Why
are so many evangelical Christians supporting the twice divorced,
thrice married Donald Trump, despite a history of womanizing that makes
Bill Clinton look like a rank amateur in comparison? Why are so many evangelical Christians
supporting Trump, despite his glorification of his own greed in a manner that
runs counter to what Jesus preached?
It’s
quite simple. Many evangelicals believe
we are living in the End Times. They also believe that, at the advent of the
Apocalypse, they will magically rise to heaven in their physical form – while
the rest of us heathens are left on Earth to endure the terror. (Personally, I believe if all religious
extremists of every faith were to disappear, the world would probably become a
quieter, more tranquil place, and a new era of human progress would
unfold.) The fixation of evangelicals
on the Apocalypse leads to the conclusion that if an evangelical was elected
President, he or she could well bring about a real End Times scenario - the very definition of a self-fulfilling
prophecy. I don’t believe for a New
York minute that Trump himself is either an evangelical or even particularly
religious. But he’s the candidate who’s
doing their bidding, and they may even believe that they have some form of
control over him. This is a
delusion. Nobody, but nobody, controls
Donald Trump. He’s the little boy who
does what he wants, never faces reprimand when he hurts someone else, and has
never faced consequences. Not from his
parents, not from his wives, not from betrayed vendors, and not from the law
other than the minor financial slap on the wrist. In other words, Trump is a walking Id who knows
nothing of boundaries.
Trump’s
bombastic statements, which have already ratcheted up religious tensions in the
United States, would lead to even more danger – worldwide - if he was actually
elected President. That may be what religious extremists, craving for the
Apocalypse want. That’s not what
sensible people the world over desire.
