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Jan 5, 2019 18:33:16   #
moldyoldy
 
A chilling op-ed in today’s NYTimes by author Katherine Stewart, who has extensively studied and written about the Christian right, says that the far right have been pushing a meme for several years now that Donald Trump, conman and egomaniac, has been sent by God to be “a vessel for the purposes of the faithful” in the role of King of the United States of America.

Unbeknownst to people with even a tenuous grip on reality, prior to the midterms a thousand theaters showed “The Trump Prophecy,” a film about a firefighter who, in a blinding orgiastic epiphany, picks up a Bible and turns to Isaiah 45, “which describes the anointment of King Cyrus by God.” Get it, Isaiah “45” — Trump “45”? What more proof do you need, right?
Stewart goes on, saying that evangelical author and speaker Lance Wallnau has said:

I believe the 45th president is meant to be an Isaiah 45 Cyrus [who will] restore … us from cultural collapse.

And in this telling it is not at all paradoxical that Trump is a non-believer intent on wrecking our democracy and government. Apparently the story of Cyrus is of a nonbeliever who becomes the first emperor of Babylon (“Babble-on” — it’s all starting to come together now, isn’t it?) and frees the Jews.
Stewart provides numerous quotations from across the spectrum of the religious right leadership pushing this meme that God sent Trump to be King, including Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Ralph Drollinger who leads weekly bible study groups at the White House attended by Mike Pence and members of the Cabinet.
In her article Stewart confirms our worst suspicions about wThis isn’t the religious right we thought we knew. The Christian nationalist movement today is authoritarian, paranoid and patriarchal at its core. They aren’t fighting a culture war. They’re making a direct attack on democracy itself.
And, according to Stewart, Trump has been egging them on, goading their preachers for becoming too “soft” — as he openly muses about becoming “President for life”.

And in this telling it is not at all paradoxical that Trump is a non-believer intent on wrecking our democracy and government. Apparently the story of Cyrus is of a nonbeliever who becomes the first emperor of Babylon (“Babble-on” — it’s all starting to come together now, isn’t it?) and frees the Jews.
Stewart provides numerous quotations from across the spectrum of the religious right leadership pushing this meme that God sent Trump to be King, including Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Ralph Drollinger who leads weekly bible study groups at the White House attended by Mike Pence and members of the Cabinet.
In her article Stewart confirms our worst suspicions about what Trump’s core followers see in him:

This isn’t the religious right we thought we knew. The Christian nationalist movement today is authoritarian, paranoid and patriarchal at its core. They aren’t fighting a culture war. They’re making a direct attack on democracy itself.
And, according to Stewart, Trump has been egging them on, goading their preachers for becoming too “soft” — as he openly muses about becoming “President for life”.

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Jan 5, 2019 18:53:00   #
woodguru
 
Impeachment works as a metaphor for crucifixion...

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Jan 5, 2019 19:10:03   #
Weasel Loc: In the Great State Of Indiana!!
 
woodguru wrote:
Impeachment works as a metaphor for crucifixion...


Resurrection works as a metaphor for 2020.

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Jan 5, 2019 19:21:40   #
moldyoldy
 
Weasel wrote:
Resurrection works as a metaphor for 2020.


He knows that he will be in jail by then.

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Jan 5, 2019 19:41:21   #
JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida
 
LOL. what a load of crap. I belong to a huge Evangelical Baptist Church. No one says any such thing. Just so everyone knows this woman is a far left loon. She has no credibility when it comes to evangelicals. .
moldyoldy wrote:
A chilling op-ed in today’s NYTimes by author Katherine Stewart, who has extensively studied and written about the Christian right, says that the far right have been pushing a meme for several years now that Donald Trump, conman and egomaniac, has been sent by God to be “a vessel for the purposes of the faithful” in the role of King of the United States of America.

Unbeknownst to people with even a tenuous grip on reality, prior to the midterms a thousand theaters showed “The Trump Prophecy,” a film about a firefighter who, in a blinding orgiastic epiphany, picks up a Bible and turns to Isaiah 45, “which describes the anointment of King Cyrus by God.” Get it, Isaiah “45” — Trump “45”? What more proof do you need, right?
Stewart goes on, saying that evangelical author and speaker Lance Wallnau has said:

I believe the 45th president is meant to be an Isaiah 45 Cyrus [who will] restore … us from cultural collapse.

And in this telling it is not at all paradoxical that Trump is a non-believer intent on wrecking our democracy and government. Apparently the story of Cyrus is of a nonbeliever who becomes the first emperor of Babylon (“Babble-on” — it’s all starting to come together now, isn’t it?) and frees the Jews.
Stewart provides numerous quotations from across the spectrum of the religious right leadership pushing this meme that God sent Trump to be King, including Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Ralph Drollinger who leads weekly bible study groups at the White House attended by Mike Pence and members of the Cabinet.
In her article Stewart confirms our worst suspicions about wThis isn’t the religious right we thought we knew. The Christian nationalist movement today is authoritarian, paranoid and patriarchal at its core. They aren’t fighting a culture war. They’re making a direct attack on democracy itself.
And, according to Stewart, Trump has been egging them on, goading their preachers for becoming too “soft” — as he openly muses about becoming “President for life”.

