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30 Percent of Americans Believe Trump Appointed President by God (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 11 months ago by vexikron@lemmy.zip to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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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 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."

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[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

For those interested as to where the 30% number comes from:

Heres the abstract from Cambridge, the rest is paywalled.

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

... and heres the rest of it from volunteer scientists and freedom of information volunteers:

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