Nope. Churches don't pay taxes because they are charities. They have been involved in the formation of our constitution to abolition to women's suffrage, to the civil rights movement. Sounds more to me you mean if their politics are different than yours they should pay taxes. Maybe I'm wrong, but either way the reason they don't pay taxes is because they are considered charities. My argument would be if they don't give away money or have charity programs, they should pay taxes.
The fact you have this “Christian” man venting his grievances to atheists unbelievers on a secular news station tells you all you need to know about Christianity in America.
@@Remember_when After his "you can't be a Christian And a Democrat", but have you seen Flashpoint on the Victory Channel? The network is owned by Kenneth Copeland, THE megachurch pastor. Flashpoint is MAGA pastors, MAGA politicians and groupies, demonizing anything left of hunting the homeless for sport, in the name of Jesus. There are sooo many blatantly political churches in need of losing their tax-exempt status,.
Why do they have that privilege? They all need to taxes, that's why some preachers are so darn rich. I don't trust that they don't know how to separate church from politics. Especially since not all Americans are Christians. The Founding Fathers indicated they wanted separation of church and state.
As a Christian for about 55 years who was raised in a conservative church, I don’t see how you can be a Christian and NOT be a Democrat. Jesus teaches love, compassion and acceptance. He taught us to-care for each other, clothe the poor, feed the hungry, take in the stranger. That’s what I learned in my church.
@@dolesncmor I am telling you honestly what friends have told me. Do you deny that the Democrats no longer tolerate pro-life members? If so, you are the one repeating nonsense. In the 1960s, the Democrats were the anti-abortion party, while the Republicans took no position. In those days, Jesse Jackson called abortion "genocide against the black race". Opposing abortion was just like opposing racism - it was standing up for the weak and defenseless.
Don’t lose hope, Mr. French. God sees you and He will protect you and your family. I’m so sorry for what you, your daughter, and rest of your family had to go through.
trump is not a Christian. He has stated that he is without sin and has no reason to ask for forgiveness of his sins. He has also stated that he has done more for Christianity than Jesus Christ.
@@winfordemocracy The hate for Christians is nothing new it's a core tenant of leftism. It is amusing to watch the people who believe in pregnant men talking about cults and deprogramming
Remove their tax exempt status. All of them, all churches. They are not "non profit." These are not churches, they are political, business organizations.
The funny thing is that he has ALWAYS been a criminal. He was well known for being a con-man long before he came down that golden escalator - and he was only in the running for publicity, anyway lol... he had no intention of winning, initially - it was just another con from the very beginning. He has also always used the legal system as a weapon - HUNDREDS of people/businesses have had to sue him just to get him to pay what he owes - but he does everything possible to drag it out so that they can't afford to keep up the lawsuits and/or go bankrupt... and that's just the ones that have TRIED to seek redress through the courts. It's amazing to me that ANYONE will work for him, anymore - though goodness knows he's running out of lawyers - and many of them have also had to sue to get paid, too! The man-child is a cheat in every way. He's cheating his own cult members every day and they are willing dupes. It's shocking that so many can't see it - or maybe they can and they just don't care because they are more fixated on avenging their imagined victimhood than anything else. The main difference between the left & the right is that the left wants everyone to be safe & happy - including those on the right. But the right wants it only for themselves - they want to "make liberals cry" and otherwise hurt those they perceive as their enemies. The whole thing is.... odd.
The irony is that his followers still don't realise that it was terrible, because, He told them it was the "Greatest", which was immediately backed up by Fox and countless other right-wing media! Much of the Stuff he said that he was going to do and which they said he had done, was never done! All Figures are still able to be checked!
@@IAmThatLisa143He's only doing well in the polls because they're all idiots who think he's gonna do better the next time around. BUT HE WONT WIN....AGAIN!!!!
If Trump doesn't insult your intelligence you probably don't have ANY. You cannot be a Trump supporter and a moral human being. The World is tired of Trump!
You can't believe in equality of outcome and be a moral person. Humans are supposed to be superior, not the same as each. People are supposed to win, not lose. Unequal outcomes are completely fine. It means someone is superior to someone else. Only a bad human being dislikes when someone wins. It's because they can't win. This is what evil looks like.
There would be no U.S.. Government without the Church. The Forefathers didn’t accurately represent the Lord Jesus Christ, God, in the establishment of our government but they did copy his model. You should do your research, because you’re missing A LOT of information. Some of the LITERAL laws and foundations of our Constitution are LITERALLY copied from the Bible.
If any church has one single mention of one item politically, then they need to be paying taxes. I’m sick and tired of the churches not contributing.!!
I've read the Bible - not a modern revision of it. My position on it is this,..the further you get from the original,the further you are from the truth. Having read it,I can understand why modern day liberal views are frowned upon by the faith - many would say some of those views are evil,even called out as abominations. If a preacher supports modern day liberalism he is not a preacher,and is a disgrace in pretending to be.
@@studleydewrite2942 _"I've read the Bible - not a modern revision of it."_ So, are you saying you speak Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek? Because if not you have not "read the bible" regarding "the original", you are reading a... revision, many times over.
Being a white man in a brown family, I now get it. It’s not about me. It’s about the Americans, including my family, being consistently treated as second class citizens, or worse. I stand with David and his family.
Unfortunately people love the thought of not having to decide and letting someone in authority decide for them. Usually a talk show host, a religious leader, or another politician.
From what I have seen of right wing preachers, I would not recommend you listen to them at all. They seem to be preaching hate. I thought Jesus was preaching love.
You've not heard of Jonny Enlow, Robin Bullock, Shane Vaughn, Kat Kerr, Paula White? There are others who literally believe Trump is the new Messiah, in the religious sense. They are creating a new religion around this individual and they lead mega churches.
Some of us decided to worship God from our houses. The Lord revealed to us all these things that would be exposed. That's why we are shouting of the warnings of electing this man. God is clearly warning America.
It’s a separating of wheat from chaff. Don’t forget that “narrow is the way and few shall find it”. The Church is not a club, and Christianity isn’t achieved by wearing a crucifix or a lapel pin. It’s very possible that well more than half of those who sit regularly in church pews, even those who administrate churches, are not actual Christians. Simply mouthing the word doesn’t cut it. The actuality exists within.
