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It\u2019s now a done deal.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s now a done deal.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve got the choice between Hillary with a Kennedy-Catholic VP or Trump with a Catholic who took off for the Evangelicals and is now \u201clooking for a Church.\u201d<\/p>\n
I think Christians who have any illusion about having a committed and principled Christian\u00a0in the Oval Office\u00a0or in the jump seat should come back to earth.<\/p>\n
It ain\u2019t gonna happen.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, it hasn\u2019t been happening for as long as I can remember. \u00a0The \u00a0the only\u00a0committed, regular church going Christian in the White House that I can remember\u00a0was Jimmy Carter. Sure, all the others have given Christianity the nod and never failed to tack on to their speeches, \u201cGod Bless America\u201d but think about it. How many even made an attempt at being a public Christian?<\/p>\n
The Bush Clan? I think George W Bush acknowledged a religiously motivated turnaround in his life, and I \u00a0think Jeb is a sincere Catholic, but for the most part I think its fair to say the Episcopal churches is\u00a0the ones they didn\u2019t go to. Reagan claimed the\u00a0Presbyterian Church but never went. I remember Bill Clinton clutching a big, black Bible and hugging a tame Baptist preacher when he was having \u201ctroubles in the trouser department.\u201d Barack Obama was brought up Muslim but is now listed as \u201cChristian. Denomination unspecified.\u201d Uh huh.<\/p>\n
Nixon, who made war in Vietnam was a pacifist Quaker. He sounds like the Kennedy Catholics. \u201cI am personally opposed to napalm and bombing innocent civilians, but I defend the right of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to choose.\u201d or JFK \u201cI am personally opposed to infidelity, but defend Marilyn Monroe\u2019s right to choose.\u201d\u00a0LBJ\u00a0was \u201cCongregationalist\u201d and Gerald \u201cForgettable\u201d Ford was Episcopalian.<\/p>\n
Hillary claims to be a Methodist while Trump belongs to\u00a0a Presbyterian Church.<\/p>\n
One certainly does not expect politicians to be saints or theologians, but it wouldn\u2019t hurt if they at least had some sort of knowledge about the faith they profess.<\/p>\n
Trump on religion: \u201c\u201cI\u2019m a Protestant; I\u2019m a Presbyterian. And you know I\u2019ve had a good relationship with the church over the years. I think religion is a wonderful thing. I think my religion is a wonderful religion.\u00a0There\u2019s no way I would ever throw anything, to do anything negative to a Bible,\u201d Brags about his sexual conquests. Destroyed two marriages through infidelity. Does he repent of his sins? Nope. Doesn\u2019t see why he should.<\/p>\n
Hillary on Christianity: \u201cBecause it sure does seem to favor the poor and the merciful and those who in worldly terms don\u2019t have a lot but who have the spirit that God recognizes as being at the core of love and salvation,\u00a0You know, my family and my faith taught me a simple credo \u2014 do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, for all the people you can,\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a little bit more meat on the skeleton of Hillary\u2019s Christianity, \u00a0it sounds like tired old do gooder liberalism, but what difference, at this point, does it make?<\/p>\n
To look on the bright side, maybe the dismal choices we have for our presidential pick will help us to get\u00a0a hefty dose of reality.<\/p>\n
My advice is to \u00a0vote according to your conscience. If in your state that means making a strategic choice, hold your nose and do so. If your state is locked in for either the Democrats or Republicans, then maybe a third party candidate would be the honorable and honest choice.<\/p>\n
But when your\u2019e done voting on the national level, think local.<\/p>\n
Roll up your sleeves and make \u00a0our nation better by making yourself, family, parish, school and community better.<\/p>\n
Do what you can where you can.<\/p>\n
Take the pro life cause for example. By all means pray and work to overturn Roe v. Wade. But don\u2019t hold your breath.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, work toward state legislation that restricts and de funds abortion. Work to inform about abortion. Pray, pray pray. \u00a0Work with your local charity that supports single mothers in crisis. Support families you know who are struggling with being single parents. Support families who have taken the courageous step of adoption. Visit old people and prisoners and the poor. That\u2019s pro life too.<\/p>\n
You get the idea.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t worry about who is in the White House, and remember whoever is there, and whoever is your governor or legislator or mayor\u2026pray for them.<\/p>\n
St Paul told us to pray for kings and those in authority over us\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2026and he was dealing with Caligula and Nero.<\/p>\n
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