Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin, North End, Boston

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Sunday, December 8, 2019

Sunday Questioning Evangelical's Support of Trump Blog






"The problem with many Christian conservatives is that their idea of “morality” and ethical behavior hasn’t made it out of bed and sex. Our businesses and corporations and local governments and laws can be as immoral and unethical as they want to be and these zealots turn a blind eye to the destruction that is wrought to individuals and communities, often those who are poor or darker skinned or immigrant. 

 Today they countenance and embrace as if JC himself a President who lies and cheats and breaks the law and undermines the Constitution while literally wrapping himself in the flag. 


 Too many conservative Christians are the worst kind of bigots and hypocrites while simultaneously thinking that they own the only road to God. 


 If they are contemptible, they do it to themselves and pollute everything around them as Trump does, and then they project it onto others just like he does! Their fears are self created and they need therapy; God cannot help those who hate and fear."


A Christian psychologist who has not been bewitched by the odious Trump:





"Is Trump Morally Ill Beyond Normal Standards of Human Decency? 

The simple answer is yes. Given how narcissistic and sociopathic Trump is, he fundamentally doesn’t believe that the rules of moral behavior or social norms apply to him. That is the primary reason he has spent his adult life breaking one biblical commandment, federal law, and social norm after another.

As much as people hoped Trump would take a turn for the better after becoming president, he has only grown more mentally and morally disturbed and defiant since assuming the powers of the presidency

Trump is an incredibly arrogant person. Perhaps the most arrogant statement he ever uttered during his run for office was ‘I alone can fix it’ when referring to our country’s many problems. Trump has said he is ‘the chosen one,’ done more in a shorter period of time than any other president, ‘so great looking and smart, a true Stable Genius’ and someone who knows more than anyone else about technology, money, taxes, ISIS, campaign finance, renewables, courts, steelworkers, real estate, construction, banks, trade, nuclear weapons, lawsuits and a myriad of other topics than those who are experts in these areas. 

 There is very little, if anything, that is humble about Trump. When questioned about whether or not he had ever asked God for forgiveness, Trump said he didn’t think he had because he hadn’t done anything bad enough to warrant God’s forgiveness. 

Another core aspect of Trump’s moral pathology is his lack of compassion and empathy for other people’s emotional pain and suffering. Examples of his lack of empathy for the feelings of others are too numerous to go into here but certainly include his abusive verbal attacks on people who disagree with him, his cold-heartedness about ripping children out their parent’s arms at our southern border, and telling the wife of a soldier who was killed in battle that her husband knew what he had signed up for in becoming a soldier. 

 Thurman ends his VERY lengthy op-ed by quoting from one of the mental health professionals who contributed to The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, psychologist John Gartner. This is one of many of the statements in the book that evangelicals would be wise to listen to and act on: 

‘Trump is a profoundly evil man exhibiting malignant narcissism. His worsening hypomania is making him increasingly more irrational, grandiose, paranoid, aggressive, irritable, and impulsive. Trump is bad, mad, and getting worse. He evinces the most destructive and dangerous collection of psychiatric symptoms possible for a leader. The worst-case scenario is now our reality.’ "

20 comments:

anymouse said...

No true Christian could back Trump. Period.

Anonymous said...

IMPEACH THE BASTARD!

Dave Miller said...

Anyone notice there are no Trumpers calling the latest shooting an act of terrorism or for Muslims to be summarily arrested, shot and/or deported. No Muslim ban either for Saudis.

But hey Pres Trump says the Saudi King and Crown Prince Bone Saw are real sorry and expressed their condolences.

What is up with this guy? And his backers, fearful of the truth, won;t even be critical now that US servicemen have been killed.

Anonymous said...

What bastard is that?

Anonymous said...

What bastard is that? The one who sits on his fat arse in the WH and who is a traitor to America?

skudrunner said...

Love it when two anon's go at it or is it one attacking them selves. Anon, I do think trump had two parents but you probably know better.

I didn't believe the swell guy was responsible for all the murders during his rein and I don't believe trump is either. I have not heard trump say he sides with the muslims but that is so minor that no one should care.
What someone should care about is all the hours the media is spending on these hearings. Guess the have nothing else to do or the people who are watching them.

Shaw Kenawe said...

So, skud, we'll put your name down as an American who doesn't give a flip if a POTUS extorts a foreign government to give him dirt on his political rival to help that POTUS get re-elected.

I assume you know, skud, that the Goopers won't be in the Executive branch forever. It's iteresting to know that you, along with many other Goopers, will remain quiet and accepting if a Democratic POTUS extorts an ally and asks for dirt on say, Nikki Haley, in order to get re-elected. You'll say nothing and claim those Goopers investigating the crime of extortion have nothing better to do.

