To So Called Christian Trump Followers:

[Chasstev365]

If gross income inequality doesn’t bother you; YOU ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN!

And don't try to "Jesus-explan" away otherwise. You will only embarrass yourself on your ignorance of your understanding on the true teachings of Jesus Christ.

[msongs]

1. one cannot believe in the teachings of the jesus myth and support trump nt

[Chasstev365]

2. As a committed Deist, I am not suprised.

However, it still bugs the crap out if me that few Christian leaders will state that Republicans Christian follow a false God in Trump.

[Ocelot II]

3. One of the best descriptions I've read of some "Christians" comes from, of all people,

Stephen Colbert, who said: “If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.”

[LearnedHand]

4. "You aren't a real Christian" is not useful

For a whole host of reasons:

1. They are Christians because they say they are. Period. No one else can judge the validity of their beliefs. Others can only hold to their own different beliefs.

2. According to whose reading are they "not real Christians? Christian sects have been saying OTHER Christian sects aren't real Christians for millennia, thus this argument is very tiresome.

3. Christians have been waging war and crusades against the "other" for millennia, so this lot are square in the age-old Christian tradition.

4. No one outside the Christian faith understands or accepts the meaning of this statement. From the perspective of "the other," this is quintessential Christian behavior.

If we're going for a characterization that has real meaning, we should be reaching for "anti-humanity" or "monster zealots" or something that gets to the heart of how damaging their crimes against humanity are.

[Retrograde]

5. I sometimes think the MAGA bible

leaves out a lot of the New Testament, especially the parts where Jesus tells his followers that they should feed the hungry and heal the sick. And the parts about how difficult it is for rich people to enter into Heaven, and about how one should pray quietly instead of boasting on streetcorners. And that bit about doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. And probably a lot more.