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To: Guenevere; TurkeyLurkey
I asked him to support his inaccurate statement of fact (that Trump has "stated he is not a Christian") with a citation before I read the rest of the thread, where in post 68 he presented Bible-based arguments shifting the ground under his inaccurate statement of fact to a theological deconstruction about what constitutes a fact.

This exchange illustrates in a nutshell how doctrinaire Christians have lost the culture wars, and more specifically, how Ted Cruz lost the battle for broad voter support. It's a lack of accountability for their own self-righteously false statements, which we saw on full display when TC started wildly distorting Trump's positions in an attempt to demonize him.

More than that, it's an Alinsky tactic that the left has been using against the center and the right: when they are losing an argument, they try to redefine the terms of the argument or the meaning of the words in their argument, and further, to get a higher power such as a court to institutionalize their distorted meaning of the words or terms — because of their moral superiority. This is the essence of Political Correctness vs. common sense, against which Mr. Trump has been successfully campaigning.

107 posted on 05/24/2016 10:12:40 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: Albion Wilde

The thing that lit your fire was the single statement that Trump had stated that he is not a Christian. Well I found a few times where he said he “is” Christian, is Protestant, Presbyterian, as in a religious or denominational sense, and finally, “a” Christian. Granted, my first statement was inaccurate. Should have just said I don’t think he is a Christian.

As for your “citation,” the Bible is the authority for what a Christian, OR A TRUE BELIEVER, is. The statements I made about being a Christian were neither false, distortions, or attempts to demonize anyone, or Alinsky methods. I think that may be more up your alley.


108 posted on 05/24/2016 10:51:41 AM PDT by TurkeyLurkey
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