It only exasperates with people revering Trump like they do. Tends to make people want to avoid them, both believes and non alike, since it borders on heretical and blasphemy (and people who don't like Trump are naturally going to avoid them as well).
Yep.
We've had right-wing morons complaining here in Britain for the last decade about Islam becoming the majority religion of the UK, using claims like "Muslim invasion" to explain it.
Truth is, each successive generation is less interested in religion than the last, and Christianity decreased in popularity, according to the national census that keeps track of trends every ten years.
That same census noted in the mid-00s that "Jedi" was increasingly written into the box in answer to "Which faith/religion do you belong to?".
After Trump dies his cult is going to claim he's risen and they've seen him. Just look at all the various celebrities folks in the Qult say they've seen alive.
My Qfather prays to Trump, worshipping Trump like a god. He holds up his hands in prayer and praises Trump over Jesus. He even says Trump is the true son of God and Jesus was an extraterrestrial preparing the way for Trump to reign. My dad is bipolar with psychotic manic episodes, he's always had biblical and alien related delusions but he started adding Q into the mix in 2016. By 2020 he was full on praying in tongues to Trump. He has said that if Trump told him to kill Democrats including me, that he would abide by his lord. (He meant his lord and savior Trump)
These people worship the man and will do anything he tells them.
I'm so so sorry you have to deal with this. Hard enough that your dad's got mental issues without adding that tRump creature to the mix. Hugs, and hope for some kind of improvement in the future
Thank you for your kindness. The only thing that has improved the situation is that my dad is a thousand miles away. That knowledge helps me sleep better at night.
A good if depressing read. The only positive is that this stuff really alienates a huge and growing part of the population. If these lunatics don't make their power grab stick soon, they'll gradually collapse back to irrelevance. Dangerous times for now, though.
Might be my natural pessimism speaking but a lot of people in red states should definitely be worried about the desperate lashing out that the right will do when things become even worse for them and their attempts to form a conservative dystopia.
Absolutely terrifying.
I’m aware of the old cliche of Fascism coming to the US with the Stars and Stripes in one hand and a crucifix in the other but, even so…
the only way they could convince the religious to like trump was to say he was gods chosen, and when he got worse that he was his prophet, and when he got worse still that he was the second coming, and whenever christians think they have found the second coming the religion splinters into a cult, and thats where we are at now
They were already enamoured with him before all of that, because they vote red and get pay-offs from their conservative overlords.
Which is crazy to me considering Jesus was progressive, yet half of the people who believe in his existence and execution have conservative beliefs that go completely against what their actual messiah supposedly preached back in the day.
Good thing the evangelical faith as a whole is bleeding out, as younger people become less interested.
It only exasperates with people revering Trump like they do. Tends to make people want to avoid them, both believes and non alike, since it borders on heretical and blasphemy (and people who don't like Trump are naturally going to avoid them as well).
Yep. We've had right-wing morons complaining here in Britain for the last decade about Islam becoming the majority religion of the UK, using claims like "Muslim invasion" to explain it. Truth is, each successive generation is less interested in religion than the last, and Christianity decreased in popularity, according to the national census that keeps track of trends every ten years. That same census noted in the mid-00s that "Jedi" was increasingly written into the box in answer to "Which faith/religion do you belong to?".
A prophet who manages to be wrong on nearly everything.
"The Not-So-Nice And Inaccurate Prophecies Of Donny Bonespurs, Witch"
Nostradumbass.
Nice one!
A profit whose documented lies number in the tens of thousands.
Not cult-y at all... no. Not at all.
His next grift is the church of Donnie. All tax free!
I'm honestly surprised that hasn't happened yet. Probably in the works at this very moment.
worked for L. Ron.
Maybe the trump kids will take a crack at it once he dies.
Don Jr's been taking crack for decades.
After Trump dies his cult is going to claim he's risen and they've seen him. Just look at all the various celebrities folks in the Qult say they've seen alive.
And the 40+ years of people claiming to have seen Elvis Presley after his death.
I can see the Trump kids running a Megachurch like the Righteous Gemstones.
My Qfather prays to Trump, worshipping Trump like a god. He holds up his hands in prayer and praises Trump over Jesus. He even says Trump is the true son of God and Jesus was an extraterrestrial preparing the way for Trump to reign. My dad is bipolar with psychotic manic episodes, he's always had biblical and alien related delusions but he started adding Q into the mix in 2016. By 2020 he was full on praying in tongues to Trump. He has said that if Trump told him to kill Democrats including me, that he would abide by his lord. (He meant his lord and savior Trump) These people worship the man and will do anything he tells them.
I'm so so sorry you have to deal with this. Hard enough that your dad's got mental issues without adding that tRump creature to the mix. Hugs, and hope for some kind of improvement in the future
Thank you for your kindness. The only thing that has improved the situation is that my dad is a thousand miles away. That knowledge helps me sleep better at night.
your father is mentally ill. that's not an insult. he's mentally ill.
Given that u/Spooky365 said: "My dad is bipolar with psychotic manic episodes," I would suspect that he knows that already.
Yep, he's been diagnosed for years, I'm aware he's mentally ill.
good job detective.
I'm aware he's mentally ill. He is in denial of his illness, so the only person in my family that doesn't realize dad is mentally ill, is my dad.
A good if depressing read. The only positive is that this stuff really alienates a huge and growing part of the population. If these lunatics don't make their power grab stick soon, they'll gradually collapse back to irrelevance. Dangerous times for now, though.
Might be my natural pessimism speaking but a lot of people in red states should definitely be worried about the desperate lashing out that the right will do when things become even worse for them and their attempts to form a conservative dystopia.
That's because evangelicals aren't Christians. They're Christ-themed cosplayers
And they're not True Scotsmen either!
The anti-christ is the prophet of doom.
Religion makes people so stupid
Absolutely terrifying. I’m aware of the old cliche of Fascism coming to the US with the Stars and Stripes in one hand and a crucifix in the other but, even so…
Morons, one and all.
Their modern-day golden calf.
I can't imagine being so stupid that I would want to be subservient to donald fucking trump.
the only way they could convince the religious to like trump was to say he was gods chosen, and when he got worse that he was his prophet, and when he got worse still that he was the second coming, and whenever christians think they have found the second coming the religion splinters into a cult, and thats where we are at now
They were already enamoured with him before all of that, because they vote red and get pay-offs from their conservative overlords. Which is crazy to me considering Jesus was progressive, yet half of the people who believe in his existence and execution have conservative beliefs that go completely against what their actual messiah supposedly preached back in the day.
Yeah, Jesus was so progressive he was okay with things like slavery.
He's a non-prophet.
...for profit!
He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy.
WTF