American Christians are just weird fascists a lot of the time that don’t actually follow christianity beyond telling gay people they’re going to hell. They’re fine with this.

Since there's not really that many Christians on Lemmy, I took the liberty of showing my former college roommate that image. He is a devout Catholic and also a two-time Trump voter, though I will note he has since soured on Trump since his re-election (for these and other reasons). His reaction was that the image was insulting to the Catholic religion and blasphemous.

Last year, I had also asked his opinion on Trump posting an AI-generated image of himself as pope when Pope Francis died, and he said that post was "not cool". He said that to imply one could simply become pope without first rising through the ranks of the Catholic Church, especially someone as unpious as Trump, was disrespectful to those who dedicate their careers to the clerical service, and he found the image offensive.

Jesus flipped nicer tables than this.

It makes me angry, but not more than any of the other terrible, dehumanizing, antidemocratic stuff he's done. To me, this is just more proof of what I've always known: maybe he's not the Antichrist, but he sure is an antichrist.

This kind of stuff now regularly spilling across the pond feels so completely absurd that l have a hard time grasping it at all for total lack of sane real world reference.

Sometimes feels like the US drifted into some alternate dimension based on some Vonnegut novel or so, and the space-time-ripples caused by this are mangling the rest of the world.

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Also, as someone raised as a Catholic l feel mocked and want to slap him in the face even harder.

My first reaction after seeing the picture was "is he blessing Epstein?"

Christians of Lemmy!

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foot shuffle

Textbook blasphemy.

That he's anti Christ was clear from the "grab em by the pussy" talk. Also his marriage, infidelity record would've disqualified him for any clear eyed christian.

But sadly (depressingly) I know people who call themselves christian but are utterly blinded by anti abortion rhetoric, that they forget that living immigrant children are also lives worth saving. They cannot see Mexican or Guatemalan kids as creations of God. Or in my European case Syrian or African.

He isnt christian. None of them are. A christian wouldnt do any of his. Helping, forgiving, ascesism. Those are christian values. So many US-Christians, especially the mega churches are litterly sinning more than the borgia pope.

If i may throw around lables: There thou see the anti-christ, skin orange, body corrupting visually and a tounge 10 minutes long!

One doesnt even have to look at classic sinns. Pedophilia and rape, alone. Straight to hell. No purgatory for you. For none of them! No matter how many indulgence letters they would buy!

Its blasphemy.

I feel offended, disgusted, and entirely unsurprised. While this is probably the most blatant example of him blaspheming, it's very far from the first. Even on top of that, him and all the other nationalists that work with him have been dragging God's name through the mud for ages, really from long before Trump started politics. I can't say for sure if they believe God exists or not, but they sure aren't following him.

For context: I'm not American, but I'm very much Christian.

It's blasphemy and playing right into the assumption that he's the Antichrist.

Also, what is that Evangelion looking thing above his head?

TLDR: give a pair of sneakers to an oyster, it won't make it Usain Bolt.

Disclaimer: I'm not a US christian.

Christ was poor, he stood for the poorest, not the richest, he had some brain working, he was oppressed for his ideas, and he died for them... while at the same time forgiving his murderers.

No matter the amount of AI trickery (and wasted energy), Trump looks as much as Christ as he looks like a decent human being (hint: not at all). Imho, he would have a lot more chance to try to pass as Taylor Swift...

What is going on here?

Christians/Catholics were presented with decades of evidence of systematic child rape and protection by the churches, crimes commited by literally thousands of priests... and did nothing. No mass exodus from the faith, no reform, no nothing. Now you think a little graven imagery/idolatry is going to cause a serious stir? Plleeaaasseeeee.....

He is mad, and this is just another sign that he belongs in the loony bin.

Is he inserting nightmares directly into Jon Stewart's sleeping face?

I think Trump is definitely a Christ-like figure when I remember that Jesus was executed by the state for leading a rogue political movement.

Does that fighter jet have claws 😂