Donald Trump has lost. I don’t think I’m jinxing anything by saying that. Look here … x Trump's vote margin in PA has declined to 116k now, and with maybe ~500,000 left to count (depending on how many in-person ballots remain in Philly) it's only a matter of time before things flip. The trend from…
Category: Evangelicals
The Atlantic: In private, Trump says all evangelical preachers are 'hustlers'
It doesn’t take preternatural insight to see Donald Trump isn’t a religious guy. “Two Corinthians” was a big tip-off, as is the fact that he’s the apotheosis of the Seven Deadly Sins — greed, sloth, envy, pride, daughter lust, fried-chicken-skin hoovering, and looking like an irregular, overfertilized squash. (I think that’s the list. I haven’t been…
It sure looks like Jerry Falwell Jr. endorsed Trump to keep risque photos hidden
You tell me, but it sure sounds like untoward influence was used prior to Jerry Falwell Jr.’s key 2016 endorsement of Donald Trump, a man whose peccadilloes and insensate evil would have given St. Francis of Assisi stigmata of the eyeballs. Reuters: As Reuters reported last year, the Falwells enlisted Cohen to keep “a bunch of…
Trump on evangelicals, according to Michael Cohen: 'Can you believe people believe that bulls–t?'
I’m going to have to start taking full-on Silkwood showers after reading the news. I have a feeling, in retrospect, the Trump era will feel a bit like stepping in dog shit. It will take a while to completely scrape his residue off our shoes, and even then our country will be redolent of Trumpessence for…
Trump's Evangelicals and How to Woo Them
There’s a major story in the Sunday New York Times about Trump’s hold on evangelical Christians: ‘Christianity Will Have Power’ The headline is a quote from the same speech Trump gave in which he said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose any votes. The 67-minute speech Mr. Trump gave that day…
Trump: Biden will 'hurt the Bible' and 'hurt God'
Donald Trump couldn’t get away with saying Joe Biden would totally defund the police, so now, instead of tamping down his absurd rhetoric, he’s decided to take it up a notch. Now, it seems, the guy who doesn’t even know he’s alive is going to destroy the immutable, omnipotent, immanent creator of the universe, as well…
Luring Evangelicals Away From Trump
It’s common on this site to bemoan, make fun of, scratch our heads in wonder, bewail the hypocrisy, and otherwise write off the large number of American evangelicals who voted for Trump and still support him in spite of his womanizing, his profanities, his inability to name books in the Bible properly, his multiple marriages…
Friend of pastor arrested for keeping megachurch open announces big Christian Woodstock
On the heels of his friend Rodney Howard-Browne’s arrest for defying orders against hosting large gatherings, evangelist Jonathan Shuttlesworth is defying orders against hosting large gatherings. Howard-Browne was arrested yesterday for refusing to close his Tampa, Florida, megachurch even as the deadly coronavirus continues to circulate throughout the country, presumably nowhere near its peak of…
Former RNC chair on Trump photo op: 'The face of a man in prayer; or being prayed to?'
Okay, this photo is creepy AF. x Look at the face. Look at the eyes. The face of a man in prayer; or being prayed to? It’s about the attitude you bring to your prayer. It’s about how much you humble yourself before God, even when others are praying for you. https://t.co/WlsW5gSaHw— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele)…
Maybe Evangelicals Support Trump BECAUSE He's the Antichrist
Others have speculated on this question, and I have previously posted a diary in which I argued that evangelicals support Trump because his support for Israel may trigger the apocalypse. But I want to propose a different angle of interpretation: Evangelicals think Trump really is the Antichrist — and that’s why they want him in…
'Asking Trump to understand morality is like asking a person born blind to understand color'
With all due respect to Pete Wehner, an evangelical Christian, former George W. Bush White House aide, and the author of the above quote, this analogy undersells Donald Trump’s depravity by a damn stretch. A person born blind would surely be curious about what color is. Further, he or she wouldn’t scorn others for seeing color, and…
Trump — yes, Trump — says Buttigieg is 'trying to pretend he's religious'
Yes, Mr. “Two Corinthians” himself. The apotheosis of the Seven Deadly Sins. The porn star fucker. The inveterate conman. Mr. “Drink My Little Wine and Eat My Little Cracker.” The guy who tried to put money on a communion plate. The guy who couldn’t name a single passage from the Bible. The guy who’s lied…
How What You Read At Work Is Like Chum In The Water For Sharks To Trump Supporters.
I don’t believe in engaging Trump supporters because 1) I don’t want to get into trouble at work and 2) I haven’t been able to change anyone’s mind on anything for as long as I have lived (56 years). In fact, politics is a verboten topic where I work. But it’s interesting what a few…
Failed human Jim Bakker says God paused earthquakes because of Trump's election
Not to be overshadowed by Rick Perry’s proclamation that Donald Trump was chosen by God to “rule” over our country, convicted felon and end times pancake mix salesman Jim Bakker (yes, people still send him money) recently wondered why there was a big dip in earthquakes around the time of Donald Trump’s election: x Jim Bakker…
Today is Sunday…A few questions to an evangelical on the street corner in a red county yesterday.
Yesterday was an interesting day of sorts. Every once in awhile there will be street preachers on the street here in North Central Florida. I was heading to get a sub sandwich. I heard the three men singing and had signs and all that is fine as we do get to say what we feel…
Robert Jeffress is Donald Trump’s minister of hate
By now, Americans have grown accustomed to incendiary rhetoric from the raging right. Nevertheless, the past week witnessed some truly explosive eruptions from some of the leading lights of the conservative movement. Last Sunday, Donald Trump warned that his impeachment and removal from office could trigger a second civil war. Three days later, frequent Fox News…
Trump spiritual adviser claims everywhere she stands is holy ground, including the White House
Let’s see. Where’s the vomit emoji on this thing. Kos? Anyone? Help? Donald Trump has spiritual advisers, apparently, and for some reason they’re not remedial Sunday school teachers. Other than for weddings and funerals, I haven’t been to church in something like 30 years, but if I got into a Bible trivia contest with Donald…
Trump tariffs 'could result in a Bible shortage'
Well, that’s karma — or whatever the Christian equivalent of karma is. Eternal perdition? Because that’s what they’ve given us … So now this is happening: Because they elected Donald Trump, white evangelical Christians could soon be facing a severe Bible shortage. Trump is still threatening a 25 percent tariff on $300 billion of Chinese goods,…
Buttigieg Could Win Some of the Evangelical Vote
(It is a measure of how his star is rising that I can now spell his name properly with only a little hesitation!) The New York Time has this story up this morning as a major front page item: Pete Buttigieg, Gay and Christian, Challenges Religious Right on Their Own Turf As a religious gay…
A crazy number of Republicans think God wanted Trump to be president
Apparently God wasn’t powerful enough to make him win the popular vote, though. He wanted a president without a clear mandate! Washington Post: Nearly half of Republicans, 45 percent, believe that God wanted Trump to be president, with another 18 percent indicating that they weren’t sure. More than half of white evangelical Protestants — 55…
