The Worship of Politics

Idolatry in evangelical America

This image has been circulating in social media circles. I cannot find who first created it, so this article isn’t behind a paywall.

I saw this image on one of my Christian friend’s feeds. Thankfully, she was criticizing it. I had to look twice; I couldn’t believe it. Not only is this a badly done derivative of another work, but it also depicts Trump as Jesus and Lady Liberty as the one sinking. In case there was any doubt about the blasphemy in this image, Jesus’ words are there, added as part of…