That is why the Founding Fathers deemed *ALL* religions unfit for modern, civil governance. The *1st Amendment's Establishment Clause* prohibits the government from making any law, _“respecting an establishment of religion.”_ This clause not only forbids the government from establishing an official religion, but also prohibits government actions that unduly favor one religion over another. It also prohibits the government from unduly preferring religion over non-religion. *Constitution Article VI Supreme Law - Clause 3 Oaths of Office* _"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; _*_but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."_* This means nobody is ever required to swear to a god or on the Bible, or any other religious book for an oath of office. They may choose a god or religious book, but none is required. Thomas Jefferson and Calvin Coolidge did not use a Bible in their oath-taking ceremonies. Theodore Roosevelt did not use the Bible when taking the oath in 1901, nor did John Quincy Adams, who swore on a book of law, with the intention that he was swearing on the constitution. _"In this enlightened age and in this land of equal liberty, _*_it is our boast,_*_ that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest offices that are known in the United States."_ *-George Washington* (To the Members of the New Jerusalem Church of Baltimore, 27 January 1793) _“The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or Mohammedan Nation.”_ *- John Adams* (American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, Founding Father & 2nd president) _“...the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion."_ *-Treaty of Tripoli - June 7, 1797. Signed by President John Adams & Ratified UNANIMOUSLY, by the Senate June 10, 1797* ....only a few times in history the Senate unanimously agreed on anything. A 2018 Supreme Court Ruling re-affirmed this statement, from The Treaty of Tripoli. The Supreme Court released an opinion on May 14, 2018 in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn., 584 U. S. (2018), Justice Thomas in his concurring opinion wrote: _"The Treaty of Tripoli was passed by the Senate and signed into law by President John Adams. As such, it is a "legislated text" which must be read "textually". The lower courts in this case read a hypothetical legislative intention into the text by dismissing Article 11 as "a mere formality". The language itself makes a clear direct statement that _*_our government is not based on the Christian religion and any attempt by a government official to represent our government as Christian contradicts the text and the historical understanding of our founders."_* _"Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects?"_ *- James Madison 4th president* (A Memorial And Remonstrance, On The Religious Rights Of Man: Written In 1784-85)
Funny a white man i know went to a black church to pray when he was out of town, they treated him badly. Take,your antiwhite race baiting crud elsewhere.
As a foreigner I do not think Biden is that great - but PLEASE vote for him. The alternative is so dangerous. And I feel I can speak on this because what happens in the USA affects the whole world, and especially the UK. Vote Biden for the WHOLE WORLD.
My best friend’s family encountered something similar. The pastor told congregation to vote red or not show up to church again. Her parents stood up & verbalized their faith but disappointment they were not honoring separation of religion & government; they came to worship God not politicians. They walked out w/ a significant # of parishioners! 😂 I feel if churches are going to be involved in the political arena, then they shouldn’t be allowed to be tax exempt!
After joking with the crowd, Trump then went on to say that reporters attending the rally would take his words out of context and tell viewers that the ex-president had said a “horrible” thing onstage.
Remember Jim Jones and his cult followers and how he killed them all when the law was coming after him? Scary times, since, history tends to repeat itself.
Hearing David's story, his pain came through loud & clear. This is a man who was raised in the church, who's values were built, to some degree, in the church. I'm so sorry that he & his family have had to go through this. The insanity that came down like a ton of bricks on when Trump came down that escalator & has torn this country to shreds & divided this country in a way that we've never experienced before.
You do realize that he participated in the hate against LGBTQIA that church has always stood for? You probably dont realize that church is TOXIC to everyone.
David sowed the seeds of his own discomfort by participating in the laughable concepts of Christianity. He knew, or should have known, how "Christians" are when they disagree with someone... especially the "Christians" of lesser intelligence, which are the apparent majority.
He chose the wrong church. He worshipped the wrong God. The lesson here isn't "he was an innocent victim" - the lesson here is "he worshipped a racist hateful angry God"
I went to my daughter’s church and one of the congregation had a sign on his car that read, “if you’re Democrat, you are not a true Christian”. I was taken aback. The pastor was also mocking people who wore masks due to COVID. I realized very quickly that church was not for me.
Well most of the people in church got sick and died. So for them to have this mind set lets you know that they don’t have common sense. It’s sad for real
Shortly after 9/11, I made an attempt to reconnect myself with the church, after lapsing from attendance during college. I was in a new town, so just had to pick one of the churches in the area, found one that I thought was the same denomination I grew up in, Lutheran. I was shocked, though, when the pastor brought up Falwell and Robertson's attempt to blame 9/11 on gays and feminists. And the pastor AGREED with them. It was then that I realized I was in a Missouri Synod Lutheran church, not the ELCA branch I had been raised in. This was the first time I had noticed the real evil than can exist inside of Christianity for the first time. I wish I had walked out during the sermon, but I quietly sat through it, left and never returned. I hadn't realized how DIFFERENT the teachings of the church (which Christ predicted would be so unified that people would look on it and KNOW that He was sent by God) could be. I do credit this experience with hastening my acknowledgement that I no longer believed. I tried out a few more churches after that, but nothing felt right any more and I just gave up and ultimately admitted I was an atheist.
@scottharrison8701 What do you mean, "oops"? Unlike many evangelical churches, PP actually operates as a non-profit. I doesn't get to claim that status based on religion.
I actually stopped going to church for a few years now. I just don't feel like I belong and I do not feel comfortable around other people when they are just wearing a mask to hide their true colors. I have met people that are Trumper's and invited me to go to the same church they go, but knowing they adore this man, I do not see myself going to same church with them. I just pray on my own, treat people well, give support, volunteer and help the impoverished people. And, as long as I am doing a good thing... I do not need to go to church to believe in God.
Amen, I did the same thing, i walked away from the church. they started teaching hate instead of love. i still believe and i don't need the church for my faith.
As someone who was raised in the southern baptist environment, I can confirm that there is no hate like Christian love. I'm so glad that I had rejected it by the time I was in high school
Thank you, David and Nancy French. My family has also experienced these things. It’s horrible. Seeing the two of you is so helpful! We admire your strength and resilience. Your example is the true Christian path.
I have a friend who took a black friend to his church. You know, "all God's children are welcome." Let's just say, that did not end well. He learned that lesson as a child and has not been to any church since. I cannot blame him.
If you claim to be a Christian then love is the most important thing because God is love! You cannot have hate in your heart for anyone and claim to be a Christian.
I was ran out of the church I was attending, because I told someone a male choir member came to my home & acted really crazy about going to the bathroom. I only had one bathroom & my daughter was taking a bath. I told him he could go outside, but he wasn't going in the bathroom with my daughter. The church member convinced me that I was wrong. I let him come back to my home & he tried again to get in the bathroom with my daughter. He was no longer welcome in home. The church let me know I was no longer welcome!!!
@@Wicky173What good is a pastor who won’t stand up against something like blatant racism? Thats not the kind of person who should lead any congregation.
@@barbaramonaco105 This. Most denominations are led from the top down. If a pastor does something that makes a large number of the congregation leave, those higher up the chain will replace them.
As an African American with a daughter. I was married to an Black Elder in the Evangelical Church. The rumblings in my heart started when Obama was elected. It was like a slow burn. The mask started dropping from the pulpit. The churches relationship was only with my husband and everything became transactional, leaving his family by the wayside. I finally got enough strength after George Floyd. They became more transparent by then and Covid pushed them off the cliff. It’s been five years away from that church and marriage. God has been so good 😊😊😊😊😊
Its a patriotic boycott when they do it. Its cancel culture if anyone else is selective with their money. Its hypocrisy that has become sacred on the right.
JESUS will condemn that church and many others for the hate the members hold in their heart. My heart goes out to this man, his wife, family, and especially his daughter. VOTE BLUE!
Our country has long needed to remove the tax exemption from religious institutions. The exemption was to keep religion out of our politics. Still, it failed the further we got away from our Revolutionary War and the reasons our founding fathers put in the separation of church and state. For decades now, American religious institutions have meddled in our politics. If they want to play in politics (and they have done that for a very long time), they can pay their fair share of taxes like the rest of us.
