Evangelicals have problems with Trump, but see nowhere else to turn

[LuckyTheDog]

"I believe with every fiber of my body that he wants to go down in history as a good president, but there are times I want to wash out his mouth with lye soap," said Mavis Busiek, executive director of the 7th Congressional District Republican Committee.

The rise of the New-York-real-estate-tycoon-turned-reality-TV-star-turned-political-rebel poses something of an existential question to voters in the faith community: Can they support someone whose candidacy seems to rebuke the very Biblical admonitions about charity, humility and compassion that underlie their beliefs?

Interviews with evangelical voters around Springfield, from pastors to Republican Party officials, public servants to religious activists, reveal a grudging acceptance of Trump as the GOP's standard-bearer. They've papered over their disquiet with his egocentric bluster, his racially tinged attacks, and his obvious unfamiliarity with matters of faith with a plethora of excuses: he's rash, he's not a practiced politician, he's not politically correct.

MORE HERE: http://yonside.com/evangelicals-problems-trump-see-nowhere-else-turn/

[tonyt53]

1. The very reason churches should have their tax exemptions reviewed every few years.

Those people are supporting a guy that represent everything that Jesus taught against.

[LuckyTheDog]

8. Welcome to the state of Protestantism in 2016 (nt)

[gratuitous]

2. I remember when "situational ethics" was the gravest insult from evangelicals

I guess situations change.

[Kelvin Mace]

3. They all will vote for Trump

no how much hand-wringing they do. They would vote for Satan over HRC.

[LuckyTheDog]

7. They are born followers

So, they will do as they are told.

[PJMcK]

4. The cognitive dissonance is profound

Why does the hatred run so deep in some Christians? I've never understood this. If I were a follower of Jesus, I'd try to live by his example, as he taught. Some of these people act in the exact opposite of the ethos Jesus offered.

[Initech]

5. Sorry fundies, the idiots have taken over the GOP. Cue the sad Hulk music.

[backscatter712]

6. I think the Clinton campaign should start targeting evangelical voters.

Have a bunch of ads with Trump spouting bigoted crap, or talking about his divorces, or encouraging violence at his rallies, etc. and ask if that's what Jesus would do...

[tallahasseedem]

9. Oh please...

they do this every election cycle no matter the Republican candidate. Jesus himself could run on the Democratic ticket and they'd still vote Republican.

[LuckyTheDog]

10. Jesus...

... would never win the Republican nomination. The super pacs would spend big against Him.

[tallahasseedem]

11. He's a dirty old hippie...and a SOCIALIST!

ROFL!

[HereSince1628]

12. Rahm must be so happy to see a dem problem he named now among the r's

[smirkymonkey]

13. I'm sorry, but what is with the Bro baseball cap?

He looks like even more of an idiot than he actually is. Every time I see him he has that stupid hat on. It wouldn't surprise me at all if he started to wear it backward one of these days. What kind of serious presidential candidate does this?

[GulfCoast66]

14. What, you can't expect them to support

A Methodist who wants to:

Help the poor
Feed the hungry
Care for the sick
Help the victims of war and famine
House the homeless

[ileus]

15. they don't even know her...she can sell herself

She can win them over with actions, one or two is all that most would need to nudge their vote to her. After the election she can tell them to stuff it.