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[Malyse]

One reading during the service, about the importance of humility, included a reference that caught Trump’s ear.

“Can you imagine eye telling hand, ‘Get lost, I don’t need you’ or hearing the head telling the foot, ‘You’re fired, your job has been phased out?’” the reader said in a reference to Trump’s signature phrase when he was the star of “The Apprentice.”

In her sermon, the pastor, Pamela Saturnia, also made several references with resonance.

“Jesus is teaching us today that he has come for those who are outside of the church,” she said, preaching a message of healing and acceptance for “those who are the most unloved, the most discriminated against, the most forgotten in our community and in our world.”

Among those she cited were “the Syrian refugees” and “the Mexican migrants.” Trump has advocated barring all Syrian refugees from entering the country and deporting all of the estimated 11 million people living in the United States.

“I don’t know if that was aimed at me. Perhaps,” Trump said after the hour-long service at the First Presbyterian Church in Muscatine.

At times, Trump has appeared to struggle to affirm his Christian credentials. He often feels compelled to remind Christian audiences that he was raised as a Presbyterian. He has brought to and waved a copy of his childhood Bible and a photo of his confirmation at some events as evidence of his upbringing.

He has made what have been seen as several minor missteps on religion during the campaign, mistakenly pronouncing Second Corinthians as “two Corinthians” during a speech last week at Liberty University in Virginia, Falwell’s school, and saying in an interview that he had never sought forgiveness from God.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...-heres-his-reaction-when-church-service-ends/

Muscatine is in Iowa, btw.

Spoiler

In b4 the anti religion circlejerk

 

[Mat-triX]

Trump: I AM the center of the universe, so everyone's talking about me, right?

 

[biggersmaller]

The media is acting like Trump is the first politician to make pandering to religious voters so obvious. The number of sincere Christians in politics is probably under 10%.

 

[Malyse]

The media is acting like Trump is the first politician to make pandering to religious voters so obvious. The number of sincere Christians in politics is probably under 10%.

That's literally not what this is about at all.

 

[Funky Papa]

TIL a new concept: "Social Justice Pimp"

Thank you, TheBlaze.com's commenter.

 

[Monocle]

TIL a new concept: "Social Justice Pimp"

Thank you, TheBlaze.com's commenter.

I have to admit, I am a total slut for the fair and equal treatment of people.

 

[Siegcram]

TIL a new concept: "Social Justice Pimp"

Thank you, TheBlaze.com's commenter.

Drobbeee -Jan. 24, 2016 at 5:15pm
The altruists grow in number then society collapses. Nothing new. Nice to see someone else is half awake to the altruist con game.

That thread is pure platinum.

 

[Malyse]

TIL The Blaze is apparently a conservative site?

 

[RPGCrazied]

As he once said, this is all a persona. He is really a non religious closeted liberal. I have 0 doubts.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

TIL The Blaze is apparently a conservative site?

Glenn Beck runs it.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

TIL The Blaze is apparently a conservative site?

Pretty hardcore

 

[Blader]

That thread is pure platinum.

Lol, is there a long history of altruism collapsing societies?

TIL The Blaze is apparently a conservative site?

It's Glenn Beck's site.

 

[Siegcram]

TIL The Blaze is apparently a conservative site?

It's founded by Glenn Beck and refers to the freshly indicted anti-PP activists as "filmmakers".

So I'm not sure how you missed that until now.

 

[Funky Papa]

TIL The Blaze is apparently a conservative site?

What could ever give you that idea

 

[Malyse]

Glenn Beck runs it.

Pretty hardcore

Lol, is there a long history of altruism collapsing societies?


It's Glenn Beck's site.

It's founded by Glenn Beck and refers to the freshly indicted anti-PP activists as "filmmakers".

So I'm not sure how you missed that until now.

What could ever give you that idea

WELP.

Did you make the quote in the title up OP? This is the quote I'm getting from the article:

“I don’t know if that was aimed at me. Perhaps,”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphrase

 

[DragonSworne]

I hate it when churches become politic or talk about politics.

They are abuse their privilege

 

[Busty]

Did you make the quote in the title up OP? This is the quote I'm getting from the article:

“I don’t know if that was aimed at me. Perhaps,”

NRA got his back.

