Trump's faithful Sanhedrin

re: "Trump Ignites a War Within the Church" (The New York Times, January 14, 2021)

 
The white evangelical Christians who too faithfully placed their trust in Trump should perhaps ask themselves how well his brand of authoritarianism citing law and order reflects the example set by Jesus as recorded in the Gospels.

They should perhaps recall the facts: that Jesus was a street activist in ancient Judea, that he upset the conservative status quo, that the conservatives citing law and order had him arrested and executed to protect the peace, that Jesus was a progressive who worried more about what was just and right than he did about maintaining deeply flawed traditions.

There is nothing Christ-like in Trump or the acts of Trump. There is little that follows the example of fighting for social justice set by Jesus to be seen in those who supported Trump. Jesus did not use legalism as a weapon to demonize, but showed compassion and helped others, all others, to freely chose better ways of living.

Jesus might, for example, have solved the illegal immigrant problem by welcoming in more immigrants as legal citizens eager to work hard to better themselves, their families and the chosen home they would love to love and benefit as hard-working, honest members of the community. It is hard to conceive of a Jesus who would not join BLM in railing against the states' justice system systematically indulging racist and other prejudices as reflected too clearly in crime statistics.

Jesus as presented in the Bible appears more a victim of Trump-like authoritarianism. 
 

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The above comment was submitted by Felix Qui to The New York Times article.

It is published there at https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opinion/trump-evangelicals.html#commentsContainer&permid=111110378:111110378