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edhopper

(33,627 posts)
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 12:27 PM Jan 2021

What religion is Trump's

There was mention yesterday of Biden's Catholic faith.

Funny, in 5 years you never heard what religious affiliation Trump has.

Other than he had the support of evangelical Christians, he had no church or congregation.



The answer to the subject question is he only worshiped himself.

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What religion is Trump's (Original Post) edhopper Jan 2021 OP
I read that he embraced the prosperity gospel according to Norman Vincent Peale at one time Cirque du So-What Jan 2021 #1
His father edhopper Jan 2021 #16
The church of ME underpants Jan 2021 #2
According to Trump, Peale "thought I was his greatest student of all time. Brother Buzz Jan 2021 #12
The Power of Positive Thinking - explains the COVID disaster underpants Jan 2021 #17
Mary Trump addressed Peale in her book Brother Buzz Jan 2021 #18
The cult of personality Bad Thoughts Jan 2021 #3
The Almighty Dollar FSogol Jan 2021 #4
The Gospels According to John Galt. safeinOhio Jan 2021 #7
Mammon Archetypist Jan 2021 #5
He's a member of the Church of Mammon. GoCubsGo Jan 2021 #6
The church of "if I say I'm Christian you'll give me money? Ok!" unblock Jan 2021 #8
He claimed to be a Presbyterian in the 2016 GOP primary. LuvNewcastle Jan 2021 #9
$$$$ BlueJac Jan 2021 #10
He pardoned Church of AI founder, so I went there to worship struggle4progress Jan 2021 #11
Church of the Sacred Narcissist tinrobot Jan 2021 #13
Trumpism lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #14
He has claimed to be Presbyterian, and his parents were. But he isn't actually religious. tblue37 Jan 2021 #15
Blessed are the moneychangers!! Mendocino Jan 2021 #19

Cirque du So-What

(25,989 posts)
1. I read that he embraced the prosperity gospel according to Norman Vincent Peale at one time
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 12:29 PM
Jan 2021

Aside from that, I know nothing.

underpants

(182,912 posts)
2. The church of ME
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 12:30 PM
Jan 2021

Actually he went to Norman Vincent Peales church as a kid with this father. That tells you a lot about what you need to know.

underpants

(182,912 posts)
17. The Power of Positive Thinking - explains the COVID disaster
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 01:14 PM
Jan 2021

Always positive. A negative means something is wrong and as all powerful leader that would mean I made a mistake and I don’t make mistakes so always positive.
“Skyrocketing downward” “positively towards the negative” etc.

He starters with the positive and he could never change because that would imply that he was wrong. He (they) lost February and that deadly snowball was rolling.

Brother Buzz

(36,469 posts)
18. Mary Trump addressed Peale in her book
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 01:45 PM
Jan 2021

She believes Fred Trump hung his hat on that Power of Positive Thinking meme only, and never even bothered to read his books (He, like the orange anus, were not readers).

The orange anus' attraction to Peale was even shallower: Cozening up to a 'celebrity' was good for business.


LuvNewcastle

(16,858 posts)
9. He claimed to be a Presbyterian in the 2016 GOP primary.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 12:48 PM
Jan 2021

He made fun of Ben Carson for being a Seventh Day Adventist and then he said he was a Presbyterian, which he thought was more acceptable. I think Norman Vincent Peale's church was Presbyterian. Peale's teachings were the germ of Trump's idea that reality is simply what you wish it to be, not any sort of external facts. I doubt Peale would have approved of Trump's pathological lying, but it is part of his way of making up his own reality.

struggle4progress

(118,356 posts)
11. He pardoned Church of AI founder, so I went there to worship
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 12:56 PM
Jan 2021

By Chris Matyszczyk for Technically Incorrect | January 20, 2021 -- 17:55 GMT (09:55 PST)

... former President Donald Trump had pardoned former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski ...

Levandowski was the founder, creator, and high priest of Way Of The Future. Just four years ago, he had explained to Wired how this, the world's first church of artificial intelligence, represented "the realization, acceptance, and worship of a Godhead based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) developed through computer hardware and software" ...

What was the Church of AI trying to tell me? That there was a deity in digital cameras, fidget cubes, and sewing machines? ...

It's a long way from its original promise: "We believe it may be important for machines to see who is friendly to their cause and who is not. We plan on doing so by keeping track of who has done what (and for how long) to help the peaceful and respectful transition" ...

https://www.zdnet.com/article/trump-pardoned-church-of-ai-founder-so-i-went-there-to-worship/

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