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The obvious contradictions did not seem to matter to the millions who voted him in....not sure what it would have taken to keep him out of the White House. Not much it seems.
Actually, I'm not really thinking these are things that should have kept him out of the White House.
I just find it odd that nobody seems to have thought about the irony, or contradictions, or whatever it is we should call them.
We've had non christians as president before: Thomas Jefferson and William Howard Taft to name two. So no, it wouldn't bother this christian. The only person I vote for, whose religion I care about is my pastor, and I'll keep it at that.
No, Catholics are NOT Christians. That's why we had the Reformation. The Catholic church has been corrupt for centuries. Sadly, now many Protestant churches are going the same way.
Martin Luther was a Roman Catholic priest/theologian who was attempting to change the Church when he nailed those 95 ideas on that door. He had no intention of leaving the Church nor starting another branch of Christianity when he did so, only of fixing it. Unfortunately for him, the Pope in power didn't appreciate his attempts and told him to retract them. Luther refused and got excommunicated.
Catholics are and always have been Christians. To say otherwise is ridiculous. Christians are nothing more than people who believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ.
We've had non christians as president before: Thomas Jefferson and William Howard Taft to name two. So no, it wouldn't bother this christian. The only person I vote for, whose religion I care about is my pastor, and I'll keep it at that.
Exactly. Presidents have typically parked their religion at the door when they entered the White House, retrieving it on Sunday mornings when they went to services. That's the way it should be. I'm sure some presidents went to Sunday services more for show or tradition than out of having a strong faith.
There should be no litmus test of a person's religion as part of running for POTUS. All I want them to do is run the country IAW the Constitution and the rule of law, period.
IMO, any POTUS who puts his/her faith first (over the Constitution and rule of law) in running the country has committed an impeachable offense.
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Non-Religious is my preference
