Ventura

One notion regarding Donald Trump that confounds me is the fact that so many people of faith continue to support (some vehemently ) his candidacy.

It has been known for years that Trump is a pathological, compulsive liar saying whatever expedient utterances he thinks will get him through to the next breath. He has cheated people for his own benefit, be it money or personal acquisition or ego-driven pursuits that include aggressing against females he encounters whom he desires to conquer (even though he may be married at the time) .

He boasts about the multiple bankruptcies he used as means of satisfying his own debts and regards those actions as proving his worthiness as a “good businessman.” Really? Some of us would find those characteristics descriptive of a loathsome person who deserves some comeuppance. Yet here we have this creature being touted as a potential president of the U.S.

Whatever happened to the Christian ethic that decries lying, cheating, womanizing and degrading others as sins to be abhorred? Why are those Christians willing to overlook Trump's power-driven tendencies and place him in a position where he can commit those vile, unacceptable acts against every American citizen?

The hypocrisy of it all is stunning — and it’s small wonder that atheism is gaining ground.

Sylvia Lewis Gunning, Thousand Oaks