Why Trumpists are recreating Jesus in Donald's own image

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By Sid Schwab / Herald columnist

Obsessively pondering the mystery of Donald Trump supporters overlooking his abject amorality and monumental mendacity while claiming to be Christian has, finally, ignited an epiphany: They ignore Jesus’ lessons for life but still need to believe they believe. In Trump, they’ve found a way.

Among the thousands of deities available for selection, the most popular is Jesus. With good reason, His promise of life eternal and absolution of sins into which we were born because of Adam and Eve and a snake, have put Christianity on top. Aside from the occasional pogrom, holocaust, crusade, inquisition, suppression of science, and burning of witches, it’s served humanity well.

Now, however, a great discomfort — unspoken and unrecognized by them, but real — has arisen within the so-called Christians who’ve thrown in with Trump. Jesus, they’ve realized, was a liberal. Liberalism, God forbid, is the political embodiment of His teachings, the Sermon on the Mount put into practice. Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger, love thy neighbor (which, since He never preached otherwise, includes LGBTQ+ people.) But the Foxotrumpified have been convinced to hate liberals. What are they to do?

Trump, lifelong breaker of each of the Ten Commandments, is Jesus’ antithesis. In lifestyle and policy, some would say the anti-Christ. So, how can MAGA Christians reconcile their professed love of both? Therein is the epiphany: By claiming that Jesus sent Trump to save us, that Trump is Jesus’ chosen one, making the two all but indistinguishable, ignoring His teachings and revering Trump becomes a manifestation of faith. In their equilateral genuflection, not living according to Jesus’ teachings is living according to His teachings. Gone is the uncomfortable dissonance; if Jesus chose Trump, it’s all OK. It’s like vegans idolizing Jeffrey Dahmer, but if it works it works.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/schwab-why-trumpists-are-recreating-jesus-in-donalds-own-image/

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1. i got yelled at for this ,, but here goes . i am one of those christians who do the walk

and these people dont represent me . if u feel that this is stomping on people , pmail me and ill goto to to toe on who is stomping on ppl. many need to re do thair baptisimal vows .

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2. This was actually a pretty good article at the Herald.

It didn't really give any conclusions that were different from what we've already figured out. But it is nice to actually read the words in print someplace for a change. Following trump, substituting him for Jesus, remaking Jesus in trump's image... it's just amazing to me that they're so blind they can't see what they're doing... or being manipulated into doing. Who needs an actual anti-christ, when you've got his minions doing the work?!