Josh wrote:I have certain questions about the "ethical norms" of people who think, for example, that abortion is OK. Who exactly decides what is ethical?
Perhaps the
20+ women who say Trump sexually abused them, doing some of the things he
bragged that he could get away with in the Access Hollywood tapes? Take any of the sexual wrongdoing shown or alleged of Bill Clinton, and ask if Donald Trump hasn't done the same thing in spades. And he said, in his own voice, that he did those things, bragging of it. Here's what he wrote in Think Big:
Donald Trump wrote:The women I have dated over the years could have any man they want; they are the top models and the most beautiful women in the world. I have been able to date (screw) them all because I have something that many men do not have. I don’t know what it is but women have always liked it. … Beautiful, famous, successful, married—I’ve had them all, secretly, the world’s biggest names.
Remember when Trump made this boast?
Donald Trump wrote:I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.
He meant it. Can you imagine what would happened to George Bush or Barack Obama if they were doing this kind of thing? When Clinton was caught, this endangered his presidency and led to impeachment hearings. But with Trump, it's all just part of the background, we know that he is a deeply immoral man, but it doesn't seem to bother people any more. It's all factored in. There are so many scandals that it all becomes part of the background noise. It's what we expect of him.
Moral leadership is no longer expected. And that's having a very corrosive effect on the presidency and American politics.
So is this really the right Christian response?
Who exactly decides what is ethical?
I don't think so. I think there is clear right and wrong on many issues, and I think Donald Trump is on the wrong side of many obvious moral lines. I have mentioned just one of them here.
Is it biblical? Is it Christlike? Is it loving? Is it true? How can I find out?