And in this telling it is not at all paradoxical that Trump is a non-believer intent on wrecking our democracy and government. Apparently the story of Cyrus is of a nonbeliever who becomes the first emperor of Babylon (“Babble-on” — it’s all starting to come together now, isn’t it?) and frees the Jews.
Stewart provides numerous quotations from across the spectrum of the religious right leadership pushing this meme that God sent Trump to be King, including Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Ralph Drollinger who leads weekly bible study groups at the White House attended by Mike Pence and members of the Cabinet.
In her article Stewart confirms our worst suspicions about what Trump’s core followers see in him:

This isn’t the religious right we thought we knew. The Christian nationalist movement today is authoritarian, paranoid and patriarchal at its core. They aren’t fighting a culture war. They’re making a direct attack on democracy itself.
And, according to Stewart, Trump has been egging them on, goading their preachers for becoming too “soft” — as he openly muses about becoming “President for life”.
A chilling op-ed in today’s NYTimes by author Kath... (show quote)

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Jan 5, 2019 20:07:58   #
Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall
 
I read a lot of conjecture...
Very little in terms of numbers or actual quotes...
Some blatant misinformation... "as he openly muses about becoming “President for life""..

This article is inaccurate and petty...

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Jan 5, 2019 21:31:33   #
moldyoldy
 
Trump's hasn't lost his base. Don't they care about character any more?


Kevin Wray, Worked as a political consultant and legislative aide in Washington DC

Ummm….. Trump's base is and was people who loved the fact that
Trump tells it like it is
Trump is a billionaire
Trump never apologizes
Trump does wh**ever he wants and gets away with stuff regular people could never get away with
Trump surrounds himself with hot women (sorry, Honey, I meant “attractive models” who support him as much as we do)
Trump is a successful entrepreneur and businessman
Trump is a genius
You know what's scary about the above. Not that it's nonsense, but that the above is Trump's basic stump speech followed by his claim that he and only he can Make America Great Again.
Character? Nothing written above has anything to do with character.
Of course, since you brought it up
Low energy Jeb Bush
Little Marco
Lyin' Ted
Crooked Hillary
Plus disparaging remarks about the disabled, women, Mexicans, Muslims, gold star families, Navy Seal widows, shoddy contractors, dishonest media, etc.
Just by being himself, Trump has shown that so many others have set the bar on character so low (based on his comments, of course) that he doesn't really have a hard time hitting the minimum of having character.

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Jan 5, 2019 21:36:57   #
Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall
 
moldyoldy wrote:
Trump's hasn't lost his base. Don't they care about character any more?


Kevin Wray, Worked as a political consultant and legislative aide in Washington DC

Ummm….. Trump's base is and was people who loved the fact that
Trump tells it like it is
Trump is a billionaire
Trump never apologizes
Trump does wh**ever he wants and gets away with stuff regular people could never get away with
Trump surrounds himself with hot women (sorry, Honey, I meant “attractive models” who support him as much as we do)
Trump is a successful entrepreneur and businessman
Trump is a genius
You know what's scary about the above. Not that it's nonsense, but that the above is Trump's basic stump speech followed by his claim that he and only he can Make America Great Again.
Character? Nothing written above has anything to do with character.
Of course, since you brought it up
Low energy Jeb Bush
Little Marco
Lyin' Ted
Crooked Hillary
Plus disparaging remarks about the disabled, women, Mexicans, Muslims, gold star families, Navy Seal widows, shoddy contractors, dishonest media, etc.
Just by being himself, Trump has shown that so many others have set the bar on character so low (based on his comments, of course) that he doesn't really have a hard time hitting the minimum of having character.
Trump's hasn't lost his base. Don't they care abou... (show quote)


Who is this directed at and what is its relevance to the topic posted?

