5 Things Christians Should Know about the Faith of Bernie Sanders

Lori Arnold : Oct 28, 2019
Christian Headlines

"I think everyone believes in God in their own ways. To me, it means that all of us are connected, all of life is connected, and that we are all tied together." -Bernie Sanders, 2016

[ChristianHeadlines.com] CH Editor's Note: This article (publication date: October 28, 2019) is part of a series leading up to the 2020 presidential election highlighting the professed faith of several of the primary candidates, including Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke and Pete Buttigieg. Christian Headlines offers these faith summaries as a way of informing voters about the religious beliefs of the candidates. (Image credit: Carlos Osorio-AP Photo)

A self-described secular Jew, Bernie Sanders has been described by some election watchers as one of the least religious presidential candidates since Abraham Lincoln, an ardent Bible reader who shunned organized religion. But trying to pigeon hole Sanders' religious beliefs would be a mistake as his views—and messaging—are complicated, in part by his own hesitancy to discuss the matter...

1. HE IS A SECULAR JEW

According to a 2016 article by CNN, Sanders rarely discusses his faith and "grows impatient with reporters who try to pry open his soul or delve into his Jewish background." The network did determine that Sanders and his brother, Larry, attended Hebrew school at an Orthodox Synagogue where they studied the Torah... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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