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If this is a Bonhoeffer moment, what are we to do with the choice of a man who continues to support an organization founded with the expressed purpose of eliminating the black race -- Planned Parenthood, an organization that continues to provide for more killing of black babies than any white violence has done in decades? Hitler did, in fact, learn from Margaret Sanger's eugenics movement, which continues to be supported by the Democratic party in the USA.

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Thank you, Ron, for pointing out these parallels. In my-not-so-humble opinion, many Evangelicals are engaged in a form of idolatry with Donald Trump that grieves and distresses me. We have exchanged the Living God for a profane, amoral braggart and bully. A very bad bargain. I believe repentance is called for -- a necessity!

Yes, I pray for God to bless Pres. Trump every day, and to bring him to a true saving knowledge of Jesus Christ -- and that the U.S. be spared four more years of him.

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Thank you so much for discussing this topic in such a level-minded way. I agree that we are not in the same place as Germany was in the 1930s but democracy is a very fragile thing. It may not take very much for us to get to a place where our democratic insitutions are weakened beyond repair. In hindsight, it looks as though what happened in Germany in the 1930s was to be expected but many Germans are regretful that they did not see this coming.

It is scary how quickly we have become numb to the erosion of our democratic norms in three short years. Now Trump is talking of getting the justice department to defend himself against private sexual allegations (at the tax payer's expense), and most people feel too numb to react. Many of us who came to America from places with dictatorships are afraid of where Trump is taking us. He is getting bolder by the day.

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Ron - I am not sure how you can write these words? Trump is not Hitler, you say, but then you turn around and write essentially Trump is Hitler-like. Wow. And your "facts" are so slanted, so biased it is obvious you are not being just to the issues. No nuance. No filter. You completely dismiss the teaching of Romans 13 and 1 Timothy 2. We are called to prayer for our government leaders and yes we are in America so we can write what we like but you are not just with your treatment of the

"facts". I could just turn on CNN and get the same slant. Not helpful. Mostly mud slinging. Not credible.

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How do you know anything about his "personal sex life"? (At this time, or are you judging him for the sins of his past. And would you say the same of Bill Clinton and Martin Luther King who were serial adulterers?)

As a Catholic it's very strange to me to divide Christians by race. It almost seems racist. Are there no Black Christians who support Trump?

What policies of Trump go against the poor?

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