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We must choose a Christian to revitalize America (Stop letting media choose our nominees!)

Posted on 10/10/2016 9:40:44 AM PDT by dangus

Look, I'm still voting for Trump. The alternative is just too damned horrifying. And like Churchill said, "Do not hesitate to raise up a flawed man if the circumstances require it."

But consider this: These Trump tapes weren't recently leaked or discovered. The networks have been sitting on them since the primaries. They could've knocked Trump flying back in 2015 if they had wanted to, but they didn't. Can anyone reasonably deny that?

So why didn't they want to? Because they knew they had dirt on him, and they saw him as the easiest way to make sure Clinton was elected president. It's kind of odd how powerful to the "Christian Right" Matt Drudge, the National Enquirer and Milo Yiannopoulos are.

I sure will pray for Trump. He's far from irredeemable. I don't give a crap about "2 Corinthians;" what suggested he was alien to Christianity was his assertion that he had nothing to be forgiven for. Maybe now he understands that he does. I'm very much a big believer in forgiveness and redemption.

I admire that Trump immediately acknowledged and apologized for his conduct on the tape, in contrast to the Clintons conducting weeks-long investigations to figure out how they can limit and spin their crimes.

But at the same time, I believe America needs leaders who can call the nation to renewal and humility before God. But in the meantime, I'll urgently accept the man who holds off Roman or Soviet style persecution.


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1 posted on 10/10/2016 9:40:44 AM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus

If you want a different nominee then you need to vote in the primary. Trumps supporters were motivated. The rest were not.


2 posted on 10/10/2016 9:43:30 AM PDT by Brilliant
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A problem that would have to be dealt with, first, is the current dominance of chruchian CINOs who use Christianity like a social club and force their congregations into outright worship of mammon through supposed ‘reforms’ for social acceptance.


3 posted on 10/10/2016 9:44:16 AM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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Isn’t it Trump or the highway at the moment? Like others, I’m really getting tired of the concern trolling and limp wristed Republicans and conservatives who are running for the doors. Don’t like Trump, fine, vote for Hillary. Want to embarrass yourself, I guess you can join Ryan, Lyn’ Ted, and the others. It’s a small group, maybe Beck and Kristol can comfort you.


4 posted on 10/10/2016 9:44:29 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Trump/Pence or Crooked Hillary & Kreepy, The Pedo Klown)
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To: dangus
Churchill said, "Do not hesitate to raise up a flawed man if the circumstances require it."

The circumstances ALWAYS require it, evidently.
5 posted on 10/10/2016 9:46:04 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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Trump has become a born-again Christian by recently receiving Jesus Christ according to reliable sources like Dr. James Dobson, so the premise seems to be a bit off.


6 posted on 10/10/2016 9:46:08 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: dangus

This time around we had 16 Cheap Labor Express Republicans promising “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” or Trump.


7 posted on 10/10/2016 9:46:54 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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Anyone can run in the primary, and then we pick a winner. Plenty of committed Christians have run in the primary, and some have won the nomination. Bush served two terms. Santorum, Huckabee, Cruz and others have fallen short in the primary. They simply were not the best candidates.

Personally, I’ve backed McCain and Romney in the general against my better desires, but they won and were the best choice in the general. Trump dominated this field in 2016, and he promises to bring great change to a broken Washington. I am fine with that. In fact more than fine.


8 posted on 10/10/2016 9:48:35 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: dangus
Hard to argue against that - except to say that
  1. Jimmy Carter was a terrible president, and

  2. As Rush just pointed out, “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”

    The Pharisees in modern politics - including even some RINOs -
    would be after Jesus Christ if He were the Republican nominee.


9 posted on 10/10/2016 9:49:19 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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The media are traitors to the Republic. Some of them even got bail outs...so guess who their loyalties lie with? Certainly not the Republic or the People.


10 posted on 10/10/2016 9:49:22 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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Didn’t work with W.
Didn’t work with Carter.
Perhaps we need more than one criteria.


11 posted on 10/10/2016 9:49:46 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: dangus
But consider this: These Trump tapes weren’t recently leaked or discovered. The networks have been sitting on them since the primaries.

We do not know who was sitting on them... this release was certainly timed, but who did the timing... I strongly suspect that the Bushes, Romney, Ryan and the rest of the never-Trumpers had something to do with it. I think that this may have been a traitorous coup attempt that failed badly.

12 posted on 10/10/2016 9:51:07 AM PDT by fireman15 (The USA will be toast if the Democrats are able to take the Presidency in 2016)
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The problem is the so called Christians who ran (like Cruz) are not really Christians in their behavior. They make us look bad too. I would love to see a real Christian run and run a Christian campaign instead of trading on the name of Christ like Cruz, but I have not seen one yet.


13 posted on 10/10/2016 9:51:37 AM PDT by reaganaut (I'm looking forward to Trump as President. I'm an Evangelical and I vote.)
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To: dangus
Look, I'm still voting for Trump. The alternative is just too damned horrifying. And like Churchill said, "Do not hesitate to raise up a flawed man if the circumstances require it."

The most in-your-face Christian President we've had in modern times was Jimmuh Carter. Churchill, whom you quoted was not much of a Christian. He was brought up in the Church of England, but was indifferent toward it and he never invoked the help of God in his speeches. And he was the greatest man of the 20th century.

14 posted on 10/10/2016 9:51:46 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte ("Political Correctness is communist propaganda writ small" - Theodore Dalrymple)
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I just donated to Trump for the first time.


15 posted on 10/10/2016 9:51:57 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: TalonDJ

The only religion I remember Bush promoting was the Religion of Peace.
But of course we DO need more than one criteria.


16 posted on 10/10/2016 9:52:55 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Brilliant

I would be happy with a conservative Jew


17 posted on 10/10/2016 9:54:19 AM PDT by BubbaJunebug
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To: Jim 0216

>> Trump has become a born-again Christian by recently receiving Jesus Christ according to reliable sources like Dr. James Dobson, so the premise seems to be a bit off. <<

So Donald Trump isn’t professing his conversion, but James Dobson is professing Trump’s conversion? Was this before or after Trump said he had nothing to be forgiven for?


18 posted on 10/10/2016 9:54:56 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Grimmy

Even if not for money, for human approbation or other worldly things.

The message should always be “How wonderful Christ is” rather than “How remarkable my ministry is.”


19 posted on 10/10/2016 9:56:59 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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No we don’t. Just somebody who believes in The Constitution.


20 posted on 10/10/2016 9:57:25 AM PDT by dfwgator
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