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Aristus

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8. The one good thing about the Trump Presidency: It turned Mrs. Aristus from a conservative evangelical into a liberal
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 04:21 PM
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atheist.

She had been a lifelong member of the conservative Foursquare Church. I always thought she was too good-hearted, too kind, too loving, and too intelligent to be a conservative Christian, and I was right. (How many conservative Christians do you know who are ardent LGBTQ allies?)

Well, in November, 2016, when she found out 81% of evangelical Christians voted for Trump, she left the church. After a painful crisis of conscience that lasted a month or two, she came out the other end a liberal Democrat, and an atheist. I couldn't be happier with the transformation in her life, and neither could she.

Now she finds herself wondering if she is going to make through another four years of Trump...

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