How can Christians support tRUMP? By blinding themselves to all other Christian values.

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7. As much as the Catholic Church has MANY issues...

They do have 2 Old Testament readings and a New Testament reading at each mass. It creates a cycle where most of the Bible is delivered in about a 3 year cycle. And the Priest talks about these readings in modern context and/or gives history behind the readings to help understand more. So people who go to mass regularly hear the Bible readings and are taught what those words mean in today's world.

I have often taken the WWJD - What Would Jesus Do? idea and put any "supposed Christian" concept that seems (unloving or) suspicious to me and look for What did Jesus Do or Say about this type of thing?

VERY hard to get Zeus/Odin/Old Testament GOD mad at the World from the teachings of Christ.

To me, there is a lot of crazy in the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus were much more simple and helpful.

I grew up Catholic but was also allowed to attend other services because my parents were open minded and Vatican II helped as well.

I left the Church when Benedict was Pope. He and John Paul pushed Catholicism back away from ecumenical strides taken since the 60's. Basically it was kind of like political detente, but for religions to get along and cooperate towards goals they could agree upon without going into all the ways they disagreed in other areas.

I had found a great Methodist Church but their minister moved to another state and we got a former Baptist who was OK, but was NOT the open and vibrant type like the guy before had been. The previous minister would come and just sit by a new person and talk with them easily about various subjects and then move on to others in attendance. He was a fellow Christian happy to see you and ALSO happened to be the main guy leading the show. The feeling there was that to be a Christian means to show up and be there for others.

The Baptist minister was more preachy.

So I went with Hubby to Unity which is basically "ChristLike" but also accepts other faiths. Very loosely Christian.

But I have read so much about how the Church(es) can be used against the people, that I feel like that is more of a "power" thing than a "God" thing.

I think it's why "Separation of Church and State" is really better for those in government and for those of any type of faith who want to be fairly governed and those who choose NOT to pick any religion to be granted the same.