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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Wed Mar 7, 2018, 12:02 PM Mar 2018

This quote is evocative of Trump and his Evangelical enablers

“The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.”

― Søren Kierkegaard

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This quote is evocative of Trump and his Evangelical enablers (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2018 OP

For years I puzzled over how otherwise intelligent people could believe things like Creationism. Girard442 Mar 2018 #1

Church sign from Rose City Park, Oreg. Va Lefty Mar 2018 #2

Girard442

(6,066 posts)

1. For years I puzzled over how otherwise intelligent people could believe things like Creationism.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Mar 7, 2018, 12:10 PM

Mar 2018

It wasn't until the election of Donald Trump that I realized that the answer had been staring me in the face all along.

They don't. They just use their "closely held beliefs" as a club to get what they want.

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)

2. Church sign from Rose City Park, Oreg.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Mar 7, 2018, 12:10 PM

Mar 2018

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