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2016-10-19T08:31:23-06:00

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Imagine if God answered these Christian prayers about abortion…?

Last updated on: October 19, 2016 at 8:31 am By Frank Schaeffer

(Photo YouTube) “For those who would like to see fewer abortions, perhaps it’s time for prayers of a different sort,” writes Valerie Tarico in AlterNet. Tarico then makes 7 suggestions in her article: “The Peculiar Role Prayer Plays for the Christian Right in Its Crusade to Make Abortion Illegal.” Tarico’s list brings up an interesting point not just about the politics and the hypocrisy of the religious right, but about the odd Christian belief that human justice must somehow balance... Read more

2016-10-19T02:27:59-06:00

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One Picture Says It All: Here’s the Real Trump “Legacy”

Last updated on: October 19, 2016 at 2:27 am By Frank Schaeffer

(a gun ad that ran in the Las Vegas Review-Journal photo Twitter) “I got three words for you: Cabbage Patch dolls,” Cameron Hopkins, owner of local gun store Westside Armory, replied when HuffPost asked why he believed the price of guns would go up if Clinton becomes president. “Do you remember when all the kids wanted Cabbage Patch dolls? And it was Christmas time and all the toy stores were running out of Cabbage Patch dolls? So what do you think... Read more

2016-10-18T12:20:57-06:00

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THIS IS BIG-BREAKING NEWS…President Obama’s Most Important Statement of his Presidency: The election is not “rigged.” (President to Trump “STOP Whining!”)

Last updated on: October 18, 2016 at 12:20 pm By Frank Schaeffer

(Photo YouTube) Breaking News… President Must Defend Democracy Itself Against a Would be Fascist: A FIRST in American History. Trump proves he is a greater threat to America than were the 9/11 terrorists who attacked buildings & individuals. Trump says our election is “rigged” and is thus attacking the USA’s very heart: the legitimacy of our democracy. Now a real patriot and great man– President Obama — answers him. This is a very, very big deal, a moment in American... Read more

2016-10-18T03:44:56-06:00

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Here’s the Best overall Commentary on Trump, America, the media and the fact-free Right of 2016: DO NOT MISS THIS 15 Min BILL MAHER INTERVIEW WITH FAREED ZAKARIA – CNN

Last updated on: October 18, 2016 at 3:44 am By Frank Schaeffer

(Photo Twitter) This Bill Maher (15 min) interview on the overall meaning and threat of Trump’s run for the presidency is one for the history books or a time capsule. Don’t miss this. And… here’s a bonus! (Hilarious!) WATCH as Stephen Colbert Explains The Conspiracies Against Donald Trump… XXX “““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ P.S. If you want to know a little more about where I’m coming from and my perspective on politics, religion and the intersection of faith and life– here’s a new... Read more

2016-10-17T10:50:40-06:00

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#HopeAfterTrump

Last updated on: October 17, 2016 at 10:50 am By Frank Schaeffer

#HopeAfterTrump “““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ P.S. If you want to know a little more about where I’m coming from and my perspective on politics, religion and the intersection of faith and life– here’s a new movie about me. (It’s below the poster on YouTube) scroll down and watch it for free… WATCH “Let me be FRANK” HERE: Follow Frank on Twitter www.twitter.com/frankschaeffer See Frank’s paintings http://www.frankschaefferart.com/ Follow Frank on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16 Contact Frank at http://www.frankschaeffer.com amazon.com Frank Schaeffer is a writer. His... Read more

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2016-10-16T11:34:09-06:00

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Trump Is No Aberration to Christianity, In Fact Trump Is the Perfect Christian Candidate: He Actually Represents the Worst of What Might Be Called “Deep Christianity”

Last updated on: October 16, 2016 at 11:34 am By Frank Schaeffer

(photo YouTube: Christian leaders praying for Trump to win) “““` Trump is the prefect Christian candidate. Seriously. He’s no aberration but the norm, at least as far as American evangelicals go when it comes to the way they read the Bible. Trump is Christian “logic” carried to a logical conclusion. ““ Trump is tapping into a dangerous level of the worst of our religious tradition, and we need to recognize it. Trump is the worst of what might be called... Read more

2016-10-15T04:01:19-06:00

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Trump is getting ready to take revenge on America for spurning his unwanted groping of our entire nation: FIRST INDICATIONS OF THE TRUMP-INSPIRED KILLINGS TO COME AFTER TRUMP LOSES: ALLEGED WHITE TERROR PLOT BY TRUMP SUPPORTERS FOILED BY FBI

Last updated on: October 15, 2016 at 4:01 am By Frank Schaeffer

The FBI just foiled an alleged terror plot hatched by white supremacist Trump supporters… set to go off the day after the election… “When we go on operations, there’s no leaving anyone behind, even if it’s a one-year-old, I’m serious,” said Trump supporter, Patrick Stein, a member of the terrorist “Crusaders” terror group according to FBI. and… A new Trump-supporting teen Nazi site was just broken up on Facebook… and… A man with a gun has been harassing... Read more

2016-10-14T03:33:30-06:00

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Will Evangelicals Who Love Israel Follow Trump as he Unleashes His Last Ditch “New World Order” conspiracy theories With Heavy White Supremacist Age-Old Anti-Semitic Overtones?

Last updated on: October 14, 2016 at 3:33 am By Frank Schaeffer

(Trump photo YouTube, Logo of “Stormfront” Radio “a community of racial realists and idealists. We are White Nationalists”) Does Donald Trump say that the goal of “the Jewish Masonic elite is to … enslave all of mankind under the thumb of a Jewish master race led by a world messiah who is to rule from Jerusalem”? Not yet, but he’s coming close to the anti-Semitic site (one of thousands) that did post that quote. It’s not much crazier than... Read more

2016-10-13T05:23:39-06:00

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Liberty U Students Rebuke Jerry Falwell Jr. Over His Support for the Woman-Molesting Pervert Trump (The name Falwell and the words Sexual Assault will be linked forever…)

Last updated on: October 13, 2016 at 5:23 am By Frank Schaeffer

(Photos Twitter/YouTube) Students at Liberty University have proved themselves more ethical than their school’s president. Falwell’s name will be linked to condoning Trumpian criminal sexual assault forever. Falwell’s students just said No Thanks to Trump and to his Number One Supporter Falwell. Falwell said Yes once again to Trump as headlines pile up… “Groped In First Class… Kissed Receptionist On The Mouth… Grabbed Woman During A Photoshoot… ‘PEOPLE’ Mag Writer: He Attacked Me… FLASHBACK: ‘Grabbed’ Miss Washington’s ‘Ass’… but his students... Read more

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2016-10-12T04:15:27-06:00

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Re-TRUMP: Are The Last (Actual) Evangelical Leaders Mormons?

Last updated on: October 12, 2016 at 4:15 am By Frank Schaeffer

(Photo YouTube/Twitter) Turns out the last evangelical leaders are Mormons. As far as evangelical leaders supporting Trump are concerned, “Trump could have said that he brutally assaulted someone with a baseball bat and smashed the person’s head in, enjoying every minute of it, laughing about it in the retelling, or even that he had killed the person, and it might well be excused by many evangelicals leaders — just as Trump predicted about his supporters excusing him for shooting someone... Read more

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