As a very young and active boy I was the best in everything I did. As a cowboy, I was the fastest draw and the straightest shooter. In fact, I remember bragging to my brother, in the spirit of the play, that I could shoot the wings of a fly at a hundred yards without killing it. I was overheard by a young lady, who laughingly repeated my words in disbelief. I got embarrassed not thinking I’d be overheard, but that’s probably why I remember the event. Additionally, as a baseball player, I was right up there with Babe Ruth; I was the greatest pitcher in the game, as well as holding the record in home runs hit during any season. No matter what I was playing, I was the greatest there ever was.
Nevertheless, little boys grow up, and this is as it should be. As Paul once said,
“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things (1Corinthians 13:11).
However, what should we think of our President, Donald Trump, who recently posted an AI generated image of himself on Truth Social, where he appears as Pope Donald Trump? This was done as the Cardinals were in preparation to select a new Pope on May 7, 2025. Earlier in the week, Trump joked with reporters saying he’d like to be Pope, saying “that would be my number one choice.” And, Trump is on record as saying he is the best at everything he does, and even compared himself to Pope Francis a few months after he was elected by the cardinal conclave in 2013:
“The new Pope is a humble man, very much like me, which probably explains why I like him so much!”
Initial reviews show Roman Catholics do not appreciate what Trump did, posting a picture of himself as their Pope. It seems that the President sees himself a kind of leader in religion. He certainly has the support of white Evangelical Christians in America, but how would Jesus receive his gesture, and can we know?
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