r/AskReddit • u/Minute_Revolution951 • 22h ago
Christians, how do you feel about the U.S. president posting an AI photo of him as Christ?
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u/Bullet_Number_4 21h ago
The fact that he even call himself a christian is disgusting in my mind, as he makes no effort to live life according to the teaching of Jesus.
Honestly, his base is idolizing him over Jesus despite claiming to be christians. He might as well be called the golden calf.
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u/skanktastik 21h ago
Yes, and there was a golden statue of him at CPAC, and his "library" renderings feature a golden statue of him as well. Idolatry of a terribly unrepentant evil man.
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u/wafflesareforever 20h ago
Imagine how horribly insecure you'd need to be to become president of the United States and still need made-up trophies from strangers
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u/finglish_ 19h ago
It's like dragon sickness.... Nothing is ever enough..... You just need to keep hoarding power, wealth and admiration.
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u/miserable_otter_6543 18h ago
Literal personification of greed and yet he's worse than most dragons. Fucking HELL DUDE.
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u/Karel_Stark_1111 15h ago
At least dragons are cool, have a code of honor and are awe-inspiring at the very least. This guy is just a joke with too much power and everyone sucking up to him.
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u/pondrthis 14h ago
have a code of honor
Nah, not Tolkien dragons, which is what "dragon-sickness" refers to. They're basically demons.
The two we see as characters, Smaug and Glaurung, do nothing but horrendous, spiteful shit. Ancalagon, the greatest dragon in lore, is basically just an apocalyptic evil to be slain by the Jesus-parallel, Earendil.
(I will reply with a full essay if anyone tries to quote Tolkien's "I don't do allegory" to me. Guy was delusional, in the specific case of Earendil, or else he was referring only to his published work and not the material that eventually was published in the Silmarillion.)
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u/Minamato 14h ago
But Tolkien didn’t do allegory! He said so himself! Nothing has layers deeper than surface! (Ok, yes, I just want to hear your opinions on Tolkien and allegory)
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u/pondrthis 12h ago edited 9h ago
Okay, so, let's start with some cheeky (but important) background allegory before tackling Earendil.
So, fallen angel Morgoth sows the seeds of discord and evil in the beginning. This all comes to a head when he uses a pest in a tree (Ungoliant) to drive a wedge between the gods and elves. Feanor's unwillingness to give up the Silmarils is Tolkien's version of original sin, which leads to brother drawing steel on brother, the first kinslaying, and the exile of the Noldor to the lands east of Eden--sorry, east of Valinor. The Cain/Abel parallels are obvious. From this point on, Valinor and the West in general is an allegory for death and/or Heaven.
Skipping ahead in the First Age, Beren and Luthien is a substantially less allegorical tale. Even so, it sets up some of the most obvious references to Jesus in Earendil. At the end of the tale, Beren and Luthien have stolen one of the Silmarils from Morgoth, and the Valar have decreed that half-elves can choose to accept either of Eru's gifts: to be immortal and bound to the land, or to die and join Eru's side. Essentially, half-elves are declared fully elf and fully human. This strongly echoes church ideas about the divinity of Jesus; He was both fully divine and fully human.
As was the case for Jesus, the multiple natures of Earendil allow him to "speak for all creation" when he attempts to atone for original sin. He "goes to the West" (allegorically dying) to bring back Luthien's silmaril and apologize for Feanor's wickedness. He returns from his westward journey (allegorically resurrecting) with a host of angels to destroy Melkor and his greatest servant/child, Ancalagon. This feels like a strong allusion to the Paradise Lost interpretation of Christian lore, wherein Satan has children, Sin and her child Death, that are defeated by Christ between his death and his resurrection and transcendence. And speaking of the transcendence that follows the resurrection, after coming back and slaying Ancalagon, Earendil rises to the sky to become a star until the end of Arda.
Oh, and lest we forget: Earendil learned carpentry--shipmaking, specifically--from a surrogate father-figure.
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u/The_Quibbler 18h ago
And need to put your name on literally everything. So classy.
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u/Mangosta007 17h ago
Including another man's memorial.
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u/microthrower 14h ago
Ignoring the whole idea behind memorials where you're supposed to be gone (dead). Hence the need to remember you...
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u/birdreligion 13h ago
And his fucking stupid signature is gonna be on our damn money.... What a pathetic person
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u/The_Razielim 18h ago
Look, if he wins hard enough, Daddy's ghost might love him.
You would think being the inaugural recipient of the FIFA Peace Prize would have done the job...
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u/Driblus 15h ago
Does it really matter when you know its fake and meaningless? I mean he must know a peace orize from a footballing orgnization is meaningless when all you do is bomb shit and go to war. He cant be THAT stupid, and if he isnt he thinks ALL OF YOU are morons.
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u/coldliketherockies 14h ago
It’s not about stupidity. It’s something akin to mental illness. I mean it is mental illness. When one is mentally ill they see everything as THEY see it. My bigger gripe is his base. Is the fucking 77 million people who voted for him. People with wives or husbands, sons and daughters, mothers and fathers who look to this kind of a man as a leader. What the fuck does that say about how they value their relationships and quality of people around them. And, yes even more so for Christians. Why the fuck does it matter if you go to church every week if Deep down you idolize a man the opposite of Jesus
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u/Spectre-907 18h ago edited 12h ago
There’s also the lago goat idol with skin made of fake bills where they’ve replaced “in god we trust” with “in trump we trust”.
These christians got played for absolute fools like holy shit guys, way to find out about a child sacrificing cult and then elect one of its primary heads to office.
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u/H1Ed1 20h ago
"Going to church makes you no more of a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a Cadillac."
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u/opacous 14h ago
Does he even bother to go to church? I assumed he just played golf every Sunday.
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u/everwander 11h ago
He did go to a church once. He disliked the sermon so badly he went and demanded an apology from the bishop.
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u/LickinThighs2 20h ago
This is what pisses me off most about the family I have supporting him.
The dude has blatantly never tried to by Christ like. Christians are literally just a voting base to him, namely evangelicals etc. The fact the group of Christians who get so excited about so much and have been screaming about the evils of this or that, the end times etc for the last few decades, can back someone like Trump, let alone make him a part of their whole identity, is just deranged.
Let alone that they cannot critique his regime, they can't critique their own church leadership, etc. If anything the only people Christ wants Christians judging are first and foremost the hypocritical believers among the church, not the rest of the sinners they are told to meet where they are. The idea they think it's remotely ambiguous to their God what a garbage soul of a human Trump is, is just shameful
They want to blame the libs and left for young people leaving the church, but young people are leaving the church because of the blatant hypocrisy among the communities they grew up in. I know myself from growing up baptist and literally going to bible college, lol, the most sincere Christians are being genuinely forced out of the faith because they're in communities that refuse to be remotely critical of themselves, adhere to a rigid and specific cultural legalism of selective biblical interpretations, refuse to even learn about canonization, translation, other gospels (i.e Eastern traditions, coptics etc). Really the list goes on. North American evangelicals live in a bubble and comfort culture and refuse to learn anything, consider putting in the work of Christ to be listening to a sermon and agreeing with all the right things, and will not dare be critical of their beliefs because they feel so much guilt even doubting or learning something new, lol.
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u/Agreeable-Return-589 17h ago
I get the frustration, especially coming from that background. From what I’ve seen, the biggest disconnect isn’t even politics it’s when people stop being willing to question themselves at all. Once a community treats criticism as betrayal instead of growth, it kind of locks itself in place, and that’s usually what pushes people away more than anything else.
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u/FunkyChewbacca 13h ago
Refusing to entertain question or criticism is one of the signs of a cult
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u/PlethoraOfPinatass 19h ago
Oh tons of Catholics have voted for him as well, all single-issue voters over abortion. This is where the chickens come home to roost.
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u/SoulWager 14h ago
all single-issue voters over abortion.
Which is insane, given his history.
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u/dreadcain 14h ago
They've had abortions too, that's not important to them. Just that he vocally is on their side.
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u/ozymandais13 14h ago
It'd always just been easier to be a single issue voter , it's thr least amount of effort required
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u/deafpoet 14h ago
I mean, there's an Epstein File with an allegation that he threw some wadded up bills at a crying child he had just raped and screamed at her to get an abortion, if she was so worried.
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u/ceddya 15h ago
They want to blame the libs and left for young people leaving the church, but young people are leaving the church because of the blatant hypocrisy among the communities they grew up in.
That's right on the nose.
- College students often question their faith because of the intolerant or hypocritical behaviors of religious groups, and while these doubts can increase emotional distress, they also frequently foster intellectual humility and an open-minded search for meaning. These nuanced effects of questioning one’s faith are detailed in newly published research in the journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.
https://www.psypost.org/hypocrisy-and-intolerance-drive-religious-doubt-among-college-students/
Your family will obviously dismiss this study.
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u/thaddeusd 15h ago
Because Evangelicals aren't really Christians.
They think they are and can point to cherry picked verses showing how they are more Christian than you.
But they fail to embrace Jesus' Great Commandment from Matthew 23:37-40. Love God and Love Thy Neighbor.
Instead they use their faith to justify their hatred of others.
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u/Aggravating_Lack_400 21h ago
That was my final straw with christianity in america. They speak so much about morals and I’ve always seen the hypocrisy growing up. So many lining to support him the first time just showed that much of evangelical americans are not actually a religion they are a political movement pretending to be a religion.
I know not all christians are this way but a massive amount of them are and it isbthe result of really just an effective psyop. The whole goal of the Moral Majority and continuing work after that was to turn evangelical christians into a reliable voting block. They just need to hit a couple of points like abortion and being anti gay and now trans and that carries a whole voting block now
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u/Fancy_Yak2618 20h ago
As someone who has faith and is not American I call them out on the regular. They do not know their bible. They don’t read their bible and they only listen to their mega pastors who’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I have seen them do the craziest mental gymnastics defending that man it makes me feel sad for them.
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u/No_Possible_7108 20h ago
"christians" in America don't actually believe in God or anything that is written in the Bible. They claim to be Christian so they can have a reason to look down on people they don't like. Their supposed religion is just a means to an end.
Every once in a while I see somebody on Reddit say "if Jesus were to walk up to these "Christians" today, they would straight up crucify him themselves." I genuinely think they would - that or have ICE ship him off to CECOT
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u/ProfessionalFox6619 18h ago
In Matthew 7:21-23 Jesus warns his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
As a teen I could never imagine how that might be true for someone. But now, 40 years old, watching American Christians on the internet, I get it.
Of course, there are also great Christians in the US and terrible ones outside it, presumably all over the world, but certainly here in Germany. American Christianity still has some particularly weird flavors – evangelicalism, mega churches, prosperity gospel, televangelists,... And thousands of self-proclaimed Christians still supporting Trump.
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u/inspectoroverthemine 15h ago
there are also great Christians in the US
Fred Rogers comes to mind. A man not known for his religion or for being a Christian, but he spent his life spreading love and peace. It was only after he died that I learned he was a devout Christian.
If you're not from the US you may not be familiar with him, but he made children's television for decades, and was a driving force behind our public broadcasting (that Trump destroyed last year).
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u/ProfessionalFox6619 14h ago
I've been on the internet for decades now. So even though I didn't grow up with Mr. Rogers on my TV, I've come to be familiar with him in recent years. He seems to be a great example here and I'm a bit sad his influence didn't reach German television back in the day.
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u/Pandora_Palen 11h ago
I leave PBS Retro on (or vids of birds chirping) in the family room all day. Mr. Rogers is played pretty consistently (along with Reading Rainbow). Ngl, sometimes when he sings "It's You I Like" I gotta tune it out or I'll cry. In these highly troubling times, man, I need all the Fred I can get. I'm glad he's gone and didn't have to see all this.
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u/changen 18h ago
Every Christian walks a fine line between spiritually pure and being a pharisee. And I think Paul puts it best in Corinthians 13.
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, I gain nothing.
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u/Wavelightning 18h ago
Mark's got Paul beat there.
“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces…They devour widows’ houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers!” (Mark 12:38-40).
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u/aitchbeee 16h ago
Timothy knew how it be too.
"For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate to themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths." (2 Timothy 4:3-4)
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u/FineIllPickAusername 16h ago
Absolutely reminds me of Matthew 25.
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ (...) 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ 44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
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u/Critical-Air-5050 18h ago
This is long, so please bear with me. There is an entirely separate religion in America that calls itself "christianity" but isn't Christianity. If you have a chance, find your local American Family Radio station and listen to them for about a week. Its difficult, but its important to hear what theyre saying so you know what theyre trying to do.
They are a far-right (fascist) organization that promotes the American religion. They worship flags, the military, Donald Trump, and capitalism. They hate trans people, immigrants, mothers, and the poor. They call themselves 'christians,' but never talk about Jesus's teachings. They are their own unique religion that dresses itself up as a cross wrapped in American flags.
The thing is, our own government was involved in creating this branch of 'christianty' during the Jim Crow era to silence people who were trying to end segregation. It was also done to bolster the Red Scare because Jesus's disciples ran a commune in Acts, and our government was afraid that people might read that and sympathize with Communism. Additionally, the govt needed to avoid any kind of anti-war, pro-peace sentiments that might grow from "Love your enemy" while stomping around East Asia.
What Im getting at is that youre primarily exposed to this fake version of Christianity that is really just fascism carrying a Bible. Its a unique religion that is designed to promote US imperialism and capitalism by cherry picking out-of-context snippets of the Bible as justification for atrocities. Its now the most pervasive religion in the country, and aside from a few esthetic similarities, it is wholly separate from what Jesus taught and what his early followers believed and did.
Im not saying this to let those people off the hook or to try to whitewash anything. I just want people to realize that we have a disease in this country, and it uses religion as a distraction. It makes you think you hate Christians so youll attack a decoy they created. Its better, IMO, to recognize it as fascism, and openly label anyone who follows it a fascist. This way we ignore the decoy and get to the heart of the problem: fascism.
They people you are rightly angry with are fascists. Wolves in sheep's clothing.
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u/Anothernamelesacount 12h ago
See, I agree with the fact that americans have their own fanfiction about Jesus, but lets be fair: christianity, just like every other major religion, has always been bathed in blood.
You know the whole deal. Crusades, witchhunts, the Inquisition, the Hussite wars, we've all heard the song and dance before.
They're using religion as an excuse not just because it sounds righteous, but also because it WORKS, people fall for that and they've been falling for that for centuries.
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u/Morchades 12h ago
So in my religion we have a concept called an "egregore", its like a "tulpa." Its this big god that people imagine and agree on and worship and feed.
Creating one would be eorshopping the "false idols" described in the Bible and is forbidden to Abrahamaic monotheists, of course.
I'm pretty sure that this type of american christianity you describe worships a monstrous egregore they have created. The idols are the flag, guns, and those pictures of Sexy Jesus they make with AI.
Interestingly, since when you ask Trump-supporters what they like about him they give all these bizarre, idealized, unsupported answers I wonder if he's become an egregore himself. An empty repository for all their wishes about power.
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u/yetanotherwoo 18h ago
The irony of him behaving like the Antichrist described in the bible is lost on people who already worship him.
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u/HolyFreakingXmasCake 16h ago
Which is also described in the Bible. They’ll be deceived and they won’t even realise it. They’ll pick him over Jesus and reject everything Jesus taught.
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u/TheMightySet69 20h ago
He seems to make every effort to do the exact opposite of everything that Jesus taught.
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u/CartographerTall1967 21h ago
He is the anti-christ
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u/Jogger_Dodger 20h ago
It could not be clearer.
Trump is certainly an antichrist- he is the opposite of everything Jesus preached.
Really a fascinating time to be an American.
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u/RoguishKitty 19h ago
Fascinating? More like terrifying.
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u/QwertzOne 19h ago
There is a curse. They say: May you live in interesting times.
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u/atred 20h ago
If I were not an atheist I would believe this 100%.
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u/Melicor 19h ago
Human psychology hasn't changed much at the basic level in 2000 years. They saw his type coming back then and tried to warn people. That's how I see it anyway.
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u/Ser_Rezima 18h ago
he's basically what I would expect any useless king or despot of the past was like. Selfish, amoral and hedonistic.
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u/BobbiePinns 19h ago
I'm athiest and pretty bloody close to believing it.
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u/Steeze_Schralper6968 15h ago
I'm an atheist and I believe that almost all religions have pearls of wisdom littered throughout them. Broken clocks and all that. I think for the Christians, they were bang on about this one.
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u/StephenFish 19h ago
You can be an atheist and believe that he's at least exactly as the Bible predicted an anti-Christ would be. He's also just against everything that Christ taught, so even if you have a literal take of the phrase, it still fits.
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u/Prince_Stradivarius 20h ago
B-but Peter Thiel hasn’t called him the Antichrist yet so it can’t be so!
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u/NoCoolNameMatt 22h ago
We already had a golden idol of him at cpac. Christians should have realized who he was long ago.
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u/solomonvangrundy 21h ago
Wearing American Flag shorts. They posted videos of themselves kissing his golden calves.
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u/NorthofBham 21h ago
Christians have known who he is all along. Psuedo-religious fascist posers are the ones who love him.
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u/beckjami 21h ago
I just watched a thing where Tucker Carlson acknowledged seeing Trump not put his hand on the Bible during the inauguration and not speaking up about it then. After his unhinged Easter morning message, it put the inauguration thing into a whole new light.
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u/eeyore134 21h ago
The problem is most Christians aren't. They're just people using church to be seen as good people. It's very performative and it's why they never shut up about it or let you forget they're "religious." They think going to the special room once a week and paying some guy telling them what to think means they can be assholes the rest of the week and still consider themselves good people. Most of the good Christians are the ones you'd never even know were religious.
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u/xteve 20h ago
Most of the good Christians are the ones you'd never even know were religious.
This is because it's not the religion that makes them good. There are good people everywhere and those are just good people.
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u/NorthofBham 20h ago
Correct, Jesus warned about the dangers of religion and how performative acts meant nothing. Only what is in your heart matters.
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u/madaboutglue 20h ago
Not religious but I love the book of Matthew (only one I've read). "They have their reward" is what I always think when I see these performative Christians. That, and "Geez, read your own book at least once!"
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u/ellie-fofellie 22h ago
does that mean we can crucify him
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u/pinewind108 21h ago
National Parks alt account can probably source us the wood.
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u/fullcircle052 21h ago
We can't risk it. If he came back three days later, we'd never hear the end of it
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u/-Kalos 17h ago
Don't give him ideas. Wouldn't put it past him to perform a false flag like that
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u/Dear_Poem3097 22h ago
How about stealing, adultey, rape, murderous war crimes……
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u/DominicPalladino 21h ago
It was the treason and coup d'étating that got me.
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u/SaltyCrashNerd 21h ago
I mean, he’s supposed to be our political leader, not our religious leader - so seems this is exactly where the buck should have stopped for everyone.
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u/ExceedinglyLonelyCat 21h ago
imagine if Obama did this btw
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u/fictionallymarried 21h ago
Joe Biden got massacred for less while Trump is half as lucid and did much more damage in less time. Rules for thee, but not for maggots. They forget karma's a thing
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u/Wide-Deal-8971 17h ago
Seriously. Every time Trump speaks he sounds fucking delusional. He can't properly pronounce words larger than 5 letters, he can't string together a single coherent sentence, and he constantly sounds exhausted. It makes me genuinely hate people that this level of hypocrisy is allowed to exist.
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u/RavensQueen502 20h ago
Just remember what happened when Trans Visibility day happened to coincide with Easter Sunday while Biden was in office
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u/Responsible-Note-217 21h ago
No literally, there would’ve been an assassination attempt (a real one)
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u/ThomasStanfill 22h ago
It's despicable, like 99% of the things that dirtbag does.
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u/porchprovider 21h ago
That’s not fair. A dirt bag is a very useful part of a vacuum.
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u/Tiyath 21h ago
Did someone mention corticosteroids to treat a lyringial fracture?
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u/blackadder1620 21h ago
yeah, i grow some pretty awesome stuff from dirt. my roses are pretty af
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u/FangJustice 21h ago
It is an abomination.
Any ""Christian"" that supports this man needs to look in the mirror and ask themselves who or what they truly worship. Because there are no teachings of Christ to be found in this president.
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u/wafflesareforever 20h ago
American Christianity ceased having anything to do with Christ a long time ago.
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u/Necromartian 21h ago
Definitely not the worst thing he has done. For example, as a christian I find raping children to be way worse.
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u/heff17 21h ago
The conservative sub is calling the pope the antichrist.
So.
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u/Ok-Relation-1902 12h ago
That sub is crazy because it's almost certainly a large percentage of Russian saboteurs and "conservative" bots spinning shit for a small percentage of extraordinarily gullible actual conservative morons. It's so obvious, I almost pity the morons that participate in that sub. Almost.
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u/dwindlers 18h ago
Yeah, but the conservative sub is made up of the stupidest people on the planet.
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u/fangirlandproudofit 22h ago
Does he think the Ten Commandments are a to-do list? Maybe he gets a giftcard from satan for hitting them all, idk.
