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75 points

Isn’t that his base?

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51 points

So what? They already have one book they read all the time, you think they’ll read any of this one?

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72 points

They don’t read the one book either.

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14 points

They bought it and places it in a shelf in the bathroom.( I say bathroom cuz I can’t imagine there are books any where else in a trump supporter’s house)

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33 points

It’s in a book. They’ll never find out…

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15 points

If those Iowa Evangelicals could read they’d be very upset!

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1 point

Imagine if they read their own Bible one day…

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16 points

One thing Maga has distinguished is the difference between Christians and Maga Christians.

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13 points

“What is a man profited if he gain the whole world, but lose his soul.”

A lot. He has profited a lot.”

Lol.

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7 points

I’ve seen no difference, if someone says they’re a christian, then they are

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9 points

Most are Maga Christians. Well really we can drop the Christian part. They pretended to be christians, but they were Maga under the guise of christian.

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Look up supply side Jesus, look up how many christy denominations like SDA who supported and pushed for vaccinations, love not hate, support not bigotry. They’re all the same?

There is no such thing as “Christians” when it comes to blanket definitions and groupings. The world is far more complex than that, and so are christy religions.

Now, I can just feel the “no true Scotsman” counter coming. To be sure we’re on the same page:

The no true Scotsman fallacy is the attempt to defend a generalization by denying the validity of any counterexamples given. By changing the definition of who or what belongs to a group or category, the speaker can conveniently dismiss any example that proves the generalization doesn’t hold.

So given this, when we have these morons going on about things like this: https://newrepublic.com/post/174950/christianity-today-editor-evangelicals-call-jesus-liberal-weak

multiple pastors had told him they would quote the Sermon on the Mount, specifically the part that says to “turn the other cheek,” when preaching. Someone would come up after the service and ask, “Where did you get those liberal talking points?”

“What was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, ‘I’m literally quoting Jesus Christ,’ the response would not be, ‘I apologize.’ The response would be, ‘Yes, but that doesn’t work anymore. That’s weak,’” Moore said. “When we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we’re in a crisis.”

These people reject christ and his teachings, they aren’t just simply not living up to the ideals of Jesus, They OUTRIGHT REJECT CHRIST and the teachings of love/kindness/respect. Respect for the prostitutes, the diseased or disabled, the poor, etc., these things are the opposite of what these gelical hate-fucks believe and support.

And as Trump swings ever further right, it makes sense that people who believe he will solve their problems will follow blindly.

Once again, a significant departure from the teachings of Christ to the ramblings of an orange asshole. They’re trump cockian, not christian.

Most of these supply-siders treat their christy bs as nothing more than a brand name or tribal identity with very few actual beliefs attached. The name of their religion is just a verbal shorthand for whatever their peer group thinks is good, so if you’re a hardcore propertarian and your tribal identity is “Christian”, then boom, you have an interpretation of Jesus that that contradicts everything Jesus is supposed to represent.

But go ahead, tell us how they’re all the same.

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There are limits. It’s perfectly fine to call out hypocrites. If I say I’m an atheist but strongly believe in God that would just be dumb.

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6 points

Doesn’t matter. They’ll still vote for him.

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