Evangelical leader says Trump is ‘un-Christian,' endorses Clinton

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Source: The Hill



June 21, 2016, 03:05 pm
Evangelical leader says Trump is ‘un-Christian,' endorses Clinton

By Tim Devaney



A top Evangelical leader on Tuesday called Donald Trump “un-Christian” and endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.


“Mr. Trump’s proposals are not just un-Christian — they’re un-American and at odds with the values our country holds dearest,” said Deborah Fikes, executive advisor to the World Evangelical Alliance, a global ministry organization that works with churches in 129 countries around the world.

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“As someone who has fought hard to counter China’s recent persecution of Christian minorities, I worry that allowing religious and ethnic intolerance here in American will undermine our ability to have a prayer of fighting it around the world.

“When candidates like Mr. Trump start sounding eerily similar to some of the worst global offenders, it’s time for some serious soul searching,” she added.

By contrast, Fikes called Clinton a “trustworthy” politician who is “embraced by many Evangelical sister churches.”................

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[chillfactor]

1. WOW!

Trump is not going to like that....he thinks he has the evangelicals in his pocket.

[MariaThinks]

2. Hillary is certainly getting a lot of endorsements!

[Night Watchman]

3. Trump ISN'T Christian

His two gods are Mammon and himself.

[Third Doctor]

7. That sums it up perfectly.

It describes a lot of the GOP too.

[Initech]

4. What the what?

I thought Donald Trump was the best Christian! He reads the best Bible, quotes the best verses, it's gonna be huge!

[ReRe]

8. LOL

[liberalnarb]

5. Religion should be irrelevant when picking a President.

As an Agnostic, when it comes to the candidates personal faith, this is my stance:

[AntiBank]

11. well, not irrelevant if it is some moonbat dominionist like Cruz et al.

or any extremist of any religion. Would love to someday see a complete open atheist in the office but that is truly the one line you can never cross in the USA.

[homegirl]

6. Fikes

should know better. This is how religious organizations lose tax exempt status. And I am a Hillary supporter, but wrong is wrong!

[L. Coyote]

9. The chorus grows stronger. Donald needs a prayer and some humility. Please, Lord, ....

[center]

[Hekate]

10. And there you have it

Perfectly put

[Scientific]

12. d'oh

Trump has lined up all the faux-christian evangelists as supporters.

That speaks volumes.

[Grins]

13. Not buying it.

I'd call them faux-evangelicals before I'd call them faux-Christians.

I'm not buying into this one like some who have commented on this post.

Evangelicalism in contemporary America has always, and only, been a political movement; identity politics that ties together Jesus, America - and whiteness, and maybe in reverse order. Theologically it is vacuous. They created the "anti-Christ" lie in an attempt to develop an American theology that turns white America into the "chosen" nation. There’s nothing inconsistent about evangelicals buying into Trump, because evangelicalism is nothing but posturing and nihilism.

They’re not “falling for” Trump, and they weren't deceived. They bought into a much bigger lie long ago. That this person now, a mere 30-days from Trump leaving Cleveland as the GOP's nominee, well, it's a little late, sister. Because Evangelicals "Built that!"