So many holy grifters would leave the grift, which would be good for everyone-people of faith who don’t hate everyone, people of faith who want a strict separation & people who want to go to church but don’t because they’re aren’t welcome or they’re hated by the current members.
@@xemnas9098 : Trump's Golden Calf: it's true! I didn' know this and looked it up: see below. I am horrified, but it shows the devil is real and it is all of his supporters, i.e. "minions." I can't believe what is happening in our own country, and I hope and pray the whole country will VOTE BLUE and vote these evil people OUT - OUT OF OFFICE for good!
Experiencing what Black Americans experience on a "daily" basis, and then some! "What you've done unto the least of these you've also done it unto Me."
💙 This a primary example why I and many younger people don’t attend church anymore! Churches have so involved themselves in Politics that they have forgotten the meaning the church was founded on! Love thy Neighbor/ Brother as thy self! 💙💙
Church attendance has fallen from 42% of Americans to 30% from 2003 to 2023, and it's still declining. That's why they're all about creating imaginary enemies and existential threats.
God made Jesus and his teachings the defining factor- His name is rarely if ever mentioned.People plug in a god of their choosing.What ever god that works for their wicked heart.
Thank you ! I just posted almost the same thing. They talk about him being the orange 🍊 Jesus. The chosen one & my question is Do they read the Bible? Because this man is everything the Bible speaks against. I just want to know what Bible are they reading from . lol! Let’s call it for what it truly is EVIL 😈! EVIL @ it’s finest! I’m voting blue 💙💯
This is unrelated to the subject of this video, my family lived in Australia in the early 1980s while my father served in the Uniting Church. Here in the U.S. he was an ordained Presbyterian minister (and would be turning over in his grave at the state of religion and politics here). My question for you, @ghighianne..., is there still a Uniting Church in Aussie-land? I believe it was a combination of Methodist, Congregational, and Presbyterian ideologies. Just wondering, and hoping you are kind enough to answer.
@@crystalcrannell-moberg3828 The Uniting Church still exists. The Presbyterians that didn't enter that merger are still around too and many are as conservative and awful as the PCA. Our largest Anglican/Episcopalian diocese in Sydney holds much in similarity, being majority Reformed & conservative Evangelical theologically.
@joalchin thank you for responding! Certainly not all Presbyterian congregations are this conservative here in America. I know of some that are very progressive and community-oriented. But I also have friends who have left their congregations because of the more recent conservative direction it has gone. When we were in Qeensland, there were some very conservative people in the Uniting churches that my dad served. At that time, I called them Born-Agains and tried to avoid them.
Presbyterian Church in the states split in 83. Presbyterian Church in America (conservative) and Presbyterian Church USA (more progressive, lgbtq rights, women in the pulpit, etc. I’m USA, but our little church has lost members to in America and other denominations over what I call “selective “ morality. Many members in my church support Trump. I’m in SC. It stresses me to no end.
@emmybennett3670 so sorry to hear of your location. My area and friends are, for the most part, in agreement with me. My husband, however, he's a whole 'nother story. He won't hear any counter, opinion, or argument.
That should tell to all the idiots that attend these churches not to believe anything these charlatan evangelical preachers spew from their mouths; What they say has nothing to do with the" Book".
Churches have always been this way to single mothers and their children. I found attending church to be the greatest challenge of my life. Two years after my divorce, I left and they basically told me not to let the door hit me on the way out. All because I was a divorced mother. They felt I should have stayed in marriage until my then husband killed me.
That church should have been there to love and support you when you needed it the most! That’s what a loving, caring Christian church would do. That’s what God would do and expects His people to do!
It's not about politics, it's about trust. Darkness is being revealed in the church, because of Donald Trump, Darkness is being uncovered all over this nation, starting with the church
I'm glad to see "conservatives" like David French finally waking up. Better late than never. Too bad it often takes personal attacks before some people realize that those whom they thought were friends really are something very different.
It is called a lack of empathy. Empathy is often learned and/or grows through our own troubles. That is why you see former addicts helping other addicts and homeless people giving to other homeless people part of what little amount they have. I hope that David French learned empathy from this... it looks as if he may have.
So many of us saw this coming back from the minute that lying maniac came down the escalator. We tried to tell people, but so many said, “There are checks and balances to keep him in check”.
But it doesn't have to be. The churches have been instrumental in movements for liberation around the world, as the Rev said. Liberation theology, the abolitionist movement, etc. I know there are people who use the Church for awful things. But they are USING it.
I can relate to this article. During trumps presidency run in 2015, my circle of church friends heavily supported trump. I saw red flags in trumps promises to every group, and his hate speeches. I told my friends that I understand we need change, but trump is not the answer. I stopped getting invited to all social events, weddings, parties from my church friends. 😢
I understand, my husband's side of the family did this. It's hard to believe because they are so highly educated!!! I love them very much but our visits have become much further apart! Oh, I forgot to add they use to be Catholic, but have turned Evangelical. I think they were influenced greatly, and they only listen to Fox news now. I just don't get it. I am old and I have never seen anything like this in my whole life!
If the church wants to play politics, pay taxes!
No way. I don't want any church to pay taxes. That would make them American and against our constitution of separation of church and state.
💯 True! Your comment should be a headline in all newspapers and on TV.
That has to happen as soon as we dump this phony republicans congress working for drumpf.
Nope. Churches don't pay taxes because they are charities. They have been involved in the formation of our constitution to abolition to women's suffrage, to the civil rights movement. Sounds more to me you mean if their politics are different than yours they should pay taxes. Maybe I'm wrong, but either way the reason they don't pay taxes is because they are considered charities. My argument would be if they don't give away money or have charity programs, they should pay taxes.
THEY SHOULD ALL PAY TAXES ITS BEEN THE BIGGEST CON GOING FOR YEARS
TRUMP JUST TRYING TO BIGGER THAN THEM
What kind of Christians would forget... Beware of False Prophets?
All prophets are false.
The fact you have this “Christian” man venting his grievances to atheists unbelievers on a secular news station tells you all you need to know about Christianity in America.
Unfortunately most of them.
exactly
And the Anti Christ.
Hey IRS, start taxing all these politically motivated churches, or stop taxing us. Enough of the free rides they get.
AMEN
Greg Locke got his license taken away,
@@Remember_when After his "you can't be a Christian And a Democrat", but have you seen Flashpoint on the Victory Channel? The network is owned by Kenneth Copeland, THE megachurch pastor. Flashpoint is MAGA pastors, MAGA politicians and groupies, demonizing anything left of hunting the homeless for sport, in the name of Jesus. There are sooo many blatantly political churches in need of losing their tax-exempt status,.
Why do they have that privilege? They all need to taxes, that's why some preachers are so darn rich. I don't trust that they don't know how to separate church from politics. Especially since not all Americans are Christians. The Founding Fathers indicated they wanted separation of church and state.
You should see some of them on the Christian networks. More political and less BS.
