Franklin Graham: Trump Stopped Sinning When He Became President

[Quixote1818]

Link to tweet

https://www.themaven.net/theintellectualist/news/franklin-graham-trump-stopped-sinning-when-he-became-president-vk4sJpTaOEaCzGcrLJGSAA

[C_U_L8R]

1. How does he know?

Isn't it blasphemy to presume knowing what god thinks?

[eShirl]

28. yes

[The Wielding Truth]

29. Yes, and "Thou shalt not bear false witness", is a big sin he commits avg. 20x a day.

“Thou shalt not bear false witness” forbids: “1. Speaking falsely in any matter, lying, equivocating, and any way devising and designing to deceive our neighbor. 2. Speaking unjustly against our neighbor, to the prejudice of his reputation; and (which involves the guilty of both).

https://www.google.com/search?q=Thou+shalt+not+bare+false+witness&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

That's the one that is the most blatant.

[flibbitygiblets]

2. Being president is the new absolution then? Unless one is black, of course...

That stupid, stupid man is in for quite an awakening.

[J_William_Ryan]

38. ...or a Democrat.

[Sneederbunk]

3. Someone just rolled over.

[dalton99a]

4. "In Him there is no sin." - 1 John 3:5

Praise be to Our God Donald Trump

[Volaris]

65. It's God-Emperor, u dirty blasphemous heathen.

Off to the re-education camp with you.

[IluvPitties]

5. If he was around, Jesus would not recognize his followers.

[PJMcK]

52. If Jesus were around today...

...his "followers" would be the ones to crucify him.

Jesus' teachings weren't an issue for the Roman Empire and Pontius Pilate didn't even want to deal with Jesus. He found no fault in Jesus. But Pilate was forced to "wash his hands" by the religious establishment, the Sanhedrin, a group of Jewish leaders who perceived Jesus as a threat.

Jesus said things that totally threatened the power and wealth of the Sanhedrin. If Jesus were teaching today, would Franklin Graham, Rick Warren or Joel Osteen represent his message? Would they embrace Jesus who opposed their type of behavior during his lifetime? Or would they act like the Sanhedrin?

[ooky]

61. Graham, Osteen, and those like them are the face of hypocrisy.

There is nothing remotely biblical about their ideology or their lavish lifestyles. They are stench to the teachings and example of Jesus provided in the New Testament. They represent the false teachers Jesus warned about following. Their misguided followers behave as modern day Pharisees when they go to the polls and vote for politicians that promote greed and hate.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. that is simply sick. as in scary, dangerously sick. Gross!

[Quixote1818]

9. Yep, fucked up on an epic level. These fundy assholes are so fucking corrupt! nt

[Lars39]

40. Divine right of kings

[CatMor]

7. Now that is damn funny

[Grammy23]

8. Since when is lying not a sin?

tRump is the king of the liars and if he is not a sinner, there will be a lot of other folks relieved to hear that.

[flotsam]

11. He's just a tad foggy

about that whole "false witness" thing...

[dalton99a]

12. White Evangelicals are Sticking with Their "Prince of Lies"

http://www.newsweek.com/2017/10/13/donald-trump-white-evangelicals-support-god-677587.html
Does God Believe in Trump? White Evangelicals are Sticking with Their "Prince of Lies"
By Nina Burleigh On 10/5/17 at 8:00 AM

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

32. LMFAO!!

[njhoneybadger]

10. Franklin Graham is a heretic

[gratuitous]

13. I guess Franklin hasn't gotten to chapter 5 of Isaiah yet

Verse 20: "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"

[CentralMass]

35. +1

[Tatiana]

37. +1000

These people are such hypocrites. They would do well to actually read their Bibles.

[Achilleaze]

47. That's your basic Dirty Donny* republican stance - pissing on the Bible

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[MFM008]

14. Burn this fuktard

At the stake.

[Renew Deal]

15. I think he's got Trump confused with the Pope.

[dalton99a]

44. Even Catholics don't believe the pope is without sin

"Whoever says he is without sin is a liar or is blind" - Pope Francis

Papal infallibility, in Roman Catholic theology, the doctrine that the pope, acting as supreme teacher and under certain conditions, cannot err when he teaches in matters of faith or morals.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/papal-infallibility

[Freethinker65]

16. We accept him, we accept him. One of us, one of us. What a scary freak show.

Trump and Graham deserve each other.

[Mister Ed]

17. Because, to paraphrase Richard Nixon:

"If the President does it, it's not a sin."

[classof56]

18. Gee, and here I thought all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

That's what Franklin's daddy usta preach. Then there's the verse about the wages of sin being death. Franklin needs to find a new line of work before he ends up in that lake o' fire.

[Thrill]

19. Trump is good at one thing. Exposing these people

[tonyt53]

20. Says the jackass that grew up in a gated mansion.

[spanone]

21. fuck you graham...

