During an interview on Yellowhammer Radio Wednesday, nationally-known, Alabama-based evangelist Scott Dawson made the case for why Christians who are apprehensive about supporting Donald J. Trump for president should reconsider their position.
“We don’t know what Donald’s going to do, but we do know what Hillary’s going to do,” he said. “That, to me, is the basis (for supporting Trump). Are you going to go with the unknown factor, or are you just going to go with the known factor? I am more fearful of what I know she’s going to do than I am of what he may do.”
Mr. Dawson also addressed Americans who are considering just not voting in the presidential election, saying they would not only be shirking their duty as citizens, but as Christians as well.
When I hear this, “Well, I’m just not going to vote,” I’ve got two problems with that. One, in Romans 13 Paul does address that we should be involved in our politics, be involved in our government… The second thing is Jesus when he said, “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.” What he’s basically saying is render unto government what is government’s. Now, what is our government? Who is our government?… We’re a government “of the People, by the People, for the People.” We are our own government. So if we don’t vote, we’re not rendering unto Caesar what is Caesar’s…
This theory that it’s better to vote for no one than the lesser of two evils, that sounds awesome if on the first Wednesday in November no one would be elected president. But, in reality, we are going to have a president the first Wednesday in November. The Supreme Court lies in the balance this next election for me, my kids and for my grand kids. We’ve got some serious issues going on and I’m imploring people: You know what one’s going to do, you don’t know what the other’s going to do. I mean, my gosh, ObamaCare got in because of a Republican-nominated Supreme Court justice. So for all these people going, “We’ve never had this happen before,” my gosh, it’s always been the lesser of two evils. We haven’t had an infallible one since Jesus, and he’s not running.
Mr. Dawson, who was recently the keynote speaker for “Faith and Freedom Day” at two Major League Baseball Stadiums, said he believes Mr. Trump is particularly appealing to regular Americans because he is so reviled by the country’s business and political elites.
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You know what’s so attractive about Trump? No one wants him. Every politician doesn’t want him. Every mega-millionaire that made money off the stock market that’s been driven by this globalization doesn’t want him. Eventually I as an American — not as a preacher — I go, man, this is weird. Again, we don’t know what’s going to happen in the future. But we do know that if one person goes into the White House, the Supreme Court nominees are going to be very progressive… Now, when we hear progressive, it always makes (people think) new ideas, new thoughts. No, no, no — a Progressive is someone progressively moving away from our Founding Fathers.
Looking toward Alabama’s next gubernatorial election in 2018, Mr. Dawson believes the Yellowhammer State could also be hungry for a non-politician to seek to lead the state, although he would not yet say who he has in mind.
Alabama could be in a position to elect a non-politician. I think this Trump awareness could filter down to a state election. I think Alabama is looking for someone who’s not been a politician their entire life, but has been an outstanding citizen his entire life. And I think I know the guy that needs to be governor of the State of Alabama.
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