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NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 01:57 AM Nov 2019

Okay, Rick Perry ...

RE your recent comment that Trump is ‘the chosen one’ and ‘sent by God to do great things’, I have to ask the obvious questions.

If God wanted to choose someone ‘his good works to perform’, wouldn’t that someone be a president who was a model Christian, a faithful husband, an exemplary father? Wouldn’t he have chosen a president who united a country, was respected by our allies and feared by the enemies who would undo our democracy? Wouldn’t he have selected a president who endeavoured to “feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, and care for the sick” – as Jesus admonished his followers to do?

Wouldn’t God, in his infinite wisdom, have chosen a president who strove to be a true steward of the earth, one who would protect the environment and our natural resources? Wouldn’t God have picked a president who embraced ideas like being our brothers’ keeper, and ideals like doing unto others what we would have done to ourselves?

Wouldn’t God choose a president who initiated affordable healthcare for all, who recognized the plight of the poorest among us and tried to ease their burdens, who spoke the truth even when it wasn’t politically expedient to do so, and who encouraged global brotherhood and unity?

My biggest question is this: Exactly when do those great things start happening?

All we’ve seen so far is children in cages, laws that safeguard the environment overturned, the deficit exploded to give tax-cuts to the wealthy, and lies – and more lies, and more lies.

I’d really like to hear your explanation of why God ‘chose’ a lying, pussy-grabbing adulterer who has kow-towed to our enemies and distanced us from our allies, has abandoned our friends, the Kurds, and left them to be slaughtered, has trotted out his greed-driven children as ‘advisors’, has put inept cronies in positions of power, and has surrounded himself with ‘the best people’ – many of whom are now in prison and/or are convicted felons.

Why would God choose a president who goes against every principle our nation has traditionally stood for, a president who has used his position to encourage violence, and has used his office to enrich himself while undermining the foundations of our democracy? Why would God choose a president who can’t string two coherent thoughts together, who spends his time tweeting covfefe between golf games, and openly defies our laws and the Constitution?

Seriously, dude – you expect us to believe that among all of the available politicians in the US, God looked at Trump and said, “Yeah, the lying scumbag who has spent his entire life cheating people, stealing from workers, molesting women, paying-off porn stars, encouraging racism, and is willing to sell out his own country for personal gain – that’s the guy I’m backing.”

Given the revelations of the past few weeks, if I were you, Ricky, I’d be spending my time lawyering-up instead of promoting the ludicrous idea that God is on Trump’s side – because he’s not. And he’s not on your side either.

I do acknowledge the one thing that demonstrates any intelligence on your part: choosing to spew your bullshit on FOX-News to an audience that is so brain-dead, they’re actually willing to listen to it.


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Okay, Rick Perry ... (Original Post) NanceGreggs Nov 2019 OP
He did: Jimmy Carter. Look how he was treated. Patterson Nov 2019 #1
They will always point back to the Old Testament and King David intrepidity Nov 2019 #2
Or St. Paul Drahthaardogs Nov 2019 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author murielm99 Nov 2019 #3
+200 dawg day Nov 2019 #4
Governor Goodhair is not that bright Gothmog Nov 2019 #5
. dalton99a Nov 2019 #6
Praise God... dchill Nov 2019 #9
Was he wearing his serious glasses when he said that? sheshe2 Nov 2019 #7
My answer to he was chosen by God. justgamma Nov 2019 #8
45 is like the Ten Plagues BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #10
As explained in the Gospel of John Galt. safeinOhio Nov 2019 #11
They compare Trump to King Cyrus... Lars39 Nov 2019 #12
Perry is as equally dumb as he is whacky. nt oasis Nov 2019 #13
Is god's kingdom the one true kingdom? Takket Nov 2019 #15
The most dagerous thing about Perry's comment is that the creature believes he is the chosen one Perseus Nov 2019 #16
You're missing an important tenet about why they justify his behavior Hela Nov 2019 #17
I'm well aware of that belief. NanceGreggs Nov 2019 #18
Oh, I completely agree with you... Hela Nov 2019 #20
"God works in mysterious ways" not_the_one Nov 2019 #19
+++++++++++ HAB911 Nov 2019 #21
"their God IS vicious, vindictive and cruel" FiveGoodMen Nov 2019 #22

intrepidity

(7,294 posts)
2. They will always point back to the Old Testament and King David
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 02:20 AM
Nov 2019

Always selective use of scripture. Always.

