If he had run as a Democrat, religious conservatives would have denounced him as a mortal threat to America by pointing to these facts, and quite possibly would have told their congregations that they would go to hell if they voted for him. Jesus said that we could judge a tree by its fruits. Does this sound like the kind of fruits of a true Christian?
Hold on a second. Isn't this logic more-or-less criticising Christians for not voting as bigoted sectarians? You're saying that it's hypocritical for Christians to vote for non-Christians regardless of policy as they should only support Presidential candidates they believe are 'saved' by God. That's basically a religious test. To stay consistent, should evangelicals refuse to vote for Sanders in 2020 on the grounds that he's Jewish?
I think evangelical support for Trump should be celebrated by progressives as it shows how admirably non-religious and accepting of cultural liberalism (divorce, sexual liberation) American conservatives are, instead preferring a more wide-based, secular American nationalism. It should be proof, if anything, that liberalism won the culture war of the 90s and 00s.
I still don't get the "hypocritical" part. To say that Donald Trump, the 2016 GOP Presidential Nominee "was diametrically opposed to nearly everything (Evangelicals) stand for" is, in public policy terms, just not true. The stated positions Trump took in the campaign are far more in line with what Evangelicals would desire in a President than the positions Hillary Clinton would take.
I am appalled that anyone claiming to be a devout Christian could vote for someone who violates moral tenets of Christianity so blatantly as Donald Trump or Roy Moore. If one is to call oneself part of some moral majority, then at least vote for someone more moral than the rake.
Would Jesus have grabbed a woman by the crotch? Tried to date a 14-year-old girl? Made money as a crony capitalist?
If your shtick as a political candidate is that you are a devout, believing Christian, then maybe you had better act as a Christian.
Not voting for the hypocrite is a choice. I'm not saying that it is a good idea to vote for an irreligious malefactor.
Grabbing women by their crotches is blatantly un-Christian. Getting rich through coruupt means isn't Christian.
And Partial Birth Abortion isn't un-Christian?
Partial Birth Abortion is infanticide. We can argue, perhaps, about a month old fetus, but Partial Birth Abortion of a viable fetus is infanticide.
“Partial birth abortion” isn’t a medical term and when the actual procedure is done it’s because it’s a medical necessity. Either the fetus isn’t viable or the mom will die in childbirth. It’s not something anyone wants to do. They also only account for .2% of all “abortions”
