Something's Wrong With These People: Evangelicals’ Infallible New Faith, The Gospel Of Trump

Evangelicals’ Infallible New Faith: The Gospel Of Trump

No matter what sins President Trump commits, evangelicals forgive him.

By Christine Emba  •  Read more » Televangelist Jim Bakker Resurrected: If This Doesn't Scare The Bejesus Out Of You, Repent For Your End Is Near! http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/televangelist-jim-bakker-resurrected-if.html "Has America Lost Its Mind?" 1A's Brilliant Interview With "Fantasyland's" Kurt Andersen http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/has-america-lost-its-mind-1as-brilliant.html Many Christians Live In An Unbreakable Bubble Of Biblical And Theological Dunderheadedness http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/01/many-christians-live-in-unbreakable.html Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Organized Religion And The Everyday Validation Of Violence http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/04/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-on.html The Christian Doctrine Of Damnation... And The Destruction Of Christ-Spirit http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-christian-doctrine-of-damnation-and.html "My Gripe With Christianity" http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/my-gripe-with-christianity.html The Hard, Central Truth Of Contemporary Conservatism The hard, central "fact" of contemporary "conservatism" is its insistence on a socio-economic threshold above which people deserve government assistance, and below which people deserve to die.  The sooner the better.  Unless conservatives are showing n'er-do-wells The Door of Doom, they just don't "feel right."  To allay this chthonic anxiety, they resort to Human Sacrifice,  hoping that spilled blood will placate "the angry gods," including the one they've made of themselves. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/harvard-study-45000-americans-die.html  Having poked their own eyes out, they fail to see that self-generated wrath creates "the gods" who hold them thrall. Psychological Projection http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/projection-psychology.html Psychological Shadow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology) The Evangelical Persecution Complex (Projection's Finest Hour) http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-evangelical-persecution-complex.html Almost "to a man," contemporary "conservatives" have apotheosized themselves and now -- sitting on God's usurped throne -- are rabid to pass Final Judgment.  Self-proclaimed Christians, eager to thrust "the undeserving" through The Gates of Hell, are the very people most likely to cross its threshold.  Remarkably, although they are prone to believe all manner of Trumpeted nonsense, none of them are tempted to believe in their own spiritual peril.  The Pharisees Are Always With Us. Here's What They "Look Like" Today http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-pharisees-are-always-with-us-heres.html Brutalism: The Real Face Of The NRA https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/12/brutalism-real-face-of-nra.html Except, of course, for the loaves and fishes. But never mind.  If you can rationalize Trump, you can rationalize anything. The Obsolescence Of God: Good Religion And Bad http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2011/11/obsolescence-of-god-good-religion-and.html