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Trump Admin “Pro-Christianity” Policies | Some Christians are more equal than others
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Christians furious as Trump appoints 'heretic' preacher to White House
Donald Trump 's choice to lead the newly-created White House Faith Office is being rejected even by some Christian conservatives.
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"Donald Trump has sparked a backlash from leading Christians over his appointment of a controversial televangelist to the White House.
The president on Friday signed an executive order to open a White House Faith Office to be led by Paula White, his longtime spiritual adviser.
...But the move sparked fury from Christian leaders who believe that White, a megachurch pastor from Florida, preaches an interpretation of the gospel that critics argue exploits the most vulnerable.
White teaches followers that God will reward them if they donate to her church, going as far as to suggest precise sums over a thousand dollars to ensure their 'salvation'.
'This is an abomination,' wrote Christian motivational speaker Scott Ross on X.
'She preaches the heresies of Word of Faith & Prosperity Gospel, both utterly opposed to authentic Christianity. Worse, she has lived a life of scandal, with multiple husbands, twisting the Gospel for profit.'
The teachings of the minister, who is married to rockstar and Journey lead singer Jonathan Cain, have nevertheless rubbed off on Trump who first contacted her by phone in 2002 after watching one of her TV shows.
...Christian blogger Chris Hohnholz wrote on X: 'Not every choice he makes will be a home run, we understand that. But this? This is a train wreck. @realDonaldTrump, sir, you need to reverse course on this ASAP. Not only is Paula White not biblically qualified to be a pastor, she is a false teacher leading people to Hell. Do not do this, sir.'
A MAGA fan called TexasClare on X wrote: 'True evangelicals who have Trump's ear (like @Franklin_Graham ) need to get him off the "Pastor" Paula White train.'
John Mason, host of the Living God's Truth podcast, stated: 'Even though President Trump is enforcing laws that line up with our values, that doesn't mean he has any clue what biblical Christianity is or why it matters. ..."
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This sounds like it’s right up Trump’s alley. The evangelical “Christians” who are outraged by this are showing their ignorance of who Donald Trump has always been. Game recognize game.
If you lie down with dogs you wake up with fleas. Choke on it, motherfuckers!
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How dare Trump appoint a heretical prosperity gospel minister instead of a heretical bigotry gospel minister!?!?!
Of course Trump was gonna favor the prosperity gospel, anyone with two functioning brain cells left could see that coming a mile away.
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No worse than Oral Roberts saying that if he didn't receive $8M in donations, God would kill his ass.
Really didn't help that when he didn't receive the money, he just extended the date and didn't die.
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Makes Sense that Trump would like her.
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Yea, but it was 2 years later, and he was 91 years old.
He should have died in March when he didn't get the money, then I would have been impressed.
91 years, that's a long grift.
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He got the money before the end of March when a donor gave $1.3m out of concern that Roberts was going to harm himself.Yea, but it was 2 years later, and he was 91 years old.
He should have died in March when he didn't get the money, then I would have been impressed.
91 years, that's a long grift.
But he'd previously said the deadline was the end of the previous year, which didn't get met.
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Yea, the original deadline wasn't met. Still sucks that someone gave him the money.He got the money before the end of March when a donor gave $1.3m out of concern that Roberts was going to harm himself.
But he'd previously said the deadline was the end of the previous year, which didn't get met.
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Trump won’t block immigration arrests in houses of worship. Now these 27 religious groups are suing
Trump won't block immigration arrests in houses of worship. Now these 27 religious groups are suing
More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans have filed a federal court lawsuit challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship.
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“… The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, contends that the new policy is spreading fear of raids, thus lowering attendance at worship services and other valuable church programs. The result, says the suit, infringes on the groups’ religious freedom — namely their ability to minister to migrants, including those in the United States illegally.
“We have immigrants, refugees, people who are documented and undocumented,” said the Most Rev. Sean Rowe, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.
“We cannot worship freely if some of us are living in fear,” he told The Associated Press. “By joining this lawsuit, we’re seeking the ability to gather and fully practice our faith, to follow Jesus’ command to love our neighbors as ourselves.”
… There was no immediate Trump administration response to the new lawsuit, which names the Department of Homeland Security and its immigration enforcement agencies as defendants. However, a memorandum filed Friday by the Department of Justice, opposing the thrust of the Quaker lawsuit, outlined arguments that may also apply to the new lawsuit.
In essence, the memo contended that the plaintiffs’ request to block the new enforcement policy is based on speculation of hypothetical future harm — and thus is insufficient grounds for issuing an injunction.
… The memo said that immigration enforcement affecting houses of worship had been permitted for decades, and the new policy announced in January simply said that field agents — using “common sense” and “discretion” — could now conduct such operations without pre-approval from a supervisor. …”
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“…Trump won’t block immigration arrests in houses of worship. Now these 27 religious groups are suing
Trump won't block immigration arrests in houses of worship. Now these 27 religious groups are suing
More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans have filed a federal court lawsuit challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship.
“… The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, contends that the new policy is spreading fear of raids, thus lowering attendance at worship services and other valuable church programs. The result, says the suit, infringes on the groups’ religious freedom — namely their ability to minister to migrants, including those in the United States illegally.
“We have immigrants, refugees, people who are documented and undocumented,” said the Most Rev. Sean Rowe, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.
“We cannot worship freely if some of us are living in fear,” he told The Associated Press. “By joining this lawsuit, we’re seeking the ability to gather and fully practice our faith, to follow Jesus’ command to love our neighbors as ourselves.”
… There was no immediate Trump administration response to the new lawsuit, which names the Department of Homeland Security and its immigration enforcement agencies as defendants. However, a memorandum filed Friday by the Department of Justice, opposing the thrust of the Quaker lawsuit, outlined arguments that may also apply to the new lawsuit.
In essence, the memo contended that the plaintiffs’ request to block the new enforcement policy is based on speculation of hypothetical future harm — and thus is insufficient grounds for issuing an injunction.
… The memo said that immigration enforcement affecting houses of worship had been permitted for decades, and the new policy announced in January simply said that field agents — using “common sense” and “discretion” — could now conduct such operations without pre-approval from a supervisor. …”
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which leads the nation’s largest denomination, did not join the lawsuit, though it has criticized Trump’s migration crackdown. On Tuesday, Pope Francis issued a major rebuke of the deportation plan, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and “will end badly.”
Many conservative faith leaders and legal experts across the U.S. do not share concerns about the new arrest policy.
“Places of worship are for worship and are not sanctuaries for illegal activity or for harboring people engaged in illegal activity,” said Mat Staver, founder of the conservative Christian legal organization Liberty Counsel. …”
Interesting considering the etymology of sanctuary.
early 14c., seintuarie, sentwary, etc., "consecrated place, building set apart for holy worship; holy or sacred object," from Anglo-French sentuarie, Old French saintuaire "sacred relic, holy thing; reliquary, sanctuary," from Late Latin sanctuarium "a sacred place, shrine" (especially the Hebrew Holy of Holies in the temple in Jerusalem; see sanctum), also "a private room;" in Medieval Latin also "a church, cemetery; right of asylum," from Latin sanctus "holy" (see saint (n.)).
Since the time of Constantine and by medieval Church law, fugitives or debtors enjoyed immunity from arrest and ordinary operations of the law in certain churches, hence its use by mid-14. of churches or other holy places with a view to their inviolability. The transferred sense of "immunity from punishment by virtue of having taken refuge in a church or similar building" is by early 15c., also of the right to such. (Exceptions were made in England in cases of treason and sacrilege.)