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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'd like to see the Evangelicals explain Trump golfing on Easter.
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(11,927 posts)Theyll see it as him honoring the trinity.
TheBlackAdder
(28,222 posts).
They will only be celebrating Jesus' rise, and not some wanker's Viagra induced peen.
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duforsure
(11,885 posts)Ever see him attend church services on his Sundays? But have you seen or heard he plays golf then?
FakeNoose
(32,777 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Sorry, but their version of Christ is so far removed from the ancient traditions and texts handed down, it's laughable.
It's not the same God. They are no more Christian than Mormons or Jehovah's.
Docreed2003
(16,877 posts)They will make a big production out of him, Barron, and Melania going to church Sunday like one big happy family.
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)Nobody's perfect.
It's the go to answer for everything.
hatrack
(59,592 posts)Thy driver and 7-iron, they comfort me.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)I always thinks he wears spanks. Anyone that chubby would be more lumpy.
Siwsan
(26,295 posts)OnDoutside
(19,974 posts)Funtatlaguy
(10,887 posts)Has Trump been saved (publicly accepted Jesus as Savior)? If so, when and where?
Has he been baptized? If so, when and where?
Is Trump a member of a church? If so, which one? How often does he attend?
Then, this one.
Did you know that Hillary Clinton is a lifelong Christian and member of the Methodist church?
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)her Bible, of course, and is said to carry a small one (or New Testament).
Donny 2-scoops thinks "two Corinthians" is the start of a joke.
Tanuki
(14,922 posts)..."But when the Communion plates were passed, Trump mistook the silver plates for the offertory, digging out several bills from his pocket, according to the Associated Press. He, his wife and two staffers took Communion, the AP reports.
"I thought it was for offering," he told staffers with a laugh. He contributed money several minutes later when the offering plates were passed.".....
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)Also James Dobson
Tanuki
(14,922 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)And leaves their "religious freedom" crap alone.
JHB
(37,162 posts)Its the all-purpose explanation/excuse
milestogo
(16,829 posts)So Trump is just doing what Jesus did.
FakeNoose
(32,777 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)It commemorates Jesus looking for his ball in the rough.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Bethesda by the Sea church in Palm Beach where he last got married.
Just a tidbit: PBO didn't attend regularly, either.
vi5
(13,305 posts)..Evangelicals being completely and utterly full of shit about their morals, their beliefs, their everything.
They don't actually care about "family values".
They don't actually care about morality.
They don't actually care about "life".
They don't actually care about how devout or church-going a person is.
They care about hating people who don't look, act, and think like them, and that's ultimately all they ever care about. And the Republican party and Trump give them that in spades.
The biggest waste of any of our time is continuing to try and play "GOTCHA!!!" with this cult of lunatics and trying to imagine/pretend that anything we point out or say is going to make them go "Wow. That's true. I really never thought of that. I've been really hypocritical. You've convinced me!!"
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I'm an atheist, there's a lot I'd like clarification on.
Siwsan
(26,295 posts)The church scheduled their holy days to coincide around the time of traditional Pagan holy days. Maybe to make the transition easier? Who knows. Spring's Ostara a big fertility festival that celebrates the oncoming growing season. For some reason, those symbols remained entrenched. I always thought that it was strange those representations were retained, but as a descendant of Pagans, it also makes me smile.
Christmas falls around Yule.
They even parked All Saint's and All Soul's Day at the same time as the celebration of Samhain, or Halloween.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Apparently it's nothing more than placing a marshmallow (playing the role of Jesus) into a small bun that is then baked in the oven. The heat melts the internal marshmallow and when you tear open the bun, voila Jesus is not in the tomb, I mean bun.
I should get bonus points for not falling out of my chair laughing at them.
Siwsan
(26,295 posts)I have incurred the ire of some 'born agains' when I inform them of the rationale behind the placement of Christian holy days. But, to each their own - as long as they don't try to impose their beliefs on me, I won't try to impose mine, beyond sharing a few interesting historical tid bits, on them.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Although it still feels like Imbolic here ...
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)He finds the Lord on the golf course. No evangelical has ever heard about him having sex with a porn star on the eighteenth hole.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He's such a joke. Just a fat, orange blob of pus posing on the green.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,448 posts)Gothmog
(145,618 posts)Initech
(100,104 posts)And they're convinced he is a god of some sort. These people are fucking insane.
Ms. Toad
(34,094 posts)As far as I know there are no prohibitions on engaging in recreational activities on Easter, or any other Sunday.