It’s bad enough they’re equating him to Jesus, but did they have to go with the gape-jawed goofy-eyed look with his tiny hand waving about?
From a friend — a billboard spotted outside of St Louis. I don't like using the word "heresy," but I think I'll make an exception in this case. pic.twitter.com/FqaPnBXGHT
— Diana Butler Bass (@dianabutlerbass) November 4, 2018
Well, if the word is “shitbag”…
Yeats’ Second Coming, is it?
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality
Wow.
That much cognitive dissonance must hurt like hell.
Evangelicals are badasses.
JFC. The turd became flesh.
I bet his friend Kim will be jealous.
I’m not necessarily one for scripture, but…
Matthew 25
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
According to their book, they’re all hellbound. It’s not often that I hope for their fantasies to be accurate.
You can also easily see the tan lines from the mask he wears in his tanning bed.
Anne @2: That poem was referenced widely when Dubya took office, but Trump is a much better fit than the clueless frat boy ever was. The Age of the Grifter has been with us for decades, but it’s really hit its stride with the lethal combination of ignorance and social media. See Jordan Peterson etc, ad nauseam.
And the Flesh was insufficient, so it was augmented with many, many well done steaks covered in ketchup.
Perhaps hamburgers instead of wafers for communion?
Not appearance shaming myself, but there are so many ways in which none of us want to associate donald trump with the word “flesh.”
“Diarrhea” is a word.
Heresy? This is idolatry.
It’s from their own book, just like what Athywren quoted.
If only they could live up to their own rules.
Donald 12:15 “And the word became flesh, for that made it easier to grab by the pussy.”
Well you must admit he is very fleshy.
The best words made flesh. The best, believe me.
the word: Convfefe.
Interesting /s how easy it is to misinterpret these lines when isolated, out of context like this. While there is a continual debate about whether contradiction exist within the book. It easy though to present a quote opposing the first. EG (whatabout) the part in the bibble about a “false prophet” rising up, that many people are deceived into believing is the new incarnation of The Messiah? My Atheism says this is much more apt metaphor for that thing in office aka “45”
Normally a billboard has some indication of who paid for it. But not this one https://www.kmov.com/news/make-the-gospel-great-again-large-billboard-of-trump-has/article_538f78d0-e0a9-11e8-b68e-4735053c1e10.html
Maybe they’re following this new Gospel of Trump? https://www.amazon.com/Making-Bible-Great-Again-Gospel/dp/1979871299
I seem to recall something about no false gods.
The Swedish word “fläsk” has the same root as “flesh” and usually means rather grease-rich pork meat.
The excessive fat that is visible on an overweight person is colloquially called “fläsk”.
So from a Swedish point of view, it is apt, although rather rude.
This seems sincere https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocrats/photos/a.517901514969574/2383098131783227/?type=3&theater so people do think these insane ideas.
But 5 years ago I would have assumed this billboard was an anti-trump critique of his self-idolatry and possible even a sincere claim that Trump is a false propher/anti-christ. But not any more. If it is, it gives the viewers of the billboard too much credit.
I …. do not understand Trump Evangelicals at all.
Easy, once you realize that it’s politics first, religion second…. always.
tacitus@24–
As you say, any self-identified Christian who supports Trump is not following their religion’s moral code — Trump violates Christian norms on an hourly basis — instead they’re using their religious identity as a socio-political flag.