I cannot fathom how you could possibly come to such a conclusion. There is a real difference between Trump and Clinton.
I agree completely, though I think it's different flavors of horror.
Perhaps not the differences you would like but real differences nonetheless. Put very simply Trump wants to shrink the government (part of it anyway),
It appears, at times, he does want this. At other times, he seems to want to throw government solutions at problems. I don't see a consistency that makes me believe he actually wants to do this. When presented with a problem his solutions seem to be knee-jerk, without guiding principle. More police. Walls across borders. Increase immigration crackdown. Expand mental health programs. Destroy Isis. Increase internet surveillance. Water infrastructure spending. Preserve medicare and social security. There's plenty of government growth in his choices.
lower taxes (which in their current form is nothing less than ouright theft),
You think he has a viable plan to go to 12/25/33 and 15 corporate while balancing the budget and still paying for all the things mentioned above?
reduce regulations (which is just another form of theft)
Or protecting people from the excesses of profit-focused corporations. Some regulations are onerous, some are needed. Has he laid out a plan for where to draw the line?
and in general increase people's freedom to live their lives to whatever limited degree is possible in our current political situation. Hillary wants to the exact opposite.
The man has serious totalitarian tendencies. He clearly dreams of exacting vengeance on his enemies through the power of he presidency. He wants to limit free speech, at least any against him. I don't see the freedom-loving man you do.
It'll be your children that'll have to deal with that cliff fall. And I have a hard time accepting that you actually do believe this. There is no evidence that this is so.
True. If the live in a harder world, with a more vibrant Church, that's a good trade-off.
Under which totalitarian system (or any other system for that matter) has the Kingdom of God been further advanced that it has under the freedoms of the United States and the influence all over the world those freedoms have afforded the American people to have?
I suppose it depends on how you mark the advancement of the Kingdom of God. The Church seems to grow and get real in times and places of persecution. In places where it becomes legitimized, Rome, Europe, the United States, it gets integrated with the culture and government of the country. Sure, it has a lot of numbers who claim to be a part, but how many do so out of tradition rather than real repentance and connection to the almighty God?
Which nation has been more charitable that this? Which nation has produced more preachers, evalegists and missionaries than this? Which nation has produced more real wealth, food and technology that has saved, prolonged and improved more lives in every corner of the globe than the United States of America? None! Not in the whole history of mankind has there been a nation that has had such a possitive impact on the whole of the world's population than this one.
And yet, it has also exported its worship of mammon and lewdness to the world. Yes, it has done great good, but far short of the glory of God and His kingdom.
This nation is truly exceptional and I will not stand idly by while people like Hillary Clinton try to turn it into the moral equivalent to Hitler's Germany. Even if Trump ends up having a similar effect, at least he'll not have done it on purpose, at least it'll have happened in spite of an effort to prevent it.
I can see where you're coming from. Thanks for the dialogue.
