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The Reverend Jim Wallis posted the commentary "The Religious Right Will Rise and Fall with Donald Trump" on his Sojourners website today.
The Religious Right Will Rise and Fall with Donald Trump
In it he talks about the religious right's Value Voters Summit last weekend at which the president spoke at. He does not speak favorably about the president or those 'Christian' people who follow him. Instead he takes the amazing position of violating the Eleventh Commandment "Never speak poorly of another Christian".
As most here have already realized, I do not hold a high opinion of modern Christianity because of its willingness to teach things which do not agree with Jesus' teachings. And now we see a major and vocal segment of Christianity openly and enthusiastically following a leader who, says Rev. Wallis, "Donald Trump is the consummate worshipper of money, sex, and power — to which Christian history has always tried to provide an alternative. Trump literally embodies what Christian ethics and history have been against — and all for a political deal with the religious right."
So my question is: "Is Silence Acceptance?" When the rest of Christians who do not identify as the 'Religious Right' remain silent as this faction redefines what it means to be 'Christian' into something that could easily be called the 'Anti-Christ', should the rest of the world assume that all Christians agree with this because no one will speak up?
Pastor Martin Niemoller wrote this poem in the early 1950s:
"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
"Is silence agreement?"
The Religious Right Will Rise and Fall with Donald Trump
In it he talks about the religious right's Value Voters Summit last weekend at which the president spoke at. He does not speak favorably about the president or those 'Christian' people who follow him. Instead he takes the amazing position of violating the Eleventh Commandment "Never speak poorly of another Christian".
As most here have already realized, I do not hold a high opinion of modern Christianity because of its willingness to teach things which do not agree with Jesus' teachings. And now we see a major and vocal segment of Christianity openly and enthusiastically following a leader who, says Rev. Wallis, "Donald Trump is the consummate worshipper of money, sex, and power — to which Christian history has always tried to provide an alternative. Trump literally embodies what Christian ethics and history have been against — and all for a political deal with the religious right."
So my question is: "Is Silence Acceptance?" When the rest of Christians who do not identify as the 'Religious Right' remain silent as this faction redefines what it means to be 'Christian' into something that could easily be called the 'Anti-Christ', should the rest of the world assume that all Christians agree with this because no one will speak up?
Pastor Martin Niemoller wrote this poem in the early 1950s:
"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
"Is silence agreement?"