[TheRealThing]

I know we have a lot of similar thoughts, based on your experience and knowledge about Trump what do you think about his positions on issues related to the Bible?

Well I'll tell ya. The only thing that scares me about Trump is whether or not he is pro abortion and gay rights, or anti abortion and gay rights. I will never knowingly vote for any candidate who is of the 'pro' stance.

If he has in fact changed his mind about the moral arguments, and has adopted an actual conservative view, then I'm ok with that. Trump says he has changed his mind and I don't think we should necessarily dismiss that out of hand. That exact thing happened to Reagan, though not to the extent some imagine. At the same time Reagan matured and moderated his positions, the Dems were moving notably to the left. That's when Reagan changed his party affiliation, something he gets slammed for even today. The exact same thing has happened to anybody who tries to make amends for something done wrong, or anybody who has gone down on his knees before the Living God. It's called repentance and it is something of which I'm all about. If there were not something on the order of 12 candidates still standing, maybe we would have heard more debating on such issues. Surely that situation will rectify itself soon, because I for one would like to hear the matter put forth clearly. And then I would like to hear a clear answer.

Do I think Trump is a Christian? Mine is not to judge. I would however, take a guy still in the throes of working his way to Christian enlightenment any day and twice on Sunday, over a Clinton or a Sanders. Frankly, the candidate who seems to 'get it' would have to be Cruz, and he is ahead or tied with Trump in the Iowa polls. As Hoot has pointed out, this election is likely in the bag for Republicans and I just don't see how any of the also-rans have a shot at the front running Trump and Cruz. Just ask yourself this though, if one were in the booth with the curtain drawn and he had to make a choice between Cruz and Trump, who would likely get the vote?

I am convinced that the right man is one of those two and yet, I hear people on every side saying neither one of them could be elected. At some point a man just has to go with the dictates of his own heart, because you're going to hear the opposing sides of every issue proclaimed boldly, as if the truth were obviously on their side. Ironically, that brings us back to answering your question. Usually the wrong candidate speaks clearly enough that he is easily identified, but even if a candidate seems to have every possible answer, and yet advocates for abortion & gay rights, he's a goner in my book. So, sooner or later Trump will have to convince all evangelicals where he stands, or Ted Cruz is going to trump him. :biggrin: