A response to a social media endorsement of Trump posted by a Pastor

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2024/08/dear-pastor-im-very-sorry-to-hear-youre.html

Dear Pastor,

I saw your social media post, the one where you listed the reasons you were voting for Trump. I was extremely disappointed that you chose to put your political opinion over your credibility as a pastor and preacher, and endorse a candidate, any candidate, for office. I recall that in previous elections, you told your congregation that the church was not a "political action committee" and that it was important to put the preaching of the gospel in a place where secular politics of much lesser importance would not distract from its message or interfere with its proclamation.

The fact that your position has changed in order to support this particular Presidential candidate is especially disappointing. By choosing sides, you have now placed yourself in opposition to those members of your congregation who, by their own choice and conviction, have chosen not to support Trump and you have challenged their spiritual convictions and the prayerful consideration with which they came to their decision. You hold a position of spiritual leadership in this congregation, entrusted to you by all of its members, not just those who are Republicans or who support one specific candidate. There is no authority given to you, either by the congregation or in the scripture, which permits you to make this kind of judgment.

I cannot, in good conscience, seasoned by my years of being Christian, and of being instructed in the principles of the Christian gospel in church, trust or support a politician in the leadership of our country who has openly cheated on three different wives with multiple women, who put them publicly through that shame, using the media to justify his reasons for having affairs with other women, and who subsequently married the "other" women with whom he committed adultery. The most recent humiliation of his current wife, during her pregnancy and the infancy of their son, with a porn star, makes it clear that this man doesn't have a shred of respect for the truth. He's not qualified for any public office.

I cannot support a candidate for public office who has turned his entire campaign into an act of denigration of political opponents who simply disagree with his politics. The Bible says that fresh water and salt water cannot come from the same spring, and the personal denigration, name calling, accusations and character assassination that is a much bigger part of Trump's campaign than anything he has to say about the issues is the sign of an unrepentant, worldly heart, and a mark of his complete inability to be an effective leader. It's also an indicator of his character, or should I say, lack of it.

[msongs]

1. follow the pastor's money nt

[Girard442]

2. Hey, you know, if you want to feel welcome in my church...

...stop killing babies, promoting perversion, and persecuting God's Chosen One.

[lees1975]

3. Billy Graham's granddaughter, Franklin Graham's niece, has endorsed Harris.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/billy-grahams-granddaughter-joins-evangelicals-for-harris-call.html

And of course her uncle is railing against this group, stepping way outside the boundaries of the Christian gospel to pass judgment and make accusations.

Personally, I think he needs to read and contemplate the prophetic words of the Apostle Jude, who warned first century Christians about the same kind of intrusion into the church that we are seeing now. Jude's words fit exactly what is happening to the American Christian church in this invasion and intrusion of far right wing extremism. Franklin ought to know better that to support an immoral antichrist like Trump.