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Adam Kinzinger says Christians who support Trump don't understand their own faith.
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2023/12/adam-kinzinger-gets-this-right.htmlThe old saying, "even a broken clock is right twice a day," is a good description of how I feel about Republican politics, and politicians. The attraction between Republican politics and Evangelical doctrine and practice is easy enough to see. Both are systems in which promote a privileged class of people benefitting from the power that comes from the collective group and its resources.
Adam Kinzinger grew up in an Evangelical church, Baptist by denominational affiliation, and is currently involved in a conservative, non-denominational Evangelical church, which explains his affinity to Republicanism. However, there are places in Kinzinger's more moderate practice of Republicanism that indicate the effect of a more Biblical, less politically-oriented practice of Christian faith, in his case, than that which is visible in the heretical form of Evangelicalism, blended with right wing extremist politics, which we see dominating the GOP.
Kinzinger says that he voted for Trump's impeachment because of his own faith convictions, something which resonates with my own Christian convictions, based on an orthodox interpretation of the Bible, not on the faddish trendiness of modern megachurch celebrity preachers. It cost him his seat in Congress, and it opened him up to attacks from the likes of self-appointed Evangelical "leaders" like Franklin Graham, who's more a worshipper of prosperity than a believer in Christ.
"I'm going to go out on a NOT limb here: this man is not a Christian," said Kinzinger, and added, "If you are a Christian who supports him, you don't understand your own religion."
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Adam Kinzinger says Christians who support Trump don't understand their own faith. (Original Post)
lees1975
Dec 2023
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Skittles
(153,212 posts)1. they've already proved they can be made to believe anything
so it's just more delusion
Lovie777
(12,346 posts)2. It's most of the GQP...........................
keithbvadu2
(36,949 posts)3. The "prosperity gospel" collectors seem to do much better in the prosperity than the investors/donors.
The "prosperity gospel" collectors seem to do much better in the prosperity than the investors/donors.
Pat Robertson, Franklin Graham and their ilk are CBR - Cash Based Religion.
Judas was an early, modern-day, conservative disciple.
Judas got 30 pieces of silver, but just once, for selling Christ.
Franklin Graham, Jim Bakker, Pat Robertson, and their ilk get millions of dollars repeatedly for selling Christ.
Judas was a fool for doing a one-time sale.