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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 55 points 11 months ago

Trump is literally an atheist who has been caught mocking the faith of his own followers in private

[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee 20 points 11 months ago

He's also an elitist east coaster that they used to hate.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

I'm just glad that we can firmly document that Hank Hill would not vote for Trump. Dale Gribble probably would though

[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Dale gribbles probably third party. He'd believe the election was stolen, but by the aliens, and that Biden is secretly one of them.

To which Hank would go "Dale, you gibblet head."

Thatherton, though....

[-] Wilibus@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Not sure if this says more about him, or the average practioner of these religions who keep voting for him.

[-] June@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago

My mother is convinced he’s chosen by god even though he’s a terrible person. She’s just hand waving all of his obviously ‘sinful’ behavior as irrelevant to god doing god things. She keeps saying ‘he’s a man for such a time as this’ and it’s fucking wild how hard she’s gone in on this fascism since I broke contact with her and stopped fact checking her.

[-] Glytch@ttrpg.network 13 points 11 months ago

I feel your pain. My very religious mother just supports him because he's anti-choice. Nothing else matters, not the bragging about SA, not his obvious worship of the almighty dollar, not Jan 6. As long as more babies get shat out unto the world, regardless of the environment they'll live in, that's all that matters.

[-] UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago

But ... He's not even anti choice, he's just in the same team as anti choice people.

[-] Glytch@ttrpg.network 1 points 11 months ago

Like most Republicans he's in the camp of "privileges (in this case abortions) for me not for thee". He's definitely caused some abortions.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

Calvinism is a hell of a drug.

[-] June@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

And she’s not even Calvinist lol.

She’s one of those Christian’s that has no idea what ideology they follow. They just listen to what they like and run with it. Absolutely zero thought put into it.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago

Calvinist thinking seems to run throughout American fundamentalism. Or possibly just humans in general; tribalism didn't start with Calvin.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

It says he's a man of no principles who will take any audience or following he can get, as long as it gets his foot in the door. Even if the following is antithetical to the few things Trump keeps near and dear to the cancerous black mulch he has where the rest of us keep our hearts.

For evangelicals, it says they're batshit crazy, but that's not new information.

So I'd say it says more about him

[-] Skanky@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Trump is not an atheist. He's a pretender who will say whatever the fuck he thinks makes him look good

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago

Actually one of his staff who was of the MANY arrested testified that behind closed doors after getting back from a rally... Trump commented on his religious followers by saying something to the effect of "Can you believe people really go for that kind of stuff"

In reference to the existence of God.

If he doesn't believe in God he is by definition an atheist

[-] Skanky@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

By definition, yes, but i think the term "charlatan" is more apt.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I mean if he were a New Atheist then I'd agree.

But he seems to be just your average run of the mill, simply doesn't believe in God types.

[-] Kedly@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

Why do you think Trump is spiritual/religious in ANY way?

[-] Skanky@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

He certainly claims to be, and i guarantee you he would never proclaim to be an outright atheist (unless of course it was socially or politically advantageous).

Trump is a fucking liar in all regards.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

Does declaring yourself an atheist make yourself look good in American politics in your experience?

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