@fmf saidhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/25/why-evangelicals-like-rick-perry-believe-that-trump-is-gods-chosen-one/
Have I missed a stastic that substantiates this assertion to some degree ~ one that isn't a gag on a comedy show? I admit I haven't watched the video in the OP.
Comparing Trump to Jesus, and why some evangelicals believe Trump is God’s chosen one
It is no secret that many conservative Christians think highly of President Trump. He has consistently maintained high approval ratings from white evangelicals since he won the majority of white evangelicals and white Catholics in the 2016 election.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) made remarks that gave some the impression that the lawmaker thought Trump was worthy of better treatment than Jesus Christ.
Last month in an interview with Fox News, former energy secretary Rick Perry praised Trump as “God’s chosen one” — an idea that is not unpopular among the president’s conservative Christian supporters.
Perry, an evangelical Christian, shared his conviction with Fox News’s Ed Henry that Trump and his authority come from God.
“Mr. President, I know there are people who say that you say you were the chosen one.’ And said, ‘You were'."
“I think evangelicals have found their dream president,” Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, told The Washington Post’s Sarah Pulliam Bailey months after Trump’s inauguration. “I’ve never seen a White House have such a close relationship with faith leaders than this one.”
The idea that Trump was heaven-sent has come with harsh criticism of those who do not support his leadership. In a conversation Thursday in which evangelist Franklin Graham suggested that criticism of Trump was coming from “a demonic power.”
It appears that Trump has embraced the belief himself, tweeting quotes from conservatives comparing him to the “second coming of God” and even proclaiming “I am the chosen one” and looking toward the heavens while defending his administration’s trade war with China.
09 Sep 20
@fmf saidhttps://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/30/donald-trump-evangelicals-god-1294578
Have I missed a stastic that substantiates this assertion to some degree ~ one that isn't a gag on a comedy show? I admit I haven't watched the video in the OP.
‘Only God could deliver such a savior to our nation,’ campaign manager Brad Parscale says, echoing recent comments from other top aides.
09 Sep 20
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/15/evangelical-christian-swing-voters-stay-loyal-donald-trump-wisconsin-2020-election
Where Christian evangelicals worship Trump more than Jesus – key voters stay loyal to president
Pastor Franz Gerber is worried that so many members of his congregation appear to idolise Donald Trump more than they worship Jesus.
Gerber now has some regrets about his vote but what really disturbs him is an unquestioning and even aggressive adulation for Trump within his flock.
“It seems like there are many evangelical Christians that are willing to die on the hill of supporting the Republican president, supporting Donald J Trump.
09 Sep 20
@vivify saidWhat statistic do you have though? I doubt anyone disputes that "many" conservative Christians think highly of President Trump. I don't doubt it. But you used the word "godly" several times and you have even put the word in quotation marks. Copy pasting a screed that mentions the names of a few prominent figures being ostentatiously sycophantic is one thing, but I am asking you to offer some statistics about how many Christians literally think Trump is "godly".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/25/why-evangelicals-like-rick-perry-believe-that-trump-is-gods-chosen-one/
Comparing Trump to Jesus, and why some evangelicals believe Trump is God’s chosen one
It is no secret that many conservative Christians think highly of President Trump. He has consistently maintained high approval ratings from white eva ...[text shortened]... e” and looking toward the heavens while defending his administration’s trade war with China.
09 Sep 20
@vivify saidOK. So we have Brad Parscale. That's 1.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/30/donald-trump-evangelicals-god-1294578
‘Only God could deliver such a savior to our nation,’ campaign manager Brad Parscale says, echoing recent comments from other top aides.
What do you extrapolate from that?
Does it mean 20% of Christian Trump supporters think he is literally "godly"? 10%? 40%? 80%?
@suzianne saidI think I know what your problem is... it is the immigration issue. You seem to think that Jesus's teachings mean that a government should open the borders to allow freer movement into their country. Hence your dislike for Trump because he sent their good-for-nothing backsides back home, or imprisoned some of them. Kamala Harris want to bring them in. I get it. I think thats one wish you have that wont come true ... 😀 And that wall Trump started has pissed you off... your Mexican buddies are in trouble.
Which is far overshadowed by the detrimental effect on society caused by the insidious influence of the current administration on society.
I'm not surprised that the priorities shown by you and American conservatives is more concerned about profit of multinational corporations and the inhumanity therein than simple concern for the welfare of what Jesus called "the least o ...[text shortened]... oaning in this forum meaningless. And that goes for all the so-called Christians who support Trump.
Are you proud of Jacob Blake as well ?
@rajk999 saidI think we all finally have our answer about you and your claim that you believe that good works are all you need to get eternal life. How can you believe your claim is true if you turn around and show that you simply don't believe in loving your neighbor as you love yourself?
I think I know what your problem is... it is the immigration issue. You seem to think that Jesus's teachings mean that a government should open the borders to allow freer movement into their country. Hence your dislike for Trump because he sent their good-for-nothing backsides back home, or imprisoned some of them. Kamala Harris want to bring them in. I get it. I think th ...[text shortened]... has pissed you off... your Mexican buddies are in trouble.
Are you proud of Jacob Blake as well ?
Wasn't the story of the Good Samaritan concerned with the treatment of a visitor? Now we see that you don't really believe in treating visitors to this land with any concern at all. Love your neighbor as yourself? Yeah, right. I believe this is what you have called "mouth worship".
As in Luke 10:29, Who is YOUR neighbor? Where is YOUR altruism?
09 Sep 20
@vivify saidDo you see why I have called Trump the "White Jesus"?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/25/why-evangelicals-like-rick-perry-believe-that-trump-is-gods-chosen-one/
Comparing Trump to Jesus, and why some evangelicals believe Trump is God’s chosen one
It is no secret that many conservative Christians think highly of President Trump. He has consistently maintained high approval ratings from white eva ...[text shortened]... e” and looking toward the heavens while defending his administration’s trade war with China.
09 Sep 20
@suzianne saidWasn't the story of the Good Samaritan concerned with the treatment of a visitor?
I think we all finally have our answer about you and your claim that you believe that good works are all you need to get eternal life. How can you believe your claim is true if you turn around and show that you simply don't believe in loving your neighbor as you love yourself?
Wasn't the story of the Good Samaritan concerned with the treatment of a visitor? Now we see t ...[text shortened]... you have called "mouth worship".
As in Luke 10:29, Who is YOUR neighbor? Where is YOUR altruism?
NO !!
Your brain is screwed up. Go fix it.