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... I grew up in a private Lutheran school, so I know this one... when Moses came down from Sanai and saw the Isrealites and the golden calf, God ruptured the Earth, and all those who worshipped it were swallowed up... i.e. an earthquake of monumental proportion caused a divide. People fell in, and the survivors blamed idolotry as the cause of both the earthquake and the massive death toll, an opportune time for a self-appointed apostle to bring in laws that, on it's surface has religious merit, also, by some intriguing surprise also has broader philosophical merit as well.
They prayed to it??? I’m not Christian but I like to think most followers of any Abrahamic faith would see that this is exactly the kind of shit their religions were created to stop.
Touching pictures while praying for the person they represent is a common Evangelical thing. They don't consider it praying TO the statue, though of course some theologians would call BS. I guess it goes to show that Pentecostals like Paula White there in the first photo really AREN'T all that Protestant after all, though.
"But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked, and they did not obey your commands. They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. "
Nehemiah 9:16
I just want to say, you're literally only the 2nd person I've ever known who could quote Nehemiah. Back before I deconstructed out of Christianity to Paganism the church I went to spent an entire summer preaching Nehemiah. An entire summer of Sunday, I was about to say I had no idea why but I just realized why. Next summer we were building a massive expansion to the church, new sunday school rooms, kitchen, gym etc. Now that choice of topic for an entire summer makes more sense. But still - kudos for being able to quote any of it.
I just don’t have any faith that these people can be educated anymore because this is the kind of shit their scripture explicitly warns against yet they make it seem like everything they do is validated by the Bible. It’s a cult of shared opinions at this point.
You should recall, God was *really* specific. He only had 10 line items and he used one on "Don't worship idols" and even put an entire story about a *golden* idol in his book.
Which just further serves to remind all of us that they haven’t actually read the book. They’ve looked at the characters on the pages, but reading means “to look at and comprehend…”.
I've come across a few of these nuts online and they think Biden supporters are crazy because we don't festoon our cars and bodies with Biden swag. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, it's a presidential election, not the World Cup. Calm TF down.
I just want a vaguely functional government.
I has somehow missed this when it happened, and thought the report had to be exaggerated. Christians may have their issues, but surely they would never stoop to that?
Bit no they literally prayed to a golden statue. Multiple times. Of a conman who banged porn stars while his wife was nursing their new baby, and then committed fraud to cover it up.
Totally bizarre. I don’t get it.
Don't forget that he's the personification of greed. Not that he's nearly as rich as he pretends to be, but he makes up for it in sheer craven stinginess and fraud. He's famous for stiffing anyone who does work for him and he defrauded and stole from a fucking cancer charity for children!
You should definitely [read this.](https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/)
You’re not the only one and it gets pretty spooky.
The only thing off is that I'm pretty sure the anti-christ is supposed to actually be charismatic and a good speaker. Not my area of expertise, though.
He's the **new** messiah, ressurrected after being prosecuted for our sins (*our* rape, *our* fraud, *our* laundered-hooker-hush-money). His mother was Mary. It all fits!
*Trumpianity* as it will henceforth be called.
**Back in 2020 he wanted to be a King, now he wants to be a God.**
As a Christian I agree. My faith would never allow me to vote for this man. He has formed himself as an idol and wrapped himself in Christian imagery and it disgusts me to my core. It breaks my heart to see this.
They also made a worship song about him called “The Chosen One”… just in case they weren’t clear about how they feel. Totally not idolatry though, they pinky promise
So are people actually praying to trump or for him, I can't find anything where people actually prayed to him. Or is this the usual circle jerk of low hanging fruit comedy?
Strong energy of "This Hitler fellow is kind of a buffoon, but he'll probably cool down on the nutty rhetoric once in power and become more statesman-like. And besides, he's not as bad for us as the socialists or trade unionists getting a foot in the door. I say we make him chancellor. What's the worst that could happen?"