As a Christian for about 55 years who was raised in a conservative church, I don’t see how you can be a Christian and NOT be a Democrat. Jesus teaches love, compassion and acceptance. He taught us to-care for each other, clothe the poor, feed the hungry, take in the stranger. That’s what I learned in my church.
I know people who used to feel that way - until the Democratic Party kicked out everyone who opposed abortion. Now they are politically homeless.
@@arimathean4128what a lot of BS. Repeating nonsense like a 4 year old.
@@dolesncmor I am telling you honestly what friends have told me. Do you deny that the Democrats no longer tolerate pro-life members? If so, you are the one repeating nonsense.
In the 1960s, the Democrats were the anti-abortion party, while the Republicans took no position. In those days, Jesse Jackson called abortion "genocide against the black race". Opposing abortion was just like opposing racism - it was standing up for the weak and defenseless.
Now that’s the truth! Republicans are all about lies.
Did you making any sense at all?
Thank you for NOT being silenced… thank you for being so BRAVE 🇺🇸
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it out of religious conviction" - Pascal
Excellent quote! Blaze was a right-wing media project but had nothing to do with Blaise.
Love that quote! I copied it, to have handy, which I think I’ll use it a lot!
Ironically, Trump has no religious conviction.
WOW!!! How true. Never heard this quote before. Agree 💯. Thx for sharing.
That statement condemns David French and everyone in this panel in the video!
Tax ALL churches who embrace political ideology and agendas.
100% agree!
We must move that agenda the first thing next year!
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Tax ALL churches.
Especially if they're holding Trump rallies in the church or on the church grounds
Don’t lose hope, Mr. French. God sees you and He will protect you and your family. I’m so sorry for what you, your daughter, and rest of your family had to go through.
There’s no hate like Christian love.
You will know them by their works.
trump is not a Christian.
He has stated that he is without sin and has no reason to ask for forgiveness of his sins. He has also stated that he has done more for Christianity than Jesus Christ.
Like helping the homeless and their community?
They are misled but it doesn’t take away from the good.
@@phukhu525 , bone chilling isn’t he.
@@User12347ejdj I hope you realize that logic also supports the likes of Hamas and Hezbollah.
Good job.
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@@TJ000 , it doesn’t. But thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Tax churches and cults now!
TAX them PLENTY!
Money and Power, that's what they are worshipping. Follow the money..
@@zachriley7132 Ya go ahead and do that
@@winfordemocracy The hate for Christians is nothing new it's a core tenant of leftism. It is amusing to watch the people who believe in pregnant men talking about cults and deprogramming
What makes them so special? If churches paid 20% on the properties that they have? Things would be normal and they still would be making tons of cash.
NO MORE TAX BREAKS for racists and politically driven churches! Enough is enough with this hypocrisy! 😡
🙏 Amen Amen and Amen!
Remove their tax exempt status. All of them, all churches. They are not "non profit." These are not churches, they are political, business organizations.
@@antimatters6283so socialist of you
@@joepeay6986how
It DOESN'T MATTER that he's a "Former President"! A Criminal is a Criminal.
We are supposed to be a Nation of LAWS, Not Men, NOT A DICTATOR...... FDT
Lol. I totally agree. FDT. A Criminal is a Criminal! Lol
The funny thing is that he has ALWAYS been a criminal. He was well known for being a con-man long before he came down that golden escalator - and he was only in the running for publicity, anyway lol... he had no intention of winning, initially - it was just another con from the very beginning. He has also always used the legal system as a weapon - HUNDREDS of people/businesses have had to sue him just to get him to pay what he owes - but he does everything possible to drag it out so that they can't afford to keep up the lawsuits and/or go bankrupt... and that's just the ones that have TRIED to seek redress through the courts. It's amazing to me that ANYONE will work for him, anymore - though goodness knows he's running out of lawyers - and many of them have also had to sue to get paid, too! The man-child is a cheat in every way. He's cheating his own cult members every day and they are willing dupes. It's shocking that so many can't see it - or maybe they can and they just don't care because they are more fixated on avenging their imagined victimhood than anything else. The main difference between the left & the right is that the left wants everyone to be safe & happy - including those on the right. But the right wants it only for themselves - they want to "make liberals cry" and otherwise hurt those they perceive as their enemies. The whole thing is.... odd.
Correction, he was NEVER president, he simply occupied the W.H. for 4 years
Haha you said dic😂
Perhaps Garland should be informed?
His first term was terrible, so there's literally no excuse to vote for him
Nicole…. True. I guess that’s why Trump is doing so well in polls. Never been a worse first term than this. No way he wins again!
The irony is that his followers still don't realise that it was terrible, because, He told them it was the "Greatest", which was immediately backed up by Fox and countless other right-wing media! Much of the Stuff he said that he was going to do and which they said he had done, was never done! All Figures are still able to be checked!
Hatred doesn't make common sense in real-time .
@@IAmThatLisa143He's only doing well in the polls because they're all idiots who think he's gonna do better the next time around. BUT HE WONT WIN....AGAIN!!!!
FOX says otherwise.
Reinstate The Fairness Doctrine.
If Trump doesn't insult your intelligence you probably don't have ANY. You cannot be a Trump supporter and a moral human being. The World is tired of Trump!
You can't believe in equality of outcome and be a moral person. Humans are supposed to be superior, not the same as each. People are supposed to win, not lose. Unequal outcomes are completely fine. It means someone is superior to someone else. Only a bad human being dislikes when someone wins. It's because they can't win. This is what evil looks like.
Classic, right on, brother.These people are not Christians they are cult members .
Sooooooooooo tired of him. Biden 2024❤
Yes....trump and morality do NOT go together.
driverman: So true!
Ahhhh another shining example of Conservative Christian values....
You're another example of childish behavior.
It’s the height of irony to hear someone espousing a relativistic worldview talking of “values”!
They worship the antichrist.
@@evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702 Christians make up their morals on the fly, I've seen them do it. You can't be a christian and support Trump. Period.
Presbyterian Church is not considered conservative
I don't want My ministers telling me how to vote and I don't want politicians telling me how to pray
Very much like I don't want vegans telling me what I can and can't eat.
Seperation of Church and state is essential for Freedom of all.
America doesn't have an official language nor a religion.
💙🌊2024 vote maga out the door🌊💙
That is what makes America great. The separation of church and state in our beloved country . Not Donald Trump.
There would be no U.S.. Government without the Church. The Forefathers didn’t accurately represent the Lord Jesus Christ, God, in the establishment of our government but they did copy his model. You should do your research, because you’re missing A LOT of information. Some of the LITERAL laws and foundations of our Constitution are LITERALLY copied from the Bible.
Separation of church and state exists. That's not the problem, though. There is no separation of religion and politics.
@@pavanbiliyar separation exists for now but there is a number of people who would like to see that change
If any church has one single mention of one item politically, then they need to be paying taxes. I’m sick and tired of the churches not contributing.!!
So...what other part of the Constitution do you want to remove?
I've read the Bible - not a modern revision of it.
My position on it is this,..the further you get from the original,the further you are from the truth.
Having read it,I can understand why modern day liberal views are frowned upon by the faith - many would say some of those views are evil,even called out as abominations.
If a preacher supports modern day liberalism he is not a preacher,and is a disgrace in pretending to be.
