Have Faith

On my regular morning walk I pass a church with a noticeboard that declares ‘Jesus is the Face of The Father.’ The Good Book tells us that we are all made in the image of God, so I suppose Jesus must share this likeness. But that’s as clear as it gets—any further thought on the matter inevitably leads into a quagmire of contradiction, impossibility and frankly, insanity. But on this kind of basis, which is their personal faith, we are yet again facing untold death and devastation at the hands of lunatics. Some of the zealots in the Middle East now have the backing of a man who really does believe he has the face and possibly mind of God. In any way you look at Trump you might reasonably conclude that he is clinically insane and should be suspended from office on the grounds of incapacity. Why this hasn’t happened is anybody’s guess, but I suspect this ‘faith’ business has a lot to do with it. It provides succour to irrationality. The rationale, perhaps of a Father who would kill his Son just to prove he has faith. Everything* in other words can be sacrificed to prove a point.
 
*Except perhaps the $markets