Most Republicans think Donald Trump is a person of faith. We asked why
“But Republicans are less likely to say Trump is ‘religious’ — pointing to his support for religious people, not his personal religiosity, as their reasoning for saying he is a man of faith.” - Deseret News
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All humans are “persons of faith.”
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.
I’ll agree that all of us put faith in something. However, the way I have heard the expression used in nearly all cases means that personal religious faith guides that person’s actions. Used in that (normal) sense, I think it would be hard to call Trump a “person of faith” from all evidence we can see. I know I wouldn’t use that expression of him. I’ll admit I don’t know his personal religious beliefs, but I usually make my determination by considering “by their fruit ye shall know them.”
Has he done some things to help defend people of faith in the U.S. while he was in office? Yes, I would say that he has, but no matter what the people quoted in the article say, I still don’t consider that to be the same as being a “person of faith” yourself. Of course, words and expressions change meaning, and I’m getting old, so…
Dave Barnhart
When he has expressed what he understands Christianity to be, he clearly doesn't understand the gospel. But a lot of "christian" people don't. If someone embraces everything in Council of Trent, are they a person of faith? I guess...
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