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In reply to the discussion: People keep asking why evangelicals love a toad like Trump. [View all]keep_left
(1,783 posts)20. "Cheap grace" is at the heart of it. And what Ted Kennedy called "Neanderthal justices".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cost_of_Discipleship
The book was written by a Protestant (Bonhoeffer), but the "doctrine of cheap grace" is most often an accusation made by Catholics arguing with Evangelical Protestants, particularly those of the Southern Baptist and/or fundamentalist variety. The "name it and claim it"/"blab it and grab it"/"Gospel of health and wealth" Christians--nearly all of them nondenominational Protestants--usually get the most severe criticism from Catholics. By the way, this is one of the only things that liberal and radtrad Catholics agree on (somewhat). Of course, so many radtrads have jumped on the Trump Train that they have precious little moral street cred left at this point.
Then there are the "Neanderthal justices", a term coined by Ted Kennedy after the whole Bork disaster. Drumpf made it clear that he would rubber-stamp whatever court appointments Charles Koch and the Federalist Society wanted. That's all they care about. A very few conservative Christian leaders warned their followers about Trump's degenerate lifestyle over the years, but no one listened.
The book was written by a Protestant (Bonhoeffer), but the "doctrine of cheap grace" is most often an accusation made by Catholics arguing with Evangelical Protestants, particularly those of the Southern Baptist and/or fundamentalist variety. The "name it and claim it"/"blab it and grab it"/"Gospel of health and wealth" Christians--nearly all of them nondenominational Protestants--usually get the most severe criticism from Catholics. By the way, this is one of the only things that liberal and radtrad Catholics agree on (somewhat). Of course, so many radtrads have jumped on the Trump Train that they have precious little moral street cred left at this point.
Then there are the "Neanderthal justices", a term coined by Ted Kennedy after the whole Bork disaster. Drumpf made it clear that he would rubber-stamp whatever court appointments Charles Koch and the Federalist Society wanted. That's all they care about. A very few conservative Christian leaders warned their followers about Trump's degenerate lifestyle over the years, but no one listened.
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Trump isn't born again, the christofascist know damn good and well he isn't.
Thomas Hurt
Jun 2022
#3
To the Pig yes, the christofascists have been working on a christian theocracy here since Reagan.
Thomas Hurt
Jun 2022
#11
This stupid fucking decision from THIS SC. will be the biggest fireworks display for the
bluestarone
Jun 2022
#6
"Cheap grace" is at the heart of it. And what Ted Kennedy called "Neanderthal justices".
keep_left
Jun 2022
#20
I like the ones who think Trump is a Good Ol Boy who drinks beer and drives a pickup
cherish44
Jun 2022
#29