Christian nationalists may elect Trump. That has me worried

Wednesday, November 06, 2024

The influence of Christianity has declined in America in recent years, but a Gallup poll published in March showed that 68% of Americans still identify as Christian. In 2020, 71% of white Americans who attended church regularly voted for Trump. In 2016, white evangelicals made up one fifth of all voters ' and they overwhelmingly supported Trump over Hillary Clinton (77% to 16%). According to the Pew Research Center, 85% of white evangelicals favor the GOP in 2024. In recent years, many evangelical voters have moved from backing a particular candidate or party into Christian nationalism. (Christianity Today defines Christian nationalism as the "belief that the American nation is defined by Christianity, and that the government should take active steps to keep it that way.") But God, Trump and the Republican Party are not synonymous. North Carolina event, Guillermo Maldonado, a pastor from Miami and longtime Trump ally, told attendees this election wasn't just about American politics.

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""You know, we're now in spiritual warfare," Maldonado said. "It's beyond warfare between the left and the right. It's between good and evil. There's a big fight right now that is affecting our country and we need to take back our country."

I don't know about y'all but that sounds like hw believes America should be a theocracy and I know that the zzzzzzzfounders were dead set against that idea because they well knew what happebwd during the Reformation in England.

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I wonder how many people will start appreciating churches more once the Federal food stamp program is abolished?

There of course won't be enough food and it won't be of good quality and the ministry will be horrified by the situation.

But hey Harris didn't suck up to the Arabs in Michigan and that's what was critical right?

#1 | Posted by Tor at 2024-11-06 06:40 PM