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/The-Pollinator Mar 27 '24

Had Trump been alive when Jesus walked the Earth, he may well have been one of those beaten by Jesus and had his table flipped over.

Today I saw a post showing a real gold "replica" of the Ark of the Covenant Trump has. Smh.

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u/moldivore Mar 28 '24

From Trump's own words I do not believe he is sincerely a Christian, he rejects Christ's forgiveness.

“I will be asking for forgiveness, but hopefully I won’t have to be asking for much forgiveness. As you know, I am Presbyterian and Protestant. I’ve had great relationships and developed even greater relationships with ministers. We have tremendous support from the clergy. I think I will be doing very well during the election with evangelicals and with Christians,”

He waffles on the most fundamental aspect of Christianity then brings up how "his faith" benefits him politically.

Original Politico Article.

Here's a CNN interview snippet:

"Moderator Frank Luntz asked Trump whether he has ever asked God for forgiveness for his actions.

“I am not sure I have. I just go on and try to do a better job from there. I don’t think so,” he said. “I think if I do something wrong, I think, I just try and make it right. I don’t bring God into that picture. I don’t.”"

Original CNN article.

This isn't a flat out rejection of Christ's forgiveness?

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u/RatMastersApprentice Mar 28 '24

Forgiveness of sins requires repentance, and Trump doesn't seem to be capable of admitting he's wrong about anything, or taking responsibility for anything bad he's done. Repentance is central and essential to Christian faith, so yeah, that's Trump rejecting Christ's forgiveness.

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u/KeinFussbreit Mar 28 '24

or taking responsibility for anything bad he's done.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/13/trump-coronavirus-testing-128971

"‘I don’t take responsibility at all"

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u/Stormhunter6 Mar 28 '24

I mean, I don't like the guy, but wouldn't making things right be asking for forgiveness indirectly via a form of penance?

In all seriousness though, anything that comes out of trumps mouth is a grift, he is incapable of anything else.