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God Made Trump. Really?

God Made Trump. Really?

Last updated on: May 16, 2024 at 10:56 pm by Ted Peters

God Made Trump. Really? 2024-05-16T22:56:03-07:00 Ted Peters

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God Made Trump. Really?

God Made Trump. Really? This is a fake courtroom sketch reposted by Donald Trump.

The 2024 US presidential campaign steals Christian symbols to ascribe messianic qualities to Donald Trump. The unabashed online video, “God Made Trump,” depicts Mr. Trump as a divinely chosen deliverer. This so violates the commandment against idolatry that it could have been filmed in the devil’s own media studio. Yet, it is so transparently propagandistic, it should embarrass Satan for even thinking he could persuade Americans to change their votes.

“God Made Trump” is a video produced by the Dilley Meme Team. The content imitates Paul Harvey’s “So God Made a Farmer.” Is “God Made Trump” a spoof? Or is it serious?

Republicans treat it as serious. “God Made Trump” stumps Trump for president. It’s played at some Trump campaign events and promoted by US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Facebook.

God made Trump. Really! Just as God has made you and me along with Angie and Leona.

Might “God Made Trump” backfire?

As I have suggested, Satan is not very smart. This attempt to overreach with a direct assault on the God of grace just may backfire. The Trump campaign may actually lose votes.

“Donald Trump’s message will not only antagonize the non-religious and agnostic but will probably divide many religious-minded believers. Jews, Muslims, liberal-leaning Christians, and others are unlikely to be pleased to have an evangelistic president at the helm,” according to Robert Pawlicki in the HeraldNet.

One Patheos columnist, Julie Nichols, responds to “God Made Trump” by soliciting support for Christians Against Christian Nationalism.

Conclusion

Recall how Jesus warned us about Satan. Satan “is a liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44). Whether spoof or blasphemy, “God Made Trump” belongs in the lie category.

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Ted Peters

For Patheos, Ted Peters posts articles and notices in the field of Public Theology. He is a Lutheran pastor and emeritus professor at the Graduate Theological Union. He co-edits the journal, Theology and Science, with Robert John Russell on behalf of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, in Berkeley, California, USA. His single volume systematic theology, God—The World’s Future, is now in the 3rd edition. He has also authored God as Trinity plus Sin: Radical Evil in Soul and Society as well as Sin Boldly: Justifying Faith for Fragile and Broken Souls. See his website: TedsTimelyTake.com.

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About Ted Peters

For Patheos, Ted Peters posts articles and notices in the field of Public Theology. He is a Lutheran pastor and emeritus professor at the Graduate Theological Union. He co-edits the journal, Theology and Science, with Robert John Russell on behalf of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, in Berkeley, California, USA. His single volume systematic theology, God—The World’s Future, is now in the 3rd edition. He has also authored God as Trinity plus Sin: Radical Evil in Soul and Society as well as Sin Boldly: Justifying Faith for Fragile and Broken Souls. See his website: TedsTimelyTake.com. You can read more about the author here.

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