'''christians' own him"

​Now it is not common that the voice of the people desireth anything contrary to that which is right; but it is common for the lesser part of the people to desire that which is not right; therefore this shall ye observe and make it your law—to do your business by the voice of the people. And if the time comes that the voice of the people doth choose iniquity, then is the time that the judgments of God will come upon you; yea, then is the time he will visit you with great destruction even as he has hitherto visited this land” (Mosiah 29.26-27).

I well remember watching Watergate hearings and realizing that, notwithstanding his protestations, the president was indeed a crook… and then some. Very dark days.
 
Years later, while watching Clinton lie under oath and undergo an impeachment trial, I realized that he was a wicked scoundrel… and then some. Very tragic.
 
Yes, I remember the dark cloud that hung over both these scandals. Very sad.
 
August 21, 2018 reminded me of these two black clouds and left me with similar feelings. It seems clear that Caligula does more than surround himself with criminals. He, himself, is almost certainly a criminal. Very Sad. Ver dark. Very Tragic.
 
More darkly, sadly, and tragically, in all three instances, the electorate had more than enough warning to stay away from such shady characters. In the first two, the party bases stayed with their flawed choices to the bitter end. It appears that Caligula’s base is prepared to repeat history.
 
Most darkly, sadly, and tragically, a large number of those who are prepared to follow Caligula off the cliff call themselves Christian.
 
I hate to harp on this, but it is simply an inescapable fact: Caligula could not today be president--and acting the part of a dictator—without his “Christian” supporters. They enthroned him.
 
They can just stop, already, complaining that they had no choice. In GOP primaries, dominated by base Christians, they had sixteen—count them, sixteen!!—perfectly conservative candidates to choose from. But in one evangelical “Christian” stronghold after another, they rejected these other candidates for a man who was clearly the vilest candidate in recent, and, perhaps, all of U.S. history.
 
Nope. Caligula belongs to American “Christianity.” They made him. They own him.
The choice so many “American Christians,” so called, made in November 2016 says all that needs to be said about the state of this apostate and heretical branch of “Christianity.” Based on this choice alone, there is little doubt what a visiting extra-terrestrial—alien, angel, or deity—would conclude concerning American “Christianity.”
 
“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ” (Galatians 1.6-7)

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits.

Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
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Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them” (Matthew 7.15-20).