A lot of commentators have already noted it, but there really is something remarkably ironic about Louisiana decreeing that the Ten Commandments must be posted in every public classroom when their chosen candidate for President has been guilty of all seven deadly sins and has violated most of the Ten Commandments.

Oh boy.

First of all, most evangelical Christians aren’t even aware that there are different versions of the Ten Commandments. No, you have to be an atheist to have that kind of presence of mind. There are three distinct versions in the Bible, at Exodus 20:2–17, Deuteronomy 5:6–21, and the “Ritual Decalogue” of Exodus 34:11–26.

But let’s ignore that for now and look at the ones in Exodus, in simplified form:

Out of that list, the only one that Trump has not violated is arguably the one about honoring your father and your mother.

Trump has made himself a God, and has repeatedly compared himself to Jesus Christ. He has arguably also made an idol of himself.

Has he taken God’s name in vain? As in “Jesus fucking Christ?” I don’t have him on tape, but it’s hard to believe that he hasn’t.

Does he remember the Sabbath and keep it holy? Absolutely not.

Has he honored his father and his mother? Arguably he has. I don’t have any direct evidence that he has not.

Has he committed murder? This is a tricky one. Despite his claims that he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose voters, there is no direct evidence that Trump has personally murdered someone. However, because of his gross mismanagement of the Covid vaccine, one can argue that hundreds of thousands people died unnecessarily. Some experts estimate that 40% of deaths under the Trump administration were preventable.

I’ll let God be the Judge of that.

Has he committed adultery? That one is easy. He has, at a minimum, committed adultery with Marla Maples with Melanija Knavs (before she was Melania Trump), with Stephanie Clifford (better known as Stormy Daniels) and with Karen McDougal. Those are all provable, and that list ignores the many other women who claim they slept with Trump while he was married. That also ignores the 26 different women who claim they were sexually assaulted by Trump.

Enough said.

Has Trump stolen? He and his organization have already been found guilty of criminal and civil fraud. That’s been adjudicated. Then there are the legions of stories of Trump refusing to pay for services he’s contracted, and the fraud of Trump University, and the charities that he and his family have defrauded.

Enough said.

Has Trump lied (i.e., borne false witness). Oh boy. By all accounts, Trump is one of the greatest liars of all time. It’s hard to chronicle that many lies, but the Washington Post chronicled 30,573 lies, falsehoods or misstatements in his  four years as President.

30,573 lies in four years. Enough said.

Has Donald Trump coveted? Again, oh boy! First of all, he has coveted Joe Biden’s 2020 election win, and hasn’t been able to let go of that loss to this day. In 2016 Trump coveted Hilary Clinton’s win in the popular vote. At his inauguration he coveted Obama’s crowd size. And he has certainly coveted the riches of the hundreds of billionaires who have more money than he does.

It really does seem remarkably ironic and self-deluding how evangelicals want to post the Ten Commandments classrooms while voting for a guy who has violated almost every single one.

On top of which, as John Pavlovitz and others have pointed out, the Ten Commandments are Moses. Jesus is the Beatitudes. And evangelicals have not suggested posting those in public classrooms.