Trump's evangelical panel remains intact as others disband. Who are his religious cheerleaders?

Donald Trump was forced to disband two business advisory councils and an infrastructure panel after some of America’s most prominent business leaders fled their posts, protesting against Trump’s statements appeasing white nationalist marchers at the weekend rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

But the president’s religious evangelical advisory board, a mix of radical born-again preachers, televangelists and conservative political influencers, still stands pristine. Not only have members avoided criticism of the president, while occasionally scolding the violence in general – some have been openly supportive of Trump’s statements assigning blame “on many sides” and slamming those who turned up to oppose the militant neo-Nazis.

Jerry Falwell Jr tweeted on Wednesday: “Finally, a leader in the White House. Jobs returning, North Korea backing down, bold truthful statement about Charlottesville tragedy. So proud of Donald Trump.” He did add, on Thursday, again via Twitter: “The truth as stated by Donald Trump is that violent white supremacists, Nazi, KKK and similar hate groups are pure evil and un-American,” but that may have been too little, too late for some.

Council member, preacher and Fox News commentator Robert Jeffress told a Christian TV channel: “Racism comes in all shapes, all sizes and, yes, all colors. If we’re going to denounce some racism, we ought to denounce all racism.”(continued)

...”Wow, this article drips with disdain for Trump and Christians.
A dog whistle to the haters, next week the attack is on Trumps faith and the ‘bigotry’ of Christianity.”...

Yes. This was written to intimidate Christian leaders who stand with Trump. The Guardian, which I suspect, does not have the slightest belief in God, does not realize that true Christians see life on this earth for what it is and will not abandon their faith because some organization in the World or National media would like to do away with them. At least, these Christians leaders have the courage to be counted at a time when evil abounds on every hand. They know well about the persecution of Christians which has gone on in history as far back as we can see and it going on in the world right now through ISIS and others. The Guardian, I think may falsely believe that American is no longer a Christian nation and that their little “Alinsky-ite” exposure will hurt these leaders. I am betting that what the Guardian means for harm could turn out to be just the opposite for those leaders have large followings, some of which are influential people in this world. Good try, Guardian. You are not God and you will live to find that out sooner or later. We will pray for you.

Wow, this article drips with disdain for Trump and Christians. A dog whistle to the haters, next week the attack is on Trumps faith and the ‘bigotry’ of Christianity.

Britain is so far down the tube of secular atheist decadence, they would spit on Jesus Christ if he showed up at Westminster Cathedral. Here is an excerpt from the memoir of a prominent British public relations man:

George Carey
(former Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Church of England, 1991-2002)
One day, a friend rang me up and told me the Archbishop of Canterbury—then George Carey—was having a bit of trouble. Apparently, a Sunday newspaper had claimed that he was ‘tired and emotional’ and that his marriage was falling apart.
So I was asked to go over to Lambeth Palace to advise him. I have to say that I found the offer quite interesting, mainly because I’d never met an archbishop before, let alone a tired and emotional one.
As soon as I entered Carey’s study, he pointed to himself and said: ‘Right! Do I look tired and emotional?’
I said: ‘Well, let me give you one immediate piece of advice, Your Grace. Don’t ever say that again. Because the moment you say it, you put the thought into somebody’s mind and they start imagining that you do indeed look tired and emotional.’
After that, he kept going on about how happily married he was. Then he asked if I could give him my advice as a PR man.
So I said, ‘Yes, Your Grace. But forgive me; I’ve never met an archbishop before, so would you mind us saying a prayer to make our consultation successful.’
This completely nonplussed him. He said: ‘Er, do you have any particular prayer in mind?’
‘No, you’re the Archbishop,’ I answered. ‘You know all the prayers. You decide what’s best.’
He said: ‘Do you want us to kneel?’ and I replied: ‘That’s not a bad idea.’ So we knelt at his desk.
At the precise moment Carey started his prayer, the door of his study opened and a lady with a tea tray walked in and looked at us very strangely.
‘Where do you want me to put the tea?’ she asked. She was shaking her head as she left the room.
In the end, Carey and I had a perfectly good and constructive session. I told him to stop going on and on about homosexual priests and same-sex marriage and women priests, and instead start talking about belief in God.
Carey looked at me as though I was very naïve. Then he took me over to a horizontal framed picture on the wall that contained all his bishops in a series of long rows.
‘It’s not easy, you know,’ he said. ‘This job. I mean, I have to control this lot.’ He started to point at individual bishops in the photograph, saying things like: ‘This one’s gay, this one has no belief in God, this one believes in black magic, this one is a suspected paedophile...’
It was extraordinary. I said: ‘I feel very sorry for you. But surely there’s one thing that you’ve got in common. You have faith.’
He looked as though he was anything but sure.

It's like a sketch from Monty Python, is it not?

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