@Prosthetic Conscience ; you replied;
No, that's not 'fact', that's opinion. It's not an "alleged" religion; it's been known as long as he's been a public figure. You make the mistake of setting up certain priests and cardinals as the arbiters of whether someone is a religious believer. I am really surprised you thought you could get away with such an obvious line of bullshit.
The tenets of the Roman Catholic religion are known, regardless of whether they are followed or complied with. Note that I said ''Canonically''. You are entirely incorrect, and technically Biden is not a member in good standing by the standards of his own church, even if many in that church are in the same boat as he is with regards to the divide between official and formal belief in that church and what is unofficial and informal.
Sorry, he calls himself "Yeezy". But then produced an album called "Yeezus". And on that album is a track "I am a God". And his messiah complex has been remarked on by loads of people.
It is problematic, and I appreciate honestly bringing this information to my attention PC, thank you. However recently he has come out with an album ''Jesus is King'' which might be opposed to earlier statements.
However, it does not negate the feeling with which Mr. West has come out to run for President, or that of people who support him and perhaps he really has been called to do so for reasons inspired by God's will, having a role to play in the events of the 2020 Presidential election.
I might also add that West had his children baptized recently in the Armenian church, which has doctrines that he and his wife and children are at least formally expected to follow as a condition of his children's baptism, so there's that.
That contradicts your earlier use of "alleged religion". Face it, your argument is full of holes. We can look at Trump's behaviour over 70 years; it had bugger all to do with Christianity. You wish to ignore known facts, and allow Trump the benefit of the doubt about whether his beliefs are really Christian, despite his actions, while doing the opposite with Biden.
President Trump does not belong to a formal body of Christian belief anymore, a body that has certain doctrines that people in that body are expected to at least formally believe. Biden however does belong to such a body but does not follow all those doctrines.
I have my doubts about the sincerity of both Trump and Biden in following Christian doctrine and beliefs to any significant degree. Whereas Mr. West seems to be sincere and active in a charismatic sense if somewhat unlearned in his Christian faith.
I don't think it's a blanket dismissal. I did address your points.
What I sensed by your reply is that you have a ''blanket dismissal'' of my intentions, doubting my qualified support for Mr. West's run for President as being serious, and by apparently denying moral agency to Mr. West as a person of color. (by suggesting in a roundabout way that he is legally not of sound mind). If I am incorrect and mistaken in this, my apologies.