Not the only Messiah Complex in town
By Dr Paul B Coulter - Posted at Connected Christianity : Reflections on that image of Donald Trump I was shocked this week. Having worked as a doctor, pastor and magistrate (and as a father!) I like to think I am not easily shocked. But an image in a friend’s Facebook feed made my jaw drop. It was the now-deleted but still much-discussed AI-generated image of Donald Trump – posted by him on Truth Social – wearing white robes with a red mantle. His light-radiating hand is placed on a sick man’s head. [i] He is surrounded by admiring onlookers (all of them white and one with praying hands) and patriotic symbolism. Silhouetted against a bright light in the sky are apparent angelic reinforcements – most in modern combat gear but the central one strangely shaped and seemingly horned. In writing about culture and politics, I try to be fair. I find it troubling when Christians dismiss any leader wholesale. Demonisation is the enemy of discernment. So, I listened carefully to Trump’s explana...
