Silence, collusion and support condemn conservative Evangelical Trump supporterrs

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2026/02/silence-collusion-and-support-condemn.html

Well, here we are.

Though the Epstein files haven't been completely released, they are full of redactions which the Justice department inserted to make sure there is no transparency, and we are just beginning to discover the scope of what they reveal, the current sitting President has not only not been exonerated, he has been implicated as one of the worst participants in a crime of unfathomable immorality, something most Americans consider to be a sign of the worst possible corruption of the human spirit, and that is the sexual violation and molestation of children.

Oh, yes, I understand innocent until proven guilty and all of that. This President is already under indictment for causing an insurrection, and for stealing classified documents. He's an adjudicated rapist. He admitted to some of his worst immorality, short of what's been uncovered in the Epstein files, long before he descended the golden escalator and ran for President in 2016. So the only explanation, really, for the support he has received from conservative Evangelicals is that they are a cult, in the truest sense of the term, which has completely abandoned the core principles of the Christian gospel they claim to proclaim.

They are pseudo-Christian, using familiar terms and practices, but they are empty of conviction, as the Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy, "holding to the outward form of godliness but denying it's power." [2 Timothy 3:5.] What is preached from their pulpits is hypocritical, for the most part, especially if they can continue to separate their own conscience from their support for Trump and claim that they are two different and separate things. But, they're not.

[LatteLady]

1. "Separate their own conscience"

It’s true they’re hypocritical, yet it’s worse than that. Individually they display “moral disengagement”, and as a group they reinforce this lack of conscious connection in each other. This is dangerous because they are freeing themselves from moral thought and action, and freeing themselves to commit immoral behavior. Not every German was a Nazi, but as a citizenry their moral disengagement allowed the ejection if Hitler and set the stage for the Holocaust to occur.

[c-rational]

2. Good post LatteLady. Your comment of moral disengagement hit home. Also made me think of

a quote by Herman Hesse I read today ...about "Wisdom is nothing byt preparation of the soul, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment." How society produces such disparate results...

[lees1975]

3. "Moral disengagement" is a great term.

Within each separate kingdom of Evangelicalism there is the belief that "we are right and everyone who does not believe the way we believe is wrong." Except when it comes to politics, of course. Then you have Evangelicals who consider Mormons demonic heretics aligning with them because of Mitt Romney. His conservative politics superceded their religious convictions.

They've re-defined the core values of Christianity, under the influence of right wing extremism, it is all transactional. "I believe in peace, but I don't believe you should benefit from it" is the general attitude.

And from personal experience, there is a measure of reactionary response to everything they consider "liberal" which closes off people from having to face the truth. I was raised in that mess, and I know all of the signs of it. Moral disengagement is exactly what it is.