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Jan 5, 2019 21:40:07   #
moldyoldy
 
AP Photo/Steve Helber
WASHINGTON -- By all indications, the reluctant support by white evangelicals for Donald Trump against Hillary Clinton in 2016 has solidified into something like devotion.
In his analysis of the 2018 midterm-e******n results, political journalist Ron Brownstein found many groups plagued by second thoughts about their support of Trump. But not evangelicals, who display a "hardening loyalty" toward Trump's GOP. Evangelical support for key Trump policy priorities such as the border wall has jumped. When asked recently if there was anything -- anything at all -- that Trump could do to forfeit evangelical allegiance, Jerry Falwell Jr. replied: "No."
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/01/04/evangelicals_falsely_believe_they_have_found_a_champion_in_trump_139087.html

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Jan 5, 2019 21:41:30   #
moldyoldy
 
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-evangelicals-worship-trump

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Jan 6, 2019 07:11:13   #
tbutkovich
 
He’s like King Solomon, with great wealth, a great builder, chosen by God to lead the nation of Israel. God appeared to Solomon in a dream and promised him anything he asked. Solomon chose: understanding and discernment asking God to help him govern well and wisely. God was so pleased with the request that he granted it along with great riches, honor and longevity (1 Kings 3:11-15 NIV). Solomon was both wise and foolish and had many imperfections but was a great King of Israel. Many parallels with modern day President Donald Trump!

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Jan 6, 2019 08:28:19   #
Bad Bob Loc: Virginia
 
moldyoldy wrote:
A chilling op-ed in today’s NYTimes by author Katherine Stewart, who has extensively studied and written about the Christian right, says that the far right have been pushing a meme for several years now that Donald Trump, conman and egomaniac, has been sent by God to be “a vessel for the purposes of the faithful” in the role of King of the United States of America.

Unbeknownst to people with even a tenuous grip on reality, prior to the midterms a thousand theaters showed “The Trump Prophecy,” a film about a firefighter who, in a blinding orgiastic epiphany, picks up a Bible and turns to Isaiah 45, “which describes the anointment of King Cyrus by God.” Get it, Isaiah “45” — Trump “45”? What more proof do you need, right?
Stewart goes on, saying that evangelical author and speaker Lance Wallnau has said:

I believe the 45th president is meant to be an Isaiah 45 Cyrus [who will] restore … us from cultural collapse.

And in this telling it is not at all paradoxical that Trump is a non-believer intent on wrecking our democracy and government. Apparently the story of Cyrus is of a nonbeliever who becomes the first emperor of Babylon (“Babble-on” — it’s all starting to come together now, isn’t it?) and frees the Jews.
Stewart provides numerous quotations from across the spectrum of the religious right leadership pushing this meme that God sent Trump to be King, including Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Ralph Drollinger who leads weekly bible study groups at the White House attended by Mike Pence and members of the Cabinet.
In her article Stewart confirms our worst suspicions about wThis isn’t the religious right we thought we knew. The Christian nationalist movement today is authoritarian, paranoid and patriarchal at its core. They aren’t fighting a culture war. They’re making a direct attack on democracy itself.
And, according to Stewart, Trump has been egging them on, goading their preachers for becoming too “soft” — as he openly muses about becoming “President for life”.

And in this telling it is not at all paradoxical that Trump is a non-believer intent on wrecking our democracy and government. Apparently the story of Cyrus is of a nonbeliever who becomes the first emperor of Babylon (“Babble-on” — it’s all starting to come together now, isn’t it?) and frees the Jews.
Stewart provides numerous quotations from across the spectrum of the religious right leadership pushing this meme that God sent Trump to be King, including Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Ralph Drollinger who leads weekly bible study groups at the White House attended by Mike Pence and members of the Cabinet.
In her article Stewart confirms our worst suspicions about what Trump’s core followers see in him:

This isn’t the religious right we thought we knew. The Christian nationalist movement today is authoritarian, paranoid and patriarchal at its core. They aren’t fighting a culture war. They’re making a direct attack on democracy itself.
And, according to Stewart, Trump has been egging them on, goading their preachers for becoming too “soft” — as he openly muses about becoming “President for life”.
A chilling op-ed in today’s NYTimes by author Kath... (show quote)



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Jan 6, 2019 08:38:40   #
Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, CO
 
moldyoldy wrote:
A chilling op-ed in today’s NYTimes by author Katherine Stewart, who has extensively studied and written about the Christian right, says that the far right have been pushing a meme for several years now that Donald Trump, conman and egomaniac, has been sent by God to be “a vessel for the purposes of the faithful” in the role of King of the United States of America.

Unbeknownst to people with even a tenuous grip on reality, prior to the midterms a thousand theaters showed “The Trump Prophecy,” a film about a firefighter who, in a blinding orgiastic epiphany, picks up a Bible and turns to Isaiah 45, “which describes the anointment of King Cyrus by God.” Get it, Isaiah “45” — Trump “45”? What more proof do you need, right?
Stewart goes on, saying that evangelical author and speaker Lance Wallnau has said:

I believe the 45th president is meant to be an Isaiah 45 Cyrus [who will] restore … us from cultural collapse.

