by Mark Snider, Hamilton
Many of Trump’s supporters are Christian and believe the Bible to be the word of God and an authoritative guide to God’s will and to human history, for example:
The Bible says that animals such as donkeys and snakes talk, and that the sun and moon stood still so the Israelites could kill their enemies. In battle, God commanded the Israelites to kill not only soldiers but also elderly men, women, children, and animals, and to take virgin girls as sex slaves for those who killed their families. The universe, including humans, was created in six days, and men thrown into a blazing furnace came out unharmed.
We are told that a man survived inside a whale for three days; that God created a flood; and that Noah built a boat in which his family and every animal on Earth, including kangaroos, polar bears, dingoes, pandas, woolly mammoths, and dinosaurs, were saved. And dead people rotting in their graves were brought back to life.
There is a correlation between believing something on faith, such as the Bible, and being gullible and blind to the truth about the lies Trump tells, especially when the clergy endorses it.
It is easy to understand why many Christians, especially Republicans, believe Trump when he said the 2020 election was “rigged” against him and that immigrants were “eating dogs and cats.” He said the rioters were “unbelievable patriots,” called the January 6th riots a “day of love,” and claimed, “not one of those people had a gun,” even though many were arrested for carrying firearms.
Trump claimed he would reduce prescription drug prices by “1,500%”, said there was no “inflation”, he lied about turning on the “valve” to supply Los Angeles during the shortage, and claimed he was not mentioned in the Epstein files, even though it was verified that he was mentioned more than 1,000 times!
Do you believe God would send us someone who is a pathological liar, unethical, irresponsible, delusional, insecure, cunning, combative, a dishonest businessman, a sexual abuser, a criminal, or a solipsist with a very low IQ to represent this country or Christianity? Trump has also been incriminated as being a Russian asset, a pedophile, having the spirit of the anti-Christ, and closely mimicking Hitler’s rhetoric, spirit, and political tactics.
How on Earth can anyone justify, respect, or support such a horrible man or president? A rational or moral person cannot do so; only someone like Trump can love him as they love themselves. The sayings “birds of a feather flock together” and “two peas in a pod” exemplify this perfectly.
Karen Lohrengel says
What Will You Do?
What will you do when you hear the seven trumpets sound? When you hear the confessions? When you see the tribunals and the executions? When you find out who the real pedophiles are? What they have done to the children. When you find that you have believed lies of the complicit media and that your claims have been simply your party’s projections?
What will you do when you stand before Him, the one who created the universe in six days and rested on the seventh? The one who holds all things, including you, together? The one who walked on the water; whom the storm obeyed; who healed the sick, cleansed the lepers, opened blind eyes and deaf ears? The one who cast out demons, raised the dead, and defeated death, hell, and the grave for Himself and for those who follow Him?
What will you do when you stand before His great white throne? What will you say?
Will you say, Mark Snider, what you said in your letter entitled “Attention Evangelical Christians and Republicans”? Or will you bend the knee and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father?
I pray that you will not be a part of this group at the judgment seat but that you accept what He did you you, taking all your sin upon Himself and taking the punishment for that sin on His cross. I don’t want to see that Mark Snider has to spend eternity, a very very LONG time, in hell. You have nothing to lose but your pride and rebellion, the very sins that caused Satan to lose his place in heaven, and everything to gain.
WMA says
Karen,
I have been hearing that fire and brimstone garbage my whole life. I didn’t believe it then and I don’t believe it now. Hell is about as scary as the flying monkeys of Oz, and for the same reason: both are fictional.
Gomez says
Karen. I’m probably not going to take any life advice from someone who references a book that includes stories about a donkey that spoke Hebrew, a magic zoo boat. and a god so petty and vain that almost half of his Ten Commandments are just about how he should be praised and worshiped. Thanks but no thanks.
Mark Snider says
Hi Karen, regarding the contents of my letter, if you know the Bible, you must recognize that I did not argue against the Bible or Christianity. Everything I wrote about is in the Bible without comment from me. If you find, after studying, that I said anything untrue, please let me know.
Gomez says
All good points.