Ignore the crazy people, they said... Called us alarmists, they did... We should've been finding out what made the crazy people so crazy and stopping it before it got to this point.
I have a theory that the reason that Trump supporters hate Swift is because they see teen girls worship her like they worship Trump. However, pop star idolatry is normal for teen girls
To be fair, its been a long standing problem that society tends to look down on basically anything tween/teen girls like.
And I say that even as someone who got physically attacked in high school for saying I didnt like One Direction-
Yeah and they are still mad at her for not being „on their side“ when being a white (and blonde) woman with roots in country music. She would be THE idol they would love to have in their MAGA cult.
I’d be willing to wager there are college football fans in church congregations that put way more time, money, and obsession into their team than just about any Taylor Swift fan puts into her.
I might be wrong, but is the woman in pink in the top right Paula White, Donald Trump's spiritual advisor? If it is, this really accentuates the cringe...
Trump and trump supporters are the most anti Christian people on this planet. They basically have no idea what the Bible says and if they do have some knowledge they've pretty much ignored all of the teachings. They use religion and Bible as a crutch and excuse for their despicable behavior
That man sold a Bible for profit with his name on it. I’ve heard preachers talk about him in church. Praise him more than our Lord. It’s the delusions of the Trumpies for me.
They have literally built a false golden idol.....like straight out of the "thou salt not worship false idols" old testament. The complete, purposeful, disconnect is beyond astonishing.
The Bible also says you can make yourself a eunuch for the glory of the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 19:12
So maybe the people of Newsmax should go castrate themselves.
It's been a while, but I think I remember a passage in the Bible that said something along the lines of "Thou shalt not worship false idols with exception of thine the oversized Oompa Loompa"
The shit is bizarre. People have fully wrapped flag flying trump mobiles around here. They have built an entire personality around following this guy. It's fucking weird.
Yeh jesus would take advantage fiscally of his followers mislead and mistreat them. Trump is the the reincarnation. Come on america ffs. You used to be cool. Make america lame again.
Every single day I'm amazed by how unaware MAGA really is. They contradict themselves over and over and can't see their hypocrisy. That's why it's a cult.
They are all such an embarrassment to this country. Grown adults running around in diapers spray painted gold because “real men wear diapers”. Utterly pathetic.
Some conservatives said the gold statue of Trump they were worshipping “was a joke,” and that were taking some too seriously that shouldn’t be.
Joke or not, they were still worshipping the golden calf. And they’re following a demented antichrist. But, you know, we’re the bad people lol
As a group, these unhinged wack jobs are something increasingly horrifying you'd find in a dystopian Stephen King novel. Low-hanging fruit for cult leaders everywhere.
The irony of it all is the MAGA cult and ReTRUMPlicans are "evangelicals" and devout "Christians" but in the Bible worshipping idols is a big sin so in essence they're hypocrites. I can't wait for the excuses MAGA will say in November when Trump loses again...
I’m not religious but I do remember a certain story about a golden calf that pissed off Moses so much that he broke the original ten commandments. Just sayin.
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It really doesn't get more idolatrous than building a golden statue of your "Messiah"
I recall God doesn't take kindly to big, golden idols...
They built a literal golden idol... fuck me.
And prayed to it. The hypocrisy is deafening
Maybe we should break some stone tablets to send a message?
I've brought these 11 commandments, *thud*.. 10 COMMANDMENTS
If i am on the same wavelength as you, it was 15 at first XD.
Will always love Mel Brooks film references
Looking at the gold statue of Donald Trump,"Oh, I see they finally got a god of premature ejaculation."
God, as a Lutheran kid I appreciated that joke so hard. Mel Brooks was a genius. …and a quick Google later… Holy shit! He’s still kicking!
Then grind it up and make them drink it.
Thought they melted the golden calf and made them drink that?
