I wonder if Ray's nuanced apprehension of scripture is broadly shared; with support for Trump by Evangelicals as indicator, that seems not to be- but they are not all of Christendom in the US.Lets expand on that a wee bit.......
When you have the divorce rate, of those families professing to be believers in Christ, almost identical to the secular population.....
Well......to me personally, I find it troubling, and warrants a dose of heavy skepticism, to what they say......
As I do with liberalism, when they preach tolerance, and exhibit none.
One final thought re: Pete and experience......
Of late, and rightly so, as with Obama, who you offered up, folks wanted to get away from that
experienced politician, because we saw them not addressing the issues, but becoming heavily partisan, and he ran as that uniter....
Hope and Change of what......????
The status quo. YES!
It got my vote, but then he got
sucked into party first politics, and struggled through both administrations.
Trump, ditto.....outsider, no political baggage/experience, look who he had to beat in the primary, a Cruz and a Bush.....
That is heavy political prowess and clout, entrench DC politics that is
NOT working for most folk.....
As you can see by Trump's popularity
OUTSIDE of DC and the BIG cities, in other words,
common folkI am not well versed in who Pete is, or what he represents, I do know very well, however, the Gay community, and in my sphere that does not present a obstacle
personally, or to many folk I do know.....
But yes, there is some "in the church" who would hold it against him, I am afraid,and I believe, wrongly so......
He is the one to watch, but again his threats will come in his own party, surely first, anyway, how he handles that challenge will reveal a lot about the man, I believe.