Nov 26, 2019 #51,542 Michael Scally MD Doctor of Medicine 10+ Year Member Michael Scally MD said: Click to expand...
Nov 27, 2019 #51,557 Michael Scally MD Doctor of Medicine 10+ Year Member We may laugh when President Trump calls himself “the chosen one” or likens himself to the “King of Israel” or like “the second coming of God,” and it’s even possible that he’s joking when he borrows this religious vocabulary. But there are people who take him and this ideology seriously. Trump does not have to think of himself as the Messiah for others to take it up. In the end, all that really matters is that “God’s used imperfect people all through history.” For Trump’s devotees, then, his failings are actually reason to be hopeful, if only because they suggest he’ll lead us into the world to come.
We may laugh when President Trump calls himself “the chosen one” or likens himself to the “King of Israel” or like “the second coming of God,” and it’s even possible that he’s joking when he borrows this religious vocabulary. But there are people who take him and this ideology seriously. Trump does not have to think of himself as the Messiah for others to take it up. In the end, all that really matters is that “God’s used imperfect people all through history.” For Trump’s devotees, then, his failings are actually reason to be hopeful, if only because they suggest he’ll lead us into the world to come.