 

[Quixzlizx]

WELP.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphrase

You're not supposed to use quotation marks when you're paraphrasing.

 

[deadlast]

I hate it when churches become politic or talk about politics.

They are abuse their privilege

I believe there is some law they violate when they do that and can be in jeopardy of losing their tax exemption status. Another church got in trouble over this, but I think nothing happened in the end.

 

[Siegcram]

Nvm

 

[Gotchaye]

I hate it when churches become politic or talk about politics.

They are abuse their privilege

I believe there is some law they violate when they do that and can be in jeopardy of losing their tax exemption status. Another church got in trouble over this, but I think nothing happened in the end.

Legally, they're not supposed to work for or against particular candidates, basically. I don't know if it's well-enforced and regardless that leaves a lot of room to talk about politically relevant issues. It's a pretty narrow rule because almost nobody wants churches to have to never "talk about politics". Politics is important! Political decisions are rightly informed by people's ideas of what's true and what's moral and what sort of society we should be trying to build. Politics is obviously something that people are going to look to their religion for guidance on.

 

[Malyse]

You're not supposed to use quotation marks when you're paraphrasing.

 

[timetokill]

Wow, they really wrote what he put in the collection basket?

Come the fuck on.

 

[Mimosa97]

I hate it when churches become politic or talk about politics.

They are abuse their privilege

Free speech amirite ?

They can tell their flock gays are going to hell but they can't tell them to be wary of bigots ?

 

[Imm0rt4l]

Spoiler

In b4 the anti religion circlejerk

Oh, please

 

[daveo42]

Trump: I love the bible and words in it. Everyone loves my book, but the bible is better. Let me show you my biblical knowledge.

*proceeds to misquote bible while waving around a book he hasn't opened in 50 years*

"We love the Evangelicals"

 

[QuicheFontaine]

Wow, they really wrote what he put in the collection basket?

Come the fuck on.

Yeah, that's a low class move. Yeesh.

 

[User 73706]

TIL a new concept: "Social Justice Pimp"

Thank you, TheBlaze.com's commenter.

I have to admit, I am a total slut for the fair and equal treatment of people.

How do I fish for a tag, again

 

[Arkeband]

What could ever give you that idea

LOL at the emergency food supply. Gotta prep for the rapture!

 

[Aylinato]

That thread is pure platinum.

Dear lord people think altruism is people being fake nice? I shouldn't be surprised but yet here I am surprised

 

[water_wendi]

So funny to see Glenn Beck go after Trump. That CNN interview with Beck.. you can see Beck twiddling his thumbs when Cuomo asks him about the GOP "birthing Donald Trump." In just a few short months Beck went from saying Trump is what the country needs to the realization that Trumps victory (or even loss in the general) will be disastrous.

 

[matmanx1]

Legally, they're not supposed to work for or against particular candidates, basically. I don't know if it's well-enforced and regardless that leaves a lot of room to talk about politically relevant issues. It's a pretty narrow rule because almost nobody wants churches to have to never "talk about politics". Politics is important! Political decisions are rightly informed by people's ideas of what's true and what's moral and what sort of society we should be trying to build. Politics is obviously something that people are going to look to their religion for guidance on.

Thank you. This is a reasonable and rationale response. And as far as Trump goes, I'm pretty sure he's a pretender in terms of Christianity but it's not really my place to judge him. All I can do is go on what I see.

 

[gaugebozo]

Legally, they're not supposed to work for or against particular candidates, basically. I don't know if it's well-enforced and regardless that leaves a lot of room to talk about politically relevant issues. It's a pretty narrow rule because almost nobody wants churches to have to never "talk about politics". Politics is important! Political decisions are rightly informed by people's ideas of what's true and what's moral and what sort of society we should be trying to build. Politics is obviously something that people are going to look to their religion for guidance on.

They only can't endorse a candidate if they want to remain tax exempt. Many times an election year, some churches endorse candidates, but the IRS doesn't like to seem like it's pushing state over church issues, so it generally has to be really bad. Organizations have sued the IRS for their lax enforecment. https://www.baptiststandard.com/new...-endorsement-endangers-churches-tax-exemption