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Letter: They know not what they do

By Linda Larsen, Vancouver
Published: December 10, 2019, 6:00am

I’ve long been bewildered by the evangelical community’s support of Trump. I figured that they must have to twist themselves into pretzels to rationalize it.

When I read Ron Brandon’s letter (“Trump earns evangelical support,” Our Readers’ Views, Dec. 2), I saw that that’s indeed what they do. Interestingly, he uses the Old Testament for his case. I would suggest he would be better off reading the red-lettered words in the New Testament. I fail to understand how any so-called Christian can read Jesus’ words and continue to support our corrupt and amoral narcissist in chief. After responding to this letter with disgust, I took a deep breath and thought of Jesus’ words on the cross — “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

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