{"id":23537,"date":"2016-08-17T12:22:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T19:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23537"},"modified":"2016-08-17T12:22:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T19:22:15","slug":"pseudo-christians-on-the-trump-hate-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/17\/pseudo-christians-on-the-trump-hate-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Pseudo-Christians on the Trump Hate Train"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whenever hatred abounds, you can be sure that Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians (the polar opposite of real authentic Christians) will jump on the hate train.  And with Rump Dump Trump as the personification of today’s Republican party, you can be sure that the supply of hatred will be endless.  The following author listed reasons they are backing Trump.<\/font><\/p>\n

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…Here are just some of the religious arguments made on Trump\u2019s behalf:<\/p>\n

1. God is using Trump to pave the way for the Second Coming<\/h6>\n

Frank Amedia, a pastor who has been serving as Trump\u2019s \u201cChristian policy\u201d liaison<\/a>, said that God told him personally last year<\/a> that Trump would win the GOP nomination and help pave the way for the Second Coming. Amedia also suggested that only God could explain how Trump has survived all his blunders:<\/p>\n

And the Lord spoke very clearly to me, and he said to me, \u2018This man is going to win the nomination and I want you to be ready to serve my cause when I call you.\u2019\u2026In this instance, it\u2019s not because Donald Trump has heralded his faith or the name of God, but the Lord has put His favor upon him, and how amazing it is that the favor of God can overcome so many mistakes, so many bumbles, so many things that otherwise we would think would destroy somebody in business, destroy them in politics, destroy them in relationships. But yet it\u2019s very evident it was the will of the Lord to do this and here we sit now.<\/p>\n

2. God is using Trump to get pastors to fight for religious freedom<\/h6>\n

Pastor Michael Anthony, president of Godfactor and founder of the National Week of Repentance, attended Trump\u2019s June meeting with evangelicals and said he is convinced God is using Trump [pseudo-Christians delinked<\/em>] to move Christians to act to defend their religious freedom. \u201cI think God was speaking through him at that moment, to the church, to tell us why are you being silent about the most important thing about your lives?\u201d<\/p>\n

3. Trump could make America worthy of God\u2019s blessing<\/h6>\n

The Family Research Council\u2019s Tony Perkins<\/a> was a big Ted Cruz backer and has publicly been a somewhat reluctant supporter of Donald Trump. He told radio host Sandy Rios<\/a> that Trump has made plenty of mistakes, but that if he \u201cwalks in that grace that is available\u201d and surrounds himself with good people, he could \u201ccast a vision that moves America back to the country that honors God again and therefore would be a recipient of His blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n

4. Trump would make America friendlier to Israel<\/h6>\n

Many conservative evangelicals have embraced a theological approach to Middle East policy, interpreting Bible verses [pseudo-Christians delinked<\/em>] to suggest that in order to enjoy God\u2019s blessing, America must unconditionally support the Israeli government. Says [pseudo-Christians delinked<\/em>] Pastor John Hagee<\/a>, head of Christians United For Israel, \u201cwe have a mandate from the Bible and that mandate is to be supportive of Israel and the Jewish people.\u201d Even though Trump said earlier this year that he would be \u201cneutral\u201d<\/a> regarding the Israel-Palestine dispute (a position he later backed away from<\/a>), right-wing leaders have long denounced Obama as an enemy of Israel. The Times of Israel notes [pseudo-Christians delinked<\/em>] that Hagee, \u201chas all but endorsed Trump by name.\u201d Indeed, Hagee told his viewing audience that God would hold them accountable for their vote, saying, \u201cI\u2019m not going to vote for the party that has betrayed Israel for the past seven years.\u201d<\/a>  Hagee has complained [pseudo-Christians delinked<\/em>] that \u201cthree million evangelicals did not vote in the past election,\u201d saying \u201cGod forbid that happen again. We are going to storm the voting booths of America this time around.\u201d…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From <Right Wing Watch<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

I’ve shared the first four of twenty-five listed reasons that Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians are on the Trump hate train.  Click through for the other twenty-one.<\/font><\/p>\n

They want Trump in the White House.  How do you plan to prevent it?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whenever hatred abounds, you can be sure that Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians (the polar opposite of real authentic Christians) will jump on the hate train.  And with Rump Dump Trump as the personification of today’s Republican party, you can be sure that the supply of hatred will be endless.  The following author listed reasons they are […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-religion","category-5-id","category-47-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}