Donald Trump just flung this insane rant at Pope Francis — and maybe just lost the presidency
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/donald-trump-just-flung-this-insane-rant-at-pope-francis-and-probably-lost-the-presidency/“If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS’s ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened,” a statement on his website reads. ” ISIS would have been eradicated unlike what is happening now with our all talk, no action politicians.”
Pope Francis had criticized Trump’s rhetoric earlier today while finishing up his trip through Mexico, saying that, “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not of building bridges, is not Christian. This is not the gospel.”...
“For a religious leader to question a person’s faith is disgraceful,” he wrote. “I am proud to be a Christian and as President I will not allow Christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened, unlike what is happening now, with our current President. No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man’s religion or faith. They are using the Pope as a pawn and they should be ashamed of themselves for doing so, especially when so many lives are involved and when illegal immigration is so rampant.”
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Like Der Trumpster never questioned Obama...like religious leaders aren't EXACTLY the ones who get to define their faith... It's probably in Two Corinthians, Donny-Boy!
I've heard of churches that thought playing cards was just as bad as dancing. I assume they were the really right wing bible bangers like Pentecostals. Makeup is bad, cutting your hair as a woman is bad (No way in hell I would go along with that, I have too much hair to deal with it long), long sleeves, long dresses, no slacks, all that unworkable stuff.
None of these people have read their Bible, specifically a couple of verses: "Judge not, lest ye be judged." and "As you did it unto them, so also you did it unto Me."
But I know what you mean about the general election.
He won't lose his zombie followers in the evangelical crowd. But I can easily see many, many RC catholics turning their backs. You know how it is - I can diss my family but you better not. Like I said, I can hardly wait for the ads.
Take care!
'Interesting' to see what happens with cruz (not eligible to serve as Potus,) rubio, and kasich. 
I grew up in the midwest where being Lutheran or Methodist was standard fare (and the Methodists sometimes looked down on for dancing, etc). Smaller amounts of other protestant churches. Actually quite a few Catholics as well with Polish immigrants etc. I wasn't born until the mid 60's so I certainly didn't see the worst of it. But it was pretty standard for folks to make stereotypical statements such as "The Jews, you know, they blah blah blah" - they would make these assertions in conversation as if to impart known information and it was only natural to stereotype entire groups of people. Of course in this day and age we may feel more superior but we can see with the racism towards Obama and especially the Trump candidacy that it really is not far under the surface at all. 
So some random woman on a train in San Jose > the repuke frontrunner. 