Thursday, May 24, 2018

Christian leaders call out the heresy of Trumpism - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United."


E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post

Image from article, with caption: President Trump and Jerry Falwell, head of Liberty University, during a commencement at the Christian university in Lynchburg, Va., in May 2017.

Excerpt:
Trump, after all, won a substantial majority of the vote among white Christians. The battle within Christianity (and not just in the United States) can be defined in many ways. It is at least in part between those who would use faith as a means of excluding others on the basis of nation, culture and, too often, race, and those who see it as an appeal to conscience, a prod to social decency — and, yes, as an invitation to love.

The question “Who is Jesus?” has been debated for two millennia. It is starkly relevant now.

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