jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 14 days agoTrump Tells Faith Conference If He Took Off Shirt They’d See ‘a Beautiful Person’ With ‘Wounds All Over’ From Defending Religionwww.mediaite.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down114
arrow-up1358arrow-down1external-linkTrump Tells Faith Conference If He Took Off Shirt They’d See ‘a Beautiful Person’ With ‘Wounds All Over’ From Defending Religionwww.mediaite.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareMuehe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up29·edit-213 days agoWell I’m no expert on Christianity, but apparently this theology graduate here agrees with you: https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/
minus-squareNeptuneOrbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·13 days agoIn particular, Jesus showing off his wounds was the big evidence it was him and he had come back from the dead. He isn’t just being weird in front of religious people. He is selling himself as the new messiah.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·13 days ago He is selling himself as the new messiah. Aka being weird in front of religious people.
minus-squareNeptuneOrbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·13 days agoYes but in a very specific way.
Well I’m no expert on Christianity, but apparently this theology graduate here agrees with you:
https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/
In particular, Jesus showing off his wounds was the big evidence it was him and he had come back from the dead. He isn’t just being weird in front of religious people. He is selling himself as the new messiah.
Aka being weird in front of religious people.
Yes but in a very specific way.