{"id":14157,"date":"2020-08-14T10:38:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T14:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=14157"},"modified":"2020-09-17T11:34:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T15:34:09","slug":"joe-biden-dismisses-trumps-claim-that-hes-against-god-calls-attack-shameful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2020\/08\/joe-biden-dismisses-trumps-claim-that-hes-against-god-calls-attack-shameful","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Dismisses Trump&#8217;s Claim That He&#8217;s Against God, Calls Attack &#8220;Shameful&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump recently claimed democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden was &#8220;against God&#8221;, but Biden, who is Catholic, is adamantly dismissing that claim.<\/p>\n<p>Biden released a statement to his campaign supporters on Thursday. In his remarks, he called Trump&#8217;s attack &#8220;shameful&#8221; and said it proved that Trump was \u201cwilling to stoop to any low for political gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike so many people, my faith has been the bedrock foundation of my life: it\u2019s provided me comfort in moments of loss and tragedy, it\u2019s kept me grounded and humbled in times of triumph and joy,\u201d stated Biden. \u201cAnd in this moment of darkness for our country \u2014 of pain, of division, and of sickness for so many Americans \u2014 my faith has been a guiding light for me and a constant reminder of the fundamental dignity and humanity that God has bestowed upon all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden continued saying what his faith teaches him is drastically different than the faith Trump leads with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy faith teaches me to love my neighbor as I would myself, while President Trump only seeks to divide us. My faith teaches me to care for the least among us, while President Trump seems to only be concerned about his gilded friends,\u201d he wrote. \u201cMy faith teaches me to welcome the stranger, while President Trump tears families apart. My faith teaches me to walk humbly, while President Trump teargassed peaceful protestors so he could walk over to a church for a photo op.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Trump made the comments at a campaign in Ohio that was originally meant to focus on economic recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s following the radical left agenda, take away your guns, destroy your 2nd Amendment, no religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God. He\u2019s against God,\u201d Trump insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Others have also called Biden&#8217;s faith into question. Texas megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress recently argued that evangelicals who support Biden have \u201csold their soul to the devil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only evangelicals who are going to vote for Joe Biden are those who have sold their soul to the devil and accepted the Democrats\u2019 barbaric position on abortion,\u201d said Jeffress in an interview with Lou Dobbs of Fox Business.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mo6eUk9WZHw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump recently claimed democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden was &#8220;against God&#8221;, but Biden, who is Catholic, is adamantly dismissing that claim. Biden released a statement to his campaign supporters on Thursday. 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