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What would they have evangelicals pray for when it comes to this candidate, considering that many of us think it’s a heretical belief system?

“Heretical?” You sound like someone stuck in the Dark Ages.
A theological framework is fine for formulating how one sees the spiritual world. However, it is horrible if it gets in the way of interacting with others in a fair, tolerant, and generous way.
I have been blessed in my career with working under some of the finest men I know. One of them was a devout Catholic (which I am not) and the other two were agnostics. Should I have said I won’t work with you or under you because your belief systems are heretical to mine?
What to pray for? I would pray that you might be fair in your evaluation of people. Believe more what someone’s friends say about them and less what someone’s enemies have to say about them. Pray that you would treat a candidate of any faith just as you wish others would treat a candidate for president of your congregation if there should ever be one.

See post #78

Interestingly, lost in this discussion of theology is the fact that Fred Thompson belongs to a restorationist church that rejects the post-Apostolic Creeds of Christendom.