@@studleydewrite2942 _"I've read the Bible - not a modern revision of it."_
So, are you saying you speak Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek? Because if not you have not "read the bible" regarding "the original", you are reading a... revision, many times over.
So that includes all the African American churches supporting Democrats too?
@@studleydewrite2942 Have you heard about Jesus?
Being a white man in a brown family, I now get it. It’s not about me. It’s about the Americans, including my family, being consistently treated as second class citizens, or worse. I stand with David and his family.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 for understanding. I am sure your brown family ❤ you dearly for standing by them👍🏽👍🏽👊🏾
I have followed David French for a long time and I’ve been waiting for him to get this wake up call. Just like David Brooks.
I am in total agreement with you.
Apparently , evangelicals believe hatred is a family value .
No wonder young people aren't going there anymore.
Don’t forget they promote VIOLENCE too!
They do. Authoritarianism is about controlling others.
@@ld3511 Vengence and retribution are the new Christian values.
Not all Evangelist churches support Trump. Unfortunately, too many do support Trump.
Beware of politicians who tell you how to pray, and pastors who tell you how to vote.
That needs to be a PSA globally
THIS⬆️⬆️⬆️
Beware all pastors full stop. Simply by claiming their role they are fos
Unfortunately people love the thought of not having to decide and letting someone in authority decide for them. Usually a talk show host, a religious leader, or another politician.
Exactly!
Never trust a politician that tells you how to pray or a preacher that tells you how to vote..... NEVER.....🌊🌊🇺🇲💙
From what I have seen of right wing preachers, I would not recommend you listen to them at all. They seem to be preaching hate. I thought Jesus was preaching love.
By extention, never trust a priest or a politician.
Excellent advice.
that why we have separation of church and state
That's always been a great line... post it everywhere online whenever it hits the nail on the head!
Thanks for showing this: I didn't realize how widespread and serious this "chosen one" mania is.
You've not heard of Jonny Enlow, Robin Bullock, Shane Vaughn, Kat Kerr, Paula White? There are others who literally believe Trump is the new Messiah, in the religious sense. They are creating a new religion around this individual and they lead mega churches.
I got to church also, butnever experienced any of this.
So who's right?
I have seen it, they said everyone who’s voting for Trump raise your hands because he needs our prayers. I never went back
Time to tax churches that have become political organisations.
Time to tax churches.
Ooo, you're British? (Organisation as opposed to organization.) You're
absolutely right
Seriously overdue. Charge them heavily for their political opinions. Churches don't get to be tax exempt and a breeding ground for mindless MAGAts!
@@paulineespinosa4928 Autocorrect on a keypad that enjoys randomly switching between U.S. and British English, and French. 🤣
Agree. If they act as a political organization, they then should be treated as same and pay taxes accordingly.
Cancel their tax exemption! No politics from the pulpit
David French, thank you for standing strong in your faith.
I stopped going back when the pastor told the congregation our President was a Muslim. I’ve seen no reason to go back.
Being betrayed by one's church is terrible
Nobody in my family has ever set foot in a church. I can imagine nothing of less consequence than being “cancelled” by a church
The church is showing it's true colors, it's always been about power and money, one of the wealthiest entities on the planet all tax free ,
Some of us decided to worship God from our houses. The Lord revealed to us all these things that would be exposed. That's why we are shouting of the warnings of electing this man. God is clearly warning America.
This is absolutely correct!
It’s a separating of wheat from chaff. Don’t forget that “narrow is the way and few shall find it”. The Church is not a club, and Christianity isn’t achieved by wearing a crucifix or a lapel pin. It’s very possible that well more than half of those who sit regularly in church pews, even those who administrate churches, are not actual Christians. Simply mouthing the word doesn’t cut it. The actuality exists within.
Really! Just look at Joel Osteen! And wouldn't even open the church to help save people from flood waters after that hurricane!
That is why the Founding Fathers deemed *ALL* religions unfit for modern, civil governance.
The *1st Amendment's Establishment Clause* prohibits the government from making any law, _“respecting an establishment of religion.”_
This clause not only forbids the government from establishing an official religion, but also prohibits government actions that unduly favor one religion over another. It also prohibits the government from unduly preferring religion over non-religion.
*Constitution Article VI Supreme Law - Clause 3 Oaths of Office*
_"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; _*_but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."_*
This means nobody is ever required to swear to a god or on the Bible, or any other religious book for an oath of office. They may choose a god or religious book, but none is required.
Thomas Jefferson and Calvin Coolidge did not use a Bible in their oath-taking ceremonies. Theodore Roosevelt did not use the Bible when taking the oath in 1901, nor did John Quincy Adams, who swore on a book of law, with the intention that he was swearing on the constitution.
_"In this enlightened age and in this land of equal liberty, _*_it is our boast,_*_ that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest offices that are known in the United States."_
*-George Washington* (To the Members of the New Jerusalem Church of Baltimore, 27 January 1793)
_“The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or Mohammedan Nation.”_
*- John Adams* (American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, Founding Father & 2nd president)
_“...the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion."_
*-Treaty of Tripoli - June 7, 1797. Signed by President John Adams & Ratified UNANIMOUSLY, by the Senate June 10, 1797*
....only a few times in history the Senate unanimously agreed on anything.
A 2018 Supreme Court Ruling re-affirmed this statement, from The Treaty of Tripoli.
The Supreme Court released an opinion on May 14, 2018 in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn., 584 U. S. (2018), Justice Thomas in his concurring opinion wrote:
_"The Treaty of Tripoli was passed by the Senate and signed into law by President John Adams. As such, it is a "legislated text" which must be read "textually". The lower courts in this case read a hypothetical legislative intention into the text by dismissing Article 11 as "a mere formality". The language itself makes a clear direct statement that _*_our government is not based on the Christian religion and any attempt by a government official to represent our government as Christian contradicts the text and the historical understanding of our founders."_*
_"Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects?"_
*- James Madison 4th president* (A Memorial And Remonstrance, On The Religious Rights Of Man: Written In 1784-85)
My family left that church when a black family who had attempted to join were rejected by the minister and the congregation.
Good on you and your family.
We left when they started preaching against jews and homosexuals. It was a hate sermon.
Funny a white man i know went to a black church to pray when he was out of town, they treated him badly. Take,your antiwhite race baiting crud elsewhere.
Thank you
🙏🏼😭🙏🏼
Stand your ground, VOTE 💙 for Democracy.
As a foreigner I do not think Biden is that great - but PLEASE vote for him. The alternative is so dangerous. And I feel I can speak on this because what happens in the USA affects the whole world, and especially the UK. Vote Biden for the WHOLE WORLD.
The democrats are the same.
@@thisperson5294 brainwashed foreigner bad
How very, very sad and tragic! Those of us who know Humility and Love need to stand together.
There’s no love thy neighbor in Trumps church
drumpf is a malignant narcissistic liar with acute solipsism - he has his own existence.
Ttump only has the best neighbors ...
@@AceBadguy72 The best, most luxurious, most exclusive neighbors...
