For a start, he lies, or as the Ten Commandments has it, he bears false witness. You might say that this is what all the contestants in this election do. You might even say that Trump is the only Republican not to tell lies about such things as the Iraq war. But there’s no doubt that most of what he says about all his rivals and indeed all foreigners, is a deliberate lie.
Then there is greed, or covetousness as the Bible has it. Again, Trump’s whole story is built on greed. The Authorised Version (what Americans call the King James Bible) says that: “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass”. Trump is on record as coveting even his daughter’s ass.
“Though shalt not steal,” says the Bible. Trump’s record as a property developer speaks for itself there.
“Thou shalt not have any gods but me” – so far as we can tell, The Donald has no gods but The Donald.
“Neither shall thou make any graven image” – have you seen the interior of his houses?
As for the specific commands of Jesus – the injunction to sell all you have and to give to the poor, or the command that we love our neighbour come to mind - the least said the better.
When you come down to it, Trump has only one qualification to be a Christian – though that is one he shares with the Pope, with me, and even possibly with you.
He is, undoubtedly, a sinner.
