Trump's Christian right worships power more than they worship God

[lordsummerisle]

salon.com
Amanda Marcotte

In "The Power Worshippers," Katherine Stewart shows what really motivates the Christian right — and it's not Jesus

It's one of the most enduring conundrums of the Donald Trump era: How is it that the Christian right, the self-appointed monitors of American morality, have come to so enthusiastically back a thrice-married chronic adulterer who lies as easily as he breathes?

https://www.salon.com/2020/03/03/trump-christian-right-power-worshippers-katherine-stewart/

[Rebl2]

1. Because

they aren’t true Christians?

[SharonAnn]

2. Yes, it's all about power. Power to force others.

[Marcuse]

3. It's an old tradition.

http://withintheblackcommunity.blogspot.com/2015/12/while-slave-ship-named-jesus-has-been.html

[Major Nikon]

4. The whole idea behind the conveniently unverifiable promise of reward and punishment is power

When you have managed to convince anyone of it, you gain power over them because you now get to define the conditions those things are based on. The Christians who claim other Christians aren’t real Christians are just trying the enforce their own method of control. It’s all about trying to gain power over someone. Always has been, always will be.

[Act_of_Reparation]

5. Nope.

Christianity is so variable it cannot be defined propositionally. If it can't be defined propositionally, then it can't be practiced incorrectly. These articles are slogs as pointless as they are ponderous.

[lordsummerisle]

6. Thanks for your perspective n/t

[trotsky]

7. It's all about being able to say....

"Those people I don't like aren't *REAL* <insert religious group here>."

[Act_of_Reparation]

8. I would like to say Coldplay isn't a real band.

But alas, life is all about accepting unpleasant truths.