The “martyrdom” of Donald J. Trump: “It’s all slapstick comedy: Posing as a Christ-like figure is so outlandish and absurd”
by zsreport
The “martyrdom” of Donald J. Trump: “It’s all slapstick comedy: Posing as a Christ-like figure is so outlandish and absurd”
by zsreport
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Here’s a bit from the piece:
>Donald Trump has repeatedly shown that he can reasonably be described as evil. Yet, white “Christian” evangelicals are among his most loyal, stalwart, and enthusiastic supporters. Moreover, when his behavior and character are evaluated relative to the Christian mythological framework, Trump is actually much closer to being the Antichrist than some type of divine savior in the mold of Jesus Christ and chosen by God as a type of messiah and prophet. In reality, this superficial tension is easily resolved: The relationship between Donald Trump and his fascist MAGA movement and the
Christian Right is transactional. Trump is a type of weapon and cudgel for them to create an American apartheid theocratic plutocracy.
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>On Monday, Donald Trump, who has repeatedly and publicly proclaimed that he is a “Christian”, committed blasphemy by appearing to suggest that his being held accountable by the law for his many obvious crimes is somehow equivalent to the persecution of Jesus Christ and what the latter suffered in the Easter resurrection myth.
Sounds like the definition of the Antichrist.
I suspect whipping him, smashing a crown of thorns on his brow and nailing his wrists and ankles to a wooden cross and suspended from on high may elicit a stakly different reaction than the Jesus had.
Their true religion is white supremacy.
If there weren’t money in religious rhetoric, he’d never utter a single word about it.
As an American, I get annoyed every time I see Camping World trying to use the U.S. flag as a prop to sell their shit. Trump using Jesus/Christianity to promote himself is a much more extreme version of this and to this day I’m shocked at how desperate these people must feel in order to consider the most obvious huckster conman in my lifetime to be a literal savior.
It should be obvious by now that this pathetic little loser…nevermind, not worth the effort to finish the thought.
Real Jesus kept his zipper up. Just saying.
I always enjoy watching Jordan Klepper interview his fans, and they are completely oblivious to the notion that they have been conned.
If your not Christian, how do you vote for a Trump presidency?
He has so intertwined his campaign and policy around Christianity, it has to be pushing out non Christian religious conservatives.
On the third day of the birth of his fifth child by his third wife , martyr donald j trump rose… to go meet stormy daniels.
Dude, he should totally crucify himself. I mean, other than legally and figuratively which he is doing a fine job of already. Keep up the good work, Donnie son of Fraud.
He is a martyr to all the grifters of the world if grifters of the world actually cares about anything other than themselves.
Labeling those evangelicals as “Christian” is also inaccurate. Just like Trump, if they don’t act it, they can’t claim to be it. Call them what they are. Hypocrites.
They are just hypocrites that see him as an means to an end. A vehicle to get through their own moral beliefs.
I’m pretty sure any person with a working brain, no mater how self deluded they are, know in their hearts that Trump is a man of poor, poor character.
But too many probably see him as the last chance to get their wishes.
The saddest thing of all? Trump is just lying through his teeth, and they can’t see it. Yes, Trump is pandering to the religious crowd – but that’s all play IMO. He’s just using the base for votes – and has probably zero interest himself in implementing any religious laws.
These people are so desperate, that they will let themselves be duped by the biggest grifter in American history. There has to be some serious suspension of disbelief in that crowd.
Victimizers always play the victim
Putin’s puppet.
Absurd? For any true Christians the correct word would be blasphemous.
And anyone with half a brain can see it. Somehow, a whole lotta other folks just fucking stupid.
Especially since he isn’t even facing consequences for his crimes. He keeps getting bailed out at the last moment in a predetermined sequence driven by his corruption of the legal system. The only injury to Trump so far is his ego.
🎵Christ, you know it ain’t easy. You know how hard it can be. The way things are going, they’re gonna crucify me.🎵
Jim Jones would be proud. Let’s just hope it doesn’t get that far.
Yes but his handlers know it’ll resonate with the dregs who’ve abandoned themselves to him.
I suspect he’s wrecking Christianity the same way he’s doing it to Democracy.
Ah yes, trump our savior.. As the Bible states “I can do everything through him who grabs ye by the p*ssy”
America, you can’t be that dumb, can you?
I remember a time when I had so much fucks to give, I could grab fucks in both hands and roll around it.
Follow this asshole and count yourself amongst the dumbest gullible motherfuckers ever to live. Jim jones lives again!!
People who choose a faith-based world view do so without fact or evidence, thus facts and evidence will not change their view. If anything, evidence only strengthens their persecution complex and builds more resistance to fact and evidence.
We often ignore the damage done through “respecting” people who’s faith drives them to disrespect others. Creationism, theme parks that present biblical stories as fact, and the continued creep of politics into government are all faith-based assertions that are dangerous to a fact-based world.
The faith community starts with an extraordinarily flawed magic answer book and will always work to bend reality and the world to fit that book. There is nothing but increasing extremism coming from this crowd, and we can look to Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and others for an idea of where the USA is going.
The only thing that’s going to save us is continual, peaceful and fact-filled disrespect of those who attempt to foist their faith on the people and world surrounding them.
Trump is exactly the kind of false prophet that Jesus and the book of Revelation heavily warned against. My mom actually quit her church and then quit Christianity entirely because she just couldn’t believe how everyone fell in line with Trump. And my mom was deep into her religion. I think it revealed to her how full of shit everyone around her was and her religious convictions couldn’t survive it.