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【RFI】川普极其失德,美福音派刊物吁拉他下台
https://www.rfi.fr/cn/contenu/20 ... 6%E4%B8%8B%E5%8F%B0
(法新社华盛顿19日电) 美国福音派基督教刊物“今日基督教”今天在社论表示,美国总统川普在道德上已“迷失和混淆”,应该被解除总统职务。
“今日基督教””(Christianity Today)表示,他们通常会避开政治议题,但“我们觉得偶尔有必要表明我们在政治事务上的意见”。
社论指出:“美国总统试图利用政治权力,胁迫外国领袖去骚扰、破坏自家政治对手的名誉。这不但违反宪法。更重要的是,也极不道德。”
今日基督教表示,川普造成他政府道德观念的低落,“他本身坦承在商场和女性关系方面的不道德行为,甚至引以为傲。光是他的推特贴文,一连串的错误描述、谎言和诋毁,几乎就是一个在道德上迷失和迷惘的完美例子。”
“我们相信弹劾听证会已经可以清楚见到…川普总统滥用权力换取个人利益,背叛他的宪法誓言。”
“我们可以严肃地说堕胎是一种不可容忍的巨大罪恶。但能否以同样的严肃态度说,我们国家领导人不诚实和喜怒无常的性格其实并不重要。”
“川普先生是否应该被参议院解除职务,或藉由下届选举让他下台,需要审慎的判断。我们认为他应该去职,这件事无关党派忠诚,而是对十诫创造者的服膺。”
今日基督教由知名的布道家葛理翰(Billy Graham )创办,葛理翰去年辞世后,家族已和这份刊物不再有关系。
葛理翰的儿子葛福临(Franklin Graham)也是深具影响力的福音派领袖,同时是川普的坚定支持者。葛福临的教会发行自家的刊物“决策”(Decision)。
Trump Should Be Removed from Office
https://www.christianitytoday.co ... ed-from-office.html
But the facts in this instance are unambiguous: The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents. That is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral.
The reason many are not shocked about this is that this president has dumbed down the idea of morality in his administration. He has hired and fired a number of people who are now convicted criminals. He himself has admitted to immoral actions in business and his relationship with women, about which he remains proud. His Twitter feed alone—with its habitual string of mischaracterizations, lies, and slanders—is a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused.
Trump’s evangelical supporters have pointed to his Supreme Court nominees, his defense of religious liberty, and his stewardship of the economy, among other things, as achievements that justify their support of the president. We believe the impeachment hearings have made it absolutely clear, in a way the Mueller investigation did not, that President Trump has abused his authority for personal gain and betrayed his constitutional oath. The impeachment hearings have illuminated the president’s moral deficiencies for all to see. This damages the institution of the presidency, damages the reputation of our country, and damages both the spirit and the future of our people. None of the president’s positives can balance the moral and political danger we face under a leader of such grossly immoral character.
Unfortunately, the words that we applied to Mr. Clinton 20 years ago apply almost perfectly to our current president. Whether Mr. Trump should be removed from office by the Senate or by popular vote next election—that is a matter of prudential judgment. That he should be removed, we believe, is not a matter of partisan loyalties but loyalty to the Creator of the Ten Commandments.
To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record, we might say this: Remember who you are and whom you serve. Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior. Consider what an unbelieving world will say if you continue to brush off Mr. Trump’s immoral words and behavior in the cause of political expediency. If we don’t reverse course now, will anyone take anything we say about justice and righteousness with any seriousness for decades to come? Can we say with a straight face that abortion is a great evil that cannot be tolerated and, with the same straight face, say that the bent and broken character of our nation’s leader doesn’t really matter in the end?
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