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Jeb Bush: No, I don't think Trump is Christian
Politico ^ | 1/27/16 | Nick Gass

Posted on 01/27/2016 5:01:35 AM PST by jimbo123

On the same day that Donald Trump earned the endorsement of evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr., Jeb Bush expressed doubt over whether Donald Trump is a Christian, remarking that the Manhattan businessman merely views faith as another political tool.

Asked by reporters in Nevada on Tuesday whether he believed Trump to be a Christian, Bush said he does not.

"No, I don't know what he is," the former governor of Florida said, according to video posted by ABC News. "I just don't think he has the relationship that he says he has, if you can't explain it in any way that shows that he's serious about it. Just accepting the fact that we make mistakes and you seek forgiveness. That's one of the tenets of the Christian faith, that I think all -everybody can agree on. We're all sinners."

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To: Dr. Sivana
"In our Faith, if you believe certain basic tenets of Christianity, mainly about the Divinity of Christ, the Holy Trinity, etc., you are considered to be Christian. Maybe not a Good Christian, but a Christian."

There must also be repentance. Belief is more than mere intellectual assent. As James tells us, even the demons believe...and shudder. If there is no repentance then there is no true belief.

21 posted on 01/27/2016 5:15:39 AM PST by circlecity
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To: jimbo123

Jeb, don’t fall off the stage.


22 posted on 01/27/2016 5:15:41 AM PST by McGruff (We already have a one term senator as president. Don't need another.)
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To: jimbo123

Another day, another “only a true X would vote Y” command from the elites.

*yawn*


23 posted on 01/27/2016 5:15:49 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet (I'd vote for a Constitutional Conservative career politician in the general. Until then, GO TRUMP!)
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To: jimbo123

Jeb.. drop the microphone and step away from the campaign.


24 posted on 01/27/2016 5:16:20 AM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: jimbo123

Do you think Jeb Bush is stupid?

YEP!


25 posted on 01/27/2016 5:16:39 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: jimbo123

Somebody tell the Jeb we are trying to elect a President, not a Pastor or Pope.


26 posted on 01/27/2016 5:19:20 AM PST by soycd
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To: jimbo123

Hey, Jeb...would a Christian sit by and let a woman be starved to death?


27 posted on 01/27/2016 5:20:12 AM PST by FrankR (You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
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To: PJBankard
I was going to post a vanity, but I just don't have it in me right now.

What is up with all the non-sense out here? Cruz/Trump, Trump/Cruz either way we win.

We said we can`t believe we let the left set the debate agenda and some go apoplectic when one of our guys walks away. We say the politics of personal destruction precludes our best and brightest from office and then some slobber over every juicy morsel of trash the MSM puts out.

So I check the sign on dates and their from the class of '98.

Trolls from the class of '98!? I don't get it.

28 posted on 01/27/2016 5:20:12 AM PST by Eddie01 (If you burnin' bandwidth with your mind, find time to pay the organ grind - Donate to FreeRepublc)
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To: circlecity
There must also be repentance.

That is part of the Christian Faith to be sure, but it isn't constant in most Christians, as you cannot really sin and repent at the same time. Granted, Trump didn't sound too repentant when asked about it, but Repentance is often a very personal thing, and we are more or less obliged to be charitable in characterizing other people on this matter.
29 posted on 01/27/2016 5:20:18 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: jimbo123

The proper answer would have been “I don’t know. That’s between him and God.” But Jeb never misses an opportunity to say the wrong thing at the wrong time.


30 posted on 01/27/2016 5:20:58 AM PST by katana (Just my opinion)
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To: Dr. Sivana
"as you cannot really sin and repent at the same time."

Not sure what you mean here. Certainly one cannot be sincerely repentant and continue to live in sin. But, even the most repentant will still commit sins. This is why repentance is a continuous process, not a one time act.

31 posted on 01/27/2016 5:24:26 AM PST by circlecity
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To: jimbo123

Really, Yebbie?

Any thoughts on where Obama comes down?

Christian?

Muslim?

Rotarian?


32 posted on 01/27/2016 5:24:32 AM PST by Arm_Bears (I'll have what the gentleman on the floor is drinking.)
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To: All

Funny, I don’t think Jeb is a Christian either.


33 posted on 01/27/2016 5:25:53 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: Eddie01
"Here Jeb, say the one thing that will turn all Christians against you."

"Okay."

"Jeb, my PAC bank account is gettin' mighty low, can you fill it up?"

"Okay."

"Jeb, we've figured out a way for you to shed another 2% support."

"Okay."

March 2, 2016: "Former Fla. Gov. Alldaysucker announced his withdrawal from the 2016 Presidential race."

34 posted on 01/27/2016 5:26:36 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Own it.)
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To: circlecity
But, even the most repentant will still commit sins.

So, between the time you sin and the time you repent of the sin, you are still a Christian, even if you are a Christian in bad standing.
35 posted on 01/27/2016 5:27:06 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Arm_Bears

Does Donald even respond to someone who blew 100 Million dollars and is still at 4%


36 posted on 01/27/2016 5:27:40 AM PST by scooby321
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To: jimbo123

Bet he wouldn’t say that about Obama.


37 posted on 01/27/2016 5:29:53 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: katana
The proper answer would have been “I don’t know. That’s between him and God.”

That would have been a good response. How he lives his life will affect how people perceive it, as well. Someone said that about Obama, making a media firestorm because they knew that people would take that a negative in his case. You say the same thing about Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush or even Jimmy Carter, and it comes across as snarky.
38 posted on 01/27/2016 5:31:24 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: jimbo123

Terri Shiavo was not available for comment.


39 posted on 01/27/2016 5:32:23 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Dr. Sivana
"So, between the time you sin and the time you repent of the sin, you are still a Christian, even if you are a Christian in bad standing."

I have no idea what "Christian in bad standing" means. One is either justified or not.

40 posted on 01/27/2016 5:34:08 AM PST by circlecity
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