GiddyGapSome critics see Trump's behavior as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero
ProteusIMO, he is definitely the Christians’ mascot. not only due to how much they support him, but also because he reflects the bigotry and ignorance they so deeply cherish.
As a frustrated Christian, I think I’d say it’s most accurate to say that Trump embodies Conservatives, Republicans, and Evangelicals, all of whom have apparently no clear code of conduct or definition beyond “seize power, worship the perceived strong man, crush the marginalized.”
Christian, though…there’s a least a definition there (“follower of Christ”) that excludes Trump — not only does Trump not care at all about Christ except as an incantation to get votes, but he directly contradicts the things Christ taught.
the bible says Jesus told his fans that they can’t be his disciple unless they hate their family. also something about obeying their master. sounds very Trumpian to me. but then again, there are no “true” Scotsman, are there? 😜
“the bible says Jesus told his fans that they can’t be his disciple unless they hate their family”
No, it says you shouldn’t love your family more than Him. That doesn’t mean you have to hate your family
Sounds like oxfordreference.com/…/authority.20110810105218155….
Maybe as far as the shock value but imo they are completely different. The bible verse is about absolute surrender to the christian god, where anything you might value as highly as god should be made lesser than him in your mind.
It seems like “kill the buddha” has the opposite intent, aggressively reject all notions of “other” or “authority” etc