Evangelical Magazine Supports Impeachment and Removal

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(12-27-2019, 07:48 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I gave it a read.

I disagree with the characterization of the impeachment inquiry and I think suggesting Trump didn't have an oppurtunity to give his side is just their attempt to get conservatives willing to listen.

With regards to the message, I think it will fall on deaf ears. The fact that Trump is morally bankrupt isn't a matter of debate nor is anyone suggesting he isn't. Those who need to hear this likely do not care. It is my belief that they justify his immorality by saying that the ends justify the means. They have been led to believe that their religion and values are under attack. They honestly believe things like  protecting the rights of the LGBT community is an attack on their own rights. They likely believed that Obama was a muslim. They're the kind of people who will proclaim their devotion to protecting Israel but then are anti-Semitic. When the leaders of their religion are quasi-celebrities giving sermons in mega churches while wearing tens of thousands of dollars worth of clothes, they've compromised something.

Of course, this is just the loud ones. I hope that they do not describe the majority of those who see moral leadership or divine involvement in Trump. My grandmother was adamant that she did not support Trump because of his lacking moral character... and now she's full on in support of him and eats up all of the stuff these televangelist tell her about it. I do not think Christianity Today's message is really directed at all Christians, just a specific subset.

Yes, an Evangelical subset. 

I think they really believe Trump didn't get a fair shake. They aren't really interested in what you and I would call domestic or foreign policy. Hillary was on the wrong side of the Endtimes and women's rights. 

The problem is that Trump has, over three years now, been forcing many supporters to compromise and rationalize and compromise some more, to the point that it is no longer working for some--especially ones who remember how they responded to Clinton and believe that God is watching them as they stand before their Sunday school students to model integrity.