Politics President’s spiritual adviser: ‘To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God’

That's probably where I know his name from, I love fantasy writing Tolkien, CS Lewis, RA Salvatore, Jordan, Raymond E. Feist, Eddings, Terry Brooks, Pratchett sounds really familiar, but I could be off.

 

If you have seen the recent Amazon adaption of Good Omens - it is based on a collaboration between Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (another fantastic author).

 

I'm like 6 years behind my TV watching lol. I still need to watch GoT's at some point... I keep finding myself watching Arrested Development for like the 100th time.

 

I am usually not up to date as well (trying to finish Breaking Bad at this point) - but anything that is based on Pratchett / Gaiman work and includes the best Doctor Who ever (David Tennant) - is a cultural event that no one at my home is waiting for.

 

I have gone rafting down the Jordan river. I am available (at $3,000 a pop + travel expenses) for your events - weddings, christening, bar mitzvas, quinceaneras, house of representative depositions. You name it.

 

Curiously, most potential scam victims can recognize the difference between holy water and dog pee.

 

The New York Times in one of their million or so "understand Trump supporters" articles noted that he retains a small base of support among Latino voters despite overt racism, especially those who are evangelical Christians. They interviewed a Latino evangelical Christian minister who said during the 2016 campaign and in the first months of Trump presidency he was appalled by Trump's racism, vulgarity, corruption, treatment of women, etc. Then he came to realize Trump was appointed by god to get rid of legal abortion and marriage equality for same sex couples; therefore, he can't criticize anything Trump does because to criticize Trump would be to criticize god.

Not making this up.

I'm an atheist so I vote on issues.

 

Don't you think that the implication of this statement is a bit unfair to those of us on the board who are Christians? While there are certainly Christians who support Trump, there are many who do not. Most Christians also vote on issues.

 

“Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

 

I don't see anything unfair. She didn't generalize about all Christians anywhere in her post. She merely mentioned what 1 man said and did.

 

When people flock to see a miracle in this day and age it amazes me....but it gives so much joy to them that it has to be a good thing..any love in the world helps the cause in my view

or visit a temple/theme park

yet I still love to go to a Cathedral on Easter Sunday and hear mass....it fills my soul even though I'm pretty much a pagan

 

The implication that I was speaking of is the corollary inference that while atheists vote on issues, Christians do not. Maybe that wasn't crandc's intent, but it came across that way to me.

I have no problem with people on here having differing viewpoints on Christianity. I don't come here to proselytize. I do think that it's always wise to not make over generalizations about any group of people. The range of branches and denominations of folks who identify as Christian is pretty broad, as are their takes on a whole wide lot of issues. And that doesn't begin to get at charlatans who use the mantle of Christianity for personal power and advantage.

 

The original meaning of Pagan comes from the Latin Pagus which means country-dweller (as in, non urban). This does not really contradicts being Christian.

Of course, during the middle ages it came to describe the Britons that believed in all kinds of early gods when the Roman empire extended to Britannia - and became a religious description.

 

Agree, just speaking for myself. I don't have to ask what any divine being wants.

 

My wife and I LOVE this place!!

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/noahs-ark-dinosaurs_n_577d9ff8e4b0344d514dea93

 

Well put. I suppose we both read her post differently and took slightly different ideas out of it. I respect all who respect others regardless of religious (or nonreligious) background.