Posted on 05/10/2016 7:28:19 PM PDT by usafa92
Donald Trump’s primary run left him with few friends among evangelical leaders, who are now weighing sitting out the general election entirely. But there is one way, they say, to win them back: picking a vice presidential candidate socially conservative enough to compensate for Trump’s many heresies.
Several of the country’s top socially conservative leaders, from Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council to Penny Nance of Concerned Women for America, said Trump’s choice of running mate would be among the most important factors in deciding whether to activate their extensive grass-roots networks on the real estate billionaire’s behalf.
“Who’s he going to surround himself with? The first indication is going to be vice presidential choice,” said Bob Vander Plaats, who served as Ted Cruz’s national co-chairman and is revered in Iowa evangelical circles.
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Oh my. Duck!
I know what you mean. When people associate “evangelical” with Jimmy Swaggart, Westboro Baptist, Osteen, and even crackpots like Chas. Schuler, it upsets me. I don’t think they make the incorrect association on purpose; they just don’t understand the true meaning.
Evangelicals believe in the verbal plenary inspiration of the Scriptures. Following any belief system that is extra-Biblical is in no way evangelical. It seems that it takes so little for a religious group to go off the rails. Gotta stand firm!
You are absolutely right!
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