You guys have "a Religion"?
this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2023
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American Christianity. It's like Christianity but cutting out all the stuff that Christ guy talked about.
Christ: When someone slaps you turn the other cheek.
Conservative Christians: Instructions unclear, passes stand your ground law and turns their cheek onto iron sights and starts blastin.
Supply Side Jesus
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Yes. Money.
Trump is the religion. Next move is to deport anybody that doesn’t follow it.
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It’s more like a cult
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How fucking Christian of him.
I almost wish religion was real, just so Jesus could come back and start smiting Trump and the rest of these fake Christians.
While I agree with the sentiment, we should take a step back.
"Our" religion!? And what would that be? Pretty sure the founding fathers made it damn clear that there was no official religion and we were to separate church and state.
I'm so sick of these Christian fascists that see the handmaid's tale as something to aspire to and the grifting assholes that will drive that into existence for their own personal gain...
I say if we deport anyone it's the people who start forcing their religion on the rest of us.
“Our” religion!? And what would that be?
In theory, yes. There should be a separation of church and state.
In practice though, there are a lot of Republicans who would welcome a fascist theocracy and they're working toward that end. They get away with it because there are so few moderate Christians who are willing to go to war with these assholes.
The religion he's talking about isn't Christianity. Trump wouldn't recognize Jesus Christ if he smacked him in the face. He's talking about Trumpism.
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"Our" religion.
Dude doesn't even know how to orient a Bible for a photo op, and couldn't name his favorite part - or any part - of the Bible in an interview.
The closest he gets to studying Christianity is sitting next to a book of Hitler's speeches for inspiration via osmosis from a Catholic.
That he can be so successful with the religious right says quite a lot about their critical reasoning abilities.
I guess maybe raising children not to question anything and to commit themselves to obeying authority might not have been the best idea in retrospect...
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Hasn't anyone noticed that he is the actual embodiment of the 7 deadly sins?
I've pointed that out many times.
Anger, Envy, Vanity, Lust, Avarice, Gluttony, Sloth- he embodies them all.
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Trump is literally an atheist who has been caught mocking the faith of his own followers in private
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Can’t wait to see North Americans come back to Europe to runaway from religious persecution.
Welcome to the Old World my friends !
Sorry, we all were educated by the American school system and thus have no useful skills or knowledge Europeans need.
Can I ban republicans because they don't like my religion?
"Our?" His religion is money, so uh, ban immigrants who don't like money?
Edit: I'm 30 minutes late, flyingsquid got to religion=money first
I'm guessing that Trump doesn't even understand not liking money.
What is Trump's religion? I mean really?
He's very likely the first truly Atheist President this country has had, which makes me mad that it was a piece of shit like him and not a better representative, someone who was an Atheist for intellectual reasons and not because they're just a massive narcissist.
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"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Emma Lazarus speaking on the Statue of Liberty
I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
Jesus speaking in Matthew 25:35
Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of my brethren you did it to me.
Jesus speaking in Matthew 25:40
vowing to “immediately restore and expand the Trump travel ban” and “halt all of the refugee settlements to the United States” on “day one” of his presidency.
Trump speaking in New Hampshire
Let's go with Trump.
American evangelicals speaking in 2023
It's one of the most damning indictments that their religion doesn't change who they really are.
These comments just seem like he's drowning and he's desperated to drum up any kind of reaction to take away from the fact that he's probably gonna lose most of his trials
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That would be anyone who isn't indigenous and shamanistic
Capitalism? Exactly what religion is this dipshit talking about?
He can vow all he likes, but 1. he's a lying sack of shit and 2. he's never getting anywhere near the White House again, so who cares what he says?
he's never getting anywhere near the White House again, so who cares what he says?
Man, I wish I shared your optimism. The next election is going to come down to a few thousand votes in a handful of states, thanks to our backward electoral system.
backward electoral system
Gerrymandering, disinformation, election fraud, voter intimidation by big guys with their big tough guns at the polling stations. Oh, and the arbitrary under-staffing/removal of said polling stations. Lack of ranked-choice, etc.
Sorry, going off the cuff, but I guess your choice of words covers all that. Man I'm ~~proud~~ embarrassed to be an American
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He knows he's not shitting in the White House ever again.
Gee! I wonder who a promise like that would appeal to? It seems we have reached his appeal to the idiots phase of his campaign.
Maybe this will be the new “Mexico will pay for the wall.”
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Fun fact, because he campaigned on a "Muslim travel ban", courts slapped down the ban when his administration tried to argue it wasn't religious based. It eventually went to the supreme court and I think was partially enacted by dropping some countries.
Soooo if you ever wanted proof that he doesn't learn from his mistakes...
"The Constitution?" trump replied. "Never seen her before. Not my type. Bigly ugly."
Wait, the griftee who doesn't even know how to hold a Bible, let alone reading it, is saying that.
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