Thursday, June 20, 2024

Trump and the Ten Commandments

Now that Louisiana-a state full of evangelical Trump supporters- has voted to put the Ten Commandments in school rooms, I wondered how Trump behavior stacked up against those dictums from'God'...I found this assessment online, and Know that number 2 also has been violated since the writer posted it; remember a few years ago when Mr.Trump sold those ridiculous trading cards of himself? The hypocrisy would be laughable if it weren't so dangerous. 1) Thou shalt have no other gods before me. - - The almighty dollar, or himself - probably violated. 2) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. - - He doesn't carve, or order up statues to my knowledge? - probably ok. 3) Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain - - cussing, twitter, meetings with Pelosi - violated. 4) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy - - generally avoids church, works weekends - violated. 5) Honour thy father and thy mother - - no obvious data - probably ok. 6) Thou shalt not murder - - Iranian general - violated. 7) Thou shalt not commit adultery - - 3 wives, assorted escorts - violated. 8) Thou shalt not steal - - business history, contractors shorted, bankruptcies - violated. 9) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour - - endless lies, against everyone - violated. 10) Thou shalt not covet (neighbour's house, wife, slaves, animals, anything else) - - assorted houses, wives, and anything else - violated. Now that the 'supreme court' has ruled immunity for presidents, miltary personnel must ask themselves- "Am I obligated to follow an immoral or illegal command?" from the commander in chief? And not that anyone will be convinced or swayed by humilty and reason and Jesus' true message of compassion, the book 'The Kingdom, The Power and The Glory-American Evangekicals in an Age of Extremmism' by Tim Alberta-a pastors son and longtime observer of Christian behavior- details the fall from grace of the modern evangelical church...Followers genuinely believe the country is going to hell, or, at least Democrats are, and this book offers information from an insiders view of how and why that is happening...

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