As Donald Trump increasingly infuses his campaign with Christian trappings while coasting to a third Republican presidential nomination, his support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians.

“Trump supports Jesus, and without Jesus, America will fall,” said Kimberly Vaughn of Florence, Kentucky, as she joined other supporters of the former president entering a campaign rally near Dayton, Ohio.

Many of the T-shirts and hats that were worn and sold at the rally in March proclaimed religious slogans such as “Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president” and “God, Guns & Trump.” One man’s shirt declared, “Make America Godly Again,” with the image of a luminous Jesus putting his supportive hands on Trump’s shoulders.

Many attendees said in interviews they believed Trump shared their Christian faith and values. Several cited their opposition to abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, particularly to transgender expressions.

Nobody voiced concern about Trump’s past conduct or his present indictments on criminal charges, including allegations that he tried to hide hush money payments to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign. Supporters saw Trump as representing a religion of second chances.

  • @[email protected]
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    Every comment I have seen so far, has the wrong take on this. Christians aligning with Trump is basically the same thing as when the Christians aligned with the Nazis. They are both selling the same shit, a return to a time where the father was dictator of his own home and ruled with an iron fist. All you have to do is embrace the dictator of the country, and you can have that.

    That’s half the reason Christians are Christians in the first place. Fascism just makes those ideas more mainstream and allows for the laws to embrace the concept.

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    51 year ago

    Religion of second chances. Hmm. I figured they would have said all of Trumps crimes were made up lies. This means they believe it’s true and still support him. Wow.

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        It’s like somewhere in the ancient past someone wished that stupidity was painful, but forgot to specify who it should be painful for.

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        Same here. The other night I had to ask myself repeatedly “if I was awful at my job, where would I have put…” and it hurts. Being competent comes naturally to me so, to me, it seems that it takes way more effort to be that dumb.

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        A historical context helps out with this. They’re just us from 500 years ago. Even this divinely ordained stuff is straight out of history textbooks, the divine right to rule that medieval kings claimed.

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          yea, sometimes these guys sound like the christian mobs from the early “dark ages”, the ones who destroyed pagan symbols e.g. Hypatia.

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      271 year ago

      The irony being that the only way to understand it is to be that dumb. But if you were that dumb, you wouldn’t understand it nor would you try to because you’d think you are smart.

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      Some people are completely lost in the modern world. They shut down completely whenever anyone aims any critic at them and congregate to unquestioningly hold on to what they recognize. It is basic human instinct and being smart sometimes just pushes some of these people into taking advantage of the system and leading this herd mentality, instead of taking a risk trying to wake them up.

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      Unfortunately, it’s well understood that political engagement especially when in a debate is an emotional undertaking.

      Complicated further by the fact that we tend not to change our assumptions even when presented with data that proves otherwise.

      We are a tribal species whose emotions are not geared towards understanding the far reaching and nuanced decisions we are faced with.

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    51 year ago

    They share his ideals. Of course those Ideals involve being a self serving racist bigoted sex offender thief. Not to mention someone who lies so much you can’t be sure he has ever told the truth. He is a great example of a horrible human. I have no doubt people who support him are just like him.

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    The doublethink these “Christians” maintain to avoid cognitive dissonance and critical self reflection are staggering

  • Cyborganism
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    How fucking gullible can you get? Either that or they’re being major hypocrites.

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      People will believe anything to avoid feeling chronically anxious and afraid, even things which are demonstrably untrue.

      People believe things when that belief is useful to them. There is a large overlap with “usefulness” and “accuracy,” but usefulness always wins.

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      it just boils down to him hating and hurting the ‘right’ people.

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    71 year ago

    They should all take an oath to depart earth at the same time, just like Jim Jones Cult, if Trump loses the election.

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    571 year ago

    How the hell am I living in the same reality as these people? Where do they get their info from?

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      His actual actions aren’t important, because his results are “holy.”

      If you asked them about a “demon rat” that had doen exactly what their “holy” man had done, they would rant endlessly about his vile acts and his damnation.

      Their zealotry is transactional, that’s all. Give them what they want, and you can be their savior too.

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        Obama wore a suit, and he got shit because they didn’t like the color.

        Trump on the other hand, wears diapers and has inspired his moronic base to wear them publicly as well. Not just, under their clothing like a normal person, they think its better than pants.

        -Written from a republican hell hole.

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    Trump supports Jesus

    Trump supports putting Jesus, the immigrant, into a deportation camp.

  • DrSleepless
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    TIL fucking a porn star while your wife is pregnant is within christian values.

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      He’s a child of God and therefore worthy of love. Trump obviously sucks, but Jesus said “love your neighbour” and that includes Trump. Of course, God would send Trump to hell when he dies so bit of a mixed message there. Religion is weird sometimes…

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      Easy. His, erm, broad stature makes him an easy whipping target when it comes time to drive the capitalist pigs and their market stands out of the temple

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      I think he would love trump because trump loves children, and jesus was all about loving children.

      spoiler

      I feel sick even typing that