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I wonder what all of his Protestant Evangelical backers think of this.
My eschatology is a bit rusty, but I think this is the type of thing that they thought the Antichrist would do. But maybe that’s why the evangelicals back him, thinking the rapture is just around the corner…
(Or maybe, the “rapture” is happening right now, except instead of the chosen, worthy people being disappeared to Heaven, they’re all being disappeared to El Salvador. The joke’s on all those evangelicals, I guess. Ha.)
Edited to add: Doesn’t “El Salvador” literally translate to “The Savior”? Kidnapping the innocent and whisking them to “The Savior”, never to be seen again, definitely tracks.
Just to note: these books are heavily based on dispensationalist pseudo-theology.
But I agree that trump is an Antichrist
100% agreed on the pseudo-theology. Left Behind is a terrible series.
I just find it funny, because he acts like Carpathia. Like, Carpathia is characterized as smart and charismatic, but nothing in the writing backs that up - it relies heavily on some sort of magical attraction. Which is got to be the only way that you can explain how conservative Christians who have spent the last 50 years shrieking about sexual morality have latched onto this guy like he’s the Second Coming if you believe any of this shit. (The real answer of course, is that opposition to LGBT people was on the whole not religiously motivated, just “we don’t like the icky people.”)
Thank you for this link; it has made my day immeasurably more entertaining.
Fred Clark is the kind of Christian that got me out of my “angry Reddit atheist” phase. He’s a great writer.
Agree. But, is dispensationalism really “pseudo-theology” if people believe it?
Heresy then?
It’s a biblical interpretation framework based on giving theological significance to the order of the books in the Bible, ignoring previous history of theology and history of the formation of the Bible.
Theology is one the oldest sciences, it has Method; Dispensationalism throws it away and does it’s own thing.The question I think is the Protestant vs Catholic orthodoxy versus orthopraxy. Discarding works. Often not caring about following rules - you just tearfully apologize and say you’ve talked about it with Jesus. Jim Baker is the name that springs to mind immediately, but if you asked me to compile a list of similar hypocrites it would be encyclopedic level work.
A big thing too is that practice and theology have never been married. If Christ has been the Church’s bridegroom - I can’t think of any Church that can really claim to have been faithful. Certain types of people just get their sins overlooked. Trump exemplifies that - the Mark Driscoll disgustingly misogynistic style pastors that haunt every small town in the Midwest, where rape is an inconvenience and “WIVES SELL PUSSY FOR LIFE” in the words of “Yeezus.”
The Catholic Church exemplifies this in its failure to adequately address the sexual abuse crises and at times active cover up (what did Jesus say about millstones?) There’s also the Magdalene Laundries, the burning of basically all Mayan literature, and so on…
So blah blah blah - the point being - when have the people being called Christian really cared about what the darn book even says? We talk here as if Christianity is not for them more of a weird ethnocultural idea, with something akin more to our most primitive instincts to group and out group?
“Christianity” that I have interacted with has always been this strange distortion. This post Scofield and Darby distortion. So many atheists think the gotcha on the rules matters to many of them - it doesn’t.
It’s like arguing with a Dallas Cowboys fan.
Yes, certainly!
But I think there’s a difference between corrupt hypocrites not practicing a “reasonable” theology, and a corrupt theology supporting a corrupt practice.
There are those that care, but the nature of actually following it means doing it quietly and without seeking recognition.
Sure, call it heresy. But the Pope called Martin Luther a heretic, too, and yet that didn’t stop people from believing that he might have been on to something.
If someone believes something deeply, whether or not it is batshit crazy, who am I to tell them they’re wrong? If it is that bonkers, I will just write them off as a crackpot and let them be.
That’s all from those books, right? I haven’t read them.
But I do know that Trump likes Golden Toilets, and has made his own crypto shitcoin. So maybe he is the Shitty Antichrist?
He’s already got a few golden statues.
It’s not like he’s shared AI videos of his imagined Gaza resort.
Can’t wait until he and Bibi team up to build the new Temple, and freedom loving patriots sign up to get their Neurolink chip in their right hand or forehead…
Why is he a hobbit in that statue?
Kender are a more apt comparison. No Proudfoot would ever.
The Left Behind books? Sounds like it.
