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I'm certainly confused. (Original Post) edbermac Jan 2018 OP
it's easy when you realize republicans have NO family values and conservative evangelicals are NOT.. spanone Jan 2018 #1
They always preach the Old Testament , never mention Jesus. pwb Jan 2018 #3
Most Evangelicalism is About White Male Supremacy dlk Jan 2018 #2
Yes LiberalBrooke Jan 2018 #33
YUP!!! VaBchTgerLily Jan 2018 #4
This helped me get the picture, ed: Leghorn21 Jan 2018 #5
I stole that. mobeau69 Jan 2018 #14
As did I, my friend!! nt Leghorn21 Jan 2018 #15
I need that.. Mahalo Leghorn Cha Jan 2018 #20
it's all about abortion NewJeffCT Jan 2018 #6
AND the end times. the moron is BOUND to bring back jeebus! pansypoo53219 Jan 2018 #10
But they're fine with telling/forcing their girlfriends to have an abortion. erronis Jan 2018 #18
Yes, it's that.. the No Choicers.. they don't Cha Jan 2018 #21
I guess thats it moose65 Jan 2018 #31
Evangelicals are faux xtians who are really agents of Satan. kimbutgar Jan 2018 #7
And they NEVER mention the lying (also a commandment) world wide wally Jan 2018 #17
Well, eight out of ten....which two, I wonder, might he have observed? Glorfindel Jan 2018 #22
Oh no, AwakeAtLast Jan 2018 #25
I once worked for an evangelical asshole. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2018 #8
BTW... BobTheSubgenius Jan 2018 #9
but.....but......he's taken Jesus as his savior rurallib Jan 2018 #11
there is a class of evil people for whom religion provides an appealing cloak unblock Jan 2018 #12
i'm not confused krakfiend Jan 2018 #13
Old testament? infullview Jan 2018 #16
Sometimes those simple messages are the best. We're confused too! erronis Jan 2018 #19
You forgot to add that he tried to have #2 abort their love child Tiffany NightWatcher Jan 2018 #23
By people who get incensed at "situational ethics", to boot. JHB Jan 2018 #24
No confusion. No confusion. C_U_L8R Jan 2018 #26
This is not new for evangelicals citizen blues Jan 2018 #27
+1. dalton99a Jan 2018 #29
The final nail in the coffin for me LiberalLovinLug Jan 2018 #28
Yep. Same old shit dalton99a Jan 2018 #30
OMG LiberalLovinLug Jan 2018 #35
Yes. You can buy it at Sam's - in the Bible section dalton99a Jan 2018 #36
You forgot wife 3 also splayed her wares for all to see sunonmars Jan 2018 #32
minngal marieo1 Jan 2018 #34
Evangelicals have jumped the shark!!!!! Baitball Blogger Jan 2018 #37

spanone

(135,886 posts)
1. it's easy when you realize republicans have NO family values and conservative evangelicals are NOT..
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:10 PM
Jan 2018

Christians.

pwb

(11,292 posts)
3. They always preach the Old Testament , never mention Jesus.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:19 PM
Jan 2018

How is that Christian ? The New Testament is the Christian teaching last I knew. It fits, The GOP is the old fashioned testament.

dlk

(11,578 posts)
2. Most Evangelicalism is About White Male Supremacy
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:14 PM
Jan 2018

In its current iteration, there's little to do with actual Biblical teachings. They are skilled at reading/taking scriptures out of context.

LiberalBrooke

(527 posts)
33. Yes
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 09:40 AM
Jan 2018

it is about racist sexism. They have used the abortion issue to woe women to vote along with them.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
6. it's all about abortion
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:37 PM
Jan 2018

he promised he'd appoint a SCOTUS judge that would help overturn Roe v Wade and they don't care about the details of the person doing the appointing.

erronis

(15,355 posts)
18. But they're fine with telling/forcing their girlfriends to have an abortion.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 05:22 PM
Jan 2018

We all know the ones that should have been aborted long ago.

As Barbara said to George HW after birthing W: "George, I told you that you should have pulled out earlier!"

Cha

(297,733 posts)
21. Yes, it's that.. the No Choicers.. they don't
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 05:29 PM
Jan 2018

care about poor mothers and babies going hungry, either.

moose65

(3,168 posts)
31. I guess thats it
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 08:01 AM
Jan 2018

Even though we all know that Trump doesn’t give a shit about abortion, since outlawing it would never affect him. If one of his wives or mistresses needed or wanted an abortion, he’d have no problem flying them somewhere and paying for it. In fact, I’d almost guarantee that he HAS paid for one or more at some point in his life.

kimbutgar

(21,211 posts)
7. Evangelicals are faux xtians who are really agents of Satan.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:45 PM
Jan 2018

In the Ten Commandments it says }do not commit adultery”. Twitler has broken at least 8 of the 10 Commandments yet these faux xtians support him. Hypocrite evil people.

