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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(116,481 posts) Mon Dec 2, 2024, 11:00 PM Dec 2

Survey: Donald Trump has been literally causing people to leave Christianity [View all]

couple years old but, with Trump now elected to another four years, is undoubtedly relevant once again.

A (gay) ex-pastor of a Baptist church did some of his own research on why so many people are leaving Christianity. What he came across is quite interesting. Unsurprisingly, most of the major reasons have to do with politics and things related to politics — in particular, distaste for conservative politics and accompanying attitudes.

But it also turns out that Trump himself was the last straw for compelling a lot of people to quit the church:

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For many respondents, politics is what finally motivated them to leave Christianity. Specifically, many referenced the election of Donald Trump and the support he received from the evangelical community. In fact, the name “Trump” was mentioned 81 times in the survey responses as a key reason someone left Christianity.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/2/2289781/-Survey-Donald-Trump-has-been-literally-causing-people-to-leave-Christianity

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Survey: Donald Trump has been literally causing people to leave Christianity [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2 OP

He has exposed some evangelicals as being hypocrites. surfered Dec 2 #1

More than "some". Many. Possibly even a majority of evangullibles. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2 #3

Possibly? markodochartaigh Dec 3 #10

Some?! LOL Karasu Dec 3 #14

That's good but it wasn't enough of those fools. kerry-is-my-prez Dec 2 #2

Maybe the survey should distinguish between "leaving Christianity," and "leaving a conservative, Evangelical church." lees1975 Dec 2 #4

Trump's Christians are the public face of Christianity in America today. keithbvadu2 Dec 2 #5

It is. American "Christianity" in general has been so deeply, thoroughly compromised and co-opted for so long now that Karasu Dec 3 #15

It's a logical fallacy TlalocW Dec 2 #6

Donald Johann Drumpf (666) LudwigPastorius Dec 2 #7

lol! soandso Dec 3 #8

We used to laugh at one scene in that old end-times movie... Grokenstein Dec 3 #12

A church that tells you who to vote for isn't a church. It's a political indoctrination center. Initech Dec 3 #9

It's been that way for a LONG time...and yet, they still don't pay fucking taxes, which is a joke. Karasu Dec 3 #16

I bet that it is only the sodomites markodochartaigh Dec 3 #11

John Fugelsang nails it (not to a cross) Grokenstein Dec 3 #13

While I'm an atheist, I don't see why they would leave Christianity altogether. no_hypocrisy Dec 3 #17

WWJR Charmin One Dec 3 #18

and the fool has trampled the gqp as well. lindysalsagal Dec 3 #19

Why don't we go to church? (from the Fugelsang bluesky) keithbvadu2 Dec 3 #20