While
religion in its politically hijacked forms has repeatedly proven itself
to be 'the opiate of the masses,' the Trump regime represents a
contemporary illustration of how a
viciously perverted form of Christianity has become the hallucinogen of
the elite. An ideological profile of Trump's evangelical advisory board
reveals each of its 24 members (almost uniformly rich white men) to be
hopelessly mired in the theological swamp of the Prosperity Gospel or
Christian Zionism, or typically both. In true social Darwinist fashion,
the money-worshipping Prosperity Gospel (unlike the liberating Social
Gospel) embraces the elitist notion that God's favor rests upon the
wealthy, especially the super-rich, who are best equipped spiritually
and empowered financially to run a nation under God.
