Donald Trump with Pastor Paula White (Photo: Facebook).
Oh, the evangelical crowd is happily crying “Heresy!” over the choice of prosperity gospel huckster Paula White being chosen to perform the inauguration prayer.
“I’d rather a Hindu pray on Inauguration Day and not risk the souls of men, than one whose heresy lures in souls with promises of comfort only to damn them in eternity,” wrote Erick Erickson, an outspoken Trump critic on the right. “At least no one would mistake a Hindu, a Buddhist, or an atheist with being a representative of Christ’s kingdom.”
Oooh, look, someone actually said even an atheist would be better. Sort of.
“Paula White is a charlatan and recognized as a heretic by every orthodox Christian, of whatever tribe,” said Russell Moore, of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and an outspoken Trump critic.
White, who is the third wife of Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain — also her third spouse — takes in up to $80,000 a week, according to a 2007 report by the Tampa Tribune, and owns multimillion-dollar homes in Trump Tower and Florida.
“Paula White has a long history of bankruptcies, failed business ventures, and unsuccessful marriages, which makes her the perfect choice to deliver a prayer on behalf a president-elect who has proudly proclaimed that he’s never felt the need to ask forgiveness from God for anything,” wrote Paula Bolyard, a conservative Christian blogger for PJ Media.
Trump and White do seem to be a perfect match. And they are neighbours, so cozy.
Erickson was particularly troubled by a video, which he posted, that shows White speaking to a man who says he’s a son of God, and that Jesus Christ was “not the only begotten son of God” — to which the pastor agreed, “He’s the first fruit.”
“Paula White is a trinity denying heretic,” Erickson wrote. “She rejects the Council of Nicaea’s creed that every Christian accepts. To reject the orthodoxy of the Nicene Creed is to reject Christianity itself.”
Oh, theology wars, the meat and drink of Christianity. First fruit, eh? So Yahweh has been busy raping young women and producing more magical sons for centuries? Eeeuw.
Via Raw Story.
Whew, for a moment I thought I wasn’t being internally consistent in my rejection of babbledegook.
“I’d rather a Hindu pray on Inauguration Day”
Stupid christian freak imagines that there won’t be tons of them. They’ll just (probably) be doing it quietly and not into a microphone.
I agree with Paula Bolyard. She sounds like the perfect choice. And if she does lead some souls into hell, that works well with Trump leading the country (and possibly more) into hell; which, coincidentally, is where I’m wishing Trump’s supporters. It’s all so beautifully serendipitous.
This sounds just a little bit ad hoc. Perhaps the Trump presidency will be an unending last-minute affair. “Donald, we still need someone for the Inauguration day prayers” -- “What? Damn… right … let’s just ask whosit. You know, that preacher downstairs.”
On the other hand Trump’s staffing decisions could only improve if this was how they are to be made in the future. “Secretary of Defense? That’s some millitary thing, isn’t it? Wasn’t Sheryl’s boy -- you know, Sheryl from accounting -- a cook in the army, or navy or something like that? I bet he knows all that millitary stuff inside and out. He’d be perfect!”
Trump and White
Worst style guide ever.