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Evangelical Christian leader Russell Moore revealed this week that many evangelical pastors have become alarmed that their Trump-loving congregants have become so militant that they are even rejecting the teachings of Jesus Christ.In an interview with NPR, Moore said that multiple pastors had told h...

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Shouldn't he be like the false prophet they warn themselves about? I mean, is not that I expected some of those dumbfucks to even know what the bible says, but fuck, the level of idolatry is astounding.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Trump embodies every single characteristic that the Bible ascribes to the antichrist. CPAC even built a golden idol of trump a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Hmm, that wasn't fun at all!

[–] Fungah -1 points 11 months ago

Plot twist: if God is real then God is an abusive piece of shit who delightd in our suffering, so God can't be God. God is Satan. Hail Satan. HAIL HIM DAMNIT.

[–] joel_feila 3 points 11 months ago

how do they not see that. What would take a literal money exchange booth in the church.

[–] AngryCommieKender 24 points 11 months ago

This pastor seems to think so.

https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/

I am not a Christian, and don't have a dog in this fight.

[–] patachu 24 points 11 months ago

Well, clearly Jesus is the actual false prophet, because a long-haired dark-skinned Middle Eastern socialist who got executed as a criminal sounds like a LOSER.

[–] pachrist 15 points 11 months ago

Irony is often lost on people whose primary personality trait is cognitive dissonance.

[–] Blum0108 15 points 11 months ago

Obviously that was Obama since he was black.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Maybe the origin of their beliefs has less to do with the meanings being sacred texts, and more to do with being walking, breathing, confirmation bias machines.