Republican presidential
candidate Donald Trump is using all the means at his disposal to curry favor
with the Black community. This time, Trump had a meeting of prominent ministers
who proceeded to pray for him. During the prayer, ministers laid hands on
Trump, spoke in tongues, and asked God for a “strong African American that will
stand with him.”
To say that Trump looked uncomfortable
surrounded by evangelical and prosperity ministers is a mild understatement.
The groups did almost everything but anoint Trump with oil and sing an old-time
gospel hymn. Trump has previously made statements about his faith and said that
he is Protestant.
But Trump also stated he never has asked for
God’s forgiveness.
“I am not sure I have. I just go on and try to
do a better job from there. I don’t think so … I think if I do something wrong,
I think, I just try and make it right. I don’t bring God into that picture. I
don’t,” he said.
(from a current news article)
As someone who has heretofore loved and
respected Dr. David Jeremiah, (if not so much some of the other ministers,
evangelists and “prosperity preachers” in the room, including Paula White,) I
don’t mind saying,
I’m not only surprised, but offended.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for praying for any
candidate for nomination to such a high office as President of the United
States; be they Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu or Atheist.
… In the sanctity of your own bedroom, or in the
context of a non-publicized meeting.
But the publicized, video-taped, distinguished assemblage
of 40 men and women “of the cloth” praying aloud for ONE candidate, (among the
approximately 20 other candidates running for the same office,) and one who not
only takes every opportunity to laud and applaud himself, and displays not a
whit of humbleness, but who has admittedly never “brought God into the picture”
of his life.
As one particular character was heard to exclaim
in the movie, “BIG,”
… “I Don’t Get It !!!”
By William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from "(Mc)Donald's Daily Diary" Vol. 9
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