Donald Trump’s white evangelical supporters zealously back him because their anachronistic religious doctrines are rendered obsolete and irrelevant by science and education. Data always prevails against dogma, and religious fundamentalists are a joke in the prevalent zeitgeist of our secular democracy.

Evangelicals are shunned by our technological society, but they have found a home in MAGA and a savior in Donald Trump.  The transactional, pragmatic, and cynical Trump thinks they are useful idiots, but he caters to their every wish to solidify their support.

Evangelicals have a mindset where there are no shades of gray, everything is black and white, right or wrong, and Trump’s confident boasting, with no nuance or complexity resonates with them.

They hate everyone who doesn’t belong to their sect, and Trump’s hateful and vindictive spirit resonates with them. They share the sociopath’s hatred of trans people, gays and lesbians, and all racial and religious minorities.

Evangelicals know that Trump is an agent of chaos and conflict, but they could care less as long as his fury is aimed at Democrats and progressives and not at them.

Evangelicals are educationally and intellectually unequipped to  refute or even understand climate change, evolution, and economic disparity, and they respond to any argument by saying “the Bible says it, I believe it, and that settles it” or “Trump was right about everything.”

The tension between obstinate belief and modernity won’t end with the impeachment or death of Trump, but it will be a big step in the right direction.