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.
Jesus was an anti-war, anti-capitalist, inclusivity-preaching socialist who gave free healthcare to the sick and free food to the hungry. Maybe they should crack open that book they always talk about.
If “anyone can talk to god, you don’t need all the ceremony” can turn into the Catholic Church et al for 1,900+ years, I don’t think they’re gonna read for comprehension on inclusion.
The problem is it’s got a lot of convenient contradictory statements in it.
For example:
He said to them, “But now, the one who has a purse must take it, and likewise a bag. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one.
- Luke 22:36
This part isn’t in Marcion’s version of Luke, which is probably the earliest extant version. But it is in the canonical version.
Something very convenient given it reversed the ban found across the Synoptics on carrying a purse when ministering, which necessarily prevented taking people’s money.
Just a bonus that it also allowed for the church to take up swords too right around before the time they start executing people for ‘heresy.’
There’s plenty of problematic passages added in over the years:
Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.” But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.” He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” He answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.”
- Matthew 15:22-26
So inclusive.
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 take them at their word - he’s their true selves revealed.
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
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
It’s amazing… stupid people who think invisible sky wizard is guiding their life and stupid enough to think that Trump ever thinks about them. God it’s like half this country gets off on being a cuckold without knowing it.
Stupid people are actually controlled by rich oligarchs through news and right wing propaganda but they think they are independent rebels.
If Apple can become a $2t company by convincing people that buying the same product as all your friends is “thinking different” anything is possible.
Every comment I have seen so far, has the wrong take on this. Christians aligning with Trump is basically the same thing as when the Christians aligned with the Nazis. They are both selling the same shit, a return to a time where the father was dictator of his own home and ruled with an iron fist. All you have to do is embrace the dictator of the country, and you can have that.
That’s half the reason Christians are Christians in the first place. Fascism just makes those ideas more mainstream and allows for the laws to embrace the concept.
The doublethink these “Christians” maintain to avoid cognitive dissonance and critical self reflection are staggering
They’re idiots. They say a lot of very stupid things.
You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… Morons
Weird. Pretty obvious Jesus would have been against Trump.
Does Biden going to church not count?
basically they all want to be powerful and unaccountable - aka adult babies.
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.
Religion of second chances. Hmm. I figured they would have said all of Trumps crimes were made up lies. This means they believe it’s true and still support him. Wow.
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.
