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   Donald Trump Epitomizes the Republican Perversion of Real   
   Christian Values May 28, 2017 By Allen Clifton 1 Comment   
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   For years I’ve written about my belief that most Republicans   
   aren’t Christians. As a Christian myself, I’m offended by these   
   hypocrites who’ve warped and distorted my faith. This is a   
   political party supported by millions of people who all claim   
   to represent Christian values, while displaying absolutely   
   none. Individuals who truly seem to believe that Jesus Christ   
   would be some gun-loving, poor-folk-hating bigot who supported   
   their special, vile mix of hate, fear, paranoia, and ridiculous   
   conspiracy theories.   
      
      
      
   Look no further than their embrace of Donald Trump. As I’ve   
   said plenty of times already, you cannot call yourself a   
   Christian and support Trump.   
      
   There’s absolutely nothing Christian about him — nothing.   
      
   Hell, he’s a living embodiment of the “Seven Deadly Sins”:   
      
       Lust: Has had at least one affair and multiple wives.   
       Gluttony: He’s not exactly in the best physical shape and   
       he frequently brags about all the money he supposedly has.   
       Greed: Again, he claims to be worth billions.   
       Envy: A small, petty person who’s not only clearly jealous   
       by how respected President Obama was (and still is), but   
       that his opponent in last year’s election, Hillary Clinton,   
       received 3 million more votes than he did. Wrath: Look no   
       further than former FBI director James Comey who was   
       apparently fired for not giving into Trump’s attempts to   
       obstruct justice. Pride: A man who wants to take credit for   
       everything positive, even if he had nothing to do with it,   
       while never… ever taking the blame for any of his failures.   
       Sloth: Has played an obscene amount of golf, while spending   
       many of his weekends at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.   
      
   Those are the cardinal sins within the Christian faith — and   
   Trump represents every single one of them in some way.   
      
   One of the most hypocritical parts to all of this is, during   
   last year’s GOP primary, conservatives had a legitimate former   
   minister (Mike Huckabee), the son of a preacher (Sen. Ted   
   Cruz), a staunch follower of the Seventh-day Adventist Church   
   (Ben Carson), and a candidate who refused to insult his   
   opponents, citing his Christian faith (Gov. John Kasich).   
      
   Yet who was the candidate who not only won the nomination while   
   leading the entire way, but was also supported by the majority   
   of evangelical “Christian” voters? None other than Donald J.   
   Trump. A man who has:   
      
       Committed adultery.   
       Been divorced twice.   
       Is on his third marriage.   
       Has five children from three different women.   
       Constantly brags about his supposed success and wealth.   
       Talked about the size of his penis during a presidential   
       debate. Constantly used childish and petty insults when   
       referring to political opponents. A tendency to lash out   
       and insult practically anyone he feels has slighted him in   
       some way. Lied about, and vilified, illegal immigrants.   
       Embraced bigotry and racism.   
       Put his support behind a budget that would cut $1 trillion   
       from Medicaid and food stamps. Endorsed a health care plan   
       that would take insurance away from 23 million people.   
       Mocked POWs.   
       Tried to slander a former Miss Universe by telling his   
       supporters to seek out her non-existent sex tape. Suggested   
       Ted Cruz’s father was part of the plot to assassinate JFK.   
       Bragged about being a sexual predator and assaulting women.   
      
   And that’s not even everything horrible Trump has said and done   
   — not even close.   
      
      
      
   However, despite Trump being the least-Christian out of any of   
   the GOP presidential candidates, and being possibly the most   
   deplorable presidential candidate in history, over 60 million   
   Republicans, most of whom believe themselves to be   
   “Christians,” rushed out to vote him into office.   
      
   Let’s also not forget another example out in Montana where   
   Republicans voted for a man who physically assaulted a reporter   
   just before being elected to office by conservatives. (Just   
   thought I’d add that one in here since, you know, that was very   
   “Christian” of them.)   
      
   Sure, the Republican Party, and the millions of conservatives   
   who support it, can claim they’re “Christians” who follow   
   “Christianity” — but it’s all bullshit.   
      
   What is there within the GOP, or the values of these folks,   
   that is actually “Christian”? The only two real “religious”   
   aspects they cling to are gay marriage and abortion, two topics   
   of which Jesus Christ — the individual on which the faith is   
   based — never spoke.   
      
   And even if he had, that wouldn’t negate the fact that   
   practically nothing else about the party, or its values, come   
   close to those of actual Christianity. The Republican Party is   
   an organization that preaches greed, hate, fear, paranoia,   
   selfishness, and preys on the weak — none of that is remotely   
   Christian.   
      
   The simple truth is this, if Republicans, and the millions of   
   people who support the party, were truly followers of real   
   Christian values, there’s no way Donald Trump becomes their   
   party’s nominee, let alone our current “president.”   
      
   Except that’s exactly what happened — proving, once and for   
   all, Republicans and their supporters have done nothing but   
   pervert the true meaning of Christianity for their own selfish,   
   intolerant, hateful and ignorant beliefs.   
      
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