Fraudulent Religiosity

In 2016, while campaigning in Iowa, Trump said:  “Christianity will have power.  If I’m there, you’re going to have plenty of power, you don’t need anybody else.  You’re going to have somebody representing you very, very well.  Remember that.”  It was in that same campaign speech that Trump said, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters,  Ok?”  That statement got all the media attention.  His statement  “Christianity will have power” may have been glossed over by the media, but it was heard “loud and clear” by  80 percent of white evangelical voters nationwide and acted upon in November 2016!

What is this  “Christianity” and who are these alleged Christians who will be given power?  What is this “Christianity” and who are these alleged Christians who were willing in November 2016 (and apparently are still willing) to have Trump “represent” them and their faith “very, very well?”   

One Trump supporter said at the time: “I think Trump is going to restore our freedoms, where we spent eight years, if not more, with our freedoms slowly being taken away, under the guise of giving freedoms to all. Caucasian-Americans are becoming a minority.  Rapidly.” (Italics mine).

Is the “Christianity” now represented with “plenty of power…(and) very, very well” by Mr. Trump only a “Caucasian” religion?  Does the “Christianity” now represented with “plenty of power…(and) very, very well” by Mr. Trump include freedom for all persons  or just for white evangelical voters.  Will Trump represent Jews and Muslims, and other religions with “plenty of power…(and) very, very well”?

So we have Mr. Trump representing  a so-called “Christianity” with “plenty of power.”  He says of his opponent:  “He’s following the radical left agenda: take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment, no religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God…He’s against God, he’s against guns.”  

I was not aware that God and guns were one and the same. Nor was I aware that Christianity is a “Caucasian” religion. Indeed, I was not even aware that “power” is a Christian virtue.

Pope Francis gave expression to Christian irony when he prayed and praised God in these words: “You are immense and you made yourself small; you are rich and you made yourself poor; you are all-powerful and you made yourself vulnerable.”