Some people claim to be Christian while supporting tRump* which means either Christians are vile people, or those supporting tRump are dishonest (or stupid)!
I want to make sure this is clear to everyone: No decent, sane, person supports tRump! Not a single one.
If you have a friend who supports tRump you can be 100% certain that they fall into one of three categories:
- Not very bright or, at least, completely ignorant.
- Extremely racist, misogynist, or just generally hateful.
- Corrupt party hack who hitched their political wagon to the Republican party.
Having been raised Catholic I have been a regular Church goer for as long as I can remember (I doubt I ever went more that three weeks without going to mass). I started questioning my religion a couple of years ago but remained relatively "comfortable" - albeit less certain. Now, as I see "Christians" supporting tRump and religious leaders willing to spread lies to keep the dimwitted appeased, I find myself more uncertain than ever. I had always been told that Christians held certain moral values. I had incorporated those values into my beliefs and, now, find those values are incompatible with any organization that supports tRump.
Some "Christian" leaders have voiced their opinion that tRump promoting violence is fine "because some of the tRump protesters may have been paid" (most of the stories about protesters being paid have since been debunked, but that is irrelevant here). You see, in what I had been taught were Christian principles, it would not matter if the protester were paid. Having a potential leader say "punch them", "hit them, "hurt them", "it would be too bad if they got hurt - no it wouldn't", "I will pay for legal defense of anyone who beats (the protester)", "in the old days the protesters would not be able to walk out", and many more, would have been unacceptable. tRump promoted violence at EVERY SINGLE ONE of his rallies until ALL of his advisors pleaded and supplicated him to stop. These same "Christian" leaders, because they knew that nobody would be stupid enough to believe tRump was always Christian, instead maintained he was a recent convert. But, tRump himself has never said that. He claimed he has always been Christian: he was Christian when he was cheating on his first wife, Christian when cheating on his second wife, Christian when talking about his daughter as if she was a piece of meat, Christian when bragging about molesting woman, Christian when walking into the woman's changing room at beauty pageants, Christian when ripping off his business associates, Christian when scamming the less fortunate, and so on. But, he also said that he never went to confession and has never done anything that he would need to go to confession for!
So here is a challenge, if your religious leader is not able to condemn tRump, I would suggest that you stop donating to their cause! If good people stop financing Churches that promote hate, maybe Christian leaders will start taking notice!
*tRump: In "hashtags", capitals indicate the start of a new word so this is short for "the Rump (of America)".