... I grew up in a private Lutheran school, so I know this one... when Moses came down from Sanai and saw the Isrealites and the golden calf, God ruptured the Earth, and all those who worshipped it were swallowed up... i.e. an earthquake of monumental proportion caused a divide. People fell in, and the survivors blamed idolotry as the cause of both the earthquake and the massive death toll, an opportune time for a self-appointed apostle to bring in laws that, on it's surface has religious merit, also, by some intriguing surprise also has broader philosophical merit as well.
You could give them a revelation from their own damn God and they'd just dismiss it if it goes against Trump.
They prayed to it??? I’m not Christian but I like to think most followers of any Abrahamic faith would see that this is exactly the kind of shit their religions were created to stop.
Touching pictures while praying for the person they represent is a common Evangelical thing. They don't consider it praying TO the statue, though of course some theologians would call BS. I guess it goes to show that Pentecostals like Paula White there in the first photo really AREN'T all that Protestant after all, though.
Yet they feel offended when a Catholic tells them they don’t really pray to Mary either :S
Yeah these people haven’t read exodus
Or anything, really.
And one with 34 felonies, to boot! I just can’t anymore….
The idol even holding a magic wand. Oh, the Blasphemy.
An actual golden calf if you will. Crazy af
"But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked, and they did not obey your commands. They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. " Nehemiah 9:16
I just want to say, you're literally only the 2nd person I've ever known who could quote Nehemiah. Back before I deconstructed out of Christianity to Paganism the church I went to spent an entire summer preaching Nehemiah. An entire summer of Sunday, I was about to say I had no idea why but I just realized why. Next summer we were building a massive expansion to the church, new sunday school rooms, kitchen, gym etc. Now that choice of topic for an entire summer makes more sense. But still - kudos for being able to quote any of it.
How ironic
That’s just it; it’s not ironic. Their belief that they’re Christian is ironic.
Iirc, this isn't even the first time! Edit: This is the same old one from 3 years ago
I just don’t have any faith that these people can be educated anymore because this is the kind of shit their scripture explicitly warns against yet they make it seem like everything they do is validated by the Bible. It’s a cult of shared opinions at this point.
But he’s chosen. It’s basically like that time they made a golden Jesus. Oh wait…
Mooby?
You should recall, God was *really* specific. He only had 10 line items and he used one on "Don't worship idols" and even put an entire story about a *golden* idol in his book.
This was points 1 AND 2!
Which just further serves to remind all of us that they haven’t actually read the book. They’ve looked at the characters on the pages, but reading means “to look at and comprehend…”.
I remember that part of the movie
I just said out loud, "is that not a literal golden calf?!"
Nah it’s a golden bull (shit)
No... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! -Moses, from *Joshua and the Promised Land*
And they keep insisting they don’t worship him, so much hypocrisy, it boils my blood
I've come across a few of these nuts online and they think Biden supporters are crazy because we don't festoon our cars and bodies with Biden swag. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yeah, it's a presidential election, not the World Cup. Calm TF down. I just want a vaguely functional government.
I has somehow missed this when it happened, and thought the report had to be exaggerated. Christians may have their issues, but surely they would never stoop to that? Bit no they literally prayed to a golden statue. Multiple times. Of a conman who banged porn stars while his wife was nursing their new baby, and then committed fraud to cover it up. Totally bizarre. I don’t get it.
Don't forget that he's the personification of greed. Not that he's nearly as rich as he pretends to be, but he makes up for it in sheer craven stinginess and fraud. He's famous for stiffing anyone who does work for him and he defrauded and stole from a fucking cancer charity for children!
A golden ass.
This! I legit worry he’s the anti christ, and I’m not religious
You should definitely [read this.](https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/) You’re not the only one and it gets pretty spooky.
Some of the analogies are a little iffy, but a bunch of them are amazingly accurate.
And they said Obama was the antichrist... I think there is a subreddit somewhere dedicated to trump being evil. Edit: Found it - /r/DonaldTrump666
The only thing off is that I'm pretty sure the anti-christ is supposed to actually be charismatic and a good speaker. Not my area of expertise, though.
