Asking Questions

I once saw a bumper sticker which read “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians.” This may or may not have been said by Mahatma Gandhi.

Whatever its origins, it illuminates the vast schism between the inspiration for Christianity and Christianity as it is so often practiced. This divide once again became newsworthy as the editor of Christianity Today opined that President forty-five ought to be removed from office based on his “blackened moral record”.

Naturally, this news sent Donald into the royal toilet, where with his stubby pink fingers hard at work, he composed another royal tweet. Since Christianity Today's editorial didn't nominate Donald for sainthood, it was deemed fake news. Fraudulent.

"Another byproduct of the radicalized, socialized left, who are bent on (in Donald's words) taking your guns, your religion and destroying America!" (Never mind that Donald is doing a stellar demolition job all on his own.)

But what really made this editorial noteworthy was that it called out Trump's quote-unquote Christian base.

Like so many things that happen on the other side of the aisle, the notion of Christian Trumpers does not compute. It's right up there with the idea of a Jewish Nazi. I mean, what version of Christianity endorses Donald Trump?

I get the whole pro-life thing. But the name-calling? The grab-'em-by-the-pussy ethos? The fraud? The theft? The lies? The hatred? I can't find a GPS unit that can take me to that place where Christianity intersects with Donald Trump.

Being a Trumper means shutting down massive portions of your humanity and replacing it with lizard-brained, knee-jerk hate. Tell me right-wing evangelicals, where does the Christianity part come in?

I am grateful Christianity Today editor Mark Galli was able to seize the moment and ask questions that so desperately need to be asked. Even if it means that President Petulant will no longer be reading "ET" (that's a quote, people) magazine.

Thank you.