There is a new religion in America. Its roots are in Christian fundamentalism. Instead of being led by pastors of churches, the congregations are led by a politician with no religious training. This new religion’s followers want the Bible to be part of the public school curriculum. They want the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public places and buildings funded by tax payers money. It does not bother them that their leader has broken most of the Ten Commandments and does not show any respect for their religion’s tenets.
He has committed adultery, cheated people out of money and borne false witness against fellow Americans. His many lies have been responsible for suffering and death, but his followers have no problem reconciling this leader’s dishonest, corrupt and mean-spirited behavior with their own religious values.
Instead of movements in the past that moved people toward compassion and charity, this new religion moves people toward hate and violence. This new leader has not borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. He has brought us unprecedented grief and sorrow like no American president has ever done before.