Why does MAGA reject the teachings of Jesus and embrace the Old Testament instead?
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SomeMichGuy · M
Some parts of "Evangelical" Christianity don't actually evangelize, but you struck a chord.
The OT has competing notions of God (Elohim/<Name of God>) and it seems to have a lot of desert religion influence: God is harsh, brutal, capricious, and really WANTS to whip / destroy us. Fear is how MAGA has been activated, so naturally they draw from areas of religions where fear is used as a primary motivator.
I keep teiling ppl here that Christianity is based upon Christ's Life and all the Aspects of that Life. So a true Christian should concentrate on the four Gospels, which represent the clearest picture in the accepted canon of Who Jesus was, what He thought, did, felt...
There is no way to ignore His primacy if you actually ARE Christian.
But DJT isn't Christ-like, etc.
So I think these persons are used to not thinking for themselves, and like to have their egos stroked...including feeling superior to others in terms of "I'm saved, YOU'RE not"...and thus sinning by usurping God's prerogative of judging...
But neither DJT nor his followers are aware of the Parable of the Good Samaritan...
The OT has competing notions of God (Elohim/<Name of God>) and it seems to have a lot of desert religion influence: God is harsh, brutal, capricious, and really WANTS to whip / destroy us. Fear is how MAGA has been activated, so naturally they draw from areas of religions where fear is used as a primary motivator.
I keep teiling ppl here that Christianity is based upon Christ's Life and all the Aspects of that Life. So a true Christian should concentrate on the four Gospels, which represent the clearest picture in the accepted canon of Who Jesus was, what He thought, did, felt...
There is no way to ignore His primacy if you actually ARE Christian.
But DJT isn't Christ-like, etc.
So I think these persons are used to not thinking for themselves, and like to have their egos stroked...including feeling superior to others in terms of "I'm saved, YOU'RE not"...and thus sinning by usurping God's prerogative of judging...
But neither DJT nor his followers are aware of the Parable of the Good Samaritan...