• Proteus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    IMO, he is definitely the Christians’ mascot. not only due to how much they support him, but also because he reflects the bigotry and ignorance they so deeply cherish.

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      As a frustrated Christian, I think I’d say it’s most accurate to say that Trump embodies Conservatives, Republicans, and Evangelicals, all of whom have apparently no clear code of conduct or definition beyond “seize power, worship the perceived strong man, crush the marginalized.”

      Christian, though…there’s a least a definition there (“follower of Christ”) that excludes Trump — not only does Trump not care at all about Christ except as an incantation to get votes, but he directly contradicts the things Christ taught.

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        Exactly. These people are not Christians. They act exactly like the people Jesus rebuked for being hypocrites. It’s uncanny.

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          I mean they must be the majority because the other christians can’t keep them out of office even adding in the non christian vote. It is funny that anyone can take the prosperity doctrine seriously. christ is rolling in his stone.

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          they say they’re christian, who am I to judge? I think it’s more important to consider how much of a monster yahweh is, and why anyone would want to be associated with it.

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        I’m Jewish, not Christian so I’m not too up to speed on Christ. I also don’t believe in the anti-Christ. That being said, there was an article a while back that laid out all the qualities that the anti-Christ will supposedly have. Trump embodied all of them.

        Like I said, I don’t believe in an anti-Christ, but if I was told that the anti-Christ not only existed, but was alive right now, I’d wager on it being Donald Trump.

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        right? the swedish curch gets it right: god has infinite compassion and jesus preached of acceptance, thus the logical conclusion is that a good christian is compassionate and accepting, which is the polar opposite of trump and a depressing amount of people who claim to be christian…

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        the bible says Jesus told his fans that they can’t be his disciple unless they hate their family. also something about obeying their master. sounds very Trumpian to me. but then again, there are no “true” Scotsman, are there? 😜

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      He’s American evangelical christianity’s pope and messiah. For republican protestants he’s more like the monster they’ve been feeding children to in their basement that got loose. And to republican catholics I guess he’s like a child molesting priest they just kinda pretend isn’t a child molester.

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        And to Atheists he is the embodiment of the ignorance, authoritarianism, and hypocrisy that the church has always been willing to either align with or turn a blind eye in order to accomplish the end goal of selling the salvation of the stupid masses back to them in exchange for money, power, and control.

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        1 year ago

        there are some striking similarities between him and Yahweh. maybe they’re really onto something! 🤣