They just preach Satan words
He'd have to have a church first
My best friend’s family encountered something similar. The pastor told congregation to vote red or not show up to church again. Her parents stood up & verbalized their faith but disappointment they were not honoring separation of religion & government; they came to worship God not politicians. They walked out w/ a significant # of parishioners! 😂
I feel if churches are going to be involved in the political arena, then they shouldn’t be allowed to be tax exempt!
THEOCRACY is a DISEASE
I hate to say it but i think you’re right. I never agreed with that for a long time.
So sad. Church should never be involved in politics. The USA is on a very bad path.
So frightening.
Not a great pastor! 😮
Scarlet Beast
"I don't care about you. I just want your vote."
😂😂😂 Then all his supporters left and run out in groups😂😂
“You ain’t black if you don’t vote for me” Potato joe
After joking with the crowd, Trump then went on to say that reporters attending the rally would take his words out of context and tell viewers that the ex-president had said a “horrible” thing onstage.
This has to be on billboards, shirts, and adds.
@@annebreitrick6116 He FINALLY tells the truth and people go crazy 😏....maybe because it is so rare.
We must vote in November to never let this threat and tyranny back into office!
False prophets shall deceive many
A Cult!
What cult?
God Bless you David French. Thank you for your testimony 👍👍
Seeing someone else as "the ENEMY" is the ONLY way they can think because it's the ONLY way they can JUSTIFY their own HEINOUS ACTS.
Isn't it amazing that Trump and his supporters demonize others, only to fall into the pit of hypocrisy.
"Religion was created when the first con man met the first fool."- Mark Twain
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I truly believe that the "god" of the Bible is not who we have been led to believe.
"Having faith is believing is something you know just ain't true." - Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Truer than Trump's loss in 2020. There is no God! It's fake!
a con man came down the escalator and destroyed our country.
Don’t ever let the power of cults be taken for granted.
Remember Jim Jones and his cult followers and how he killed them all when the law was coming after him? Scary times, since, history tends to repeat itself.
Vote blue 💙 no matter who or the consequences 💙
CULT 🐑 LIFE BABY 🐑 👶 😍
I am still waiting for trump to pass out the koolaid.
@@buffycat4641 For some, he already has.
I just read a book about it. The rambling monologues, the paranoia, the followers who will do ANYTHING for him - that's the road MAGA is on.
Trump was a test and Christians failed....
Sounds like the incompetent Bribens presidency, failed the American people
If god sent Donnie I want to know why. Don't want to make that mistake again!
Like corrupt 46s presidency. Failed
@@RichardQuaidsays a cheating cannibal supporter
@@RichardQuaidTo see if people would reject him, hence the test. Mfs failed, spectacularly.
What goes out of the mouth 🗣️, proceeds from the heart 💜 Matthew 15:11 … Vote blue for better America 🇺🇸
The poor guy is just now figuring out that hypocrisy is the rule and not the exception in his church.
I'm happy that even one more soul got out. But ha ha, yes sometimes it can take a long time!
Most know. They don't mind hate, hypocrisy, or bigotry until it affects them.
Hearing David's story, his pain came through loud & clear. This is a man who was raised in the church, who's values were built, to some degree, in the church. I'm so sorry that he & his family have had to go through this. The insanity that came down like a ton of bricks on when Trump came down that escalator & has torn this country to shreds & divided this country in a way that we've never experienced before.
You do realize that he participated in the hate against LGBTQIA that church has always stood for? You probably dont realize that church is TOXIC to everyone.
Christians have always been hateful bigots. Read up on the Spanish Inquisition and get back to me.
David sowed the seeds of his own discomfort by participating in the laughable concepts of Christianity. He knew, or should have known, how "Christians" are when they disagree with someone... especially the "Christians" of lesser intelligence, which are the apparent majority.
He chose the wrong church. He worshipped the wrong God. The lesson here isn't "he was an innocent victim" - the lesson here is "he worshipped a racist hateful angry God"
Also, Romans 13:1-2 clearly shows us that there isn't one single Christian who supports Trump, a man at war with God's Word.
Separation of church and state. Face taxes if not.
Wanna tax Rev Jeremiah Wright? I'm okay with that.
Church will become the state if you elect Trump
In Arizona tump cursed from the pulpit and they repeated it!! Lord help us!!!
I went to my daughter’s church and one of the congregation had a sign on his car that read, “if you’re Democrat, you are not a true Christian”. I was taken aback.
The pastor was also mocking people who wore masks due to COVID.
I realized very quickly that church was not for me.
Agnosticism is theWAY
That's not Church.
Well most of the people in church got sick and died. So for them to have this mind set lets you know that they don’t have common sense. It’s sad for real
Test the spirit, and that tells you what you need to know.
Shortly after 9/11, I made an attempt to reconnect myself with the church, after lapsing from attendance during college.
I was in a new town, so just had to pick one of the churches in the area, found one that I thought was the same denomination I grew up in, Lutheran.
I was shocked, though, when the pastor brought up Falwell and Robertson's attempt to blame 9/11 on gays and feminists. And the pastor AGREED with them. It was then that I realized I was in a Missouri Synod Lutheran church, not the ELCA branch I had been raised in.
This was the first time I had noticed the real evil than can exist inside of Christianity for the first time.
I wish I had walked out during the sermon, but I quietly sat through it, left and never returned. I hadn't realized how DIFFERENT the teachings of the church (which Christ predicted would be so unified that people would look on it and KNOW that He was sent by God) could be.
I do credit this experience with hastening my acknowledgement that I no longer believed. I tried out a few more churches after that, but nothing felt right any more and I just gave up and ultimately admitted I was an atheist.
I am repulsed.
Then vote
@@Wes-x9p I suspect they will.
Tax every single church at the full rate unless they are providing social services free of evangelization. It’s simple.
Yes,Yes,Yes!!
@@richardobrien8823 - should we tax Planned Parenthood?
Oops!
@scottharrison8701 What do you mean, "oops"? Unlike many evangelical churches, PP actually operates as a non-profit. I doesn't get to claim that status based on religion.
@@scottharrison8701 When they're legislated out of business by red states...
@@scottharrison8701 You don't make sense.
He was SURPRISED by this??????
He never thought the leopard would eat his face
I actually stopped going to church for a few years now. I just don't feel like I belong and I do not feel comfortable around other people when they are just wearing a mask to hide their true colors. I have met people that are Trumper's and invited me to go to the same church they go, but knowing they adore this man, I do not see myself going to same church with them. I just pray on my own, treat people well, give support, volunteer and help the impoverished people. And, as long as I am doing a good thing... I do not need to go to church to believe in God.
Amen, I did the same thing, i walked away from the church. they started teaching hate instead of love. i still believe and i don't need the church for my faith.
Same here
Same
SAME! Seeing the church abandon the sick, women, children, and the neighbor broke me. I love God, I despise conservative Christians.
Ditto
Churches need to pay taxes.
They need to be disbanded.
What a way to find out that a group that told you, it was all love, was actually all hate.
You mean the LQBTQ+ community, right?
@@evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702 No, the "Christian church". Look at history and see it's thumbprint.
@@evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702 No, they mean christianity.
Perfectly describes the LGBTQs.
@@evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702why do y’all purposely ignore facts?
