Christian Vote 2020

[domroger]

What effect will the condemnation of the death of George Floyd by the Pope ,and a large part of other denominations have on the November election voting .Will their congregations follow their lead or their own prejudices .

 

[dan_c00000]

The Pope is in charge of the Catholic church which is a subset of Christianity.

Also, the loony evangelicals are already lined up behind Trump because to them murdering a black dude for a petty crime is all part of God's perfect plan.

 

[KeithD]

What effect will the condemnation of George Floyd by the Pope ,and a large part of other denominations have on the November election voting .Will their congregations follow their lead or their own prejudices .

Presumably you mean the pope's condemnation of Floyd's death, not of Floyd himself.

 

[YDB95]

Yeah, Trump's latest stunt with the bible in Lafayette Square is only going to further endear the Evangelicals to him. The good news is, everyone else is getting more disgusted with him all the time.

 

[NeonSubtlety]

Doesn’t anyone speak in actual sentences anymore? Fuck.

 

[KeithD]

Yeah, Trump's latest stunt with the bible in Lafayette Square is only going to further endear the Evangelicals to him. The good news is, everyone else is getting more disgusted with him all the time.

As long as it pisses off those in the mainstream churches to bolster their voting choices.

 

[KeithD]

Doesn’t anyone speak in actual sentences anymore? Fuck.

"Fuck." alone isn't an actual sentence.

 

[domroger]

Presumably you mean the pope's condemnation of Floyd's death, not of Floyd himself.

Yes .
I asked because my sister is a Pastor and the church she belongs to mostly disapprove of Trump ,and I was wondering if other sects are coming to the same position .

 

[KeithD]

Yes .
I asked because my sister is a Pastor and the church she belongs to mostly disapprove of Trump ,and I was wondering if other sects are coming to the same position .

I'm aligned with the United Methodists and the Episcopalians (My sister too is a minister). Only the low Methodist churches follow him. Some of the wealthy in the higher UM churches follow him because of what he gets them. Most Episcopalians wouldn't be in the same county with him. He didn't pick a very good church to try to hustle--or ignore.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

I'm really hoping that it will cost Trump at least some of the Catholic vote, if nothing else. In a close race, that could be enough in key states, such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, etc. If Kasich openly endorses Biden, being no prize in my book, but at least being an anti-Trump Catholic Republican ex-Governor, that could help somewhat, too.

It could particularly reduce further Trump's numbers among Hispanic voters, possibly costing him my own state of Arizona.

Despite my misgivings about Biden, having a Catholic at the top of the ticket could very well help us right now.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

I should hasten to add that, having grown up Baptist in a very fundamentalist family, my father being a true-blue "hellfire and brimstone" type preacher, the odds of Trump losing that camp are slim to none, sad to say. But then, thankfully, they're a shrinking part of the electorate.

 

[bklynite1953]

Christian evangelicals are a scourge on America. We need to figure out a way to rapture them off the planet

 

[KeithD]

What effect will the condemnation of the death of George Floyd by the Pope ,and a large part of other denominations have on the November election voting .Will their congregations follow their lead or their own prejudices .

Most of those in the mainstream Christian churches voted against him last time. Are you having trouble distinguishing between the Christian denominations?

 

[JackLuis]

‘Appalling’: Health experts bury Dallas church that hosted Mike Pence after choir members test positive for COVID-19

Public health experts are slamming a Dallas megachurch that hosted Vice President Mike Pence over the weekend after several of its choir members tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the month.

BuzzFeed News reports that “at least five members of the choir and orchestra” at the First Baptist church in Dallas tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the weeks leading up to Pence’s visit.

Those sneaky Baptists, luring Mike into a contagion so he can take it back to the White House. Diabolical!

 

[domroger]

Most of those in the mainstream Christian churches voted against him last time. Are you having trouble distinguishing between the Christian denominations?

Yes ,as an agnostic I do .

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

Yes ,as an agnostic I do .

They have more in common than they want to admit, so I can understand that somewhat from an outside perspective, but as one brought up in the fundie circles, with all that baggage, trust me, they're not as unified or monolithic as you might think. Far from it. Most Baptists think that most Catholics are going to Hell when they die, for instance, to say nothing of most Mormons. Just an example. And they don't much like Pentecostals, either.

 

[KeithD]

Yes ,as an agnostic I do .

Well, maybe you should look into it before getting out that sweeping generalization paint brush on this issue. Or just not post about it.

 

[Thatdurtydawg]

I think the Evangelical Christians will cling to Dear Leader due to his anti-abortion stance, but Trump will not do well with the mainstream Christians who have hearts and brains.

 

[phrodeau]

Many people who call themselves Christians make their Presidential vote based on who he’ll nominate to the Supreme Court, hoping to eventually overturn Roe v. Wade. To their minds America can never be great again until every womb is lawfully shackled to a testicle or two.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

Many people who call themselves Christians make their Presidential vote based on who he’ll nominate to the Supreme Court, hoping to eventually overturn Roe v. Wade. To their minds America can never be great again until every womb is lawfully shackled to a testicle or two.

Well, maybe not quite in those words for those in my family, but the sentiment is pretty much what they feel. That notion right there.