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Deep Dive: Dismantling 'the Anti-MAGA' Preacher's Lies About the Border, Handouts, and Jesus' 'Free Healthcare'

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I’ve done a bit of Christian apologetics here and there, although I’d call my interest in the matter dilettantish at best. Similarly, I enjoy theology — I’m working my way through Calvin and Kierkegaard as part of my summer reading — but I wouldn’t call myself an expert.

However, I consider myself well-read enough in the Bible and its commentators, as well as the arguments for and against various theological positions, to posit this much as a bedrock foundation of any reasonable understanding of the Christian faith: Jesus Christ’s healing of the sick in no way constituted, and I quote, “healthcare for free.”

And that’s not just facile atheist blowhards Richard Dawkins or Sam Harris going off on MAGA Christians during a podcast interview, that’s a Christian preacher.

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C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.
C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties).
Birthplace
Morristown, New Jersey
Education
Catholic University of America
Languages Spoken
English, Spanish
Topics of Expertise
American Politics, World Politics, Culture




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