Have you seen the video of Donald Trump that racked up millions of views and depicts him as the vessel of God sent to save the nation? It begins with a Paul Harvey sound-alike bellowing out: “On June 14, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said: ‘I need a caretaker.’ So God gave us Trump.” From there it only gets more hideous.
Some my friends might have noticed that I haven’t weighed in on Trump’s sociopathic antics at nearly the frequency as before. It’s not because he hasn’t been as weird as ever at his rallies or on his social media posts. I’ve just been too exhausted to keep up with the mania and trying to focus on my own writing. (The manuscript of my current project, a book on Luke 10, has come back from the editor full of red marks, so full that I may never write anything again as long as I have feeling in my typing fingers!)
Anyway, why comment now?
Because, when Trump, not to mention his many MAGA minions, use the Bible and Christianity as a prop for their absurd ideology (if you can call it an ideology at all) I take serious umbrage. It offends me down to my soul! Here I stand. I can do no other.
If you’re a follower of Jesus and this, plus the multitude of his other asinine antics, doesn’t offend you to nausea, I would quote Paul (the apostle, not Harvey): “Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?” (2 Corinthians 13:5) Just a suggestion, not a judgment.
If that weren’t enough, Trump has gone to peddle wares to help him pay his legal bills. And he’s got a bunch of them. How about his golden Trump sneakers for the low low price of $400 and the Victory47 cologne for $99. If those aren’t sufficiently ridiculous, he’s now hawking the “God Bless the USA Bible” for $60! This one is special as it contains the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the pledge of allegiance to the flag. If that’s not the definition of “Christian Nationalism” I don’t know what is.
I love how he claims he has “many” Bibles of his own and yet when asked on air what his favorite Bible verse is, he obfuscated, claiming, “That’s too personal.” How is it too personal to have a favorite passage from what he claims is his favorite book, unless he hasn’t cracked it open since he was kid in boarding school searching for a Proverb to serve as a passage to avoid flunking out? It was there (in his first Bible) that he discovered his infamous “Art of the Deal.”
BTW, you gotta love the irony. The guy on trial for paying hush money to a porn star is selling Bibles to pay the fine!
If you have any inclination toward defending or voting for Trump, I plead with you to rethink it and avoid the inevitable embarrassment. If you can’t get yourself to support Biden, then write in Donald Duck or some other Donald. We simply can’t be expected to endure another four years of Donald Trump.
barney wiget 
Just a couple of questions and a comment. Wondering which policies of Trump’s can you not be expected to endure again? Do you know that the porn star denied that Trump did anything with her? And for a man preaching about love (including enemies) and about not judging who loves the ironic, what about the irony of your hatred and judgment of DJT and the tens of millions who aren’t judging him but just hoping for a president who doesn’t hate them?
Refugee from false religion
LikeLike
To respond to your questions:
We obviously disagree about Trump and his candidacy. But that doesn’t mean I’m a hater or a judge. You have your opinions about policy and what qualifies someone for the highest office in the world. I respect that and assume that you don’t hate Joe Biden any more than I hate Donald Trump. Is that true?
Blessings
LikeLike
You want me to tell you which policies you feel you couldn’t endure? Only you have that information.
And, no, I don’t hate anyone; but I hate the relentless lies and attacks on our country and on the struggling, working poor who, under this current situation that began in the last few years, are finding life more dangerous and difficult each day, and for some, impossible.
LikeLike