At the National Prayer Breakfast on February 6th, a forum for political, social, and business elites to assemble and pray together (and likely plot MAGA strategies, including Project 2025), Trump declared that he would create a task force to root out “anti-Christian bias.” In addressing, among others, a coalition of so-called Christian Nationalists, he inadvertently shed light on the hypocrisy that characterizes conservatives who call themselves Christians while they behave in a manner that contradicts the most fundamental Christian values.
I doubt if Trump could cite a legitimate example of anti-Christian bias. If he means resistance to the Christian Nationalist agenda, which has nothing to do with Christianity, or if he means resistance to the desire among him and his supporters to purge and persecute members of other religions, or if he means redirecting public funds to educate our nation and fight poverty into self-enriching “churches” that hide under a deceitful religious banner to take advantage of a tax-free status, or if he means outrage at his abolition of programs to fight poverty and promote fairness, then it is true that a large segment of the American population opposes these efforts. But if he means bias against people who truly practice Christianity, which preaches against greed, hatred, and persecution in favor of love, kindness and generosity, he will likely be hard-pressed to find an example.
One of the fundamental principles of Christianity is the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” It can be found in at least three parts of the New Testament, where the disciples were repeating the words of Jesus.
1 Corinthians 10:24 – Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
Matthew 7:12 – Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Luke 6: 31 – And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
No one can defend the abolishment of USAID, the attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the forced deportation of people from the United States to counties where they have no expectation of being accepted, housed, or employed, the repeated slandering of Blacks, Latinos, Jews, Asians (especially Arabs and Palestinians), people of LGBTQ identity, and the persecution of any in the media, Congress, or entertainment who oppose his hateful and self-serving agenda as examples of the behavior of a man who adheres to the Golden Rule. It is likely that Trump has never read the Bible verses cited above, and I would challenge him to cite the Golden Rule.
But we are sure to witness Trump in the months and long, long four years that follow using “anti-Christian” bias as an excuse to further his MAGA, Project 2025, and Christian Nationalist agenda. we need true Christians, true devotees to the American Constitution, anyone with a sense of honesty and compassion, and especially Republicans with any sense or moral dignity, to stand up against Donald Trump using any and all legitimate, lawful means at their disposal.