MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
Support for Trump comes at a high cost for Christian witness.
By Peter Wehner @ TheAtlantic.com, July 5
[....] I recently exchanged emails with a pro-Trump figure who attended the president’s reelection rally in Orlando, Florida, on June 18. (He spoke to me on the condition of anonymity, so as to avoid personal or professional repercussions.) He had interviewed scores of people, many of them evangelical Christians. “I have never witnessed the kind of excitement and enthusiasm for a political figure in my life,” he told me. “I honestly couldn’t believe the unwavering support they have. And to a person, it was all about ‘the fight.’ There is a very strong sense (I believe justified, you disagree) that he has been wronged. Wronged by Mueller, wronged by the media, wronged by the anti-Trump forces. A passionate belief that he never gets credit for anything.”
The rallygoers, he said, told him that Trump’s era “is spiritually driven.” When I asked whether he meant by this that Trump’s supporters believe God’s hand is on Trump, this moment and at the election—that Donald Trump is God’s man, in effect—he told me, “Yes—a number of people said they believe there is no other way to explain his victories. Starting with the election and continuing with the conclusion of the Mueller report. Many said God has chosen him and is protecting him.” [....]
Comments
How to not fight the Christian right - quite difficult. It's their fuel source. They've learned to eat their own tails.
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 07/07/2019 - 1:08am
The loose morals of the libruls beginning in the 60s led him astray from following the holy scriptures.
by NCD on Sun, 07/07/2019 - 1:26am
Huh? We had Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair. Even Joseph & his Multi-Colored Dreamcoat
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 07/07/2019 - 2:32am
There is no crisis facing evangelical Christians. The article offers no evidence of a conflict and in fact makes it clear that the vast majority of evangelical Christians are not conflicted at all about Trump. Their support is overwhelming. Like the rare never Trump republican ther is a rare evangelical, perhaps this author, who is conflicted about Trump.
by ocean-kat on Sun, 07/07/2019 - 2:13pm
The comments, especially yours, made me realize that I didn't care about the op-ed part of it, didn't really pay attention, what I found interesting is his reporting--in complaint form of course, but again I give a shit--about what's going on in that community, how they are thinking. I guess it is the way I approach most op-eds. The arguments don't upset me so much, I am seeking the intel the person is sharing.
by artappraiser on Sun, 07/07/2019 - 2:21pm
Evangelical Judaism goes full psycho with Miriam Adelson pleading for a "Book of Trump" (yes, it'll happen - just as a court collection of indictments, not her longed for New New Old Testament).
Seems her convincing argument is that Trump told the rest of the Mideast to "suck it, bitch", and that makes him holy. (the "let's not turn this rape into a murder" argument usually wins, as the Spanish Wolf Pack cases illuminate, though nuclear weapons and the most modern army in the world deployed especially to the Mideast over the last decades are definitely a "trump" card over 5 drunk & violent guys with hard-ons).
She also offers this really icky view of Israel & the US being married 50 years - really. Like, yuck, no. Maybe the one with Golda Meier, with some charm and diplomacy, or Yitzhak Rabin assassinated while trying to make peace - but loudmouthed spoiled brats essentially living on someone else's couch but keep complaining the fridge is out of beer. No. Go back to Palestine, lady (and I use the lady term loosely) - apologize to your neighbors, your original countryfolk, not just the Jewish ones, and see if there's anything they need (yes, they need). You can marry into money, but you can't marry into class. And some relationships get much worse over time. Adelson's living proof. "Miracles"? a strange word for an ongoing insufferable tragedy, a Shakesperian trainwreck, orchestrated by 2 historic villains with tin ears and uncaring hearts.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/miriam-adelson-a-time-of-miracles-...
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 07/08/2019 - 9:44am
Op-ed writer at Ha'aretz takes her op-ed on at length and goes into some of the newer stanger-than-ever evangelical interpretations:
Deifying the American President: Miriam Adelson Doubles Down on 'Book of Trump'
Israeli-American megadonor uses media platforms to tout the ‘platinum anniversary’ being celebrated by the two countries and to decry the president’s lack of ‘sweeping support’ at home
Myself, strongest reaction I had to it: a classic example of the creepy way that ultra orthodox women of many religions (Jewish, Muslim, evangelical Christian) talk about marriage where being a wife is a calling, a very special career more important than any other in the world. Secondary reaction: remarkably also sounds a lot like rmrd preaching at dagblog; seriously. It's partly the short declarative sentences creating a narrative, but the zealotry factor too. She's not about to discuss anything, she's preaching her facts to the world, looking for amens.
by artappraiser on Mon, 07/08/2019 - 12:25pm
Not sure why you're so negative about that part - my 3 wives (will be 4 as soon as new bride turns 16) find our relationship very special and spiritually fulfilling, you might even say life affirming, even though I'm not that much a church goer... of course their work in the fields is important, along with handling the 13 kids, but I'd place our wedding vows as the most important thing they've done. (for me I might have to include my degree and cross country racing, but still pretty darned important).
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 07/08/2019 - 12:30pm