Christians can be confusing. Recent polling shows that a majority of Catholics and evangelicals support Donald Trump for president. Yet Donald Trump seems to have nothing in common with the Jesus who Christians praise and pray to.
For it was Jesus who truthfully admitted at his trial to being the Messiah. He accepted crucifixion rather than lie. Trump is well known for his lies and for his anger at being fact checked. Jesus defended a woman from stoning. Trump sexually assaulted a woman and then slandered her. Jesus celebrated a man despised by his neighbors, the Good Samaritan, as a man loved by God for his good deed.
Trump calls immigrants rapists and criminals and says they pollute the gene pool (full disclosure: I am related to immigrants who arrived here over 200 years ago). Jesus healed the sick. Trump wants to abolish health care for millions. Jesus cared about people; Trump makes fun of people.
Jesus is the way to a kind and generous behavior pleasing to God. Trump cannot be described as either kind or generous. Yet Christians love Trump. Confusing.
ROBERT WHITE
Jefferson
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