And in this telling it is not at all paradoxical that Trump is a non-believer intent on wrecking our democracy and government. Apparently the story of Cyrus is of a nonbeliever who becomes the first emperor of Babylon (“Babble-on” — it’s all starting to come together now, isn’t it?) and frees the Jews.
Stewart provides numerous quotations from across the spectrum of the religious right leadership pushing this meme that God sent Trump to be King, including Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Ralph Drollinger who leads weekly bible study groups at the White House attended by Mike Pence and members of the Cabinet.
In her article Stewart confirms our worst suspicions about wThis isn’t the religious right we thought we knew. The Christian nationalist movement today is authoritarian, paranoid and patriarchal at its core. They aren’t fighting a culture war. They’re making a direct attack on democracy itself.
And, according to Stewart, Trump has been egging them on, goading their preachers for becoming too “soft” — as he openly muses about becoming “President for life”.

And in this telling it is not at all paradoxical that Trump is a non-believer intent on wrecking our democracy and government. Apparently the story of Cyrus is of a nonbeliever who becomes the first emperor of Babylon (“Babble-on” — it’s all starting to come together now, isn’t it?) and frees the Jews.
Stewart provides numerous quotations from across the spectrum of the religious right leadership pushing this meme that God sent Trump to be King, including Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Ralph Drollinger who leads weekly bible study groups at the White House attended by Mike Pence and members of the Cabinet.
In her article Stewart confirms our worst suspicions about what Trump’s core followers see in him:

This isn’t the religious right we thought we knew. The Christian nationalist movement today is authoritarian, paranoid and patriarchal at its core. They aren’t fighting a culture war. They’re making a direct attack on democracy itself.
And, according to Stewart, Trump has been egging them on, goading their preachers for becoming too “soft” — as he openly muses about becoming “President for life”.
A chilling op-ed in today’s NYTimes by author Kath... (show quote)


This is undoubtedly the biggest pile of bulls**t I have seen posted in a while, coming from that left wing nut wacko Katherine Stewart and the purveyors of F**E NEWS, the NY Slimes.

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Jan 6, 2019 10:05:40   #
free believer
 
Sounds to me these evangelicals missed Revelations: not Cyrus or Solomon but the Antichrist.

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Jan 6, 2019 10:08:35   #
debeda
 
moldyoldy wrote:
A chilling op-ed in today’s NYTimes by author Katherine Stewart, who has extensively studied and written about the Christian right, says that the far right have been pushing a meme for several years now that Donald Trump, conman and egomaniac, has been sent by God to be “a vessel for the purposes of the faithful” in the role of King of the United States of America.

Unbeknownst to people with even a tenuous grip on reality, prior to the midterms a thousand theaters showed “The Trump Prophecy,” a film about a firefighter who, in a blinding orgiastic epiphany, picks up a Bible and turns to Isaiah 45, “which describes the anointment of King Cyrus by God.” Get it, Isaiah “45” — Trump “45”? What more proof do you need, right?
Stewart goes on, saying that evangelical author and speaker Lance Wallnau has said:

I believe the 45th president is meant to be an Isaiah 45 Cyrus [who will] restore … us from cultural collapse.

And in this telling it is not at all paradoxical that Trump is a non-believer intent on wrecking our democracy and government. Apparently the story of Cyrus is of a nonbeliever who becomes the first emperor of Babylon (“Babble-on” — it’s all starting to come together now, isn’t it?) and frees the Jews.
Stewart provides numerous quotations from across the spectrum of the religious right leadership pushing this meme that God sent Trump to be King, including Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Ralph Drollinger who leads weekly bible study groups at the White House attended by Mike Pence and members of the Cabinet.
In her article Stewart confirms our worst suspicions about wThis isn’t the religious right we thought we knew. The Christian nationalist movement today is authoritarian, paranoid and patriarchal at its core. They aren’t fighting a culture war. They’re making a direct attack on democracy itself.
And, according to Stewart, Trump has been egging them on, goading their preachers for becoming too “soft” — as he openly muses about becoming “President for life”.

And in this telling it is not at all paradoxical that Trump is a non-believer intent on wrecking our democracy and government. Apparently the story of Cyrus is of a nonbeliever who becomes the first emperor of Babylon (“Babble-on” — it’s all starting to come together now, isn’t it?) and frees the Jews.
Stewart provides numerous quotations from across the spectrum of the religious right leadership pushing this meme that God sent Trump to be King, including Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Ralph Drollinger who leads weekly bible study groups at the White House attended by Mike Pence and members of the Cabinet.
In her article Stewart confirms our worst suspicions about what Trump’s core followers see in him:

This isn’t the religious right we thought we knew. The Christian nationalist movement today is authoritarian, paranoid and patriarchal at its core. They aren’t fighting a culture war. They’re making a direct attack on democracy itself.
And, according to Stewart, Trump has been egging them on, goading their preachers for becoming too “soft” — as he openly muses about becoming “President for life”.
A chilling op-ed in today’s NYTimes by author Kath... (show quote)


Politely, this is the biggest pile if tripe I've heard in a while. Less politely, blah blah blah b.s. b.s. b.s.

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