Posted on 05/14/2020 6:36:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The belief that President Donald Trump, as well as presidents in general, were “anointed by God” has increased considerably among church attendees, according to a recent report.
Among white Protestants who attended church once a week or more, belief that Trump was anointed by God had increased from 29.6% last year to 49.5% this year, according to a report titled “Trump the Anointed?” that was published by Religion in Public.
Researchers Paul A. Djupe of Denison University and Ryan P. Burge of Eastern Illinois University compared survey data from May 2019 among white Protestants to a survey they conducted in March of this year.
Belief in overall presidential anointment had increased among white Protestants regardless of how often they attended church services.
For example, in 2019, 4.3% of white Protestants who seldom attend worship said they believed in presidential anointment; by March 2020, the percentage increased to 11%.
In 2019, 13.6% of white Protestants who attended worship a few times a month believed that Trump specifically was anointed; by March, it jumped to 31.2%.
“It is also clear that there remains a gap in believing that all presidents are anointed versus whether Trump was, though it is now much smaller,” reported Djupe and Burge.
“In 2019, the gap was nearly 40% across attendance categories, though by 2020 the gap was closer to 15%. The religious significance of the presidency is spreading.”
On the question of Trump being anointed, the researchers also found similar results in the responses of white Protestants to the general sample in each level of religious practice.
Among weekly worship attendees, 49.1% of the "other" category believed Trump was anointed, which is only slightly smaller than the 49.5% of white Protestants.
Among those who attend services a few times a month, 31.3% of the "other" category believed Trump was anointed, which was slightly higher than the 31.2% of white Protestants.
“In the top two attendance categories, the level of belief is effectively identical between the two groups. This is a phenomenon that is sweeping American religion,” wrote Djupe and Burge.
Last August, Trump garnered controversy when, during a press conference that included a question about trade negotiations with China, he called himself “the chosen one.”
“I am the chosen one,” stated Trump, who then pointed upwards. “Somebody had to do it. So I’m taking on China. I’m taking on China on trade. And you know what? We’re winning.”
“I was put here by people to do a great job. And that’s what I’m doing. And nobody has done a job like I’ve done.”
On the same day, Trump retweeted a comment by conservative radio host Wayne Allyn Root, comparing the president to the “King of Israel” and “the Second Coming.”
Robert George, professor and former chairman of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, was among the many critics of the president’s comparison.
“For heaven's sake (I'm speaking literally here), Mr. President you are not ‘like the King of Israel.’ You are certainly not ‘like the second coming of God,’” posted George on Twitter at the time.
“Support for you is not a test of Jewish loyalty. Why retweet nutty, and to religious ears deeply offensive, talk like this?”
Jay Lowder, a Texas-based evangelist who identified as a Trump supporter, called it “one of Trump’s most disturbing steps” and encouraged evangelicals to end their “silence” on the matter.
“Trump is neither the ‘Second Coming of God’ nor the ‘Messiah.’ In repeating the profane quote, he gave a narcissistic endorsement and even thanked Root, a well-known conspiracy theorist, for his words,” wrote Lowder in an opinion column for The Washington Post last year.
Trump later walked back his comment, claiming in a tweet that he was being sarcastic and that the reporters present knew he was just joking.
“They knew the TRUTH...And yet when I saw the reporting, CNN, MSNBC and other Fake News outlets covered it as serious news & me thinking of myself as the Messiah. No more trust!” he tweeted.
Amen
He wasn’t, but if that belief brings voters to him in November I’ll take it.
I sense a sneaky agenda in this piece. Is the author or the publisher connected to the world council of churches?
Well being “anointed” is not necessarily a good thing.
It just means (or does to this English-as-a-second-language speaker, who thinks in Hebrew) “to be chosen by divine intervention.”
Now, Pharaoh was “anointed” by divine intervention. It doesn’t mean he is a good man. It means he was picked.
As was Saul. He wasn’t exactly a great guy, either. I wouldn’t be inclined to call him good, either. To the contrary.
Or David, who was a deeply flawed person, but who I would call a good person, despite abusing his power and getting a good man killed so he could sleep with his wife.
I suppose Obama could be deemed anointed, as he was the leader we deserved apparently. Calling him a man is a joke, let alone a good man.
In sum, it’s a stupid survey about a loaded word to try to make God Fearers (of all types) look like morons.
RE: It just means (or does to this English-as-a-second-language speaker, who thinks in Hebrew) “to be chosen by divine intervention.”
I think the better analogy was to compare Trump with the Persian King, Cyrus the Great, who allowed the Jews to return home to Israel and rebuild.
The Jews considered Cyrus anointed by God for this purpose.
I have a Deplorable Sr Conservative Religously Jew Dr but not the MD type in my circle of friends. I mentioned imho PDJT is seeing as much trial and tribulation as Moses. He laughed and said, you are not the only one to think it or express that....
Two days of effort, so far.
Looking for the penumbra of evidence in the Bible for any mention of “Trump”.
Maybe I’ll stop soon.
Don’t want to be looking the other way when The Rapture occurs.
Which is any day now.
SMH
Trump is not a pastor, elder or deacon nor should he be. Presidents are not church officials.
Nonetheless, God clearly used kings and rulers for His own purpose through the centuries (Romans 13:1-3). The miraculous way Trump was elected against all obstacles that continue to this day, no mere mortal would be able to withstand.Therefore, my belief is that he is God’s chosen for this time, and praise be to Him for His wisdom! Imagine how dreadful our lives would be now under President Hillary.
I noticed the poll didn’t ask black protestants whether they thought Obama was anointed by God. I’ll bet it’s a considerably higher number.
This article is transparently anti-Christian and anti-American lies. It’s commie propaganda of a sort that has been repeated time and time again ever since Pres. Trump’s election. The article is garbage. Christian Post is garbage. A person is a fool who needs to ask God for better discernment if that’s not obvious to them.
The matriarch of the Trump family business - PDJT's grandmother, his father's mother - was surnamed Christ.
The family business is real estate development. The developer [מפתח] is the one with the key [מפתח] to the vision. The developer surveys/overlooks the land and develops it, taking a negative and turn it into a positive, like a film developer.
"Trump" is the name of the business. The man is a real-time (living) parable. The parable is the literal meaning. "Venahafoch hu" in broad daylight, with a high hand so to speak. Even got playing card game puns in here. Makes sense, because "in Isaac.."
Your name is the key to your soul.
It's like the tradition about the dove [היונה] bringing the crown (corona) to the Messiah. Hei this stuff is literal in the weirdest ways.
Or as when Pharaoh named Joseph with the super-cool cipher-decipher name. The phrase shem Yoseph Tzaphnat Paaneach contains the key [מפתח], spelled out in the last letter of each word, also being a skip of 4 letters.
The stuff that just sits there out in the open, the key being that there's no key which is why nobody can find the key.
Interesting article !
University professors say more churchgoers believe Trump is 'anointed by God'.
Obama anointed Trump, amazing.
Note tagline.
For Moses, God parted the Red Sea.
For Daniel, God closed the lions’ jaws.
For Trump, God delivered Joe Biden.
No mention of Catholics?
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