Trump tells pastors to forget coronavirus & pray for his re-election instead

[Behind the Aegis]

President Donald Trump spoke on a phone call with evangelical leaders hosted by an anti-LGBTQ hate group and thanked them for their political support. But instead of focusing on calming their flocks during a global pandemic, the president urged them to focus on his re-election.

“It’s a big date, November 3,” Trump said. “That’s going to be one of the biggest dates in the history of religion, as far as I’m concerned. So, I want you to be, we have to keep aware of that, ‘cause as we fight this, people are forgetting about anything else. You turn on the news, and all you see is the coronavirus or whatever.”

“You turn on the news, and all you see is the coronavirus or whatever — some people call it the Chinese virus, they call it a lot of different things — but the virus, that’s all you see. You don’t see anything else,” Trump added.

“So people are forgetting we have the most important election that we’ve had, and I guess when I say the 2016 election, perhaps that’ll always be very special for all of us, but without this one, without a victory here, so much of that can disappear.”

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[BigmanPigman]

1. Here's another one that is about the same subject...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/opinion/coronavirus-trump-evangelicals.html

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. ...

[Mariana]

3. He needn't fret. They will support him all the way. nt.

[gibraltar72]

4. Pretty much says it all.

[tavernier]

5. Some people call it

President Biden Day.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. +100

[tanyev]

7. Could American Evangelicals Spot the Antichrist?

I grew up in the rapture-me-outta-here end times movement, and have spilled no shortage of ink critiquing it– even poking a bit of fun at it. As a theologian I fall into a category of belief that sees biblical prophecies about “the end” as being events that have mostly been fulfilled in the past, but I try to hold that belief gently and recognize I could be wrong.

Here are the no-kidding-not-satire-prophecies and signs of the antichrist the Bible tells us to watch out for… and that blew my mind by the time I was done:

The Antichrist will be a man who is exceptionally arrogant and will be known for giving boastful speeches.

“I could hear his boastful speech…”
Daniel 7:8, Revelation 13:5
So, as you keep your eyes peeled for the Antichrist, be sure to keep in mind that it won’t be a quiet leader who is deceitfully humble and flies under the radar– The Bible says it will be someone who loves to give speeches where he boasts about himself.

The Antichrist will make fake news popular and will be a chronic liar. His followers will believe his delusions because they hate the truth.

“He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior… He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.”
Daniel 8:25, 2 Thess 2:10

Daniel 8 and 2nd Thessalonians 2 are incredibly descriptive warnings to help us recognize the Antichrist. Predicting that under his rule “deceit will prosper” warns us to look for someone who calls the truth “fake news” and who is known for constantly lying.
In fact, the Antichrist lies so much that the Bible stops calling him the Antichrist and starts calling him The Liar– using the definite article for effect– as if he begins to personify fake news and lies.

https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/

[thesquanderer]

8. Despite the headline, I doubt he asked them to pray for his re-election.

That would imply he believed that prayer would help.

[A HERETIC I AM]

18. Oh, I have no doubt he did.

Not because he thinks it will help, but because he knows that is what those people want to hear.

[dalton99a]

9. "November 3. That's going to be one of the biggest dates in the history of religion"

The religion of Trump

[blitzen]

10. "One of the biggest dates in the history of religion." Holy Christ, what a clownish dipshit. n/t

[The Magistrate]

11. Jesus Wept, Sir

The fact that this blasphemous mountebank has not been struck to a charred cinder by a thunderbolt from Heaven is a powerful argument for irreligion. Certainly the prophet Isaiah would would have recognized its potency....

[Behind the Aegis]

12. Wept? I think he is likely having an "ugly cry" at this point.

The depravity from this pResident is mind-boggling.

BTW...good to see you back!

[The Magistrate]

13. I Await The Thunderbolt, Sir

A pleasure to see you again as well, my friend.

A bit off this topic, but scrolling on the Latest page earlier, I came upon an interesting reply to a post of yours in the 'Jewish Group'. Did anything come of that?

[Behind the Aegis]

14. Maybe Zeus will step in!

Nothing has come of it yet, but we are watching with intensity.

[The Magistrate]

15. I May Look In Myself, Sir

Looks like it could be rum fun....

[jmowreader]

16. "One of the biggest dates in the history of religion"

So...the Lord is going to smite Trump and send him to hell for all the evil he has inflicted upon the world? This should be fun!

[eleny]

17. They'll roll the dice like this congregation getting sick by the dozens...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213190434