Recommended Reading: Washington Post Essay by Christian Conservative Erick Erickson Re: Donald Trump

Recommended Reading: Washington Post Essay by Christian Conservative Erick Erickson Re: Donald Trump September 30, 2016

Recommended Reading: Washington Post Essay by Christian Conservative Erick Erickson Re: Donald Trump

The essay appeared in my local newspaper Friday, September 30 and was given the headline “Why One Celebrated Conservative Christian Won’t Vote for Trump: Victory Would Imperil Christianity in US.” I’m sure you can find the essay and read it if you are adept at using a search engine.

The local newspaper says that “Erick Erickson is one of America’s foremost conservative activists.” He is, by his own admission, a “conservative Christian” and he interacts critically with conservative evangelical theologian Wayne Grudem who, apparently, supports Trump for president.

While Erickson clearly has no love for Clinton or her party or their policies, his argument against Christians voting for Trump is equally strong. He ends the long essay by saying “I am without a candidate.”

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Although I am not part of the so-called “conservative Christian movement”—insofar as that refers to what used to be known as the “Religious Right”—I feel much the same as Erickson about this election. But I have felt that way about many presidential (and other) elections during my adult (voting) lifetime. I have often found myself voting for a third party candidate (e.g., John Anderson years ago).

So what reasons does Erickson give for urging conservative Christians (his constituency) not to vote for Trump? According to him Trump’s campaign is “un-American.” Here is a brief excerpt that I hope will whet your appetite to read the essay:

Speaking to and about American Christians Erickson says “We harm our witness by embracing the immoral, unrepentant strong man. We harm our American virtue by buying into the idea that one man can make America great again. … I think Donald Trump will do lasting damage to the Church in America and I therefore cannot vote for him.”

Read the essay, if you can, please.

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