To me it comes down to that there is no push back from other lesser known, Christian leaders. Right down to the pastors of smaller churches. Right from the start of the politicization of the Evangelical movement with Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. No alternative leader spoke up and said...no. No other leader has come forward to denounce Trump and the big name pastors that do publicly support him.
It is watching this cult forming, and watching otherwise good meaning people, be so susceptible to a cult figure like Trump, that scares me away from them for good. Right down to my own sister. A quiet, shy, morally upright, very religious person. I am shocked at how well a cult works on people like evangelicals who are conditioned to accept authoritarians to dictate their lives for them. I will never again be a part of any organized church.
The blatant hypocrisy. If I am flipping stations on the radio, I will inevitably run into a Christian station with some sermon being preached. What I HEAR is how humble we must be, how good, how faithful to our wives and husbands, how all God's creatures are equal, how Jesus died for all of us, and we have to ask for His forgiveness and admit we are sinners etc etc etc....And on the next program they have another preacher praising Donald Trump as God's chosen One! Someone who rejects God, doesn't need forgiveness, can't name a verse, lies constantly, ridicules the disabled, cages children and loses their mothers. etc etc. They cannot even see their own hypocrisy even as they live it. I would never be a part of any religion, any organization, that was so susceptible to being manipulated like they have been and continue to be.
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