Trump’s God-Talk Is Turning America Off Religion

[phands]

Wow....could trumpo finally do something right, and help kill religion?

Perhaps the only subject Donald Trump likes to talk about as much as the almighty self is, well, Almighty God.
Need proof? At a White House “state-like dinner” for evangelical leaders in late August, President Donald Trump spoke about “the glory of God” and the “power of prayer,” while promising that he would ensure America would “forever proudly remain one nation under God.”
This kind of religious rhetoric is not new for Trump. He has consistently tried to “grab ‘em by the Bible” when addressing his conservative base. At a 2015 rally, he declared that the Good Book was his favorite published work of all-time—just topping “The Art of the Deal.” During another speech that same year, he waved his childhood Bible in the air to prove his religious bona fides.
Trump has even indicated that God probably had a hand in the election, noting that such a victory “would require major help from God…and we got it!”
Considering these anecdotes, one might assume that Trump using the presidential mega-microphone to speak about faith might help revive God-talk among the masses. But according to a new poll I commissioned with Barna Group, a prominent social research firm focused on religion and public life, it may be hurting the Christian cause rather than helping.
In our poll of more than 1,000 American adults, 93 percent of respondents said they do not talk about their faith regularly. Indeed, a whopping 87 percent of churchgoing Christians said the same. And among those who avoid God-talk, one of the top motivations for their reticence is feeling “put off by how religion has been politicized.”
From sea to shining sea, spiritual conversations are now an endangered species. And when politicians like Trump co-opt religious language for political ends, it accelerates the demise of sacred speech.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-god-talk-is-turning-america-off-religion?ref=home

 

[RavenSky]

If they support Trump, they are hypocrites whether they talk about their religion or not.

 

[Jobar]

Only the damnedest of damnfools can't tell that Trump believes only in himself, and is using talk of God purely to manipulate religious voters and those who have influence with those voters.

I think that's been true of religious-right politicians for many years, but Trump is just so fuckin' obvious about it.