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melm00se

(4,992 posts)

12. almost 400 years ago

Reply to Septua (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 28, 2024, 10:25 AM

Mar 28

it would have been burned

See: The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption by William Pynchon (first recorded book burning in the New World).

Pynchon was pressured into leaving the Massachusetts and returned to England. Where can we pressure Trump to return to?

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Trump Bibles make a mockery of Christianity -- and that's exactly why MAGA will eat them up [View all] marmar Mar 28 OP

Is it available on tape? multigraincracker Mar 28 #1

Could you just imagine an audiobook version? Wednesdays Mar 28 #5

Maybe he could throw in commentary too. tetedur Mar 28 #11

Yes it is. Read by Alex Jones. 😀 Mblaze Mar 28 #15

And like bamboo steamers BOSSHOG Mar 28 #2

Or friends of the library book sales japple Mar 28 #14

...with the turkey fryers and the singing fish! dchill Mar 28 #16

The Trump religious cultists will buy them. Squaredeal Mar 28 #3

👇👇👇👁️👁️ Goonch Mar 28 #4

He ain't holding the book the right way. 3Hotdogs Mar 28 #7

Perfect! bucolic_frolic Mar 28 #9

Sure to be an Olde King Trump version, with Daily 7 Deadly Sins pocket checklist bucolic_frolic Mar 28 #6

mockery is his modus operandi ShepKat Mar 28 #8

200 years ago, he could have been charged with blasphemy... Septua Mar 28 #10

almost 400 years ago melm00se Mar 28 #12

Russia SupportSanity Mar 28 #25

Great article with great explanation. SupportSanity Mar 28 #13

Pharoahs were believed to be frogmarch Mar 28 #17

Anything could be written in them and most of the MAGA crowd would not know the difference. appleannie1 Mar 28 #18

Eighty-five percent of Ukraine is Christian Seinan Sensei Mar 28 #19

they will all go to church with the trump bible wearing the golden tennis shows SouthernDem4ever Mar 28 #20

I think this is the best paragraph: barbaraann Mar 28 #21

Authoritarians believe what they want to believe. markodochartaigh Mar 28 #23

MAGAs take it a step further--they blame and attack the poor and needy. n/t barbaraann Mar 28 #24

Are the "amendments" to the Bible/commandments marked up with a sharpie? usonian Mar 28 #22

I can't order Trump's bible..... SupportSanity Mar 28 #26

The town's most notorious arsonist,... magicarpet Mar 28 #27

The King Donald Version has a centerfold. Marcuse Mar 28 #28

Reminded me of the money changers outside of the temple. patphil Mar 28 #29

If you want proof the atheists are right after all, watch the ad Trump made for that Bible jmowreader Mar 28 #30

Diarrhea Donny can shove his bibles up his fucking ass Blue Owl Mar 28 #31

Hijaking Jesus for personal gain? czarjak Mar 29 #32