It is good that Christians are thinking about these multiple issues.
Trump and Biden are NOT the candidates that I had wanted the 2 political
parties to put forward. But, these are the 2 candidates that American
voters have to deal with, given the party choices.
It is true that Trump has not already lived out the 2025 Plan.
But the radical language that Trump uses, is compatible with the
tearing down of the federal government, which is a goal of VERY
radical groups.
Also, the language that Trump uses has already judged the federal government
as being illegitimate, completely corrupt, and in need of (basically) massive
replacement. The problem I have with this CONCLUSION, is that it bypasses
the fair rule of law in America.
There is a huge problem with a political candidate who already pronounces that
the existing fair rule of law in America is completely corrupt. But has not gathered
evidence for that conclusion, and presented it in courts of law. Almost all of the
lawsuits that Trump has filed, have been rejected, because they are hearsay, or
just ridiculous claims without evidence. Trump does not know the difference between
conspiracy theories, and evidence.
Note that there is the builtin problem that Trump claims to be a patriot,
and an upholder of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and the rule
of law, YET he denies the validity of all court rulings that go against
his personal preferences.
I think that Donald Trump should appreciate the deep and wise foundational
documents of the United States, and should work within America's fair rule
of law. Donald has not shown any ability to do this. I this makes me
suspicious that he could ever do this.
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A point that comes up multiple times in this thread discussion, is that
although Trump makes strident and radical assertions, he has not ACTED
on them, yet. Supporters of Donald Trump, may think that this is a valid
argument, that he should not be ideologically rejected by American voters.
But this argument, itself, bypasses the worth and truth of the foundational
documents of the American Republic, that assert grand and noble ideals
that this country has struggled to attain.
It is not a compliment, that Donald Trump has made radical statements
that go against these great founding principles of the American Republic,
but THAT should not be held against him, BECAUSE he has never lived
out these radical assertions. What sort of great ideal, does that show?
At best, that is an argument that Donald Trump is a coward, who wants
other people to murder his political opponents, but who does not want
to get involved in this lawless violence himself.
Again, I would remind American citizens of the topic of legends, being made by the
media, and taking on a life of their own on social media sites. Like the legend of
the shooters at Columbine high school, which asserts that they were noble kids
who were persecuted and outcasts, and who finally snapped and sought revenge
on the people who were persecuting them. (This is what Trump is doing.) But,
in the case of the Columbine massacre, this legend is completely false. All the
evidence goes against this interpretation. (Yet there have been about 50 school shooters
who have acted out public acts of violence, and appealed to the Columbine shooters
as their "inspiration".)
It does not matter much that Donald Trump cannot find sound evidence that he is
a poor, persecuted, man, who is a victim of a "Deep State" conspiracy. It does
not matter that this "legend" of Donald Trump is completely false. There are
internet social media fans who will believe the legend/conspiracy theory, and
who try to live lawless violence, appealing to this legend as a justification
of their violent "Punisher" vigilante "justice". Just as there have been 50
violent school shooters who have appealed to a completely FALSE legend
about the Columbine school shooters.
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But as Christians, we need to be VERY conscious that the Bible presents
the view that we live in a shared reality (not a bunch of relative, individual
perceptions), and that "You shall not lie" refers to a fixed standard that
God has, that takes into account sound evidence from our shared reality.
The conspiracy theories DO NOT DESCRIBE our shared reality.
Conspiracy theories cannot find the sound evidence, to demonstrate
their own accuracy, in describing this shared reality. Christians who
choose to believe legends/conspiracy theories, are living in a lie.
They are constantly projecting false representations of reality.
And this is incompatible with the Christian faith.
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