Response to NanceGreggs (Original post)

sheshe2

(83,751 posts)
7. Was he wearing his serious glasses when he said that?
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 02:57 AM
Nov 2019

He tries to come off intelligent when he wears them. It really doesn't work.

justgamma

(3,665 posts)
8. My answer to he was chosen by God.
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 03:15 AM
Nov 2019

So was President Obama. He chose Don the Con because he ran out of locusts.

safeinOhio

(32,674 posts)
11. As explained in the Gospel of John Galt.
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 05:59 AM
Nov 2019

Jesus has returned as Putin and trump is his Disciple.

Proof, the only one he bows down to.

Takket

(21,563 posts)
15. Is god's kingdom the one true kingdom?
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 08:01 AM
Nov 2019

In other words, isn’t it believed that God will rule over all and not use human government???

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
16. The most dagerous thing about Perry's comment is that the creature believes he is the chosen one
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 01:53 PM
Nov 2019

And all his idiot followers too.

Hela

(440 posts)
17. You're missing an important tenet about why they justify his behavior
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 05:20 PM
Nov 2019

Evangelicals believe God uses flawed people to do his work; see the King Cyrus article previously posted. A simple Google search on that phrase, "God uses flawed people" turns up a million links.

The biblical story the Christian right uses to defend Trump

God uses imperfect people

God uses flawed people

Will God use an imperfect witness?

This concept, more than anything, has made me realize that there is absolutely nothing anyone can say or do to make evangelicals turn away from Trump. I truly believe that in their minds the more flawed the better.

NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
18. I'm well aware of that belief.
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 10:01 PM
Nov 2019

I participate on The List, a kind of newsletter circulated among friends, and friends of friends via email. There are three evangelicals on The List, and I had an exchange with one of them about this very thing.

I told him I understood the concept of God using flawed people to do his work – but asked why God would ‘choose’ a man like Trump, who is using his office not to do God’s work, but to carry out policies that were completely contrary to Christian principles.

If Trump, despite his history, became POTUS and started doing ‘good works’, that would be one thing. But he hasn’t.

I asked him if God actually wants kids to be taken from their parents and locked-up, if he wants people to be incited to violence, if he wants the sick to be kicked-off their health insurance, if he wants people to be encouraged to be racists and bigots, if he wants the citizenry to be divided brother against brother, and if he wants our stewardship of the earth to be dismissed as laws protecting the environment are overturned.

I said that if he believes God is all-knowing, then he knew that Trump would do things that were the complete opposite of what Christianity teaches. So why would God ‘choose’ someone who would harm millions of Americans and people around the world? I asked him to name just one thing Trump has done that is reflective of Christian principles.

He didn’t respond for a long time (very unusual for him), and when he finally did respond, it was simply to say “you just don’t get it”. That was all he could come up with to defend his position that Trump was ‘chosen by God to do God’s work’.

As I’ve often said, evangelicals are the most easily-manipulated people in the country – which is exactly why Republicans have deliberately targeted them to join their party, knowing they can be easily-led into voting for them.

The ‘God chose Trump to do God’s work’ idiocy quickly falls apart when evangelicals are challenged to explain exactly how being cruel, being a racist, being an all-around evil prick is ‘doing God’s work’.

Hela

(440 posts)
20. Oh, I completely agree with you...
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 11:31 AM
Nov 2019

...but that "you just don't get it" is the response that gives it all away. Evangelicals are simply not capable of rational thought where their faith is involved.

Evangelistic christianity is a cult anyway, but when you add a totalitarian "leader" to the mix, it becomes something else entirely. I really do fear for our republic and worldwide democracy in general these days.

How does that story go? After talking to someone who escaped Castro's Cuba, a man expresses how lucky he feels to have been born in the United States. The Cuban exile looks at him incredulously and says, "You're lucky? At least I had someplace else to go."

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
19. "God works in mysterious ways"
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 12:12 AM
Nov 2019

popularly used when there is no logical or justifiable answer to the vicious, vindictive and cruel actions of the so-called God...

The obvious truth is that their God IS vicious, vindictive and cruel.

Proof positive of the truth of atheism.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
22. "their God IS vicious, vindictive and cruel"
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 07:28 PM
Nov 2019

And he doesn't exist.

So, it's really just these god-damned "followers" who are vicious, vindictive and cruel.

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