As the Coronavirus continues to roar ahead, and the widespread venom of fake news aggressively corrupts the popular portals, specifically the rampantly infected Whatsapp, Americans are indulging in panic-driven shopping sprees, needless updates via posted videos about symptoms that haven’t been verified, and based on the recommendation of President Trump, extended prayer meetings.
The divisive angle on this is Trump’s willful neglect of a large proportion of citizens who either don’t believe in God or worship a higher power in ways that suit their preferences.
White evangelicals cursed us with their anointed “soldier for Christ,” who is anything but “christ-like.” And if we join their prayer sessions in an effort to boost unification, does that mean disavowing the sensibilities that alert us to why Donald Trump is an over-powered heathen, who only recognizes a God who blesses the supremacy of White power?
The right messaging for this modern era, would be to encourage Americans to find shelter under the umbrella of belief systems that are broad enough to encompass varied methods of symbolically arriving at…
