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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Obama's attended church every Easter. Trump hasn't attended church once since his inauguration.
Where's the GOP outrage?
Link to tweet
Rollo
(2,559 posts)At a shrine to Himself...
Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)There were other versions of this great family photo online, but not all of them included Bo and Sunny, and I loved the First Dogs, too...
Thedemby
(49 posts)They gave him a cut of the collection plate.
Initech
(100,063 posts)jmowreader
(50,555 posts)Trump worships Mammon, to an extent rarely seen in this great land. The Bible says "you cannot serve both God and money," so Trump decided he'd serve money.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I don't give a shit if Dump, or any president, attends church or not. As an atheist, it's not a factor for me. But I DO care about hypocrisy. Dump is no more a Christian than I am but he pretends to be.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)Start praying now!
Dulcinea
(6,628 posts)Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)so I wouldn't be expecting any outrage about their demigod missing church. In their eyes, I'm sure he carries it with him everywhere he goes.
Delusions offer a cushion reality doesn't. Always soft landings on the altar of if you believe it is true, then it is true...no matter the evidence to the contrary.
hunter
(38,311 posts)...think God had something to do with this.
That must be one damned stupid god they're listening too.
Anti-intellectualism is alive and well in the U.S.A..
Cha
(297,154 posts)included haters and losers.
Ms. Toad
(34,062 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)LeftInTX
(25,258 posts)RBNewsCriterion
(6 posts)No. 45 doesn't go to church because he doesn't believe there is anyone smarter or better than he is. To got to church would suggest that there is someone or some thing worth worshiping other than himself. Thereby, 300 million people suffer from his hypocrisy, racism, incredible ignorance and his desire to blow things up.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)and by odd I mean, "you can't be this stupid" odd, that Republicans and their base found room to complain about Rev. Wright while fueling the whole "Obama is a Muslim" smear as if a secret Muslim would be influenced at all by what a Reverend said or did.
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)There should be churches on golf courses with a hole in the center where Trump can play through. So, its not his fault
Cha
(297,154 posts)spiderpig
(10,419 posts)Not to mention that other daughter.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Does that make me a bad person?
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Um, no.
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)of him and his fundy asshole voters
MANative
(4,112 posts)is the one on which I give zero fucks. I'd prefer an (open) atheist in the Oval Office. The only thing that ticks me off is, as you note, there is no GOP Poutrage over it.
Gothmog
(145,130 posts)malaise
(268,943 posts)attacked his regular church minister, Rev. Wright from Chicago.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)I do look forward to the day when this country accepts openly non-believing politicians holding positions of power, including that of POTUS.
alarimer
(16,245 posts)The only good thing about Trump is that he doesn't pay lip service to a non-existent being.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)Trump used the religious beliefs of his voters for political gain. The religious right (very strong in the Red States) were a main reason he got elected. Now that Trump is president* he doesn't even pretend to share their views.
On the other hand:
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)Your comment that the "only good thing about Trump" is inaccurate because he definitely does provide lip service in that... he did attend an Easter service at an Episcopalian church in Palm Beach, he has said the his favorite book is the Bible, he originally said that he'd give priority to Christian refugees and he supposedly became a 'born again' Christian... At least that's what Dobson and other evangelicals were lead to believe last year.
A few sources for the above:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-attends-easter-service-episcopal-church-46829302
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a52362/donald-trump-favorite-books/
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/316586-trump-persecuted-christian-refugees-are-priority
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/trump-born-again/489269/
Personally I think the only thing Trump worships is himself and money' but he knows he has to put on a show of faith to keep his base enthralled and buying his BS.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)'leader' of the trump machine thinks he's god, why go to church then? And to many KKKristians, he is their god incarnate, their risen jesus.
lisby
(408 posts)Please stop using apostrophes to pluralize family groups. This madness had spread far enough.
John Smith and his family are the Smiths not the Smith's.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)But I decided to post the tweet verbatim, without edits.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)All they've done is co-opt Christianity and God in defending him despite his past of sexual misconduct and offensive remarks. They've defended a fake Christian who doesn't care about the well-being of anyone except himself. Yet Democrats are branded as the evil-doers and antichrists.
treestar
(82,383 posts)They are convinced Obama is a Muslim.
mnmoderatedem
(3,724 posts)we will see trump's next church appearance during the 2020 campaign, with cameras rolling.
to answer your "where's the outrage" question, the answer is that the rage is in the same place the "they don't support our military" outrage (Trump's John McCain comments during the campaign), and the republican "family values" outrage ("grab em by the pussy) and "lack of patriotism" outrage ("A lot of people are killers, do you think we're so innocent?" . It's conveniently, selectivity sitting on a shelf somewhere, waiting for a moment to spring on a democrat whenever they see fit.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Eager congregants craned their necks to see and stopped to talk with President Donald Trump and his family Sunday morning at an Easter church service in Palm Beach.
Trump sat adjacent to the aisle in a pew near the altar of the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, with U.S. Secret Service officers hovering nearby. He was accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, daughter Tiffany, and son Barron. Melania Trumps parents were also there.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-pn-trump-easter-sunday-20170413-story.html
Quayblue
(1,045 posts)is showing its entire ass right now.
Heh.