Donald Trump and a Tale of Two Gospels

[Sandra Craft]

Another post from Rachel Held Evans blog.  Partly political but mostly religious:  Donald Trump and a Tale of Two Gospels

I particularly liked this observation:

This is the gospel of Donald Trump, his "good news" to Christian voters:  Stick with me and you'll be a winner. Stick with me and I'll give you power, protection, prestige.

It's also the very thing Satan promised Jesus when he tempted him in the desert.

"I will give you power and authority over all the kingdoms of the world," Satan said, "it has been given to me and I can give it to anyone I want to."

While Jesus resisted the allure of power and privilege, it has long been a snare to his followers, and the Religious Right sold its soul long ago. Its support of Trump proves once again it will do anything to protect its power, even if it means baptizing as anointed a candidate whose rhetoric and actions contradict any sane understanding of what Christianity is about.

I know we atheists often wonder if many Xtians even read their bible, but seriously, not even the NT?

Following the comments on fundamentalist lionizing of Trump comes a longish, but amusing, account of Trump making the mistake of a photo-op visit to a church one Sunday -- not realizing that it was a mainline church, or that there's a difference between mainline and fundy Xtianity, and sitting thru a sermon on welcoming immigrants.

[Davin]

Most people do not read the bible. I think also, most of the Trump supporters or even just Republicans, will not even consider looking for another anti-christ as long as Obama is destroying all that is good in the world. 

[Man-ofGod]

Another post from Rachel Held Evans blog.  Partly political but mostly religious:  Donald Trump and a Tale of Two Gospels

I particularly liked this observation:

This is the gospel of Donald Trump, his "good news" to Christian voters:  Stick with me and you'll be a winner. Stick with me and I'll give you power, protection, prestige.

It's also the very thing Satan promised Jesus when he tempted him in the desert.

"I will give you power and authority over all the kingdoms of the world," Satan said, "it has been given to me and I can give it to anyone I want to."

While Jesus resisted the allure of power and privilege, it has long been a snare to his followers, and the Religious Right sold its soul long ago. Its support of Trump proves once again it will do anything to protect its power, even if it means baptizing as anointed a candidate whose rhetoric and actions contradict any sane understanding of what Christianity is about.

I know we atheists often wonder if many Xtians even read their bible, but seriously, not even the NT?

Following the comments on fundamentalist lionizing of Trump comes a longish, but amusing, account of Trump making the mistake of a photo-op visit to a church one Sunday -- not realizing that it was a mainline church, or that there's a difference between mainline and fundy Xtianity, and sitting thru a sermon on welcoming immigrants.

Very few "Christians" read their bible now-a-days, unfortunately.

[Icarus]

Not only do they not read their bible, they do not read their newspapers or their instruction booklets about the kitchen toaster or garage door opener.

[Michael1]

I understand that Satan has just as much power as God - none. They are two meaningless words with meaningless content/depth.

My point of view is delusion, delusion/illusion is real and present here. The bible will always have a chapter to accommodate to delusion, even when times are changing. It will just change from one chapter to another. I find that fascinating. What Donald Trump is saying, he is saying that times won't change and he will protect them (the chapter won't change, as he belongs to that chapter). The fearful are easiest to delude, and there are lots in the US. The US is losing power.
What he really is, he is a fake businessman trying to avoid losing his belongings/power. He is fearful and therefore he enters politics to try protect his wealth and power. It has happened many times in business in the US but never on this scale. I believe that in any way short after this election something cataclysmic will happen. I hope Trump will fail and that it is a start for a better era in which people become more equal, because we've gone too far in the US/West. We need more balance in order to prosper further.