Donald Trump has been bringing religion into the conversation more and more recently.<\/p>\n
He keeps saying he is led by God, and he thanks God for anything that happens that he likes, like the time that would-be assassin put a bullet through his ear. He thanked God for saving him (although he never mentioned the guy behind him who took the bullet and died).<\/p>\n
Remember the time he posed in front of The National Cathedral and held up a Bible (upside down) so a photo could be taken of him? (Remember also how it infuriated the Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of Washington?).<\/p>\n
Or more recently, remember when he showed the world an old, battered Bible (presumably the one that contains the book \u201cTwo Corinthians\u201d) he claimed was the family Bible that his mother gave him? (\u201cI remember my mother giving it to me.\u201d) He indicated it will be on public display someday.<\/p>\n
But most of all, he wants to turn the U.S. government into a Christian government, a movement that has nothing to do with Christianity and everything to do with politics. It\u2019s called Christian Nationalism, and it wants to make the U.S. government a Christian government, which it is not and never was intended to be.<\/p>\n
What brings this to mind today is a recent Substack newsletter<\/a>, Caitlin\u2019s Newsletter<\/a>, written by Caitlin Johnstone. She was inspired by the words of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), but her reply fits Trump so closely I couldn\u2019t resist quoting her.<\/p>\n What specifically inspired her was Graham\u2019s warning that God will \u201cpull the plug\u201d on Americans if they stop supporting Israel.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not a hard choice if you\u2019re an American. It\u2019s not a hard choice if you\u2019re a Christian,\u201d Graham said. \u201cA word of warning: if America pulls the plug on Israel, God will pull the plug on us. And we\u2019re not going to let that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
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