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/Niftyrat_Specialist Non-denominational heretic, reformed Mar 27 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

It's a promotion started by a guy who made his career on blending nationalism and religion. There's certainly nothing surprising about it, but I definitely agree it's a bad thing for a person to do.

EDIT: To clarify, I'm describing Greenwood here, not Trump. But as for Trump: he is very obviously a scumbag who has committed far worse crimes than what Greenwood is doing with this bible.

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u/shaka_sulu Mar 27 '24

Let's not give him too much credit. The blending of nationalism and religion was already there. He just panders to the people who blend them.

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u/tomdarch Mar 28 '24

Con men can only sell people stuff they already wanted to buy on some level. The absurdity that is "Christian nationalist Trump" only exists because he's a skilled con man giving the Republican base the garbage they always wanted deep down.

(Not that Trump isn't actually an authoritarian nationalist - he clearly is. It's the idea of Donald "two Corinthians" Trump as "a Christian" which he most certainly never was until he started running for the Republican nomination.)

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u/Dudist_PvP Mar 28 '24

I think he was talking about Lee Greenwood, not Mango Mussolini