Faith of A Mustard Seed

Faith of A Mustard Seed: Barbara A. Woods Washington, M. Div., uses a viral Trump critique to examine America’s deeper moral rot, calling readers to reflect on conscience, power and faith.

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Barbara A. Woods Washington, M. Div.

Barbara A. Woods Washington, M. Div.

“Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk, and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul —all spray-painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a county fair.  Not a president. Not even a man. Just the diseased distillation of everything this country swears it isn’t but has always been —arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed exalted as ambition, and corruption worshiped like gospel.  It is America’s shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn’t just lose its soul —it shits out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader.” (Oliver Kornetzke) In my Facebook Feed this week.

“The Sleaze of a Conman.” A swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim. Someone who uses dishonest or illegal methods to trick people into giving them money. A person who uses deception to cheat others. As a ‘double noun’ —compounds as one with low moral standards who exploits others; is dishonest in trickery for money; and is contemptible and vulgar in deceptive fraud.

“The Cowardice of a Draft Dodger.”  Ignoble fear in the face of war. The lack of courage as a character flaw.  The choice of non-defense in national crisis.

“The Gluttony of a Parasite.” An organism that lives and feeds on or in a host organism at the host expense. With insatiable voracity in the deadly sin of indulgence.

“The Racism of a Klansman.” An organized systemic belief in the supremacy of the white race to the aggressive oppression and destruction of the black race. Men who develop and use Philosophical race directives in driving Society, Culture, Government, Legislation, Economics and Religious Life in the whole.

“The Sexism of a Back-Alley Creep.” in that public space of clandestine habitation; of hidden secrecy.  Underhanded, illicit, improper, illegal, —concealment of acts related to sexual desires. Creep in movement close to the ground as a reptile… practice in going unnoticed.

“The Ignorance of a Bar-Stool Drunk.”  W.E.B. DuBois warns this Nation that ”Either the United States will destroy Ignorance or Ignorance will destroy the United States” —sitting, ritualistically in that public space of consuming alcohol to the state of intoxication. Marked by the loss of the ability to control mental and physical functionality.

“The Greed of a Hedge-Fund Ghoul.”  Any unregistered investment pooled fund operating by unconventional strategies and hedged from risk. A private partnership using complex trading and risk management techniques aimed at unscrupulous, diabolical; immoral and ill-gotten gain. Ghoulish in association with a mythological figure known for robbing graveyards; plundering; death; and consuming human flesh. Believed to be demons or monstrous humanoids. Sinful by nature in the desire to possess excessive wealth.

“…everything this country swears it isn’t but has always been.”

“ —arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed exalted as ambition, and corruption worshiped like gospel. It is America’s shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn’t just lose its soul —it shits out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader.”

And the Moral of this story is ‘Not about Our President’ —but ‘ALL about the People of America’ in celebration of Two Hundred Fifty years.

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