If you’re a Trump supporter and you think you’re going to challenge me to a “Biblical debate” save it. If you’d truly read the Bible you’d recognize the golden idol you’re bowing down to. And if you really cared about the teachings of Jesus you wouldn’t be a Trump supporter.
Nothing tells me you’ve lost the plot more than being anti-mask, anti-vaxx, anti-immigrant, anti-empathy, and pro-gun—while claiming you follow a Jesus who healed the sick, fed the hungry, welcomed the stranger, and shunned retributive violence. Hit the books again.
I have news for you: Donald Trump is the antithesis of Jesus and MAGA is exactly the kind of hateful, nationalistic, predatory, violent movement Jesus spent his life warning good people to reject. If you have a problem with that, take it up with God.
I wrote this book because I spent 25 years as a local church pastor, I’ve read, studied, and preached the Bible—and I know that if your faith doesn’t make you more empathetic, usher in justice, welcome diversity, and love the least, it’s a waste of time.
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These are my convictions and I don’t require that you agree with them to validate them. I know my road and I know what I’ve seen and experienced. I’m way beyond needing anyone’s approval and I have great joy in the truth that compassion is the better path and I rest in that.
It’s OK if you hate me, because I know you are addled by a faith of fear that requires enemies, adversaries, and threats to survive—which is why you build walls, hoard resources, shun difference, and despise outsiders. I know better. I know it’s Love for the win. Amen.
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