A Christian theologian at Baylor University has warned evangelist supporters of President Donald Trump that he could turn on them “in a moment” if it serves his agenda.
In a blog post on Patheos, Roger E. Olson, a professor of Christian theology of ethics at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary, warns that Trump could turn on the Christian community the moment it serves his agenda. He notes that evangelicals have been questioned for their widespread support for Trump, “given his somewhat unsavory past in terms of morality.”
Olson’s focus is on “the many evangelical Christians who are now lionize [sic] Trump as a kind of new national messiah — not on a par with Jesus Christ but…on a par with whom?
“A growing common answer is ‘He’s our Cyrus,’” the biblical Persian emperor who helped the Hebrew people although he was not Jewish, and is “mentioned in the Hebrew Bible several times and always favorably. There is one obscure passage in Isaiah that even attributes messianic qualities to him.”
Olson then notes that “a very big question is whether these pro-Trump Christians are right about the alleged slide of American internal public policy toward anti-Christianity, and Trump’s good intentions toward them and their concerns.”
“Personally, I very much doubt a positive answer to the second question,” Olson concludes. “Personally, speaking only for myself, I believe President Trump only cares about power. I have not seen any real principles — other than ‘Make American great again’ (with an implied ‘and me, too’).
"I strongly suspect that he is manipulating his conservative Christian ‘base’ and would turn on them in a moment if it suited his agenda to be powerful.”
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