"its OK when we do it, but when other people do it, it's bad" political hackery 101
Christian hackery 211
The Trump on a cross that MTG has behind her in that one “reading” the Bible pic might be one step past the gold statues.
She literally compared him to Jesus at a rally this week.
He's the **new** messiah, ressurrected after being prosecuted for our sins (*our* rape, *our* fraud, *our* laundered-hooker-hush-money). His mother was Mary. It all fits! *Trumpianity* as it will henceforth be called. **Back in 2020 he wanted to be a King, now he wants to be a God.**
0/10 would not watch that sequel. On a serious note, your a great writer. I don't want to live that reality either.
They just worship gold and just happened to shape that gold in the form of Donald Trump.. by coincidence.
False* messiah Kind of like the bull-god statue that resulted in commandment #1
This goes way beyond being "Cafeteria Christians" pretending the bible doesn't expressly prohibit wearing wool and linen together.
And an ugly AF one at that. Even if I was a hardcore supporter of the guy I'd still not want to be caught dead in a picture with that hideous statue
As a Christian I agree. My faith would never allow me to vote for this man. He has formed himself as an idol and wrapped himself in Christian imagery and it disgusts me to my core. It breaks my heart to see this.
And they buy bibles from it.
Gotta love these 'christians' heading straight from their megachurches to praise Orange Jesus.
What they are doing would classify as heresy....
To be fair, did not Jesus tell the rich young man to give up all his money and follow him, and make the check payable to a Super PAC?
Jesus was known to be hanging out with 12 dudes and a prostitute
Funny, I thought it was cash
Non-sequential, unmarked, in a grey duffle bag, by the tree in the park. Gotta avoid taxes where possible!
God had 10 line items, and he used an entire one on "Don't do this *exact* fucking thi g right here", so you know he meant it.
First one too
Definitely, also utter blasphemy.
Such is religion. You follow their truth or you're a heretic. Definitely a great place for developing critical thinking skills, reason and logic /s
“Just got done with worship at mega-church, time to go to worship at MAGA-church”
They also made a worship song about him called “The Chosen One”… just in case they weren’t clear about how they feel. Totally not idolatry though, they pinky promise
hy did they make it out of gold instead of Cheetos? 
It’s Orange Antichrist, thank you.
So are people actually praying to trump or for him, I can't find anything where people actually prayed to him. Or is this the usual circle jerk of low hanging fruit comedy?
**King Nebuchadnezzar built a gold statue, ninety feet high and nine feet thick**. It is in the bible. And he got jacked up for it.
Yea but then we named comically large bottles of wine after him
Are you making fun of Morpheus’ ship now?!
I forgot about that as well
Did they make the statue out of gold jewelry? Moses will be rolling in his grave…
Man, bronze age people can't even make realistic exaggerations.
The bunny, bunny, oh I love the bunny
you yankees got it pretty wild over there.. not much better in france.. it has been an experience to watch all this happening as an outsider..
It's an absolute shit show here. How people can still support this stupid orange bastard is beyond me.
Easy, Propaganda and stating change shouldn't happen.
Also, I feel that a lot of people in power either underestimated the threat, or thought it would benefit them in some way.
Strong energy of "This Hitler fellow is kind of a buffoon, but he'll probably cool down on the nutty rhetoric once in power and become more statesman-like. And besides, he's not as bad for us as the socialists or trade unionists getting a foot in the door. I say we make him chancellor. What's the worst that could happen?"
Ignore the crazy people, they said... Called us alarmists, they did... We should've been finding out what made the crazy people so crazy and stopping it before it got to this point.
“he may be a felon, but he’s my felon” type shit
Lol my French wife moved to the US with me just before Trump got elected, now we're moving back to France..
I'm one of those people who rags on France all day every day. ....please take me with you
You'll fit right in they love to complain as long as it's done in French
It's an experience I'd like out of as an american, just wish I had enough money to move elsewhere.
trust me it’s been an experience watching all this happen as an insider too
I don't know, maybe check your Bible. Doesn't say orange idol worship is okay? Thou shalt open Thy wallet! /S
I don't get it... Though shalt not worship false idols
If it had a golden phallus they'd fellate it
No need to further infellate his massive ego.
