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Trump called out by some Christians for using Lords name in vain at fiery NC rally
BY MARK PRICE
JULY 18, 2019 05:42 PM, UPDATED 6 HOURS 35 MINUTES AGO
The controversial send her back crowd chant at President Donald Trumps North Carolina rally may have gotten all the headlines, but some Christians are grumbling over something most of the media completely ignored.
Trump cursed, and it was not just a few vulgarities. He took the Lords name in vain.
Twice.
One state senator in West Virginia was so offended that he sent a letter (PDF download of letter at link: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6206369/Sen-Hardesty-Letter-to-Trump.pdf) of rebuke to the White House Thursday, pointing out Trumps terrible choice of words during the Greenville rally.
Senator Paul Hardesty of West Virginias seventh district which is coal country started by admitting he is a conservative Democrat who supports Trump and his pro-coal policies.
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Other critics of the presidents language have been less polite than Hardesty. A commenter on FreeRepublic.com accused the president of blaspheming and mocking God and warned of sure retribution.
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More at the link.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article232848697.html
hlthe2b
(105,929 posts)Response to hlthe2b (Reply #1)
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wysimdnwyg
(2,255 posts)"Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain". Doesn't say anything about serial child abuse and humanitarian atrocities, so those must be OK.
(To be clear, as an atheist, I find much of what supposed "Christians" do and advocate to be wholly antithetical to what they profess to believe.)
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Yet we'll still get chewed out for not celebrating this "good news" I'm sure.
3Hotdogs
(13,327 posts)and this is what they have to worry about?
Duppers
(28,235 posts)But they're Christians.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)On child abuse and child predators,rapists, and molesters, who prey on children?
Duppers
(28,235 posts)keithbvadu2
(39,862 posts)Cheap talk for public display. They will still love him.
The Donald who ridicules Holy Communion.
Trump: Drink my little wine, have my little cracker
moose65
(3,285 posts)It's "too Catholic" for them!
tymorial
(3,433 posts)Far more than they care about the gospel. They talk a good game about Jesus but they prefer the parts of the bible which aligns with their fake moral superiority. They claim the bible is to be taken word for word because it was written by God but not one of those assholes keep kosher. They judge everyone but when you point out that the bible states only God can judge they claim they are witnessing.
These people believe in the rapture which did not exist before 1830.
They are complete whacknjobs. All of them.
happy feet
(1,059 posts)keithbvadu2
(39,862 posts)Ta da boom!
tymorial
(3,433 posts)These people.
sinkingfeeling
(52,958 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)to a former escort/nude "model", many affairs, raping young girls along with pedophile Epstein those are all just fine with the Christians? Draining the US Treasury for golf trips, security protection. Leaving small towns to foot the bill for his racist rallies, that is alright, too? Can these people please point out ONE good attribute this disaster of a president has? What is there to admire about his craven life of using hard working people then refusing to pay his bills? Are those traits the new Christian way of life they aspire to?
TNNurse
(7,091 posts)really follow the Old Testament for their values and apparently think Jesus Christ was quoted there. They like punishment and judgment and keeping people in their place. Vengeance is high on their list as well.
I have never really believed in a literal Hell.....now I desperately hope there is one.
Harker
(14,759 posts)were he in it.
yardwork
(63,872 posts)zipplewrath
(16,685 posts)Didn't know that place was still running.
Maggiemayhem
(837 posts)The conservative Trump supporting DEMOCRAT coal loving clueless ass who wrote this letter . Why do you think the Squad is so popular? Disclosure : I live in West Virginia but not in coal country. They are putting a factory in the Eastern Panhandle that will burn 93 tons of coal per day. We have never had heavy industry like this. Why now ? They are desperately trying to bring back coal. Ironically, this company tries to come off as environmentally friendly. Greenwashing at its best. ROCKWOOL GO BACK TO DENMARK. Very high emissions an hour from DC. This is where people who work in DC metro come to live where houses are affordable, small family farms and nice people. Outdoor recreation opportunities with Harpers Ferry National Park where the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers converge. Charles Town which was founded by the George Washington family. West Virginia officials dont give a $&@$. They only know coal and gas. Fossil fuels who donate to campaigns for politicians who do their bidding.
PatSeg
(49,611 posts)this man has done and said, it is "goddamn" that is the final straw? Are these people paying attention at all?