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30 Percent of Americans Believe Trump Appointed President by God (www.rawstory.com)

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Why do so many evangelical Christians support former President Donald Trump despite his decades of documented ungodly behavior?

An in-depth report from The Economist shows that it has a simple explanation: They believe that God personally appointed him to rule the United States.

In fact, the report cites a survey conducted by Denison University political scientist Paul Djupe that around 30 percent of Americans believe Trump "was anointed by God to become president."

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

“With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.”

― Steven Weinberg

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I'm guessing that goes in reverse too, no? Provided "fame" is a religion too, because rich people love seeing their names in the news and hence give a lot to charity.