tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044826704035279962.post6127835622141423790..comments2024-03-28T17:16:25.333-04:00Comments on Mad Padre: William Imboden on Trump, Christians and the 1930sMad Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044826704035279962.post-78502679997798415892016-08-03T18:01:48.414-04:002016-08-03T18:01:48.414-04:00Excellent article Mike. I learned a lot from it an...Excellent article Mike. I learned a lot from it and will now have to chase down some reading on many of the leaders mentioned in if. The 30s was definitely a tumultuous time for America and the world and many of the issues faced then clearly resonate today. Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15190074798304025483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044826704035279962.post-46519531155882376382016-08-03T14:33:58.371-04:002016-08-03T14:33:58.371-04:00Trump worships at the temple of Donald. He'll ...Trump worships at the temple of Donald. He'll wrap himself in faith - any faith - as long as it furthers his aims.<br /><br />I must take a minor exception to part of Imboden's piece. From the non-believer perspective, Christianity, especially the fundamentalist strains, still have a strong grip on US culture and society. Where Imboden states that Christians are seeing a loss of power, other observers see the opposite citing things like the "In God We Trust" initiative and governmental support for purely religious projects such as the Ark Experience. Maintaining the basics of the First Amendment is a full time activity for some US atheist groups. <br /><br />What I think can be agreed on, is that some strains of US Christianity feel that they are under attack by an increasingly secular culture and, to be blunt, Islam. While not justified, these feelings lead to fear and fear is the currency Trump uses so well to buy his followers support. <br /><br />Dark times are ahead for our southern cousins and I fear, the world.PatGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00379668269395518541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044826704035279962.post-33238415920074085102016-08-02T14:34:47.155-04:002016-08-02T14:34:47.155-04:00Thank you Richard Griffith. I assume you are not ...Thank you Richard Griffith. I assume you are not a bot, even though you don't seem to have been interested in reading the article in question in this post. I find your comment interesting, and would like to know what you mean by worse, considering that no one has questioned HRC's stability (Robert Kagan, WAPO https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/there-is-something-very-wrong-with-donald-trump/2016/08/01/73809c72-57fe-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html) or that he is a danger to the republic (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/opinion/worthy-of-our-contempt.html?emc=edit_th_20160801&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=55545204). Perhaps worse simply means "a Democrat"?Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044826704035279962.post-29534615641228651512016-08-01T18:04:37.636-04:002016-08-01T18:04:37.636-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Richard Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414415954578815473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044826704035279962.post-56568183692090094892016-08-01T18:04:28.854-04:002016-08-01T18:04:28.854-04:00The reason we're perplexed is because the othe...The reason we're perplexed is because the other candidate appears even worse! Richard Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414415954578815473noreply@blogger.com