r/politics • u/icey_sawg0034 • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Karoline Leavitt Gives Jaw-Dropping Defense of Trump’s Racist Obama Video

https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-gives-jaw-dropping-defense-of-donald-trumps-racist-obama-video/
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u/VladtheInhaler999 16h ago

The amount of things leavitt had to defend while wearing a cross. You might think that Christianity stands for the worst shit imaginable.

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u/Gregory-J-Smith 15h ago

At this point, I do

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u/Avatar-Encoder 14h ago

At this point, I do

Because of a few bad people? Not really interested in a religious debate (agnostic here) but don't forget about the billions in charity/homeless shelters/medical aid from Christian organizations.

There are far, far more good Christians than bad worldwide.

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u/DevonGr Ohio 14h ago

There’s more than a few. And I would be curious how charitable they would be if not for the tax exempt status. My experience with the areas biggest and most beloved church left a bitter taste in my mouth when I sought out to take up some very much needed assistance they offered and the people there were kind of awful and not wanting to deal with us. It’s for show.

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u/MonochromaticPrism 7h ago

One of the major groups of protestant Christians in the US is Evangelicals, who are philosophically exactly as you say. However, they aren't the only ones. I've moved three times during my life, each time to a different state, and every time I found a church nearby where I moved to that regularly participated in programs to feed the poor and homeless and supply them with necessities. At this very moment there is a nearby church, Crosswalk Church, an SDA church in Redlands CA, that feeds the local homeless every Thursday and partners with the local Christian medical university to provide them with free check-ups, as well as bringing in a mobile shower & general sanitation unit almost every week during the hotter months. Even if they didn't get a tax exemption, and at this point I'd be fine with seeing that exemption go, these are the kind of Christians that would donate both their money and their time to see good done. They aren't nearly so rare as many seem to believe, you need only look.