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    If I were an Evangelical Christian, I would be screaming my lungs out that this is Antichrist territory.

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      A good chunk of them believe the Antichrist has to appear to Herald the end of days and they’re 100% on board. It’s a death cult.

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      Maybe if you were Catholic or Episcopal or Unitarian you would hold that view. Evangelicals live in an upside-down world and don’t even consider the aforementioned denominations as Christians. If you openly held that view in an Evangelical congregation I would worry for your safety.

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      I think this is the best I can do, but I am obviously taking things out of context, and omitting things in the middle.

      Mathew 19, half of verse 13, and verse 15:
      Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them… …When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there

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    The beatification of Trump shouldn’t come as a surprise. During his four years in the Liberal Wilderness (you have to start building the mythology), there was a concerted effort to transform him into a Christian Prophet, which the media almost entirely ignored.

    During the Biden years, Traitor General Michael Flynn organized a traveling road show of conservative/ evangelical speakers, called the ReAwaken America Tour, which I thought was a bizarre title, since that would make America “Woke,” right? Anyway, I digress.

    This tour featured speakers extolling the virtues of MAGA and White Christian Nationalism, with the common thread establishing Trump’s religious plausibility. All of the MAGA All-Stars appeared at one time or another, but his daughter-in-law Lara, who he wasn’t particularly fond of, was a regular. Her standard speech claimed that she was in direct daily contact with God himself, and he had explicitly told her that Trump was his chosen emissary to lead America into its White Christian Nationalist Future. She claims that God TOLD her that Trump was his personally anointed prophet, like Jesus himself.

    If you’re wondering what Trump thought about that, he later gave her the co-chair of the RNC.

    They basically were trying to establish him as a credible religious figure, the way the Apprentice established the myth of him being as a successful businessman. That was their post-Presidential plan, and if he hadn’t won the presidency, he would have become a religion, and it looks like they’re starting to tee up that concept again, in case he is forced to leave office in 2028.

    The pivot to religion makes perfect sense. A political position can beg for money, but it is heavily regulated. A religion can beg for money from anyone, with no limits on amounts, sources, etc. Not only can they take whatever they want, from anyone they wanted, from anywhere they want, it’s tax-exempt, and there are no requirement a to report ANYTHING, from donations to expenditures. It’s the perfect operation for a money launderer, which has been Trump’s primary business for years.

    So when he’s out of office, and facing corruption charges from every direction, expect them to play him as a martyr, being persecuted by the ANTIFA Atheists, comparing Trump to Jesus, and the judge to Pontius Pilate, in an attempt to intimidate the prosecution. You wouldn’t prosecute JESUS would you?

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    Good fucking grief. WTF do these people see in this guy that makes them want to suck up to him so badly? Hes a malignant narcissist sociopath piece of shit and is more closely related to the antichrist than anything else.

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    You can now pray again, and worship again!

    My favorite thing about Biden was how he banned prayer. That was really cool and based

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    “Hamanda acka acka racka deda backa sanda acka ambo osa cacka reeté eké banda acka riki dibi asha daaah”

    • Paula White Cain, Senior Advisor to the White House Faith Office
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      My bio teacher in high school was a hard-core snake-handling tongue-speaking nut. She was also the head of the Bible club.

      Should have seen how quickly my As turned to Cs after I told her that despite her protestations, I wanted to learn about evolution and didn’t belive in creationism.

      Biology teacher in public school…“Evolution is a myth that the tyrannical federal government demands I teach but first let me read you the truth about what really happened: ‘In the beginning, God created…’”

      My favorite was when she gave me detention for admitting I was an atheist, after she called my mom and my mom said “So what?”. Guess she thought I was gonna get a holy beat down, imagine her disappointment.

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        Depending on where this took place she was definitely playing the odds on you getting beaten. Bless her heart.

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    I’m all for him being compared with Jesus during Easter, just another pathway to his likeness being eligible on their currency.

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    When he at some point dies, i am sure that some people will be waiting for him on the third day to come back

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      I cannot wait for those inevitable crazy-assed news stories. His presidential funeral will bring out the craziest of the crazies. Someone will probably be killed for not showing the appropriate sympathy (probably me, who has already ordered a T-shirt with his quote about Robert Muller on it). Then, they will have to have police outside his compound as his followers await his second coming. It’s going to be prime TV, and the world will see how utterly crazy much of the US still is.

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        the world will see how utterly crazy much of the US still is

        the world is looking while the Us is gradually becoming more and more crazy. At this point, there isn’t much that can surprise us any more when it comes to the US

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          At this point, there isn’t much that can surprise us any more when it comes to the US

          USA: Hold my (watery) beer.

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      The application of a stake and garlic would be very appropriate, alongside with nailing the coffin shut and dumping it into the Marianas Trench.

      Trump is more demon than man, if the supernatural exists.

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        Frog chocking on his listerine voice

        “He may not appear alive but that’s actually a good thing because that gives you a chance to eat enough meats and ferments up to the point that you see the truth that he actually is alive.”

        leans in throws arm over his shoulder

        “I mean the bacteria are but let’s not get lost on the details. I saw a squirrel on the road earlier, you guys up for some heatless bbq?”

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      When he at some point dies, i am sure that some people will be waiting for him on the third day to come back

      Well, at least the ground will be soft from all the tributes. He’ll have a choice to make: rest in piss or scrabble back up through it, undead motherfucker.

      I’m actually hoping for the undead scenario, because of all his kids that will be so enraged about not benefiting they’ll just try to kill him again and again – but before they can, they have to fight off that wife of his wanting to slurp up the undead soul out of his rotting carcass first.

      That is absolutely a movie I’d watch.

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    lmao. Jesus, if he existed (debatable) give fucks about people. Trump cares about no one but himself.