I have seen it in my own church. They did nothing to gather around me but instead stay away. I left the church.
As someone who was raised in the southern baptist environment, I can confirm that there is no hate like Christian love. I'm so glad that I had rejected it by the time I was in high school
"Ain't no hurt like church hurt."
You had a bad experience with a church so you paint all Christians as bad? Very mature and non bigoted response
I'm moving to the Episcopal church for similar reasons. They actually practice the love they preach.
I left the Southern Baptist Church in 1969 because of pervasive racism. They haven't gotten better. They have gotten worse.
Good for you. Stay strong.
Thank you, David and Nancy French. My family has also experienced these things. It’s horrible. Seeing the two of you is so helpful! We admire your strength and resilience. Your example is the true Christian path.
I have a friend who took a black friend to his church. You know, "all God's children are welcome." Let's just say, that did not end well. He learned that lesson as a child and has not been to any church since. I cannot blame him.
If you claim to be a Christian then love is the most important thing because God is love!
You cannot have hate in your heart for anyone and claim to be a Christian.
I was ran out of the church I was attending, because I told someone a male choir member came to my home & acted really crazy about going to the bathroom. I only had one bathroom & my daughter was taking a bath. I told him he could go outside, but he wasn't going in the bathroom with my daughter. The church member convinced me that I was wrong. I let him come back to my home & he tried again to get in the bathroom with my daughter. He was no longer welcome in home. The church let me know I was no longer welcome!!!
Find a real Christian church not a MAGA or hypocritical church...
And good luck...
If the pastor accepted him and supported his family, why didn’t he/she call out members who were responding to them with hate?
Fear of losing their congregation! If Muhammed, won't go to the Mountain, then the Mountain must go to Muhammad!
@@Wicky173What good is a pastor who won’t stand up against something like blatant racism? Thats not the kind of person who should lead any congregation.
The pastor would be fired and replaced by someone far worse
@@barbaramonaco105 This. Most denominations are led from the top down. If a pastor does something that makes a large number of the congregation leave, those higher up the chain will replace them.
Not much of a pastor IMHO!
As an African American with a daughter. I was married to an Black Elder in the Evangelical Church. The rumblings in my heart started when Obama was elected. It was like a slow burn. The mask started dropping from the pulpit. The churches relationship was only with my husband and everything became transactional, leaving his family by the wayside. I finally got enough strength after George Floyd. They became more transparent by then and Covid pushed them off the cliff.
It’s been five years away from that church and marriage. God has been so good 😊😊😊😊😊
May you be blessed as you continue on your journey.
Glad you landed on your feet. Stay Positive!!
Bless you, sister. 🙏🏼
There's one prayer God always answers. That is your desire to know him. He never leaves a cup half full. Never.
So, let's all agree: Cancel culture is alive and well on the right.
it's ALWAYS projection/confession for those clowns
"cancel culture"
"judicial activists"
"snowflake"
"trump derangement syndrome"
"fascism"
etc
Its a patriotic boycott when they do it. Its cancel culture if anyone else is selective with their money. Its hypocrisy that has become sacred on the right.
What a bunch of triggered snowflakes!
I left my church because of intolerance and hypocrisy. That's not what Jesus had in mind.
@@davidsalo8397 love one another.
the greatest of these is love.
give up all your worldly goods
Yes. I experience this in my whole state too.
JESUS will condemn that church and many others for the hate the members hold in their heart.
My heart goes out to this man, his wife, family, and especially his daughter.
VOTE BLUE!
Jesus is whomever you imagine "him" to be. One's own imagination cannot be faulted for truism.
Lol, Jesus.
Sure. 😂
No. He knew the other members were racist and crazy. He didn't think it would devour him.
@@MrAAgabriel sounds like every Christian I've met
Would that be the white Jesus, or the black Jesus, or perhaps the yellow Jesus? 🤔🤓 Derp!
Our country has long needed to remove the tax exemption from religious institutions. The exemption was to keep religion out of our politics. Still, it failed the further we got away from our Revolutionary War and the reasons our founding fathers put in the separation of church and state. For decades now, American religious institutions have meddled in our politics. If they want to play in politics (and they have done that for a very long time), they can pay their fair share of taxes like the rest of us.
So many holy grifters would leave the grift, which would be good for everyone-people of faith who don’t hate everyone, people of faith who want a strict separation & people who want to go to church but don’t because they’re aren’t welcome or they’re hated by the current members.
David, our hearts go out to you, Nancy, and your family. I hope Nancy continues to heal and the cancer is gone for good soon 🙏
Great conversation. We need more like this.
Trump is MAGA's golden calf...
I think there was even a golden like statue one of his supporters made of him.
"golden calf" - perfect description!
@@xemnas9098 : Trump's Golden Calf: it's true! I didn' know this and looked it up: see below. I am horrified, but it shows the devil is real and it is all of his supporters, i.e. "minions." I can't believe what is happening in our own country, and I hope and pray the whole country will VOTE BLUE and vote these evil people OUT - OUT OF OFFICE for good!
@@xemnas9098 Golden Trump statue was CPAC 2021, not 2 months after J6.
The church tried to make a deal with the devil.
I don't know how you could be a Christian and a Trump supporter. Also they didn't let David French talk enough.
Trump's cult is worshipping money and power. That's it.
America being saved from what .
But you can be a liberal democrat and a Christian 🙄. Read the bible trolls before condemning immoral behaviours.
There is no HATE like Christian love.
@@cindyt8278 sure why not
Mika sounds like she's on the verge of tears. I, and many others feel the same thinking about Trump and his MAGA supporters.
Segregationist serenading is nothing knew.
Why do you cry ? What exactly causes you fear.
Wait a sec...wasn't it Christians who burned crosses to show their hatred for God...for creating Black people?
She does sound on the edge of tears.
She always does.
Experiencing what Black Americans experience on a "daily" basis, and then some! "What you've done unto the least of these you've also done it unto Me."
💙 This a primary example why I and many younger people don’t attend church anymore! Churches have so involved themselves in Politics that they have forgotten the meaning the church was founded on! Love thy Neighbor/ Brother as thy self! 💙💙
Church attendance has fallen from 42% of Americans to 30% from 2003 to 2023, and it's still declining. That's why they're all about creating imaginary enemies and existential threats.
😢They carry a Bible in one hand, and a pitchfork in the other!!!
Racism, misogyny, and hatred of all things liberal are not new to religion by any means.
God made Jesus and his teachings the defining factor- His name is rarely if ever mentioned.People plug in a god of their choosing.What ever god that works for their wicked heart.
Evangelical Christian,
That voice in your head calling Trump the Chosen One is not me. Don't forget to take your meds. --- God
💙💛
Thank you !
I just posted almost the same thing.
They talk about him being the orange 🍊 Jesus.
The chosen one & my question is
Do they read the Bible?
Because this man is everything the Bible speaks against.
I just want to know what Bible are they reading from . lol!
Let’s call it for what it truly is
EVIL 😈! EVIL @ it’s finest!
I’m voting blue 💙💯
Gods that don’t exist can’t be quoted.
But, the One True God that exists, can be.
