Trump and some of his Evangelical enablers. |
In the following post Ken Ham runs a video of his where he criticizes Donald Trump's concept of Christianity.....
https://answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2024/09/15/trump-opens-up-about-mortality/
I probably agree with Ken's criticisms, but I don't want to focus on his comments in this post. For a start it is no surprise to me that Trump hasn't grasped the heart of Christianity, and it ought to be no surprise to Ken and his followers: Understanding and responding to the Christian message is predicated on a revelation of one's own powerlessness in the face of the temptations of sin and pride - the two words with the "i" in the middle. But self-centeredness, bordering on narcissism is so extreme in Trump's case and so much part of his identity that we find him constantly lying, bragging, praising himself and engaging in the character assassination of his political opponents & those who don't show him the loyalty he thinks he deserves. Therefore, you'd really know about it if Trump truly grasped the meaning of Christianity and had a real change of heart. But nevertheless, Trump is still an expert at soft-soaping American evangelicals by telling them what they want to hear. Trump-tripe is too often swallowed hook, line and sinker among gullible North American evangelicals & conspiracy theorists: See here for example:
Views, News and Pews: Trump Soft Soaps American Evangelicals (viewsnewsandpews.blogspot.com)
Criticizing Trump with his planet sized ego for his flawed concept of Christianity is no big deal and is as easy as shooting fish in a barrel. But as always seems to be the case with Trump's evangelical enablers they skirt round the herd of ravenous T-Rexes in the room. This is what Ken says in his post....
Well, the video I’m going to share below, which was recorded on the
final evening of our 40 Days and 40 Nights of Christian Music Festival, held at
the Ark Encounter, isn’t about whom to vote for in the election. There are only
two realistic options, and Christians need to vote to minimize evil and
maximize righteousness. We won’t be voting for a perfect person, but we need to
judge the worldview of all such public figures against the authority of God’s
Word, pray for them, and vote accordingly. That’s my view on the upcoming
election.
It's worth comparing Ken's criticism of Trump with the spiritually vicious attacks he's launched on Christians who don't believe his Genesis literalisms and therefore implicitly threaten Ken's AiG based business interests. Ken can criticize Trump's very obvious misunderstanding of the gospel as much as he likes but the fact is clear that Ken, like so many other North American evangelicals, has been suckered by Trump's expert soft-soaping.
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