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Those Sadducees and Pharisees, with murder in their
hearts and with no allegiance to the Jewish Torah about
putting a man to death without verifiable evidence, were so
bent on evil and compromise that they were willing to
jettison any principles in order to have Pilate turn Jesus
over to them for an execution by death on a cross.
Imagine. Religious leaders caught up with pleasing an
oppressive Roman governor for political expediency in lieu
of doing the right thing regarding the sham case against
Jesus.
These deplorables were willing to turn a blind eye and
sear their consciences if it meant that they could curry
favor with the Romans and, of course, for these religious
frauds to maintain their seats of power.
These charlatans were willing to agitate the rabble
rousers and the common folk to rise up against Jesus because
they had their own agenda of supporting Pilate and it had
nothing to do with conscience, righteousness or justice.
It was about political power and access to power and to
maintain the status quo.
Sound familiar?
Fast forward to the present day political inferno
wherein the so-called white evangelicals are parading around
and about as Pharisees and Sadducees and are supporting a
debased and chronic liar in the person of Donald Trump.
This is the same Trump who boasts of his atrocious
exploits against women, mocks those of the Muslim faith,
denounces black men as SOB's, calls the nations of Africa
shithole countries and has brought in mental midgets to run
the country.
That is just the short list of his nefarious dealings
with the country.
But...and here is the kicker: Over 80 percent of white
evangelicals voted for this miscreant!
Regardless of his self confessions of moral debauchery
and his shameless way of dealing with the poor and his
infatuation with power, money and racism, Trump still won
that percentage of the white evangelical voters!
Trump realized that he had a captive and mindless
voting base when he spoke in near disbelief that he could
stand on Fifth Avenue in New York City and shoot someone and
still his base would adore him.
That is how craven and devoid of conscience and
principles these so called white evangelicals were about
Trump!
All answers seemingly, at first glance, point towards
their cowardly statements of
justification in that Trump represented their "Christian
values" and that he identified with them and that he was
their protector!
Imagine black people in the South voting for George
Wallace or Bull Connor under the misguided perception that
those two vile racists persons would protect them.
That goes to show you the total mental and spiritual
corruption of those white evangelicals who would try, with a
straight face, to claim that Trump is their champion.
Never has there been a greater example of the blind
leading the blind when so called evangelicals would or could
support such a lying and morally bankrupt person under the
guise that Trump is defending their Christian values!
You could not invent such fantasies as what we are now
experiencing with the surreal presidential acts and
statements of a man who is beyond delusional that even some
believe that he is becoming a clear and present danger to
himself and others.
Obviously those white evangelicals are not guided by
any Biblical principles of morality or deeds of faith when
they are able to support such a carnal man and slough it off
as he being a "baby" Christian or that they will given him a
pass on morality since they are not voting for a priest but
for a president!
However, and this is the 800 pound gorilla in the
room: these smitten white evangelicals have an sub text to
their bewildering bloc vote for Trump and that is...wait for
it....they, like Trump, are latent racists.
There. I said it.
When all is accounted for and when one examines their
lack of support for President Obama but their overt
adulation for all things Trumpian, you then must accede to
the fact that these white evangelicals played the race card
and voted Trump in.
To vote for Trump, those voting white evangelicals had
to trample upon and discard so many scriptures that speak to
caring for the poor, being a haven for the alien, loving
your brother as yourself and exhibiting conduct that
bespeaks that you have a relationship with Jesus.
But no! These renegade white evangelicals cried out to
Caesar and professed their
undying loyalty to a shaman and a con for purposes of access
to power and influence.
They were not willing to separate church and state. They
wanted influence and power and when Trump threw them a kiss,
they breathlessly closed their eyes and conscience and
lurched at him and smothered him with their kisses (aka:
votes).
Those white evangelicals were not willing to wait nor
use weapons that are not carnal but they were willing to
forego scripture admonitions and take their chances with an
ugly bride such as Trump and simple suffer the consequences.
What is even more tragic is that those white
evangelicals think that they harbor no racial animus towards
anyone but when you examine why they voted the way they did,
they wanted a return to white power and its perks and
someone giving at least lip service to their god.
Trump was willing to play that con role and both sides
winked at each other as they went off to the bridal suite to
have an embrace of power and influence with the bride, the
white evangelical voter, thinking that they got the best of
the deal.
So, as the compromised white evangelical voter gives
a smug and debased Trump hugs and kisses, they in turn have
left behind their supposedly first love, Jesus Christ; and
we are left quizzically reading the sign on the bridal suite
doorknob: Do Not Disturb!
Moral of the story?: No one can serve two masters.
Either he will hate the one and love the other or he will be
devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve
both God and Money (Trump). Matthew 6:24.
Contact Lafe Tolliver at
tolliver@juno.com
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