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Was Obama the Chosen one? (Original Post) malaise Dec 2019 OP
On behalf of Texans everywhere...Sorry about that one. Shell_Seas Dec 2019 #1
That's obviously the counterargument here. maxsolomon Dec 2019 #2
That is this atheist's only point malaise Dec 2019 #3
naw, Obama was the work of the Devil. Thomas Hurt Dec 2019 #5
those nasty internal contradictions. mopinko Dec 2019 #8
Pardon me, Rick? Baked Potato Dec 2019 #4
"I can't, OOPS." MoonRiver Dec 2019 #6
in alt-right parodies of Democratic support for president Obama, yes he was 0rganism Dec 2019 #7
Lots more of us chose him than ever voted for Trump, (same goes for HRC) bigbrother05 Dec 2019 #9

maxsolomon

(33,252 posts)
2. That's obviously the counterargument here.
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 02:04 PM
Dec 2019

If Trump is ordained by God, and everything happens for a reason, then Obama was "raised up", too. As were WJC, Jimmy Carter, LBJ, JFK, etc.

But Evangelicals and Conservatives never have to EXPLAIN these ideas - they just state them.

Propaganda is unidirectional. Questions are the death of faith.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
5. naw, Obama was the work of the Devil.
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 02:13 PM
Dec 2019

The right just has to ignore the whole God is all powerful thing, but lyin for lord and all that.

Magical thinkers are like that, and then they blow up people.

0rganism

(23,931 posts)
7. in alt-right parodies of Democratic support for president Obama, yes he was
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 02:22 PM
Dec 2019

now they have their own pet president, so they call him "the chosen one" as part of a running joke.
they like to pretend they're improving at comedy, but they're really just punching down and getting people hurt.

as far as i can see, Democrats have been ignoring the alt-right for years now and they've metastasized from a relatively small bunch of weirdos and deluded misfits into something truly horrific and moderately powerful.

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