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.”

  • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
    103·
    11 months ago

    Read the actual study. And also, like… look around you, if/when you go outside, and actually pay attention. Have you not noticed?

    • MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      You guys are looking at this all wrong. 43% of Americans were found to believe that God helped Tim Tebow throw touchdowns link while only 30% believe Trump was chosen. We can thus conclude that Trump has lost a significant portion of Touchdown Jesus evangelicals.

      • Wogi@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        I’d say the number of people who believe in sky wizards caring about touchdowns is much higher than the number of people who think the sky wizards want the Cheeto in power

        • MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          lol, I don’t think I fault this conclusion. Perhaps I’ve tried to extrapolate too much here >.<

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      I don’t know about him but I did. And it maths to about 6 percent of all American Adults. (21 percent of weekly church going Protestants).

      The article is sensationalist. As usual.