Posted on 10/24/2015 5:13:38 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Donald Trump on Saturday contrasted his Presbyterian faith with that of Seventh-day Adventists, apparently attempting to draw attention to and raise doubts about Republican presidential rival Ben Carson's religious beliefs.
Speaking at a campaign rally here, Trump was in the midst of discussing his standing in the polls, including recent Iowa surveys that showed him falling behind Carson in the GOP race. Then, he brought up religion.
"I love Iowa. And, look, I don't have to say it, I'm Presbyterian," said Trump. "Can you believe it? Nobody believes I'm Presbyterian. I'm Presbyterian. I'm Presbyterian. I'm Presbyterian. Boy, that's down the middle of the road folks, in all fairness. I mean, Seventh-day Adventist, I don't know about. I just don't know about."
Politically, the matter could become an issue in the lead-up to the Iowa caucuses. As the Des Moines Register notes, "some conservatives have argued Seventh-day Adventists … aren't Christians."
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Bringing religion into campaigning is pretty tacky, I think.
Darn Tootin’! If you don’t believe in armed combat, how the heck can you be Commander in Chief?
Sic him Donald! This is a major policy issue!
How is being a SDA an issue?
SDA’s don’t have an official policy on war.
Go Trump go! Expose the cultist! Restore the Bible in America!
If you recall, Carson is the one who questioned Donald’s faith first. Carson’s religion requires its members to be Pacifists and they only serve in non combatant roles in the military.
Carson rightly said a Muslim should not be POTUS because his faith conflicts with the Constitution. Well, neither should a Pacifist be Commander in Chief!
A lot of the most popular Presbyterian flavors aren’t very Christian anymore. I really don’t care if Dr. Carson or Mrs. Cruz eat meat or not. I don’t care (in a political sense) if they worship on Saturday or Sunday. I do care if their faith system is genuinely pro-life.
Being Presbyterian these days might appeal more to Liberals than Conservatives.
This is a major policy issue!You are the kind of person who walks into an empty room and fits right in, no?
Ike was raised by a Jehovah’s Witness, and Nixon was a Quaker. This IS worth asking the doctor about.
...as is acting like a 14 year old petulant brat — who probably can’t remember the last time he saw the inside of a church ( one of his weddings, maybe?)
Good point. And despite his naval career, I suspect Carter was a pacifist.
Malcolm Little was also raised in that cult. That’s probably what led him down the path of the even worse death cult of islam. No Mormans, no muzzies, no SDAs!
Lots of people will only vote for a Christian because that’s what a successful American culture is based on. Liberty comes from Jesus.
Lotta judging here...
SDAs think the Catholic Church is Evil to the max.
....Growing up, Cruz visited numerous countries with her father, Peter Nelson, a dentist with a practice in San Luis Obispo; her mother, Suzanne Nelson, a former dental hygienist; and her brother, Scott Nelson, as part of missionary work her parents performed and dental work her father conducted in developing countries. The missions they performed were through the Seventh-day Adventist Church.“I think those early travels made me expansive in terms of the things I wanted to do,” Cruz said.....
Really? 0bung’s biodad was an SDA. I didn’t know that.
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