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    Actual statement from Pastor Mark Burns, who led the dedication ceremony:

    This is the “I’m not racist, but…” of MAGA Christianity.

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    The Romans claimed a Jewish rabbi was God and co-opted his movement, and the Anglo-Saxon/Germanic nu-Romans turned their appropriately representative leader into an idol. History rhymes!

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    But was the cow actually gold?

    Cause imo if you just escaped slavery, having access to a huge chunk of gold can help your people go very far.

    Whereas the new statue is just gold paint or maybe gilded

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    In some cave just east of the Jordan, Moses’ ghost stirs, grabbing hold of the second set of tablets from the ark and dashing them across the ground in anger.

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    Idk who this statue is based on, but i surely know that it’s not Trump. Doesn’t look like him at all.