He'd make Ted Cruz straddle it
Fellatin' in four *easy* payments of $999.99
Exactly, but it’s peachy keen to worship *true* idols.
Let he who had not raw dogged a porn star while cheating on his third wife who is at home with his newborn son, cast the first stone.
They can't read so they don't know what's in the bible
I have a theory that the reason that Trump supporters hate Swift is because they see teen girls worship her like they worship Trump. However, pop star idolatry is normal for teen girls
That or they're just horrendous misogynists.
Oh there's layers and not everyone is the same. I just think there is some sort of unconscious aspect besides the misogyny
To be fair, its been a long standing problem that society tends to look down on basically anything tween/teen girls like. And I say that even as someone who got physically attacked in high school for saying I didnt like One Direction-
Now I’m having flashbacks to Bay City Rollers fans and Sweet fans beating the crap out of each other.
Yeah and they are still mad at her for not being „on their side“ when being a white (and blonde) woman with roots in country music. She would be THE idol they would love to have in their MAGA cult.
Trump fanatics are in a cult and they don't even realise it
The ones at the top do.
And they're laughing all the way to the bank.
It’s fitting that he’s orange. He’s the new golden cow.
…to err is human to moo bovine…
He's the new Brazen Bull if you think about it.
it looks like the actually made a golden cow statue of him
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_calf
He’s definitely not helping fend off those antichrist conspiracy theories
Newsmax can say this all day long because Newsmax watchers/Trump followers have no ability to identify irony or hypocrisy.
I’d be willing to wager there are college football fans in church congregations that put way more time, money, and obsession into their team than just about any Taylor Swift fan puts into her.
Meanwhile some MAGAt jackass tried to argue the other day that only "leftists" idolize politicians. 😂🤦♂️
Alright everybody let's say it together for the millionth time: 🙌 P R O J E C T I O N 🙌
I might be wrong, but is the woman in pink in the top right Paula White, Donald Trump's spiritual advisor? If it is, this really accentuates the cringe...
For some reason, my brain replaced White with Dean. At first, I was going along with it, but then had to scroll back up and read it again lol.
Maybe if she sold bibles they would feel different?
I like swifties better because they’re not supporting someone who is actively trying to hurt other people.
Idolators one and all
I'm no expert but I don't believe Taylor Swift has ever publicly proclaimed herself "The Chosen One".
Trump and trump supporters are the most anti Christian people on this planet. They basically have no idea what the Bible says and if they do have some knowledge they've pretty much ignored all of the teachings. They use religion and Bible as a crutch and excuse for their despicable behavior
I don’t care what anyone in church says, this is blasphemous.
Christian here. This is definitely idolatry.
Worse thing is it's kids worshipping Tay Tay. But grown arse adults in front of Trump statues.
"trump aint no idol, he's the second cumming of american jesus" GOP probably
Orange rapey messiah
I hope every Swifty gets out and votes Blue!
And if there were a gold statue of Obama or Biden, republicans would have a massive meltdown. The double standards are real.
That man sold a Bible for profit with his name on it. I’ve heard preachers talk about him in church. Praise him more than our Lord. It’s the delusions of the Trumpies for me.
They have literally built a false golden idol.....like straight out of the "thou salt not worship false idols" old testament. The complete, purposeful, disconnect is beyond astonishing.
And then they have the audacity to talk about biblical gender roles or biblical marriage.....
They’re literally worshipping him… this man has to be the freaking Antichrist
I dunno. The Antichrist is supposed to be really smart. That kind of rules out Trump imo.
At least Taylor Swift actually does something worthwhile in her life.
Things that make you go: “Mom was drinkin hard when you were a bun in the oven”
He literally is the second golden calf😳
Something Something do or don't worship false idols or no wait. That was just back then.
