“I feel abandoned by the GOP because they tried to foist a guy with a theology which is seven parts Benny Hinn, two parts Jehova’s Witness, and one part David Koresh off as some kind of Christian political messiah.”
Yes. That conflicted mishmash is repugnant to most believers. Very few will sign on with Seven Mountain Mandate Dominionism, and I’m still waiting for someone to point out the priests and kings clause of the Constitution, for all of us who do subscribe to original intent.
Glad you two posted. I feel the same way as you guys. Nothing screams “fraud” to me more than the guy who tries to tout himself as the most pious among men. Cruz’s never ending insistence that everyone “do the REAL Christian thing” (and wink wink, nudge nudge by that he means he’s the MOST Christian) became really off-putting to me. Especially starting in Iowa when his campaign basically came out of the gate scraping the bottom of the barrel of sleazy tactics.
I’m glad he’s out and we can move on, but I’m sure he’ll be back selling the same phony act the next cycle he thinks he can get anywhere, and the whole frustrating situation will just replay itself.
I went back to calling myself a fundamentalist years ago, because evangelical is such a big umbrella, it could include anything—including heretics.
12 mountains is fringe even for Pentecostals. It is disturbingly similar to Mormonism (modern prophets proclaiming new doctrines, a theocratic government system, the Constitution is divinely inspired).
No wonder they were comfortable with Beck (a Mormon) being the spiritual spearhead on the campaign, and with Beck claiming Cruz to be the fulfillment of the Mormon White Horse prophecy.
Then there’s the whole David Barton thing. Again, probably cost Cruz as many votes as he gained.
I suspect Cruz’s religious beliefs (or at least the beliefs of his ardent followers) lost Cruz as many votes as it gained him.