[oasis]

22. Frankie's followers are even dumber than Trumps. Whodathunkit?

[madaboutharry]

23. Franklyn Graham is a fraud.

He is a film flam man. He is a huckster and a con man. These people who claim Jesus talks to them are full of shit. Anyone ever notice how Jesus doesn't talk to scientists, Nobel laureates, and people known to be sane? He only talks to people who make money from getting the sick, the elderly, the lonely, and the poor to give them money. Oh, and he talks to Mike Pence.

[Old Vet]

39. Hmmm, Seems graham has a direct batphone to god..............

[workinclasszero]

48. Big time fraud/con man just like his tin god Trump

[ellie]

24. I just tweeted to

at this asshole that he is in for a rude awakening when he meets God for God hates a hypocrite.

[brush]

25. Wait, What? "A maturing of the president"? Such BS. trump is 71,...

long past the age of maturation, in his case, that of a 12-year-old.

Graham is as full of shit as trump.

[sprinkleeninow]

26. May have started sinning worse....

[eShirl]

27. delusional

[Blue Owl]

30. Oh FFS

[Initech]

31. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha *holds breath* ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!

Please! Trump is still the biggest asshole on the planet! Give me a break!

[Upthevibe]

33. He's horrible....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. OK, let's see...

Pride? "Only I can fix it!" "I have the best words." "I'm a very smart person."

Anger? What's the latest tweet?

Gluttony? Big Macs and KFC with beautiful chocolate cake and two scoops of ice cream.

Sloth? "Executive time" watching TV all morning; golf every weekend.

Lust? Stormy Daniels and others, and grabbing....

Envy? Barack Obama's inauguration crowd?

Greed? The Trump Organization and Russian money.

I think that covers all of them.

[Cha]

36. STFU-tool for evile

[ExciteBike66]

41. I thought only Jesus would be capable of not sinning at all...

Is he saying Trump is Jesus?

[no_hypocrisy]

42. Is he kidding? Trump breaks at least one Commandment a day when

he's not trying.

[Maeve]

46. He bears more false witness in a single tweet than most folks do in a week! eom

[Dorian Gray]

43. face palm

[JHB]

45. Shorter white evangelicals:

[Docreed2003]

58. Exactly this

[PA Democrat]

49. As if we needed any further proof that Graham is a nutjob!

[ck4829]

50. It's not possible for a president to sin? Wow.

[workinclasszero]

55. Man I cannot find that passage in my Bible, Franklin Graham

It must be in the Holey Book of Rand, Evangelical Right Trump sellout edition!

[ck4829]

56. I believe that's in the same book where Jesus said...

"Remember when I supposedly said 'It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to cross through the gates of Heaven'? Fake news. Never said that. Also, from now on, I'm going to need proof of insurance before I heal anyone."

[workinclasszero]

57. That's it!

Fake Bible, fake preachers, fake gospel, fake Republican Jesus.

The evangelical right sold it's soul to the republican libertarian NRA devil in exchange for worldly political power and $$$ which is their true god.

They are massive frauds, period.

[Volaris]

66. Somebody get ken starr on the phone...that motherfucker owes us an apology.

[Owl]

51. Franklin is kooky.

[handmade34]

53. and Don asks...

"Have you read his twitter account?"

[Butterflylady]

54. Got to keep that money rolling in

Just make up one excuse after another.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

59. The good reverend must have forgot Proverbs 6 : 16-19

There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

Trump checks off at least six of the seven boxes.

[Autumn]

60. That guy is on crack?

[caraher]

62. This doesn't add up

I watched the clip Josh Marshall posted and as much as I detest Franklin Graham, I heard nothing that sounds remotely like what Marshall is claiming. Graham just said that the sexual scandals (Stormy Daniels, etc.) all date to before Trump's days in office. He does say rather unconvincingly that Trump has changed, but at no point does he declare that Trump has never "sinned" as president. We have way too much genuine right wing bullshit to fight without making stuff up (which I believe characterizing Graham's words this way is).

[Shrike47]

63. Facts? We dont need no stinkin facts!

[jmowreader]

64. Lying, cheating and stealing are still sins

[CelticWinter]

67. this guy is a fricin nut

how does anyone in their right mind fall for this pile of crap. OOPS forgot their aren't in their right minds, damn idiots.
Celtic

[bdamomma]

68. too much religion

can make a person stupid.

[Angry Dragon]

71. +50,000

[mreilly]

69. The GOP should just start wearing t-shirts reading....

"OUR GUY CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS AND THAT'S JUST FINE" on the front.

"WE WILL SCREAM AND CRY LIKE INFANTS OVER EVERYTHING YOUR GUY DOES" on the back.

At least just be honest since that's their life's philosophy!

[NOMOGOP]

70. Invisible Man

I guess when one can talk themselves into believing an invisible, old, bearded, white man that controls the universe, the rest is pretty easy.

[Angry Dragon]

72. Franklin is still a sinner and follow the money