Definition of "Republicanity"

Republicanity: the calculated melding of the American political right with poorly constructed, spiritually empty Christian theology so that the blind adherent loses track of where one ends and the other begins, thereby (1) fallaciously allowing Republicanism to claim the moral high ground above the Democratic party in all things political and (2) socially demonizing Democratic party members in the process

Friday, January 10, 2020

The Christian Right Is Finally Starting to Get It!

And by "it," I mean that Trump is nothing more than a snake-oil salesman, a two-bit huckster, a New-York-streets con man.

This article in the USA Today, by an evangelical Christian himself, is just the most recent example of someone in the Christian community having both the courage and the critical thinking skills to speak out against this most unholy of marriages between Trump and the evangelical community.

To whet your appetite so that you'll go and read the entirety of the brief piece, here is the thesis:

"Donald Trump tries to brand himself as the savior of American Christians who will give them everything they want if they give him their votes. But as with the prosperity gospel, Christians must be wary of worldly promises from false political saviors. Christians will only ever have one savior, and he’s not in the Oval Office — he’s at the right hand of God the Father."

Just so we all take note, these types of pieces are FINALLY starting to pop up in the media; in fact, recently, they seem to have started becoming quite common.  I can only hope that this new thoughtful insight by the Christian community (although coming much later than I would've thought) continues to build up some steam as we all move towards November. 

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