Next Christian Denomination to Be Elected President

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Democrats: My shot-in-the-dark prediction for 2028 is that either Shapiro or Whitmer will be nominated. Shapiro's Jewish and I don't know what Whitmer's religion is.

She's answered "Christian" before in candidate/elected official questionnaires but never anything more detailed than that. As far as personal church affiliation goes any searching on her social media only shows her going to black churches in de facto campaign events. She did say this back when she was a State Senator though:

So I'm guessing her religious identity boils down to something like "Culturally Christian and theistic but without any firm denominational or church affiliation."

EDIT: She also said this in an interview: https://www.legalnews.com/detroit/1427879

What is the best advice you ever received?

"Everybody's important, no one is inherently more important than another person. It's my father's less religious riff off his mom's belief God made us all, we should respect one another and there is something beautiful in everyone - even if it is simply their smile, you should try to find it."

Which kind of backs up that conclusion.

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When it comes to “first timers”, MORmONisms is my next bet.  Because when you get to know them personally (lots of them serve in the military, work in the federal government, and are loyal Americans) are quite pleasant and personable.   And dare I say….innovative and dynamic (their worship of Lord Xenu, Volcano Jesus notwithstanding).  

Also, didn’t the Romneytard come remarkably close?

Mormonism isn't a Christian Denomination....

I was not interested in gatekeeping Christianity in this post.  Mormons self-identity as Christians, and all academic classifications count them as such.

Mormonism was founded by a literal conman who said that no existing religious texts fully cover Christianity and that even the Book of Mormon may not be the final word (i.e. in case Joseph Smith needed to sell more books, which he in fact did).

Mormons are openly non-Trinitarian and teach that God was once a man on another planet who was promoted to Godhood by an even higher god, and is married to the Heavenly Mother. Those are just two basic examples of how Mormonism is apostatic and not Christian at all.

Also:

Devastating.

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Sociologically speaking Mormonism is very obviously a form of Christianity and that is what is relevant to this question. Let's move on.

(Also, the particulars of DeSantis's religious affiliation are apparently weirdly unclear, which I didn't realize.)

That is kind of odd.  Is he like shying away from being a Catholic due to how heavily Protestant the GOP primary electorate is?...  I mean, as previously stated, we literally nominated a frickin' Mormon 10+ years ago, lol ... I doubt being a Catholic is that big of a deal.

Also kind of hilarious that he got married at Disney World.  I am surprised he has not had a crassly public "remarriage" to his wife somewhere else yet.

I believe the answer to your first question is yes. Biden is Catholic, and the Catholic Church may be "pro-life" but is also inconveniently anti-death penalty, relatively pro-immigration and "ethnic," and the current Pope is not exactly a right-wing capitalist. 

Plus there is still residual anti-Catholicism in the South believe it or not. I've been told firsthand that the Pope is the anti-Christ by certain evangelicals... We may not be in 1928 anymore, but DeSantis being able to present himself more as an evangelical than a Catholic is probably something he's calculated as being in his favor for the primary. If he somehow won the nomination, wouldn't be surprised if he embraced his Catholicism however in an attempt to appeal to Hispanics and other ethnic minorities.

As for the Disney World thing, I didn't know that. It IS hilarious, and makes the whole feud seem oddly personal.  It's funny to think of DeSantis as one of those weird Disney adults who now is like a jilted lover lol.

so...would the South actually prefer me over Catholicism? Because that would be pretty lol.