In the recent Pope Francis versus Donald Trump standoff, which I recently posted about, both men appeared to have backed off a little from their previous remarks against each other. Francis implied Trump was “not Christian” for advocating the building of the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border to keep out illegal immigrants, and Trump said it was “disgraceful” and “unbelievable” for him to make such a judgment. The pope, of course, advocates for the poor who are trying to immigrate to the U.S. to find a job and better life. Trump later explained, “for a religious leader to question a person’s faith is disgraceful.”
I don’t think so. How about Jesus saying to some Pharisees at the temple in Jerusalem, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God … You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. He was a murdered from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies” (John 8.44).
Trump needs to stay out of the religious arena, and its looking like the pope needs to stay out of the political arena. Either that or both need to balance their viewpoints on these subjects.
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