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I wonder what all of his Protestant Evangelical backers think of this.
My eschatology is a bit rusty, but I think this is the type of thing that they thought the Antichrist would do. But maybe that’s why the evangelicals back him, thinking the rapture is just around the corner…
(Or maybe, the “rapture” is happening right now, except instead of the chosen, worthy people being disappeared to Heaven, they’re all being disappeared to El Salvador. The joke’s on all those evangelicals, I guess. Ha.)
Edited to add: Doesn’t “El Salvador” literally translate to “The Savior”? Kidnapping the innocent and whisking them to “The Savior”, never to be seen again, definitely tracks.
Just to note: these books are heavily based on dispensationalist pseudo-theology.
But I agree that trump is an Antichrist
100% agreed on the pseudo-theology. Left Behind is a terrible series.
I just find it funny, because he acts like Carpathia. Like, Carpathia is characterized as smart and charismatic, but nothing in the writing backs that up - it relies heavily on some sort of magical attraction. Which is got to be the only way that you can explain how conservative Christians who have spent the last 50 years shrieking about sexual morality have latched onto this guy like he’s the Second Coming if you believe any of this shit. (The real answer of course, is that opposition to LGBT people was on the whole not religiously motivated, just “we don’t like the icky people.”)
Thank you for this link; it has made my day immeasurably more entertaining.
Fred Clark is the kind of Christian that got me out of my “angry Reddit atheist” phase. He’s a great writer.
Agree. But, is dispensationalism really “pseudo-theology” if people believe it?
Heresy then?
It’s a biblical interpretation framework based on giving theological significance to the order of the books in the Bible, ignoring previous history of theology and history of the formation of the Bible.
Theology is one the oldest sciences, it has Method; Dispensationalism throws it away and does it’s own thing.
That’s all from those books, right? I haven’t read them.
But I do know that Trump likes Golden Toilets, and has made his own crypto shitcoin. So maybe he is the Shitty Antichrist?
He’s already got a few golden statues.
It’s not like he’s shared AI videos of his imagined Gaza resort.
Can’t wait until he and Bibi team up to build the new Temple, and freedom loving patriots sign up to get their Neurolink chip in their right hand or forehead…
Why is he a hobbit in that statue?
Dude is literally the antichrist
Arguably the Antipope (or would be, if he decides to keep pushing this ‘’‘joke’‘’ like he has with the conquering Canada crap…)
Do we talk about ridding ourselves of the antichrist or would that be “uncivil” and “inciting violence?”
Elon wishes to be Emperor of Mankind.
His heresy must fail.
This is a flex. It means “watch me insult the largest Christian organization on earth with literally no consequences. My base’s support won’t budge and the rest of you cowards will continue to take it.” Has nothing to do with the pope or being the pope- it’s just another demoralization tactic.
Do it. Become pope.
US Constitution, Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
No more presidency for you, dumbass.
(but then again, the constitution doesn’t seem to matter any more so what do I know 🤷♂️)
without the Consent of the Congress
I don’t see the problem, Congress wil consent to anything, let him do anything; he could grab them right by the legislativussy
legislativussy
Congrussy 💀
without the Consent of Congress
They’d just give their consent, and we’d still be in “not quite a constitutional crisis” we’ve been in since he took office.
Trump has been in flagrant violation of the ‘emoluments’ part of that section for the entirety of his presidency — both terms.
Guess what consequences he faced for that. Go on, guess!
The guy bankrupts everything he touches. Go ahead, take down the church.
He’s going to pull a Henry VIII and make a state sanctioned version of Christianity called the Church of America, isn’t he.
You know, that would make a lot of sense with his “we need to forget about the separation of church and state” comments.
We’ll just have public schools which have a state sponsored religion, which acknowledges our great hero - an instrument of god himself.
What number of felonies would it have taken to call Obama a “son of lawlessness?”
Hey Texas, a political meme is using AI to push an agenda. You going to do something about it?
They literally live by the phrase, “come and take it.” No, they won’t do shit.
This guy is so crass and so gormless he doesn’t hesitate for one second to spit in the face of 1.5bn Catholics in the world.
Having said that, I wouldn’t mind a picture of Trump as a dead Pope…
Catholics (in America at least) would happily let him spit in their faces, as long as he continues to make abortions harder to get. Never mind the fact that the Church is equally against the death penalty, or treating migrants like cattle…
American catholics are very different to european catholics. Not that european catholics are good, but compared to the US version they are outright progressive.
I think it varies. West coast Catholics tend to be pretty progressive compared to Midwest or southern Catholics in the US.
If they pick another reformist Pope (especially one from Africa or Asia), I would expect the American Bishops to openly revolt and name their own Pope. It’s been over 500 years since we had an Antipope. I think we’re due.
ONLY the TRUE Chosen One Of God would DO something like THAT! Now I’m even MORE CONVINCED Convicted Fraudster and Rapist and Thrice Married Billionaire Donald John Trump is GODS SON!
lol what a loser
Ok I ate the onion on this one.
For the love of all that is actually holy, I hope they excommunicate his ass.
He’s not Catholic. JD Vance supposedly is.
Trump claims to be a non denominational Christian.
“Well, I think many. I mean, you know, when we get into the Bible, I think many. So many,” he responded. “And some people—look, an eye for an eye, you can almost say that. That’s not a particularly nice thing. But you know, if you look at what’s happening to our country, I mean, when you see what’s going on with our country, how people are taking advantage of us, and how they scoff at us and laugh at us.”
Now, I’m not a Christian anymore but I think it’s reasonable to say that is not an expected response to “what’s your favorite Bible verse or character.” Hell, as an atheist/discordian I can barely stop myself from infodumping my favorites on here. (Judah and Tamar, I also absolutely love Jesus and the Canaanite woman)
“Christian” is more of a cultural/community marker for these people, and a vague “I hope I see grandma again” than it is anything resembling “faith.”
Someone needs to start making even more embarrassing images for this dummy to post. If it exists he may post it
Most would be fine with this I believe. When you see orange smoke the Don Pope will arrive. Everyone is saying it.
While he’s unqualified for the position as much as he is for his current one, I think the more likely outcome is pressuring for a pawn.
@andros_rex
As a catholic I’m offended, I imagine the red hat crowd adores this… They think he’s sooo clever… he surely didn’t think of this on his own, he;s really not that cleverAs a former Presbyterian and current Deist for lack of a better description, I’m offended by this picture.