Trump's hand-picked ambassador to the EU, a millionaire contributor to his campaign, Sondland, testified UNDER OATH, with the possibility of prison if he were to lie, Sondland testified for America and the world to hear that, "Yes, there was a quid pro quo," and that Trump wanted ONLY the announcement of investigations into the Bidens, not the ACTUAL investigations for corruption.

You dismiss that and all you've got is your chronic whining about President Obama.

Oh, I just want you and the other Trump cultists to remember this too: Barack Hussein Obama is respected, admired, and loved by a majority of the American people. Trump has the approval of only 40% of the American people.

The trump cultists are a distinct minority who think all of America supports their corrupt, lying, cheating, and incompetent president.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Dave, certain bloggers on the right are the first to howl about any shooting that involves a Middle Eastern name, and then use that to defame all the Muslims in the world.

They're quiet now because they are ashamed their president allowed SAUDIs to train at our military bases! Maybe the images of 8/11 are too painful for them to think about as they understand that Trump allowed his pal, Prince Bone Saw, to send young Saudis to military bases to learn to fly. I read that the shooting was videoed by one of the shooter's pals, and it was set up beforehand.

Not a peep from the usual hyenas who scream DEATH TO ALL MUSLIMS!

Another disgusting example of their breathtaking hypocrisy and slavish allegiance to the president who allowed Saudis to train at our military base.

Beyond disgusting.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Of course that should read "9/11" I recently has eye surgery and I'm still not able to see the keyboard very well.

Shaw Kenawe said...

had. I give up.

Les Carpenter said...

Don't you mean reign skudrunner?

skudrunner said...

No RN I meant rain.

If a democrat wins the office I feel comfortable the republicans will not do a thing because that is who they are, do nothings.
BHO or AKA the swell guy has the love from all over the world. He was happy to spend billions on climate change that had no teeth, billions on giving Iran nuclear weapons so they could intimidate Israel, giving pedophiles any restroom in which to practice, selling one third of our automakers to a foreign company all while attend countless fundraisers with billionaires while attacking the hard working middle class. What is there not to love.

Ms Shaw, If you had implants done it will take a couple of weeks to settle in then you will see and look awesome.

jono said...

That we are still teaching Saudis to fly after 9/11 is beyond my understanding. Who's idea was that?

Shaw Kenawe said...

Isn't it pathetic to see the Goopers, like skud, come here and bitch about President Obama, one of the world's most respected and loved statesmen, when their president is dealing with impeachment for his corrupt extortion attempt while cheating to try to get re-elected.

It's an old tactic to throw dirt at someone who has NOTHING TO DO with Trump's egregious corruption and crimes in order to take the focus off the real scoundrel in this scandal.

It won't work here and it won't work in the country.

A majority of Americans see Trump for the crook, scoundrel, and incompetent that he is.

Just last week world leaders laughed at him. THAT NEVER HAPPENED TO BARACK OBAMA. NEVER!

But skud comes here and tries to pollute Mr. Obama by bringing up fake far right talking point to smear him.

That what desperate people do when they know they're backing the wrong corrput horse.

Ray Cranston said...

Hey Shaw! Is this guy any relation to skudrunner?

"Protester yelling 'Trump is innocent' at impeachment hearing called for Obama to be lynched

f you’re wondering who the man was shouting before House Judiciary Committee members during Monday’s presidential impeachment hearing, here you go: It was InfoWars host Owen Shroyer, the same man who called for former President Barack Obama to be lynched earlier this year."


Or maybe it's really skud?

Shaw Kenawe said...

Jono Good question. Who gave them persmission to do this? Imagine if Obama did it?

Shaw Kenawe said...

Ray That's typical Trump cultist. Blame Obama for Trump's corruption and criminal behavior.

Les Carpenter said...

Trumpers are unaware and not present in reality. They do love their alternative universe though

anymouse said...

Skidmark and the rest of the radical right still can't get over the fact that they were twice beaten (most votes AND electoral college) by a man of color. Poor babies, their jealousy is so palpable it's almost too easy to comment on. Sort of like taking a 5 year old into a candy store and expecting him or her not to throw a fit of desire. Of course, 5 year olds are smarter and better behaved than the traitorous radical right wing.

skudrunner said...

BlueBalls, Actually I think the fact that obama won was excepted. I didn't hear any reports of students seeking counseling because their side lost and people going into great depression over the loss. I also didn't see the republican candidate go on a pity me tour and write a book about how they were robbed. I also didn't see mass hysteria and chanting he is not my president.
Not a lot of scorn over obama saying ISIS was the JV team and telling Romney Russia is so yesterday. Was that because he was working with them on the uranium deal or possibly the elections. He did say that he would be more flexible to help them after the next election but that doesn't count. Guess the adults prevailed at that time and like Ms Shaw has said repeatedly obama was a swell guy who the press loved.