(10-06-2018, 10:08 AM)pbrower2a Wrote:(10-06-2018, 06:49 AM)Galen Wrote: Consider for a moment why evangelicals would continue to support Trump even in spite of Stormy Daniels. There is an easily accessible reason for this that the (Democrats or liberals) will never admit to.
H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y.
Trump may be a rogue, but he tells people what they want to hear. Evangelical Christianity is largely flim-flam, and people who get snookered for one thing often get snookered for another.
This is what I would expect you to say because you really haven't given the issue much thought and you really don't care what they think anyway.
The real reason is that he is not actively hostile to Christianity the way the left is. They will accept a flawed President that will give them some things that they want rather than have a president that either disregards their beliefs or is actively hostile to them. Consider for a moment how more Christian refugees are being accepted by the Trump Administration than under Obama.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises