• spencerwi@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    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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      1 year ago

      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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        1 year ago

        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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      1 year ago

      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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      1 year ago

      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? 😜