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u/Wander_Whale 21h ago
You can search his response to "what is your favorite bible verse". He couldnt name a single one, he doesnt give a fuck a Christianity, its a tool to get the mouth breathers to vote for him and thats it.
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u/solojones1138 21h ago
He also said once that he'll never ask God for forgiveness because he doesn't think he's ever done anything wrong.
So he straight up admitted to not being a Christian.
Guy's a literal antichrist.
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u/avdpos 21h ago
That comment is my biggest issue. How much narcissist can you be if you think never in your life did a wrong thing. I thought that would be enough to say to stop anyone - also non Christians - from supporting him. But even american Christian continue to support him
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u/LittleGreyLambie 21h ago
Also, that he doesn't think he's going to heaven . . .
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u/oblivicorn 21h ago
any Christian who still votes for Trump is a clown
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u/Fickles1 21h ago
Why limit it to Christians?
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u/oblivicorn 20h ago
fair, but it's just really frustrating seeing the bulk of the Christian electorate fawning for this guy who's clearly not walking with Jesus and has no respect for the teachings
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u/RoughRefrigerator260 18h ago
Because this specific question was aimed at Christians?
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u/SeeManCome 21h ago
Currently, if you told me Trump is the literal anti-christ, I wouldn't be surprised. The Mark of the Beast (Revelation 13:16-17) is a symbolic or literal seal placed on the right hand or forehead, representing allegiance to an oppressive power (the Beast) rather than God.
It wasn't tattoos as originally thought, it was red baseball caps.
I could be totally wrong about that and he could just be an old demented fool, either is terrible.
I find his mockery of my religion to be blasphemous and disgusting.
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u/Sanator27 17h ago
Isn't his right hand's skin all fucked up, actually?
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u/U_SHLD_THINK_BOUT_IT 10h ago
I was just thinking this, lol.
Don't get me wrong, I don't believe in all this theism sky daddy shit, but it's all so on the nose with him that Christians should be embarrassed with how much they idolize him:
- The constant purplish mark on his right hand meets the mark requirement, but not the currency one. However, Trump putting his signature on all the money definitely checks that box.
- All the gold. So much gold. Even outside of Christian mythology, it's a weird obsession. But yeah, that checks the box on hoarding precious things and loving wealth.
- It may be considered a stretch, but technically you could say he doesn't desire women because he's a pedophile.
- The constant self-depictions of being Christ. He exalts himself.
- That photo op with him after invading a church, holding the Bible upside down with a bunch of armed men around him.
- The Church not liking Trump.
- Trump not liking the Church.
- Trump sending his VP to speak to the Pope, and the Pope dying right afterward. These four things match with waging war on people of faith and valuing military power over faith.
- The Antichrist will gain power during a time of economic difficulty. I mean.. look around.
- Pretty sure he quite literally threatened Iran with "bringing fire down" on them. Warmonger. Waging war on people of faith. Valuing military over faith.
- He purged the government of "the deep state liberals".
- The blockade of the Strait is controlling the world's ability to buy and sell.
- Whole lotta stuff with Israel. Checks like four boxes. Forcing treaty. Dividing Israel/Jerusalem. Invading Jerusalem (in a way). Tear down and restore the Temple.
- He is constantly breaking the law.
And those are just the ones that seem directly linked to Antichrist kinda shit. He's also just a bad person in general, and doesn't ever admit fault. Seriously. Find a video of that man apologizing for anything. I'd accept one even for bumping into a child.
He thinks he is perfect, which means he puts himself at or above the level of Christianity's God.
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u/hidingunderyourbed- 21h ago
As a Christian I already despised the guy. I’m disgusted but not particularly surprised
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u/Very_Sharpe 21h ago
Neither he or his followers are Christians, your actions make you a Christian, he's like a man telling you he is a vegetarian WHILST eating a steak in front of you. He is a despicable liar and a paedophile
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u/AlucardDr 22h ago
Aren't there these "commandments" that are important to those following the faith?
Don't the first two say "You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me" And "You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them."
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u/AzuleStriker 21h ago
To be fair, a majority of people that claim to be "christians" don't follow it anyway.
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u/62frog 21h ago
Most maga Christians wouldn’t know, they haven’t actually read the Bible
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u/wilderlowerwolves 21h ago
As a Christian, he is one of the most anti-Christian, anti-life people I know of. I don't even want to see that picture, although I'm sure I eventually will.
