Posted on 09/26/2015 7:03:30 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump recently showed up at a gathering of Iowa conservative Christian voters with a copy of the Bible in hand.
“See, I’m better than you thought,” he said. Then came a black-and-white photograph from his confirmation to further prove his Christian cred.
“Nobody believes this,” he said to laughs. “What went wrong?”
As the Republican presidential front-runner and billionaire businessman tries to maintain his lead in early polls with rivals gaining, Trump is increasingly courting a wing of the Republican Party that might seem antithetical to his brand: evangelical Christians.
After initially declining the invitation, Trump spoke Friday in front of several hundred social conservative leaders at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit in Washington. He joined a speaking program that includes Republican rivals with long records of dedication to religious causes — among them, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist pastor, and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who wants his colleagues to risk a government shutdown to block funding to Planned Parenthood.
Trump brought his Bible along once again, and briefly addressed his faith between attacks on his rivals and Democrats.
“I believe in God. I believe in the Bible. I’m a Christian,” he said. He ended by bemoaning the increased use of the term “Happy Holidays” in place of “Merry Christmas” as a sign that Christianity is under attack. As president, he said, he’d reverse the trend.
In Oklahoma City later in the day, Trump had kind words for Pope Francis as the Catholic leader visited Trump’s hometown of New York. “He is a unifier. He wants to bring people together, and I think that’s a great thing,” Trump said. “That’s what we have to do. We have to bring people together.” He did mention that he disagrees with Francis on global warming.
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Scott said he was especially taken aback by how Trump ended their first meeting.
“He said, ‘Pray for me that God leads me in the direction that he wants me to go in,’” recalled Scott. “I was flabbergasted. He stood up and he bowed his head and he closed his eyes and we prayed.”
Wow. I’m a Trumpster, and know he’s a master showman. But IF he is in fact humbling himself to be led by God, no power on earth will stop him.
Confirmation? That's a Catholic thing, isn't it? Why wasn't he groveling at The Pope's feet like the rest of those poor suckers?
I wonder of Preezy Obola has ever spoken those words.
Could also be Anglican/Episcopalian, Lutheran, or Methodist.
No need to panic. Trump is a Presbyterian.
No. There's this thing called double-standards. I think it is the first course taught at "Journalism" School.
If it wasn't for double-standards, the Men Seeking Men mediums would have no standards at all.
Ah. Thanks for the, uhhhhhhh, confirmation.
By the same token, those of us on the right should apply the same skepticism to Trump’s claim (and literal bible-waving) as we do to Obama’s. I don’t believe Obama, and I don’t believe Trump. Blatant and obvious pandering.
I just hope he’s not a Muslim, especially if he is elected.
Series, we have had enough of that.
Nah, not a Muslim. A Trumpian.
‘If God is for us, who can be against us’
“He said, ‘Pray for me that God leads me in the direction that he wants me to go in,’” recalled Scott. “I was flabbergasted. He stood up and he bowed his head and he closed his eyes and we prayed.”
God is leading you Donald and we thank God for it. Press on.
Given that people doubt he’s Christian he needs to be humble about it
I know it’s partly show but I hope it’s not cynical
For his sake
His wife is known to be more religious despite being a super model and posing nude
I think Trump is pandering here as well. I pray that he will come to the Truth in the Bible. I hold out no such hope for Obama.
Another glimpse into Trumps heart. VET do you have a link to this so it can be added to his vetting thread. Thanks
Presbyterian.
Trump has been open about his faith for over a decade, albeit mostly quietly. But doubt away.
Methodist, Lutheran, Pfe
Presbyterian. All have infant baptism and confirmation.
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