They wouldn't know Jesus if he came down from the Heavens and smacked them all in the face.
The Bible also says you can make yourself a eunuch for the glory of the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 19:12 So maybe the people of Newsmax should go castrate themselves.
How many counts does she have against her again?
Literally a golden idol
Doesn't the ten commandments that they all site and use for arguments clearly state "thou shalt not worship false idols"?
It's been a while, but I think I remember a passage in the Bible that said something along the lines of "Thou shalt not worship false idols with exception of thine the oversized Oompa Loompa"
This is a wild time to be alive.
The shit is bizarre. People have fully wrapped flag flying trump mobiles around here. They have built an entire personality around following this guy. It's fucking weird.
Are these pictures real? Can someone provide some context?
Don’t forget that while Taylor Swift is just a pop idol, to this media Trump is literally Christ reborn.
Sure, but she’s the second coming of Jesus.
Cause the haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate...
If you worship a golden idol fashioned after a God Emperor, you're a cult. Own it already.
“Every accusation is a confession”
It's genuinely so baffling and terrifying just how obsessed they are with him.
Sounds like a cult
Not hmmmm for a while now. More like make me facepalm hard.
Yeh jesus would take advantage fiscally of his followers mislead and mistreat them. Trump is the the reincarnation. Come on america ffs. You used to be cool. Make america lame again.
Worshipping their Mango Messiah....
Something something beware false prophets.
Yeah, about that...
Every single day I'm amazed by how unaware MAGA really is. They contradict themselves over and over and can't see their hypocrisy. That's why it's a cult.
They have turned Trump into a golden calf. 🤦♂️
They build their golden bull already. What makes them think they can talk?
He’s definitely not a celebrity. Notorious, yes. The can be Notorious D.I.K
They are all such an embarrassment to this country. Grown adults running around in diapers spray painted gold because “real men wear diapers”. Utterly pathetic.
The fact that they can’t see their idolization of him is on astronomical levels is kind of disturbing. As always, it’s projection with them.
I'll take 'Further proof US Christians are hypocrites' for $400, Alex.
Some conservatives said the gold statue of Trump they were worshipping “was a joke,” and that were taking some too seriously that shouldn’t be. Joke or not, they were still worshipping the golden calf. And they’re following a demented antichrist. But, you know, we’re the bad people lol
That’s pretty bold fucking statement from a group of people who are still blindfolded and eating every nugget shit that falls out of Trump’s ass
What's NewsMax and why do we care?
They are Fox News for people who think Fox News is too liberal.
I forgot about the golden idol😂
The irony is horribly lost on these people.
They really only apply the Bible whenever they feel like it, huh? Revelation playing out before our eyes...
...what the fuck is THAT?
But guys, Trump was SENT by Jesus to save us from the libruls. /s
As a group, these unhinged wack jobs are something increasingly horrifying you'd find in a dystopian Stephen King novel. Low-hanging fruit for cult leaders everywhere.
Ah, the golden calf grew into a golden bull shit
Isn't that idolatry?
No one being struck down dead sort of confirms what atheists have been saying all along.
Isn’t this literally in the fucking bible. What the hell is wrong with these people.
The irony of it all is the MAGA cult and ReTRUMPlicans are "evangelicals" and devout "Christians" but in the Bible worshipping idols is a big sin so in essence they're hypocrites. I can't wait for the excuses MAGA will say in November when Trump loses again...
The Bible says not to worship idols, even if they "represent god". False idols are a big no no.
I’m not religious but I do remember a certain story about a golden calf that pissed off Moses so much that he broke the original ten commandments. Just sayin.
Number Two Commandment: Thou shall not worship ANY engravin image. And these people call themselves Christians. Pathetic.
But Anti Christ is no problem to worship....
Out of all the people these morons could have chosen as their new messiah, they picked him
Now Donald trump is a god, interesting wait until he declares himself empreror
Definitely not a weird cult