I hope that quote ticks you off. I hope it bothers you. I hope it upsets you to see the word shithole right there in front of you.
But more so, I hope it makes you really upset when you realize that he is talking about whole groups of people – people who look different, sound different, and think differently than our protected president.
I hope it makes you really upset that the president thinks it quite normal to degrade entire groups of humanity because they are inconvenient.
I hope it makes you really upset that the president has no trouble throwing anyone under the bus who doesn’t go out of their way to make him look good, doesn’t agree with his spin, and doesn’t meet his standards for what makes a human being have any value and worth.
I hope it makes you really upset that the president spoke these words and there was no one in the Administration who attempted to deny these words were said – validating that they were in fact said.
Where are the pastors who came to the White House to offer prayers over this president? Where are the pastors and prominent “Christian” leaders who essentially declared that the gospel of Trump matched up with the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Where are the “Christians” who declare that Trump is a good Christian, regardless of his multiple marriages and infidelities, shady business practices, mistreatment of many business people and others, his provoking nations towards hostility, and more? Where are you John Hagee? Where are you James Dobson? Where are you Jerry Falwell, Jr? What sort of Christianity do you align yourself with anyway? Be honest.
Where are you? I can’t hear you through your silence, which condones such speech, ideology, and behaviors. Your silence is deafening. And it upset me – no it ticks me off and makes me wonder if we both have the same understanding of what it means to be Christian and what God we both worship.
Here’s my question to you – how long do you think it will take for Trump to throw you under the bus the first time you offer any criticism of him? Do you really think that he cares about you at all, beyond what he receives from you?
What is your Christianity founded in? Is it founded on the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount or on a politician who cares only about himself who will use the label of Christian for his own end? Jesus spoke the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount. Christianity is supposed to be about becoming disciples of Jesus. Christianity is about proclaiming that our salvation resides in Jesus, not the empire, or the emperor. Proclamation means speaking that out and living it out. Where are you Christians?
Excellent .. !! Excellent.. !! Excellent..!!
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He is a font of constant bad expressions and actions; he should not be president. Like our orange tree in the back yard he produces mostly bad fruit.
If he is not forced to step down by resignation or dismissal, I hope he is replaced in 2020.
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Having worked for a Member of Congress during the Clinton Impeachment period, I can tell you that resignation, impeachment, etc of a president is never good for the country. It creates a great deal of instability. However, I’m starting to reconsider it for this one because I’m starting to see that the cost of keeping him in office is higher than the cost of the chaos that would be caused by removing him.
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Amen.
I really hate to enter presidential politics on my blog. I mean, I get it. I am not stupid. But this isnt what I care to blog about, so usually I just ignore this president, on the blog.
BTW, I pray for this president almost daily. Way more than any previous president. And though I have such a dim view of him, I really try to “give him a chance”. There have been brief moments where he managed to lead with dignity, and I am grateful for every moment when it happens.
But mostly he is amazingly disappointing.
And then there is the “Christian” lens. And I keep finding the “Church” promoting him, defending him, and sucking up to him. He could hardly be more arrogantly unchristian!
I finally spoke out tonight. IF I had lived in Hitler/s Nazi Germany, I HOPE I would have resisted him. I recognize that Hitler himself, for all his evil, was not nearly as dangerous alone as Hitler with his cult following. And I am soooo disgusted with the “church” for this cult following. I am seeing more clearly just how off base I have been to think it was the church that prevails against the gates of hell. Apparently, we are Legion’s groupies, instead.
Ouch!
I am bewildered by it.
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Thanks for sharing. I’m with you. And that’s what will carry us through. Being an encouragement for each other in how we live out the faith that God gives us. I have asked the same question to myself. Would I have resisted? I don’t know. I do know this much, with this statement by Trump, we have reached a turning point. One that I think a great deal of the world is openly acknowledging – that we have a racist in the white house and that his supporters who rationalize away anything says and does are not going to see the light. They are locked in darkness. And when you reach the point in which you can rationalize away anything, then Trump’s statement that he could shoot someone and his supporters wouldn’t leave is accurate and haunting. The cost of keeping him in office is far greater now than having him removed. I’m done with him. I’ve given him a chance. I wipe the dust from my shoes.
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X, I don’t do partisan politics on my blog either though I sometimes write on the Kingdom of God vs. Empire. And I also do some politics on my personal Facebook.
I admire you for supporting Trump in your prayers and trying to give him a chance; you don’t seem a ‘Trump hater no matter what’. For our sake, we need him to succeed (appropriately) whenever he can; and Jesus told us to love our enemies–wishing them well with empathy and compassion.
But I look forward to the day he is no longer President and hope he doesn’t mess up too much that can’t be fixed.
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Me too.
And meanwhile there is the “church” out there going off the deep end… taken with this pied piper…. And that is where my real concern is. The world was once led by Caligula and Nero…. The world goes on…. But the church is led by Jesus. What happened to that?
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When politics, power, and influence become the foundational principle, the faith takes a back seat.
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Extremely well said!
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Unfortunate that it needs to be said.
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