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As Donald Trump increasingly infuses his campaign with Christian trappings while coasting to a third Republican presidential nomination, his support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians.
“Trump supports Jesus, and without Jesus, America will fall,” said Kimberly Vaughn of Florence, Kentucky, as she joined other supporters of the former president entering a campaign rally near Dayton, Ohio.
Many of the T-shirts and hats that were worn and sold at the rally in March proclaimed religious slogans such as “Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president” and “God, Guns & Trump.” One man’s shirt declared, “Make America Godly Again,” with the image of a luminous Jesus putting his supportive hands on Trump’s shoulders.
Many attendees said in interviews they believed Trump shared their Christian faith and values. Several cited their opposition to abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, particularly to transgender expressions.
Nobody voiced concern about Trump’s past conduct or his present indictments on criminal charges, including allegations that he tried to hide hush money payments to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign. Supporters saw Trump as representing a religion of second chances.
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Name something that Jesus would love about Donald Trump.
He hates the same people that Supply Side Jesus, the version they worship, hates.
I think he would love trump because trump loves children, and jesus was all about loving children.
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I feel sick even typing that
they’ll wiggle out of that with the “broken vessel” theory (Jeremiah 18:3)
Easy. His, erm, broad stature makes him an easy whipping target when it comes time to drive the capitalist pigs and their market stands out of the temple
He’s a child of God and therefore worthy of love. Trump obviously sucks, but Jesus said “love your neighbour” and that includes Trump. Of course, God would send Trump to hell when he dies so bit of a mixed message there. Religion is weird sometimes…
“Jesus loves sinners” but that’s about it and a bit of a Catch-22 at it.
it feels like we’re on the highway and 60% of drivers are blindfolded and smiling
Thats okay because Jesus took the wheel for them.
Unfortunately for them, Jesus never got his driver’s license.
They should all take an oath to depart earth at the same time, just like Jim Jones Cult, if Trump loses the election.
If Trump hasn’t paid for a dozen abortions I’d be surprised.
How do people look and listen to the guy and project all these values that they think are good on him?
i see it as validation that religion itself is a grift… an exploitation of a crack in the human psyche.
the same mechanism that helps people ignore the ridiculousness of %religion% lets them ignore the terrible behaviors of its participants.
maybe add a dash of mass-psychosis… throw in a huge, daily serving of faux news propaganda and here we are
I take them at their word - he’s their true selves revealed.
I wouldn’t - when has he ever paid for anything?
I have never heard an interviewer ask if he has ever paid for an abortion. I mean I know he wouldn’t answer honestly, but they never even ask.
They think he’ll be good for them, so they lie and say he’ll be good for us
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Trump supports Jesus
Trump supports putting Jesus, the immigrant, into a deportation camp.
His base doesn’t even realize Jesus was an immigrant
His base thinks that Jesus was a white, English-speaking American who hated poor people and taxes.
Taxes on the wealthy and corporations
TIL fucking a porn star while your wife is pregnant is within christian values.
And stealing from cancer charities. trump may as well just change his name to Jesus.
Trump’s father’s name was legit Fred Christ Trump, a racist POS.
Not only within, but way above average. If not, they wouldn’t look up to him like this.
That said, I have read some of them call Jesus too woke to be Christian
If Trump shares your values, fuck your values.
You’re right, Trump does kind of represent the epitome of Christian values
He certainly resembles all the Christians I met growing up in the south.
Sometimes I wonder what it’s like to be this dumb.
Some people are completely lost in the modern world. They shut down completely whenever anyone aims any critic at them and congregate to unquestioningly hold on to what they recognize. It is basic human instinct and being smart sometimes just pushes some of these people into taking advantage of the system and leading this herd mentality, instead of taking a risk trying to wake them up.
Never heard the saying “ignorance is bliss”?
The irony being that the only way to understand it is to be that dumb. But if you were that dumb, you wouldn’t understand it nor would you try to because you’d think you are smart.
Unfortunately, it’s well understood that political engagement especially when in a debate is an emotional undertaking.
Complicated further by the fact that we tend not to change our assumptions even when presented with data that proves otherwise.
We are a tribal species whose emotions are not geared towards understanding the far reaching and nuanced decisions we are faced with.
My life is needlessly difficult because I try to understand stupid people. It wears me out.
A historical context helps out with this. They’re just us from 500 years ago. Even this divinely ordained stuff is straight out of history textbooks, the divine right to rule that medieval kings claimed.
yea, sometimes these guys sound like the christian mobs from the early “dark ages”, the ones who destroyed pagan symbols e.g. Hypatia.
Same here. The other night I had to ask myself repeatedly “if I was awful at my job, where would I have put…” and it hurts. Being competent comes naturally to me so, to me, it seems that it takes way more effort to be that dumb.
It’s like somewhere in the ancient past someone wished that stupidity was painful, but forgot to specify who it should be painful for.
I REALLY hate genies…
They share his ideals. Of course those Ideals involve being a self serving racist bigoted sex offender thief. Not to mention someone who lies so much you can’t be sure he has ever told the truth. He is a great example of a horrible human. I have no doubt people who support him are just like him.
How fucking gullible can you get? Either that or they’re being major hypocrites.
it just boils down to him hating and hurting the ‘right’ people.
On brand.
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People will believe anything to avoid feeling chronically anxious and afraid, even things which are demonstrably untrue.
People believe things when that belief is useful to them. There is a large overlap with “usefulness” and “accuracy,” but usefulness always wins.
Weird. Pretty obvious Jesus would have been against Trump.
The doublethink these “Christians” maintain to avoid cognitive dissonance and critical self reflection are staggering
