Posted on 01/31/2016 8:37:02 AM PST by SubMareener
January 29, 2016 610 Respondents
Donald Trump 41.5% Ted Cruz 12.7% Ben Carson 10.9% Marco Rubio 10.0% Jeb Bush 7.4% Wouldn't vote 5.1% Rand Paul 3.2% John Kasich 2.9% Chris Christie 1.9% Carly Fiorina 1.7%
(Excerpt) Read more at polling.reuters.com ...
I am referring to the harsh judgmentalism of the people who claim they are supporting a true evangelical Christian. I notice you changed the subject with the speed of summer lightning.
I am supporting Cruz because he is a conservative unlike the NY liberal others are supporting.
‘[Trump] and his kid have been on Fox >2x any other candidate.’
Could that have anything to do with the facts that A: Trump is the frontrunner, and B: he generates ratings?
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Could be I don’t know I know Trump has gotten a lot of free advertising, others have not.
Perhaps all that exposure is why his negatives are over 60%.
My original point was simply that only God and Trump know if the latter is lying in specific cases. Since the Golden Rule makes no exceptions, it is not an option, at least for Christians, to carve Trump out as the exception. A Christian will show him the same courtesy and kindness we would like to receive ourselves. If you will backtrack a few posts, you will verify that that was indeed my point from the beginning.
Frontrunners typically receive more coverage than their lower rated rivals. Saudi Arabia didn’t create that business model. It operates independently of their influence.
If it goes the way I expect, we will know the outcome in Iowa by tomorrow late evening. Either way, I have my celebration dinner planned for tomorrow evening! :)
GO TRUMP!!
Good point.
And my replies have shown that he has a history of flip-flopping on so many issues and actions that there is evidence that he cannot be trusted. One issue changed may be possible. One after another after another after another after another is not.
But nice try at a “shaming” attempt. How timely as the Trump cult has been riding a “shaming flier” to death for days.
The truth remains: only God and Trump know if he is lying in any specific case. It’s possible that he is. It’s also possible that he isn’t. Absent proof, it is not the Christian’s job to judge and condemn people as liars. We would not like to be condemned as liars in a case in which a person who simply did not like us ‘decided’ in a certain instance we were lying.
That’s another thing about God. Not only is He the only omniscient Being, He also loves us. Ask yourself, would you rather be judged by someone who knows the truth and loves you, or by someone who dislikes you and is guessing at the truth.
LOL,
Donald Trump 1/31/2015 - “Look, Ted Cruz is a total liar.”
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/31/politics/donald-trump-ted-cruz-health-care-obamacare/
I rest my case.
What case did you just rest? That it’s okay for Christians to suspend the Golden Rule when it comes to Trump?
No, we all need to “turn the other cheek” as Trump attacks and attacks and attacks anyone and everyone who opposes him with crude, insulting, and false comments.
So your Bible says, “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you...unless they attack, attack, attack—at which point you are free to condemn them for lying even if there is no absolute proof that they are.”
I'm planning my favorite bbq ribs dinner. Trump looks like the kind of guy who would love to dig into my bbq ribs and yummy baked beans!
Leni
Think of it this way.....
When Attila the Hun was rampaging through Western Europe in the early fifth century AD and if you wanted to see the final death nell of the “Corrupt” and destructive Western Roman Empire you didn’t stand in his way! The U.S. will NEVER return to what it was but it’s eventual downfall can be slowed down considerably or hastily...pick your poison!
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