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Evangelical Christian leader Russell Moore revealed this week that many evangelical pastors have become alarmed that their Trump-loving congregants have become so militant that they are even rejecting the teachings of Jesus Christ.In an interview with NPR, Moore said that multiple pastors had told h...

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[–] victron@programming.dev 69 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Shouldn't he be like the false prophet they warn themselves about? I mean, is not that I expected some of those dumbfucks to even know what the bible says, but fuck, the level of idolatry is astounding.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Trump embodies every single characteristic that the Bible ascribes to the antichrist. CPAC even built a golden idol of trump a few years ago.

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

how do they not see that. What would take a literal money exchange booth in the church.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

This pastor seems to think so.

https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/

I am not a Christian, and don't have a dog in this fight.

[–] patachu@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Well, clearly Jesus is the actual false prophet, because a long-haired dark-skinned Middle Eastern socialist who got executed as a criminal sounds like a LOSER.

[–] Blum0108@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Obviously that was Obama since he was black.

[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Irony is often lost on people whose primary personality trait is cognitive dissonance.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe the origin of their beliefs has less to do with the meanings being sacred texts, and more to do with being walking, breathing, confirmation bias machines.