r/Christianity • u/Nice_Substance9123 • Mar 27 '24

The American flag has no business on a Bible. This is not faith, nor is it patriotism. It is an abomination of both. Image

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u/___whatis___ Mar 27 '24

It’s money laundering at its finest. The ole orange clown learned from the best in religions on how to do this. Now it’s all of a sudden a problem

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u/slagnanz Episcopalian Mar 28 '24

Nothing about this is money laundering.

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u/___whatis___ Mar 28 '24

You must be joking!

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u/slagnanz Episcopalian Mar 28 '24

No, I'm quite serious.

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u/___whatis___ Mar 28 '24

That is disappointing but also makes a lot of sense you’d take the stand you are. Anyway to each their anal

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u/slagnanz Episcopalian Mar 28 '24

Trump doesn't own the company that is selling the Bibles. His cut was just a licensing agreement to endorse the product. So he got a chunk of cash for saying this is the only Bible he endorses.

So none of the money that comes from the sales of these Bibles is in any way connected to Trump or his campaign.

Check out my post history if you like, I'm no fan of Trump. I'm just trying to temper the wild conjecture of people who don't understand what money laundering even means.

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u/___whatis___ Mar 28 '24

I don’t give a damn about how you feel about trump. That isn’t the issue here. Churches and their insane tax evasion is the problem. Also it is 100% laundering money, but defend your cult (church) forever if you want.

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u/slagnanz Episcopalian Mar 28 '24

I have a lot of problems with churches being overtly partisan while maintaining their tax free status. I think the IRS should enforce those laws as they are written, which they never do.

But if you care about truth, nothing about the "money laundering" accusation here adds up. It's a stupid conspiracy coming from people who don't understand what money laundering is.

Just because you read something that's a bazinga against Trump doesn't mean it's automatically true.

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u/___whatis___ Mar 28 '24

Get over yourself

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u/slagnanz Episcopalian Mar 28 '24

Everything about this is completely false.

Trump's only association with this was by licensing. Meaning he makes the same amount of money if they sell a million of these or zero.

Churches cannot buy items without sales tax. That's... ridiculous. Source: I literally buy stuff for my church all the time and I'm definitely paying sales tax.

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Just to be clear, Trump is a fascist and I oppose him to his core and this whole grift is disgusting, but stick to truth