Why does Franklin Graham support Trump whose politics are based on rejecting truth, lies, advocating violence and hatred

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2024/10/franklin-grahams-conscience-must-really.html

"Franklin knows he cannot use the words of Jesus Christ to defend or justify Trump--a strongman whose words and deeds reject truth, endorse violence, and advocate a worldview in opposition to the Fruits of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Indeed, his character is more reflective of the spirits characterized as anti-Christ (I John 4:2-3, 6-21). Followers of Jesus should study closely which spirits they walk in step with (Galatians 5:16-26)--Evangelicals for Harris

Following the Vice-President's appearance on 60 Minutes on Monday, with Trump not making an appearance, a story about the war between Republican factions in Maricopa County, Arizona was aired. In that piece, 60 Minutes, "The Arizona Republican election officials working to restore confidence in results", worth watching by the way, the vice-chair of the Maricopa County Republican Party makes an appearance that characterizes the entire Trump Republican attitude toward politics, toward any of their neighbors who dare challenge or disagree with their opinions or beliefs, and demonstrates the attitude with which they approach politics.

And the woman who represented that perspective in such a grotesque, vitriolic, evil way, Shelby Busch, made a point to claim she was doing it in the name of Jesus.

I was raised in an Evangelical church, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, and I got a good liberal arts education at one of their universities, along with a masters' degree in education at another one of their universities along with a reasonable dose of theology at both. Add to that long life experience in more progressive, "liberal" if you will, churches which understand that the Christian gospel is interpreted through the words of Jesus in the gospels, and I am able to recognize what I saw in that woman on 60 minutes.

It was not Christianity. It was evil, and it sent a shudder down my spine, listening to her words and watching her facial expressions.

"Those who say, 'I love God,' and hate their brothers or sisters are liars," says the Apostle John, I John 4:20. The hatred in the vitriol this woman was spewing out, in front of those cameras, on national television, was a testimony to her spirit, and I'm not resorting to judgment when I identify that spirit as evil.

The Evangelicals for Harris group said Graham is putting his hope "in a man and a darkness we saw manifested when police lines were overrun at our Capitol January 6th, in Springfield [Ohio] this past month and in the spirit of fear and anger fed at every Trump rally Franklin attends."

[RandySF]

1. Power

[Walleye]

2. Somebody please ask her when Trump has ever asked for forgiveness or given it, or repented

Forgiveness is one of the main basic tenets of Christianity

[CrispyQ]

3. What a loathsome woman. -nt

[k55f5r]

4. Money money money

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[Wiz Imp]

5. He's a Fraud

He calls himself a Christian yet supports Trump who violates the teachings of Jesus Christ every second of every day. It's more than hypocritical - it's explicitly anti-Christian.

[Midnight Writer]

6. Graham and Trump are both con artists. They understand each other.

Every action they take can be explained by the "what's in it for me" transactional philosophy they share.

Graham wants to be a power player. He wants to be seen in the White House giving "spiritual guidance" to the most powerful man on earth. Just like his daddy.

[Traildogbob]

7. 💰💰💰💰💰💰

Jesus needs to return, and start destroying the tables of cash his fake Prophets sit behind.
I think him and Gawd are just done with it all.
We will end our own species and the rest of his creation will thrive. That way he doesn’t have to annihilate his entire creation over us this time. Or…….maybe he is flooding us a bit at a time.
Coincidence red states are taking direct hits????
Or, all powerful Jews with lasers are in more control and more powerful than GAWD.
Just asking questions like Tuckums does.
Curious minds wanna know.

[Ocelot II]

8. Franklin Graham's version of Christianity has nothing to do with theology.

It's not a religious movement at all; it's purely political. Jesus and God and the Bible are just props to be used to try to justify supporting a man and a political identity that is antithetical to what traditional Christianity supposedly advocates - charity, tolerance, love, all that hippie liberal stuff.

[hlthe2b]

9. Because Franklin Graham is a hypocrite and exploits the movement of his father for personal gain...

He is a genuine cretin. Ask anyone who saw him years ago at the supposed ecumenical service to memorialize the victims of Columbine--including the Jews, the agnostics, the atheists, the Muslims, the Hindus, the Buddhists, and all others of the community and family members. His "ONLY those who give themselves up to Christ are saved and can escape hell" speech is not an unfair paraphrase of what he said. He is a MONSTER.

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Tax Breaks for the Wealthy, Trickle Down Economics, Continued Political Privilege by Racism.

Long streak of Dixie NAZI KKK shit in that line there.

[Zambero]

11. X-tian Nationalism

Graham's politics echo Trump's politics. Hate, fear, lying, cheating, greed, sexual abuse, hypocrisy, fear-mongering, autocratic rule, and violence are all part of the game plan.

[prodigitalson]

12. maybe the headline answers it's own question

maybe he likes those things

[lees1975]

13. It's the money, and the power.

And that seems to be all he's after.

[Skittles]

14. because religion is nonsense?

just a theory

[DavidDvorkin]

15. Franklin Graham is an evil POS, just like his father.