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Hey fundie freepers--Here's God's Anointed One at President Bush's funeral: (Original Post) Kingofalldems Dec 2018 OP
They simply do not care! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2018 #1
American Christian Right has been taken over by authoritarians zaj Dec 2018 #4
Actually, the meet the description of what demons are to a T. nt Blue_true Dec 2018 #34
Is this from Two Corinthians? (nt) klook Dec 2018 #2
The Apostles Creed. Kingofalldems Dec 2018 #3
I know -- just making reference to his January 2016 gaffe klook Dec 2018 #6
Two Corinthians, one apostle walk into a bar....... nt Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2018 #7
LOL (nt) klook Dec 2018 #8
And one of the Corinthians lifted up 2 fingers (V sign) and said grantcart Dec 2018 #14
I use that all the time ... aggiesal Dec 2018 #23
I use it with Islamaphobes and anti Arabic racists. grantcart Dec 2018 #29
Or algorithms ... aggiesal Dec 2018 #35
It was worth the wait. EarnestPutz Dec 2018 #26
I always say it's a shop teacher ordering 5 beers world wide wally Dec 2018 #27
You expect him to stand up straight AND read? gratuitous Dec 2018 #5
LOL!! peggysue2 Dec 2018 #10
I still maintain ... rustysgurl Dec 2018 #24
LOL! dewsgirl Dec 2018 #28
You stole my response. llmart Dec 2018 #32
Yep not fooled Dec 2018 #33
Fundamentalist evangelicals do not believe in creeds Glorfindel Dec 2018 #9
Church of the Brethren says "The New Testament is our creed" gratuitous Dec 2018 #11
True that. Brainstormy Dec 2018 #15
Pig Latin? Ig-pay Atin-Lay? I'm deeply impressed, sincerely. Glorfindel Dec 2018 #18
anks, thay! n/t Brainstormy Dec 2018 #20
He claimed to be Episcopalesn early on world wide wally Dec 2018 #31
Exactly. They won't recite anything that isn't in the Bible. Mariana Dec 2018 #21
They'd probably say, God was speaking directly to him sunonmars Dec 2018 #12
He only knows it in Latin. :) n/t Brainstormy Dec 2018 #13
and Russian. nt PCIntern Dec 2018 #16
I am guessing he is dyslexic and has trouble reading small print grantcart Dec 2018 #17
Yeah, but Obama was secretly reading from the Koran. Golden Raisin Dec 2018 #19
Pants and Mother appear to be reciting it Bob Loblaw Dec 2018 #22
Trump needs glasses so he pretends he doesn't want to read lunatica Dec 2018 #25
He gets a Mulligan. muntrv Dec 2018 #30

aggiesal

(8,935 posts)
23. I use that all the time ...
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 08:39 PM
Dec 2018

Put up your 2 fingers like you making the peace sign and ask
"What does this mean?"
Obvious answers, Number 2, Peace & Victory sign.

Then I give them the punch line,
"Nope! It's a Roman ordering 5 beers"

Some get it instantly, others eventually figure it out,
but there are those who never get it, even after explaining
to them that it's the roman numeral for 5.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
29. I use it with Islamaphobes and anti Arabic racists.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 09:18 PM
Dec 2018

After they have said something objectionable I will ask them if we should get all of the Islamic and Arabic influences out of the schools.

When they say yes I tell the joke and ask "do you rally want to go back to Roman Numerals 'cause I find Arabic numbers and decimal ten pretty convenient. And how exactly are we going to get computers to run on Roman Numerals?".

rustysgurl

(1,040 posts)
24. I still maintain ...
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 08:47 PM
Dec 2018

... HE CANNOT READ. Seriously, every time he has a speech loaded into a teleprompter he goes off topic and veers into insanity. To hell with his tax returns ... let's make him take a freaking reading test!

llmart

(15,556 posts)
32. You stole my response.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 09:41 PM
Dec 2018

He doesn't know how to read. Maybe they didn't teach that at his military (reform) school.

not fooled

(5,803 posts)
33. Yep
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 09:43 PM
Dec 2018

and he probably needs glasses, badly, but refuses to wear them, out of a misplaced sense of vanity (I say misplaced because there is no way he could make himself appealing, other than by paying lots and lots of money to venal women).

Glorfindel

(9,739 posts)
9. Fundamentalist evangelicals do not believe in creeds
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:10 PM
Dec 2018

They would be horrified if Trump had read the Apostles' Creed along with everyone else. "No creed but Christ" is their motto, and this includes all Baptists, Pentecostalists, Church of Christ (who won't even have instrumental music in their churches because they say the Bible doesn't mention it), various sects of the Church of God, etc. Here's an interesting article on the subject:

http://www.truthmagazine.com/archives/volume45/V4505030111.htm

These are the Trump voters.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
11. Church of the Brethren says "The New Testament is our creed"
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:18 PM
Dec 2018

Sentiment similar to the other denominations, and there's no shortage of Trump supporters in the COB (though there is very much a shortage in my congregation). I'd bet a shiny nickel Trump couldn't explain any of the nuance of the sectarian considerations. I just don't think he can read anymore (if he ever could).

Brainstormy

(2,381 posts)
15. True that.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:34 PM
Dec 2018

Growing up a Pentecostal I never heard of the Apostles' Creed. As a Methodist, I learned it. Now, an atheist, I know its history and can say it in Greek and Pig Latin. But seriously, you're right. The Evangelicals might not have been happy had he said it.

world wide wally

(21,756 posts)
31. He claimed to be Episcopalesn early on
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 09:38 PM
Dec 2018

Maybe Presbeterian if it matters. We all know he's just a Trumpian.

Mariana

(14,861 posts)
21. Exactly. They won't recite anything that isn't in the Bible.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:43 PM
Dec 2018

They certainly won't be bothered that Trump didn't do it.

I will go so far as to say I bet Franklin Graham or one of his fundie clones specifically advised Trump not to recite it.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
17. I am guessing he is dyslexic and has trouble reading small print
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:35 PM
Dec 2018

You will notice that unlike most people who read in phrases he reads slowly word for word.

Golden Raisin

(4,614 posts)
19. Yeah, but Obama was secretly reading from the Koran.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:40 PM
Dec 2018

Just like he was secretly sworn in on the Koran at his Inauguration.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
25. Trump needs glasses so he pretends he doesn't want to read
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 08:51 PM
Dec 2018

I’ve suspected that for quite a while because occasionally he waves his notes around and you can see the font is very large and there is large handwriting. And I happen to be watching when he was handing out some medals and when there was a long shot of the room the TelePrompter with his speech on it had huge lettering. Then just days ago he signed the alleged trade deal with Mexico and Canada on the wrong line.

Then he has trouble going up or down steps, but strolls along just fine on ground level.

He’s too vain to wear glasses and he thinks he’s fooling us.

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