The Christian reaction to Trump's Bible endorsement goes deeper than you think

[Uncle Joe]

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Responses to Trump’s social media announcement called the endorsement “sacrilege,” “heresy” and “borderline offensive” and cite lessons directly from the Bible that suggest taking advantage of people’s faith for money should be condemned.

“It is a bankrupt Christianity that sees a demagogue co-opting our faith and even our holy scriptures for the sake of his own pursuit of power and praise him for it rather than insist that we refuse to allow our sacred faith and scriptures to become a mouthpiece for an empire,” said Rev. Benjamin Cremer on X.

Jason Cornwall, a pastor from South Carolina, said on X that Trump’s Bible endorsement was a violation of one of the Ten Commandments of the Hebrew Testament that forbids taking God’s name in vain.

However, the criticism doesn’t end with whether or not Trump’s endorsement is un-Christian or not. In fact, it’s just the beginning.

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/28/us/donald-trump-bible-christianity-cec/index.html

[brewens]

1. The people that were already taking advantage of peoples faith for money probably don't like the

idea of Trump costing them sales.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. Yet how many will still vote for him.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Fewer than before.

[msongs]

4. he doesnt believe anyof that religion crap, its just all marketing strategy to him nt

[Uncle Joe]

6. I agree, it's just a way to funnel money and play on division.

It's like they say, "misery loves company," and I believe *rump is in the most miserable person in United States history so he believes that anything making other people unhappy by comparison will somehow sate the abyss in his soul or consciousness, but of course it can't.

It's a Sisyphean task, but it's the only sense of satisfaction that he gets.

[soldierant]

5. I can tell you that the group

"Faithful America" reacted deeply and I expect has a lot of signatures to prove it. I know they have mine.

[czarjak]

7. "I'm a great Christian."

Being worthy takes more than lip-service, Lippy. Pick up a Bible and read all about it. I have. F-Mike Johnson2.

[Hekate]

8. KnR