“Evangelical”, when I was a kid, meant “racist who is mega devoted to the Bible and goes to church twice a week, and maybe doesn’t apply enough critical thinking to what the preacher says.” They’d know Bible quotes, ask themselves what Jesus would do, and although I completely disagreed with them and fled the state I lived in ASAP, they were coming from a sincere place.
Evangelical", today, is purely a statement of political alignment with MAGA. Most don’t even go to church. They’re literally willing to worship a golden idol.
Dude is literally the antichrist
Do we talk about ridding ourselves of the antichrist or would that be “uncivil” and “inciting violence?”
Arguably the Antipope (or would be, if he decides to keep pushing this ‘’‘joke’‘’ like he has with the conquering Canada crap…)
This is so insane
This is a flex. It means “watch me insult the largest Christian organization on earth with literally no consequences. My base’s support won’t budge and the rest of you cowards will continue to take it.” Has nothing to do with the pope or being the pope- it’s just another demoralization tactic.
Elon wishes to be Emperor of Mankind.
His heresy must fail.
Do it. Become pope.
US Constitution, Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
No more presidency for you, dumbass.
(but then again, the constitution doesn’t seem to matter any more so what do I know 🤷♂️)
Trump has been in flagrant violation of the ‘emoluments’ part of that section for the entirety of his presidency — both terms.
Guess what consequences he faced for that. Go on, guess!
without the Consent of the Congress
I don’t see the problem, Congress wil consent to anything, let him do anything; he could grab them right by the legislativussy
legislativussy
Congrussy 💀
without the Consent of Congress
They’d just give their consent, and we’d still be in “not quite a constitutional crisis” we’ve been in since he took office.
Hey Texas, a political meme is using AI to push an agenda. You going to do something about it?
They literally live by the phrase, “come and take it.” No, they won’t do shit.
The guy bankrupts everything he touches. Go ahead, take down the church.
lol what a loser
This guy is so crass and so gormless he doesn’t hesitate for one second to spit in the face of 1.5bn Catholics in the world.
Having said that, I wouldn’t mind a picture of Trump as a dead Pope…
Catholics (in America at least) would happily let him spit in their faces, as long as he continues to make abortions harder to get. Never mind the fact that the Church is equally against the death penalty, or treating migrants like cattle…
American catholics are very different to european catholics. Not that european catholics are good, but compared to the US version they are outright progressive.
I think it varies. West coast Catholics tend to be pretty progressive compared to Midwest or southern Catholics in the US.
If they pick another reformist Pope (especially one from Africa or Asia), I would expect the American Bishops to openly revolt and name their own Pope. It’s been over 500 years since we had an Antipope. I think we’re due.
He’s going to pull a Henry VIII and make a state sanctioned version of Christianity called the Church of America, isn’t he.
You know, that would make a lot of sense with his “we need to forget about the separation of church and state” comments.
We’ll just have public schools which have a state sponsored religion, which acknowledges our great hero - an instrument of god himself.
What number of felonies would it have taken to call Obama a “son of lawlessness?”
Would love to see this honestly. You’ll see at least a couple of million come over instantly.
This guy can’t be serious.
@andros_rex
As a catholic I’m offended, I imagine the red hat crowd adores this… They think he’s sooo clever… he surely didn’t think of this on his own, he;s really not that cleverAs a former Presbyterian and current Deist for lack of a better description, I’m offended by this picture.
The excuse that he posts shitty obnoxious crap “just to piss off the libs” doesn’t fly, because in the end he’s still posting shitty obnoxious crap.
Ok I ate the onion on this one.
Trump wants a job where one of the rules is no having sex? I don’t buy it for a second. Also, imagine the shock wave traveling around the world as every conservative head in America exploded at once if Obama had posted something like this.
It’s like a Bethesda game. Maybe he’ll try to get appointed Dalai Lama and Kwisatz Haderach next. He’s probably got a side path where he’s trying to head the Illuminati (repeatedly discovering it doesn’t exist) and like the Priory of Sion or something.
Maybe we’re living in Thomas Pynchon’s DMT death dream.
Most would be fine with this I believe. When you see orange smoke the Don Pope will arrive. Everyone is saying it.
While he’s unqualified for the position as much as he is for his current one, I think the more likely outcome is pressuring for a pawn.
