We are facing an existential moral crisis.
That at least is the view of many Christians who have given their full-throated support to President Trump. Some of them will privately admit that he is deeply corrupt, but the justification for their support of him goes something like this: Mr. Trump may be unethical, unscrupulous and morally dissolute, but he is by far the lesser of two evils.
After all, they insist, Mr. Trump may be personally immoral, but he is also a viciously effective street fighter for their cause. He is also the only person preventing a takeover of America by the Democratic Party and progressives — and that, they insist, would produce a moral calamity nearly unmatched in American history.
The view that Mr. Trump is all that stands between America and a moral cataclysm was encapsulated by Eric Metaxas, an influential evangelical author and radio talk-show host, who said...continue here.
-- Peter Wehner
I find this piece, at the very least, interesting (if not compelling). Wherever we come down in our attempts to grasp the nature of what we are collectively experiencing, it is helpful to consider more than one perspective. Because if it isn't, perhaps 'the end IS nigh'...and, that, would be one of our own choosing.