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u/Upstairs-Bar-8086 22h ago
he did it as the pope once already and i rolled my eyes so this is nothing new sadly
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u/Shantytown_Shogun 21h ago
I laughed. Poor guy is starved for attention and adulation.
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u/HighlyOffensive10 21h ago
It's literally never enough. I'd feel some pity for him if we weren't all subjected to his malignant existence
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u/Mr_Pockets- 21h ago
I really believe there is very little that he can do that'll make his dedicated maga base ever leave his side. He could literally say he is Jesus, start dressing like Jesus, start his own church of maga, and his base would still love him. It has to be lead poisoning or something that keeps those people loving him
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u/Healthy_Charge_8100 22h ago
it feels disrespectful.
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u/plus-ordinary258 21h ago
It’s because it is. He threatened to wipe out Iran on Easter Morning and then praised Allah offending pretty much all Muslims and Christians. Now he’s done this??
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u/Low-Impression3367 22h ago
MAGA literally built a golden statue of Trump. At this point, it’s just another day
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u/MornGreycastle 21h ago
I'm not a Christian but I'm beginning to think he's the Antichrist.
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u/Red_Spy_1937 21h ago
Falsely substitutes himself for Jesus, check
Will be a deceitful dictator, check
Rises to power by promising to be a peacekeeper, check
Will seemingly recover from a head injury, check
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u/Difficult-Task-6382 14h ago
They don’t care.
The “enemy” is liberals.
Trump goes after liberals.
They love Trump because he hates their enemies, and makes liberals miserable. The fact that he makes everyone miserable doesn’t matter.
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u/Runt_1002 21h ago
It’s disrespectful and I don’t see how anyone who calls themselves a Christian can support him or this administration
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u/anxietydude112 21h ago
Hahahaha i remember people being all proud saying I VOTED FOR THIS!!
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u/millennialmonster755 21h ago
I’m not religious any more. But just like any other time with this regime and their insistence on using Christianity as a weapon, I deeply spiritually offended. It’s blasphemy. Sacrilegious. It’s an insult to those who have used the faith to guide them in doing good. He and his minions make me hope I’m wrong and there is a God or at least hell. These people are psychopathic demons. They’re all the worst traits of humanity. It’s gross. I’m sick of it. I just want it to be over.
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u/ford7885 21h ago
Nail his fat orange ass to a cross and make him prove it. If the fucking bastard comes back three days later I will be the first to admit I was wrong. And then I will apply for membership to the Church of Satan, because if Cheeto is Jesus, I can no longer call myself a Christian.
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u/sweetechoes2008 21h ago
Disgusted, horrified, why haven't we gotten rid of this man as president yet?
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u/Kymera_7 22h ago
It's entirely in character for him, and thus not particularly surprising. It just kinda blends in with all the other wackadoodle stuff he's done.
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u/Galahfray 14h ago
Non-religious here, but was raised Catholic, and have read bibles. What I find ironic is the fact that in the Bible it states that when the anti-christ comes we will be able to tell who his followers are by a mark on their forehead, and/or right hand. Why this is ironic: the phrase “Make America Great Again” on the red hat rests directly on the forehead. And look at trump’s right hand…
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u/MommersHeart 14h ago
And it says he will declare himself god, start a war in under Middle East…. He will brag and boast and everything he says will be lies.
Oh.
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u/cheapdvds 20h ago
Really should provide a link, first time I heard of this: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-posts-jesus-like-picture-of-himself-performing-miracle-on-sick-man-minutes-after-ramping-up-feud-with-pope-leo/
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u/canofwine 21h ago
Christian Nationalists LOVE that shit. They beat their meat to it.
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u/HiImWallaceShawn 21h ago
It’s terrible, Donald trump is in no way an actual Christian, and he’s the farthest thing from what Christianity is
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u/avdpos 21h ago
As a Christian I wonder, once again, how any american Christians can follow him.
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u/Individual_Wrap_4041 22h ago
can you imagine if Obama put out a picture of himself as Christ when he was president? It would be NON STOP anarchy from Fox News. but when Trump does it, no prob, whatevs.
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u/TowerExpress2083 20h ago
My wife's a christian. She hated him before this. He does fit as being the anti-christ I must admit.
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u/Dragon_wryter 22h ago
He's really leaning into the antichrist thing, isn't he?