Ben Carson’s faith (and mine) has already touched your life

(RNS) — In what might well be a "dog whistle" statement aimed at alienating evangelical Christian voters in Iowa who like Dr. Ben Carson, real estate magnate Donald Trump earlier this year delivered an oblique judgment of the neurosurgeon's faith:
"I'm Presbyterian, boy, that's down the middle of the road, folks, in all fairness. I mean, Seventh-day Adventist, I don't know about. I just don't know about."