The values conservative Evangelicals are praising in Trump are his "healthy masculinity" and "manifest destiny reborn"

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4. It's kind of the point in the post that no Christians have embraced Trump.

Christianity is defined by the practice of its values. None of those who identify as "Christians" supporting Trump exhibit any characteristics of its core values in their faith practice. They are defiant in their denial of those core principles in exactly the same way as he is defiant of them. Someone who thinks that his "healthy masculinity" or "manifest destiny reborn" are the allegedly "Christian" values he brings to the table doesn't know Christianity or its values. They are pseudo-Christian, what the Apostle Paul refers to as "having a form of righteousness but denying it's power." I've been criticized for being judgmental for pointing out the impossibility of being Christian, as defined by Jesus himself, and supporting Trump, but that's not making a judgment, it's simply an observable fact.

And the mix of the errant ultra-conservative fundamentalist and Pentecostal branches of Protestantism [and some militant, fascist, Catholics] with the right wing extremism of Trump is most definitely religion, by definition, an un-named form of pseudo-Christianity that has taken over most of conservative Evangelicalism and virtually all of the Republican party, and makes a strong case for avoiding religion altogether.

But, don't discount the anti-Trump influence of millions of American Christians who haven't let this form of paganism invade their church, and, standing for the values that are the core foundation of their religion gives them common cause with every anti-Trumper. No one in this group will require embracing religion to join hands and rid this country of the worst scourge it has experienced. I