A shocking number of Americans believe God personally anointed Trump to rule the country
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Why do so many evangelical Christians support former President Donald Trump despite his decades of documented ungodly behavior?An in-depth report from The Economist shows that it has a simple explanation: They believe that God personally appointed him to rule the United States.In fact, the report ci...

Why do so many evangelical Christians support former President Donald Trump despite his decades of documented ungodly behavior?

An in-depth report from The Economist shows that it has a simple explanation: They believe that God personally appointed him to rule the United States.

In fact, the report cites a survey conducted by Denison University political scientist Paul Djupe that around 30 percent of Americans believe Trump “was anointed by God to become president.”

  • vexikronOP
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    11 months ago

    About 10 or 20 minutes after I posted the story, I found the actual study by Dennison University that is the basis of many of the claims.

    Here is the /official/, paywalled, abstract only link on Cambridge’s journal or study publishing site:

    https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/full-armor-of-god/2B21DC6F17E88C6DF7275F45A66DF104

    And here are various links to the full study provided by scientists amd volunteers who believe information should be freely available:

    https://annas-archive.org/md5/da76eb110551fd4028c9c0a8e185f0ce

    I have not had enough time to read it but given that 40% + of American adults believe in the Biblical Creation narrative of the world and do not believe in evolution, I’m pretty confident the 30% figure refers to basically American Adults, ie potential voters, in this context.