Trusting Presidents More Than We Trust God

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The Federalist:

It’s been a depressing couple weeks for conservative voters. Especially Christian ones.

 

But any chagrin or despair we feel over this messy, scandalous, objectionable election should not be coupled with shock or surprise. These candidates were not born overnight. Neither was the system that birthed them. Our increasingly polarized and anxious citizenry has sought comfort in all the wrong places. Donald Trump promises an end to fear—fear of the crushing economic possibilities of globalization, fear of illegal immigration run amok, fear of the “other” and the unknown in all its various forms.

 

Hillary Clinton promises an end to discomfort: the discomforts and pains of poverty, of disenfranchisement and alienation, of racism and entitlement, of unwanted pregnancies and financial woes. Our politics as a whole promises fulfillment—the satiation of our political and social desires, the assuaging of our discomforts and woes.

 

Politicians and the media have promised us an end to fear, but only by making us fear those we disagree with.

 

How Our Politicians Foment Fear

 

Donald Trump’s speech last Thursday made this abundantly clear. “There is nothing the political establishment will not do — no lie that they won’t tell, to hold their prestige and power at your expense,” he told supporters. He continued,

 

For those who control the levers of power in Washington, and for the global special interests, they partner with these people that don’t have your good in mind. Our campaign represents a true existential threat like they haven’t seen before. This is not simply another four-year election. This is a crossroads in the history of our civilization that will determine whether or not we the people reclaim control over our government.

 

… Let’s be clear on one thing, the corporate media in our country is no longer involved in journalism. They’re a political special interest no different than any lobbyist or other financial entity with a total political agenda, and the agenda is not for you, it’s for themselves.