Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Combing Jesus and Trump, Somehow

I DIDN'T ACTUALLY HEAR THE MAN at the senior center say "true Christians voted for Trump". I wasn't there. But I believe he said it. It sounds like something he'd say, and, I trust my source. Its worth mentioning because it takes the cake. Maybe it takes the entire bakery. If one person says or believes something like that, how many more highly dangerous, highly bizarre, toxic and lunatic beliefs might he have, and how many more people might share them? And what if people harboring such insanity actually come to power? The thought makes one tremble for one's country. Not all opinions are created equal. Evil must be actively opposed. The idea that voting for Trump was a requirement for membership in the true Christian faith is crazy, stupid, or both. And potentially dangerous, if laughable. Think of the millions of good Christians who voted for Hillary, or Ted Cruz. Donald Trump is no true Christian. In fact, he seems rather nearly the opposite of one. Unless, of course, Jesus preached a message of get rich, chase women, and conduct business like a gangster. Surely the guy equating Christian values with Trump knows better. The only plausible explanation is that he is a member of the ultraconservative Christian community. Extreme right wing, extreme Christian. They often go together in America, strangely. Why? Political conservatism and the Christian faith are both traditional, and traditional is the essence of conservatism. Jesus himself, on the other hand, was obviously a socialist, if anything. Render unto Caesar, give unto the poor. When it comes to redistributing wealth, Jesus of Nazareth is hard core, and that's Biblical. Much more of a Bernie Sanders type than a Donald J. Trump type, this Joshua Ben Joseph, aka Jesus.

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