Then let's please question culture wars Christianity, loudly, and point out that it is a false gospel. American political Christianity keeps selling its soul for the sake of power, influence, and status. Carson's denomination is irrelevant. I have no problem with him accepting a position at HUD. I don't think that's what Peter is getting at.Wayne in Maine wrote:His course of action is consistent with his brand of Christianity. If a significant part of his religious orientation is wrong then his Christianity, which leads to his actions, is fundamentally wrong. We are so afraid of questioning someone's Christianity that we are left questioning their actions in a context entirely foreign to their Christianity, in the context of our Christianity, which really doesn't make sense.
And look, if the descendants of Menno Simons and Michael Sattler become partisans for this kind of political faction, or agree that we must not ever criticize it, then the salt has lost its flavor. We are miles away from what they stood for. And I think they represented biblical Christianity correctly here.
Ben Carson is the man who helped Donald Trump pretend to be a Christian for the sake of the religious right. Here's one example 1:
He tells us about Trump's prayer 2:If you’re a Christian, you’ve probably noticed that Donald Trump is terrible at pretending to be a Christian. He can’t properly quote the Bible, say the names of books of the Bible, or do the things the Bible tells us to do like ask for forgiveness. So Trump is teaming up with the far more believable Dr. Carson for this upcoming faith event...
And when Trump can't ask for God's forgiveness in public, Carson assures us that he has in private, so all is forgiven, and Christians must not hold any of his past sins against him now. He's the man who goes on cable news to assure us that bragging about sexual assault is really no big deal. He doesn't apply the same standards to Republicans and Democrats.
He kept saying weird things like this:
Selling out our faith for the sake of political power is not a good thing. That's equally true for all denominations. I agree with the conclusion of this article:
I agree with Peter. As a neurosurgeon, Carson gave a great Christian testimony. It's been eclipsed by his testimony for Trump and his political talking head schtick. There's something in me that deeply mourns the loss of Carson's earlier testimony.There are many stories like this on the Christian right. Whether you call it capitulation or resignation I can’t say. But it is one thing to decide that Trump will be less awful to the pro-life cause than Hillary. It is quite another to prepare to endorse him as a man of faith. There is no reason to hear him out on this topic. He is a practiced liar and makes a mockery of Christianity.
Begrudgingly support his candidacy if you must. But putting on this spectacle of affirming a false prophet is grotesque. He’s just going to lie. And badly. I mean, even Satan knows the Bible. Trump can’t even say that. What does that tell you?