'Lesser Evil Versus Greater Evil' Views of Dr. Richard Land by Todd Beamon
Evangelicals may be wary of Donald Trump, but "this is a classic case of the lesser evil versus the greater evil," Southern Evangelical Seminary President Richard Land said on Wednesday.
"If you wash your hands of the situation and just say, 'Well I'm not going to get involved,' then you become morally culpable for helping the greater evil prevail," stated Land, executive editor of The Christian Post.
"You have a moral obligation to help the lesser evil prevail over the greater evil — and if you really believe that Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton is a greater evil and Donald Trump is the lesser evil, then a lot of evangelicals believe you have a moral obligation to support the lesser evil."
Land said also that he did not attend a meeting the presumptive Republican presidential nominee held with evangelical leaders Tuesday at Trump Tower in New York because he had a previous commitment in Raleigh, N.C.
"Either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton is going to be the next president of the United States — and you have to deal with the hand you're dealt in a fallen world," Land said. "In a fallen world, we have a choice to make.
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