@moonshoes11 I know for a fact that God exists, and I have seen firsthand the wonders of those mysteries revealed!
I am an Australian Presbyterian and this appalls me. This is not what Presbyterianism is about.
This is unrelated to the subject of this video, my family lived in Australia in the early 1980s while my father served in the Uniting Church. Here in the U.S. he was an ordained Presbyterian minister (and would be turning over in his grave at the state of religion and politics here). My question for you, @ghighianne..., is there still a Uniting Church in Aussie-land? I believe it was a combination of Methodist, Congregational, and Presbyterian ideologies. Just wondering, and hoping you are kind enough to answer.
@@crystalcrannell-moberg3828 The Uniting Church still exists. The Presbyterians that didn't enter that merger are still around too and many are as conservative and awful as the PCA. Our largest Anglican/Episcopalian diocese in Sydney holds much in similarity, being majority Reformed & conservative Evangelical theologically.
@joalchin thank you for responding! Certainly not all Presbyterian congregations are this conservative here in America. I know of some that are very progressive and community-oriented. But I also have friends who have left their congregations because of the more recent conservative direction it has gone. When we were in Qeensland, there were some very conservative people in the Uniting churches that my dad served. At that time, I called them Born-Agains and tried to avoid them.
Presbyterian Church in the states split in 83. Presbyterian Church in America (conservative) and Presbyterian Church USA (more progressive, lgbtq rights, women in the pulpit, etc. I’m USA, but our little church has lost members to in America and other denominations over what I call “selective “ morality. Many members in my church support Trump. I’m in SC. It stresses me to no end.
@emmybennett3670 so sorry to hear of your location. My area and friends are, for the most part, in agreement with me. My husband, however, he's a whole 'nother story. He won't hear any counter, opinion, or argument.
Why would anybody want to be part of that church, part of any church for that matter.
PASTORS SHOULD KEEP POLITICS OUT OF THE PULPIT 😊
That should tell to all the idiots that attend these churches not to believe anything these charlatan evangelical preachers spew from their mouths; What they say has nothing to do with the" Book".
Agreed..... they would be fired..
Or they should loose their tax exceptions
And taxed
Sadly, that is what attracts many folks to a particular church. Politics has become part of the religious experience. .
Churches have always been this way to single mothers and their children. I found attending church to be the greatest challenge of my life. Two years after my divorce, I left and they basically told me not to let the door hit me on the way out. All because I was a divorced mother. They felt I should have stayed in marriage until my then husband killed me.
That church should have been there to love and support you when you needed it the most! That’s what a loving, caring Christian church would do.
That’s what God would do and expects His people to do!
I'm glad that you got out and that you got away.
Why would he try to show Remorse, he would be lying if he even tried to! Lock him up, already!
Remorse does not exist for an extreme narcissist sociopath.
It's not about politics, it's about trust. Darkness is being revealed in the church, because of Donald Trump, Darkness is being uncovered all over this nation, starting with the church
How many people have said they did not understand racism until they adopted a black child!
I'm glad to see "conservatives" like David French finally waking up. Better late than never. Too bad it often takes personal attacks before some people realize that those whom they thought were friends really are something very different.
only recognizing evildoers when they do their evil to oneself shows that a person’s values are delineated by proximity and nothing else
It is called a lack of empathy. Empathy is often learned and/or grows through our own troubles. That is why you see former addicts helping other addicts and homeless people giving to other homeless people part of what little amount they have. I hope that David French learned empathy from this... it looks as if he may have.
He has been speaking out for some time. Several years.
So many of us saw this coming back from the minute that lying maniac came down the escalator.
We tried to tell people, but so many said, “There are checks and balances to keep him in check”.
Just SAD!!!! 😔🙏🙏🙏🙏
Who's surprised? This is what churches do in my personal experience.
But it doesn't have to be. The churches have been instrumental in movements for liberation around the world, as the Rev said. Liberation theology, the abolitionist movement, etc. I know there are people who use the Church for awful things. But they are USING it.
Not all churches, thankfully
Mr French described how his children were racially discriminated against.....what kind of christian does that to children? Disgusting
@@ecstanton the last Christian I encountered assured me that Robert E. Lee (who owned slaves) wasn't a racist but I was hateful for thinking he was.
Mine too. The UU's were the only decent church I EVER found who actually cared and behaved AS IF I mattered. I don't go though.
Christ's teachings were all about love & inclusion, not hate & exclusion.
Racism is a serious problem in many American Christians. We must pray. Prayers.
Prayer is a serious problem in many American Christians. I wish they would stop indulging themselves in psychotic fantasies.
You know that they are also praying? Does that not tell you anything about the pointlessness?
Its times like these that you find out who your friends really are. You'll find better. You deserve better.
I can relate to this article. During trumps presidency run in 2015, my circle of church friends heavily supported trump. I saw red flags in trumps promises to every group, and his hate speeches. I told my friends that I understand we need change, but trump is not the answer. I stopped getting invited to all social events, weddings, parties from my church friends. 😢
I’m sorry. It’s their loss 💜
..with such friends you don't need enemies anymore.
You are far better off not letting them drag you down.
I understand, my husband's side of the family did this. It's hard to believe because they are so highly educated!!! I love them very much but our visits have become much further apart! Oh, I forgot to add they use to be Catholic, but have turned Evangelical. I think they were influenced greatly, and they only listen to Fox news now. I just don't get it. I am old and I have never seen anything like this in my whole life!
Unfortunately, then these people are not really your friends~ Better to find out now then later. It's actually a blessing!
Tax the churches!! How dare they push politics!!
You have never complained about churches that push politics you like.
@@murderface15g13 i'd tax all churches too many abuse the system and hide their motives behind being a "church"
I’ve been called blind to the truth. That Trump is Gods instrument. No. That man wasn’t pick by God to do anything for America.
That's the MAGA CULT for you. They don't care about nobody but themselves!
Definitely not picked by God!
I'm so glad I grew up in a tolerant church. My church was a member of the Presbyterian Church USA.
This is why there needs to be a separation of church and state! So so sad
There's SUPPOSED to be separation of church and state , however...
It's not a religion when they join a cult!
True. Communist blues cult
Communist blue cult
That goes for MSNBC
@@bobevans9955 is that why you are here following it every day? lets look. yep look at those posts on this place.
@@bobevans9955 Fox paid $787,500,000,000.00 because they lied to you. I don't watch liars.
Separation of church and state no longer exists
Is that why Mika said “turning to politics”
So you see who these people truly are!
if you are rejected for not supporting a traitor +felon that 'church' needs to lose tax break. 🔵☮️
They just want your money anyway.... They don't deserve tax write-offs. 😢
The difference is, this is a church, not a CULT. And churches should not be a political forum.
It's a church that is being slowly contaminated by people who ARE part of a cult. That's what makes it even more obnoxious than it would be already.
There’s a very fine line between a church and a cult. Personally I can’t see that line.
Agree 100%
@@greghelton4668 If definitions are hard for you try reading a dictionary
The PCA is not a cult, but MAGA is a cult - and it appears many PCA members are also in the MAGA cult.
I have witnessed this myself.
Its really crazy, they feel they can do No wrong!