The spiritual sickness behind Trump’s blasphemous Jesus post

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Does President Donald Trump have a God complex? His post depicting himself as the Lord Jesus Christ definitely raises some red flags. But if you’ve been paying attention, the bold-face blasphemy was not surprising.

Trump did the unthinkable this week in that he got internet atheists, of all people, to defend Christ. Dozens of posts responding to his image — from non-believers, mind you — described it as “outrage[ous],” “offensive,” “repugnant,” “shame[ful],” “disturbing,” and “blasphemy.” The Christian reaction was similar: Who does Trump think he is, and where does he get off depicting himself as Jesus Christ?

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