Evaluating Trump, evangelicals and hypocrisy

Right on, Terrance Carroll, for hitting the nail on the head as to why some “evangelicals” support President Donald Trump.

Considering myself an evangelical because I believe what the Bible says about spreading the word that it contains, I am baffled as to how some of my relatives and friends who call themselves Christians can blindly espouse the views of a person who by what he says, tweets and does is the antithesis of what Christianity stands for.

Do they not realize it is possible to be in favor of certain issues that Trump advocates and yet be cognizant of the overall message and impetus of an administration that is destructive to just about every positive step this country has taken to promote fairness and equality for all and respect for our environment?

Terrance Carroll’s commentary says he doesn’t intend to cast aspersions on others’s faith and then does that very thing. That is hypocritical.

He believes what is wrong with evangelicals is they have “bloodlust for power that requires they turn a blind eye to …. religious liberty.” It is a ridiculous generalization given as fact, is blatantly disparaging, and an attempt to marginalize all evangelicals.

Carroll quoted Franklin Graham saying, “He (Trump) defends the faith. I appreciate that very much.” This quote comes without context, and the meaning is certainly open to other interpretations than Carroll’s choice to believe evangelicals think liberty only applies to their faith. He gives no explanation of why he believes this.

This is a rant against Trump and he tries to implicate all evangelicals. It is not only unfair to millions of Christians, it is simplistic and untrue. Seems to me that the column is an attempt to marginalize a group he doesn’t agree with, ironically doing exactly what Trump often does, along with a smug disclaimer that he avoids casting aspersion on other’s faith.