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Not to worry anyone, but Trump's religious advisors are mostly faith healer-type evangelicals and Pentecostals.
This means a few things:
This means a few things:
1) They believe that illness is primarily a result of spiritual factors or God's punishment.
I'm pretty certain we can expect some of them to say that this virus is a result of Democrats pursuing impeachment against Trump.
2) Because illness is a spiritual thing, it means that those who are more faithful can and should expect God to heal them and protect them -- and them only.
As a result, you can bet that certain ministries will try to raise money and profit off of bogus cures and healing revivals.
3) People like Paula White are probably telling Trump right now that he will be safe, because of God's protection. But God will smite his enemies.
If you get sick, it is a sign of God's displeasure. And that will be interpreted politically, as a sign of one's loyalty to Trump.
God heals. (I also believe this, as do most Christians, but in an entirely different way.) Because God heals, there is no real need for intensive medical intervention.
If someone coughs on you, just pray away the spray.
If someone coughs on you, just pray away the spray.
Keep an eye on Trump's evangelical advisors -- they have more influence here than the secular media might guess. And they come from a very specific, sectarian Christian subgroup that assigns both the responsibility and the healing from illness to a divine source.
Plagues are retribution. Healing is a sign of faithfulness.
This is part of an apocalyptic worldview — as much as their views on Israel. There are evangelicals who have hoped for a pandemic— they will cheer it on as scare tactic and God’s judgment as much as they did AIDS in the 1980s.
That it coincides with Trump is all the better.
Expect apocalyptic euphoria.
