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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu May 31, 2018, 01:59 PM May 2018

God and Trump: Liberty University is making a film called "The Trump Prophesy"

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God and Trump: Liberty University is making a film called "The Trump Prophesy"



God and Trump: Liberty University is making a film called "The Trump Prophesy"

By Lauren Markoe
The Washington Post

May 31, 2018 Updated 1 hr ago

The question either infuriates or intrigues tens of millions of Americans: Did God play a role in the victory of Donald Trump? The debate will soon be presented in movie theaters across the country, as evangelical mega-school Liberty University is making and releasing a film called "The Trump Prophesy."

The film, which will be released in 1,200 theaters this fall, is Liberty's largest production to date, and pairs the university with an independent Christian filmmaker who raised $1 million for the project - a sum its director says could double with post-production and distribution costs.

Those who share Liberty President Jerry Falwell Jr.'s belief that Trump is a "dream" president for evangelicals will likely make up a large part of the target audience - conservatives 55 and over.

But others - including many evangelicals - call the project anti-Christian for what they see as its implicit endorsement of a president who fosters attitudes and policies toward immigrants, minorities and the poor that they feel contradict Jesus' teaching to prioritize the marginalized. ... More than 1,900 people, some who identify themselves as students or alumni of the Lynchburg, Virginia, school - one of the largest Christian universities in the world - have signed a petition demanding the cancellation of the project.
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God and Trump: Liberty University is making a film called "The Trump Prophesy" (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 OP
Making this idiot president was a test of our humanity. louis-t May 2018 #1
More like the Trump Perversity YessirAtsaFact May 2018 #2
Thou shalt have no other gods before Me Thomas Hurt May 2018 #3
The Russians elected him. And the prophecy is that many will worship the false god, the Antichrist. notdarkyet May 2018 #4
How much does a soul go for these days? C_U_L8R May 2018 #5
Excuse me while I lose my lunch The Genealogist May 2018 #6
When Gandhi Said, "I'd Probably Be a Christian, if Not for Christians," ... DoctorJoJo May 2018 #7
Good one! Duppers May 2018 #8
More propaganda for their sickness. Duppers May 2018 #9

notdarkyet

(2,226 posts)
4. The Russians elected him. And the prophecy is that many will worship the false god, the Antichrist.
Thu May 31, 2018, 02:15 PM
May 2018

So all those believers are going to fall into the fiery pits of hell.

 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
7. When Gandhi Said, "I'd Probably Be a Christian, if Not for Christians," ...
Thu May 31, 2018, 06:55 PM
May 2018

... these are prime examples of whom he meant!

Duppers

(28,117 posts)
9. More propaganda for their sickness.
Thu May 31, 2018, 07:56 PM
May 2018

Evangelicalism, just like Republicanism, is a group personality disorder. These people cannot discern facts and truth.

This will be another venue to prop up their delusions.


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