Glorfindel

(9,736 posts)
22. Well, eight out of ten....which two, I wonder, might he have observed?
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 05:33 PM
Jan 2018

He has probably never made any graven images for himself to worship, and maybe he honored his father and his mother. As for the others, certainly he has worshiped money and power, failed to observe the Sabbath day, borne false witness, committed adultery, coveted his neighbors' goods, stolen, and, for all we know, killed or caused to be killed, which is the same thing. As for taking the Lord's name in vain, he's from Queens. I guarantee he does it at least ten times a day.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,571 posts)
8. I once worked for an evangelical asshole.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:56 PM
Jan 2018

His "business" was a BARELY legal scam, that could have been toppled by lawsuits, but not by charges of fraud. He knew the fraud laws well. His favourite passage:

"The wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous." Claims to have learned that from Creflo Dollar. Probably did.

He had a staff of young women - all single mothers who REALLY needed the work, and he stopped paying them. I heard with my own ears that God had told him not to sell his possessions, especially the Harley, because he was going to teach his (future tense, imaginary) son to ride on that one.

And yes, he stopped paying me, too. Amazingly, it was just after he bought an Escalade and took 3 other people to LV, where he flashed his largess with a dinner in the Luxor steakhouse. $2960 for dinner for 4.

So nothing surprises me from this crowd. OK....the fact that he was only Creflo Dollar Crazy and not Rushdoony Crazy is a mild surprise. But then, he's got everything he needs from the name-it-and-claim-it sect, and doesn't need the truly Old Testament on crack teachings.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,571 posts)
9. BTW...
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 04:00 PM
Jan 2018

...I continued to work there after realizing what a scam it was, but in my defense, I really WAS trying to ameliorate these people's issues. I would do my best to actually WORK with them, instead of shining them on when taking a phone call from one of them when he was cornered...and I hear there was some inexplicable inventory shrinkage and unscheduled shipping manifests.

I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to hazard a guess on how those things happened.

unblock

(52,332 posts)
12. there is a class of evil people for whom religion provides an appealing cloak
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 04:12 PM
Jan 2018

there are certainly plenty of people who are both religious and moral;
plenty of people who are neither;
and plenty of people who are moral and not religious.

but the ones who are religious but not moral are the most infuriating.
not only are the missing what most consider the main point of religion, but they think that their religiosity is proof that they are moral, all actions to the contrary.

krakfiend

(202 posts)
13. i'm not confused
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 04:32 PM
Jan 2018

they are just a bunch of hypocrites who will say anything or do anything so long as it benefits themselves.

erronis

(15,355 posts)
19. Sometimes those simple messages are the best. We're confused too!
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 05:25 PM
Jan 2018

The only ones who aren't confused are the ones who don't give an f.

And the ones who are paying for this whole f up.

Rubles to dollars - I'll bet.

citizen blues

(570 posts)
27. This is not new for evangelicals
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 03:20 AM
Jan 2018

Look at their undying support for Newt Gingrich. Cheated on wife #1 with wife #2. He even served wife #1 divorce papers while she was undergoing treatment for cancer. Then cheated on wife #2 with wife #3 at the same time he was going after Clinton. Hasn’t had enough scrutiny to find out who he’s cheated with since. But a leopard doesn’t change his spots. . . Neither do orange-faced buffoons like Donald.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,176 posts)
28. The final nail in the coffin for me
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 05:00 AM
Jan 2018

Was the almost biblical worshiping of GW Bush.

But what totally delegitimizes the evangelical Christian religion, is not the brash leaders, the TV crooks, the mega church millionaires, who all preach to their congregations to vote for Trump. Its the silent majority, (i hope its the majority) At least a good percent of them, that sit on their hands, zip their mouths, and pretend its all God's plan....because that's what everyone else is saying. They don't want to rock the boat. Its so much easier to not actually think for themselves. You know, compare what Trump says and does with what Jesus would say and do. And come to the obvious conclusion. And then go further and publicly denounce Trump. Get themselves some holy balls. That a religion, which is obviously more like a cult, can have that much control over normally decent, honest, smart people, and cow them into meek silence is disturbing.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,176 posts)
35. OMG
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 01:25 PM
Jan 2018


Is that second one an actual book?

Now that takes some holy balls!

I wonder how long they had to go through images to find one where Trump isn't smirking, or in general looking like a complete dotard. One of those times when some sycophant was singing his praises no doubt. The one time where he gets contemplative. "yes yes...I AM a wonderful President aren't I?"

dalton99a

(81,599 posts)
36. Yes. You can buy it at Sam's - in the Bible section
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 01:28 PM
Jan 2018

Last edited Wed Jan 24, 2018, 02:05 PM - Edit history (2)

or on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/God-Donald-Trump-Stephen-Strang/dp/1629994863


Review

“God and Donald Trump may very well be one of the most important books about the Trump presidency.”
—TODD STARNES
Fox News Channel, Brooklyn, New York

“It’s a well-written, much-needed look at the undeniable hand of God working in our nation’s most recent presidential election.”
—DR. ROBERT JEFFRESS
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas


marieo1

(1,402 posts)
34. minngal
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 11:12 AM
Jan 2018

So much for being a Christian Evangelical..............they are making a mockery of being Christian!! Christian's don't behave this way!!

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