvation of everybody. I think the qualifying factor may be "is there anything I can do about it". I can pray for Trump, but I need to faithfully evangelize the lost.

[KingsGambit]

Are they cheering him along because he declares revenge, or in spite of the fact?

I'm not shocked by the seeming lack of depth to Trump's conception of Christianity, given what I know of his life thus far. It's tough for me to cast stones at him, however, since I'm far from perfect myself (and my salvation's the only salvation I should be worrying about).

My impression is because. Ben Shapiro had a piece in National Review last week that echoed a similar concern; that his appeal was due to his punching/counterpunching and his vindictiveness was what his core base really wanted.

(None of this is to say that I require a candidate be a Christian; I think Mitt Romney would have made a fine President.)

[Sparko]

I usually don't care politically if the President is Christian or not, most have been Christian in name only. I think That the two Bush's and Jimmy Carter were true Christians, but I have my doubts about Clinton and Obama. Reagan I think was a bit of an unorthodox Christian (Nancy and him consulted fortune tellers for instance)

It seems to me that Trump has no real idea what being a Christian is all about or who Jesus is. He is a CINA. Christian in Name Only. He thinks if he goes through the motions that makes him a Christian. Go to church, be good, respect the preachers.

If he were a true Christian his answer about forgiveness would have been completely different. And his answer to "who is Jesus" would have been too.

[One Bad Pig]

I get what you're saying here, maybe, and, yeah, I'm probably picking nit, but as "fishers of men", we should be concerned about the salvation of everybody. I think the qualifying factor may be "is there anything I can do about it". I can pray for Trump, but I need to faithfully evangelize the lost.

Well, yeah - though not everyone is equipped to be an evangelist. I do pray for Trump every day, just like I did for Obama.

[One Bad Pig]

My impression is because. Ben Shapiro had a piece in National Review last week that echoed a similar concern; that his appeal was due to his punching/counterpunching and his vindictiveness was what his core base really wanted.

(None of this is to say that I require a candidate be a Christian; I think Mitt Romney would have made a fine President.)

I would carefully consider the source before forming an impression based on it. Also, when I think of Trump's "core base", "evangelical Christians" are not what comes to mind.

[KingsGambit]

I would carefully consider the source before forming an impression based on it. Also, when I think of Trump's "core base", "evangelical Christians" are not what comes to mind.

I know his core base is not evangelical Christians, but I'm thinking more broadly of some conservative Christians in my online networks (not so much on here) who appear to be cheering his various actions on. Some of these people are active in the apologetics community; they ought to know better. Political life seems to make it easy to forget that "the ends justify the means" is hardly good morality.

[Cow Poke]

Well, yeah - though not everyone is equipped to be an evangelist. I do pray for Trump every day, just like I did for Obama.

Like my Momma always said "he needs the prayer, I need the practice!"

[Cow Poke]

I usually don't care politically if the President is Christian or not, most have been Christian in name only. I think That the two Bush's and Jimmy Carter were true Christians, but I have my doubts about Clinton and Obama. Reagan I think was a bit of an unorthodox Christian (Nancy and him consulted fortune tellers for instance)

It seems to me that Trump has no real idea what being a Christian is all about or who Jesus is. He is a CINA. Christian in Name Only. He thinks if he goes through the motions that makes him a Christian. Go to church, be good, respect the preachers.

If he were a true Christian his answer about forgiveness would have been completely different. And his answer to "who is Jesus" would have been too.

So, yeah, based on his own "testimony"....

[Sparko]

So, yeah, based on his own "testimony"....

If he were on tweb we would probably make him set his faith designation to "unorthodox"

(or "completely ignorant")