I support Donald Trump because I am a Christian, evangelical, born again believer. Cruz has lost any chance of me supporting him. It certainly appears there are a lot of Christians like me.
“...The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. ...
We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?...
...Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave....
...Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
-Excerpts from Patrick Henry's speech to the Virginia Convention in 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia.
I really hate the “holier than thou” groups who practice political idolatry. They want a candidate who is perfect, will bash the other candidates for not being 100% pure then if their messiah like candidate doesn’t win the nomination, they stay home on election night leaving America to endure another 4 years of absolute hell.
Of course not, but I bet there are more than a few Christians who feel a cold chill when they read about the dominionists for the first time. And the more they read, the creepier it gets.
Dominionism is not Biblical. Heresy is too mild a word.
It’s telling that Cruz & his supporters are so. . . evasive about their beliefs & choose, instead, to divert their targets with ‘hot button’ talking points. Maybe some of them are trying to hide the truth from themselves. I don’t know.
If evangelicals vote for that Canadian/Cuban sleazy fraud Ted Cruz, or the Cuban fraud Marco Rubio, then they are not only the Boogeyman -- they are as mentally retarded as Jeb Bush.
David Limbaugh is awesome. Great column.
You can call me an evangelical, but I’m just one guy, not all evangelicals are me!
Cruz and I are on the same page, which is precisely why neither one of us could ever be elected President, or confirmed to the Supreme Court or even a cabinet post.
We evangelicals are so marginalized now that we constitute only about 33% of the country can even so much as identify with us; the rest of the country view us askance. Our un-electability comes in the form of the questions that would arise in the general election, especially if we have ever given a message (sermon, lesson, whatever), recorded, on the way of salvation, of heaven or of hell, or about Armageddon. We tend to take it literally that only born-again people will go to heaven (the rest go to hell); also that there will be a huge, end of the world as we know it battle, over the plains of Esdraelon in Israel, and that Christ Himself will come back to earth, lest there be no flesh left alive on the earth.
If a tape of Cruz could be produced of him addressing those topics, and I am sure such a recording can and will be found, the interviewers, commentators, etc., will never even have to talk about another topic.
As David Limbaugh is here saying that we are not the black beasts they take us for, the fact is that perception is everything, and it would take no effort at all for the 67% of the populace that is not evangelical to be turned even further against us than they already are. And the hue and cry would be “we can’t have a guy this high up in government who might just exert policies that would be geared toward bringing Armageddon along, on purpose”.
Sad but true. So, as much as I’d love my fellow believer to attain the office he seeks (he is, in my mind, the finest presidential candidate I could ever imagine, and I certainly have never seen his like), I am for Trump. I believe he can act as King Cyrus, or King Ahasuerus, on our behalf. Plus, he guarantees we’ll get a massive wall on our southern border. Of course, if within 2 years of his term he has not got the wall well underway, I will drop him and curse him just like I do the current president.
The word “evangelical” is used (and it too is passing) because (due to religious cults whose doctrines are way wide) the word “Christian” no longer really means anything.
Great article.