Cowards, Prayers Led, and Scriptures Read

The world witnessed a small piece of history on January 20th, 2017: the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump. There were many people that attended the inauguration including some famous celebrities. However, there were a few celebrities who denied the invitation to attend the inauguration of president Donald Trump. What I do not completely understand is why they would say that they would not be attending. Is it because they think it will ruin their "reputation"? Or maybe they think it will destroy their "career"? As a matter of fact, both options are quite likely, but I still think it is a stupid reason to not go to an event that supports President Trump. The same reason why some of the celebrities refused to go to the inauguration is probably one of the reasons why America has lost a lot of the morals that it was founded upon and also one of the reasons why the world is in this current state of, for lack of a better word, disgusting-ness. Little to no people will stand up for what they believe in anymore. People will lie about their opinion simply for the sake of their own They are afraid that it will make people change their opinion about them or they think it will make people not like them. It is true that either of those things may happen, but isn't it better to have your thoughts out in the open instead of keeping them bottled up inside of your mind forever? 

Another part of president trump's inauguration that came as a shock to me was that prayers were said and scriptures were read. Even the mere presence of an openly religious person at an event such as the inauguration shocks me a little bit. This country was first following Christian morals and principles. As of late, promoting Christianity

or even the mere mention of the name "Jesus" will inevitably be followed by persecution. You could just go up to someone and say, "Hey, I believe in God" and they would probably respond with, "Oh, I can't be seen with you" or "No, you can't talk to me". Not just in America, but Christians all across the globe are afraid of talking about Jesus. It's not even allowed in public schools. The fact that there were preachers that attended the inauguration that read scriptures from the Bible and led the people in prayer gives me the smallest bit of hope. I'm sure that at least some of the past presidential candidates would never allow prayer or scripture readings at their inauguration. Since President Trump allowed such things at his inauguration, it makes me hate him just a little bit less.

President Trump, to me, seems like a bit of a people pleaser. In Trump's speech at the inauguration, he said, "I will never, ever let you down". I feel as if he is saying that just to please Americans and I don't think that statement will remain true for very long. Who knows what's going to happen while Donald Trump is president. There might be a terrorist attack and he might not be able to stop it or we might get even further into debt. He shouldn't have said, "I will never, ever let you down". He should've said, "I will try to never, ever let you down".