Those red hats do seem to have a “mark of the beast” flair to them. They aren’t the permanent mark indicated in Revelation 13:16, but I think if you wear it every day it may as well be.
I’m not a Christian, but his followers certainly are. I wonder how they don’t see it?
It’s permanent in the sense that once someone sees you in it they’ll never look at you the same.
The Bible also says the mark is required to do business, like buying food at the store. The similarities are interesting, but it’s not like you can’t apply many of them to other terrible leaders throughout history. And since Revelation is actually referring to Rome and Nero, it makes sense why the author is able to encapsulate the concept of “terrifying leader” so well.
But to your point, they don’t see it, because like everything in religion, you can pick and choose what you like. That’s why there’s so many sects of Christianity, and why at least one scholar calls Trump’s version “American Fundamentalism.” Trump is the messiah they’ve been waiting for.
They don’t see it, because they don’t want to.
I think they don’t see it because the people who support Trump and see him as a harbinger of prosperity are the same people who take the Bible at face value and are already of the belief that should the Rapture come tomorrow, they certainly won’t be left below.
They believe in the wrathful God of the Old Testament, they are fundamentalists and they are a far cry from what good Christians can be. Should Jesus come tomorrow, these people would have him lynched as a pinko liberal, labeling him the antichrist.
They’re not Christian because they have read the Bible and learned to love thy neighbor and become a righteous person, they are Christian because they have been told a lake of hellfire awaits those who don’t accept Jesus and they were indoctrinated into the religion of Revelations. They’ve been fed the cherry-picked apples of knowledge by pastors with agendas and never challenged the version of God they were given.
Trumps persecution by the state and mainstream politics fuels this fire. Surely if he were the antichrist he would not have been challenged by the DOJ and “anti-christian” liberals. In their minds, his path to the white house, as a leader of men, parallels Jesus.
points to Revelation to where the false prophet rises to unlimited power
Fuck.
He’s the Anti-Christ in like every way. But he’s white, so it’s all good.
Yuck! At least Nicolae Carpathia from Left Behind was good looking and not an orange turd.
The three of us on Lemmy that get that joke are all ROLLING.
Confirmed.
I wished I didn’t get it. But all that rot is behind me now.
He really does check all the boxes.
Deception - committing direct electoral fraud, defamation, his nicknames, really everything he says is deceptive in some form to some degree
Promoting evil deeds - inciting violence, racism, normalizing rape
Idolatry - trump has christians idolizing him and praying to him directly
Persecution of believers - he’s telling christians he’s tricked into following him that real medicine is bad and taking medication that gives them heart attacks and injecting bleach will save them
I’m not Christian beeteedubs, just a fan of irony
Persecution of believers
What’s the passage on that one? Could it mean trumpWorshippers persecuting people who actually believe in the kindness and support tenets of Christianity but who aren’t [MAGAts || Christians]?
Posted in another comment, way more specific.
2 Timothy 3:12, taking about the end times, and it certainly could be interpreted that way:
“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”
not prosecuting and jailing for rape is what normalizes rape.
/hair split
Apt username
Woohoo, nice! Good post
False prophet? He seems more like the epitome of Satan. Except without the intelligence or logic.
Satan gave humans knowledge, while God punished all of humanity for attaining it. Satan wants you to love yourself and do the things that make you happy. God wants you to become an ascetic and live in subjugation to his desires.
Sounds more like the epitome of Yahweh than Satan.
Well I’m not religious and to me all of it is nonsense, so there’s no actual god or satan or jesus. But to me, Satan would be the one who keeps you FROM knowledge and understanding, and the one who fills the world with misinformation.
Any god worth being called a “god” would want you to love yourself and do the things that make you happy. And that is not trump or his followers. They DO want you to live in subjugation to their desires. Call it by whatever name, it is inhumane and to me, it’s insane to want trump back in public office.
The post above you was taking about the biblical Satan (for as much as there is any biblical consensus). Lucifer literally means light bringer, he brought enlightenment to humans and they were eternally punished for it.
Such a sad and disgusting concept, that humans should ever be punished for having gained enlightenment. Another reason I could never accept such horrifying ideas, what sort of god would allow that to be the case. That’s terrible.
Er, howabout nothing supernatural, just a dying narcissist?
Any “Christian” who supports Trump will undoubtedly burn in Hell for… <checks watch> …an eternity
No big deal
Isn’t the false prophet supposed to be well-spoken and physically attractive, though?
Duh, moving on
