Trump’s mention of religion after shooting futile
Trump addresses his remarks to the nation from Tokyo on Nov. 6.
President Donald J. Trump addressed a shocked nation during his first stop in Tokyo after a gunman killed 25 people and injured 20 others at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas on Nov. 6.
Trump claimed at the end of his speech that “all of America is praying to God to help the wounded and the families we will never leave their side.”
Not everyone in America is doing this. According to a Pew Research Center research study, about 23 percent of Americans are agnostic, atheist or unreligious. Even though America has had a stronghold on Christianity for the last 200-plus years and was founded on certain Christian principles, people are changing their religion. The demographic is changing. Trump shouldn’t just assume people practice the same religion just because this happened in a place of worship.
Trump should never have said these words. Even though his conservative agenda calls a stop to political correctness, there is a time when it should be used. Trump and his cabinet should not have a bias towards religion during a time when tragedy strikes, especially if it happens in a place of worship.
Even though this is a tragedy, religion isn’t going to solve any problems by praying for the victims and hoping the wounded get better. Only the government has the power to redact and recall certain laws and amendments in order to prevent a tragedy like this from happening. Mentioning of religion should be kept out of the government.
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Andrew Prine • Feb 13, 2018 at 12:00 pm
Well you say that Trump should not have said these things because he is favoring a certain religion. Prayer is the a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or an object of worship, all religions pray. If Trump was Favoring a certain religion he can do that based on his 1st amendment protected By the Constitution. You are talking about 74 million out of aboout 325 million, That amount of people is small compared to the amount of people that are religious. Yes Trump in many of his speeches does refer to God in most of his speeches that is because of his strong belief in the Jewish faith. Isiah we all know that you are not religious at all, but don’t ever tell an American that they cannot express their belief.
Zac Wyse • Nov 16, 2017 at 10:32 am
I agree with the comments above religion and God run this country and just because the minority of Americans don’t believe in anything doesn’t mean they should speak out in dominance against the majority because they don’t have evidence to back up their statements.
Sawyer Moore • Nov 16, 2017 at 2:49 pm
The comments above never once proposed the notion that “religion and god run this country”. They said the major part of the populous are christian, and that trump had a right to bring god into his speech. That is literally it. Now , what evidence do you have to support your statements? The amount of Christians? Riddle me this, sir. Does America have an official religion? I thought not. No deity or religion run this country.
Matt Fross • Nov 10, 2017 at 11:04 pm
Well since this is America we have this thing called the 1st amendment which allows him to say these kind of things and other people shouldn’t be trying to filter him just because they don’t like what he is saying.
Landon • Nov 10, 2017 at 2:16 pm
About 78% of Americans conducted under a 327,000 person study considered themselves Christian. He doesn’t have to leave out God just because of the fact that some people don’t believe in God. It’s like separation of church and state. That’s not a law. It was in a letter that Jefferson wrote a long time ago.
And yes, this did happen in a place of worship. But it wouldn’t have made a difference if this had happened at a concert or another location. What’s next. Are we going to condemn the President for saying “God Bless America” too?
“Religion isn’t going to solve any problems by praying for the victims and hoping the wounded get better.” That is faith. Some people have a faith and others don’t. Be acceptant of other people even if they don’t believe in what you do.
Gabriela Arthur • Nov 13, 2017 at 2:32 pm
^Agreed