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shinobi602

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Oct 24, 2017
8,357
Every day I think 'it can't get worse', but it always does.
President Donald Trump is many things: U.S. president. Wealthy businessman. Father of Tiffany Trump. A Gemini. A biblical savior.

Well, that last one is up for debate, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said it's at least a possibility, in an appearance Thursday night on the Christian Broadcasting Network.

"Could it be that President Trump right now has been sort of raised for such a time as this, just like Queen Esther, to help save the Jewish people from the Iranian menace?" host Chris Mitchell asked Pompeo.

"As a Christian, I certainly believe that's possible," Pompeo replied.

"I am confident that the Lord is at work here," he added.

Pompeo's interview coincided with Purim, a holiday that celebrates the salvation of the Jewish people from genocide under Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther, who works as a minister in the Persian empire. In the Old Testament, Esther, the wife of Persian King Xerxes I, persuades her husband to rescue the Jews.

Pompeo also visited Israel on Thursday, where he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who's running for re-election despite facing criminal charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust related to gifts he allegedly gave to foreign billionaires. Earlier in the day, Trump tweeted that the U.S. should "fully recognize" the Golan Heights as an Israeli territory, but Pompeo made no reference to the president's words. The Golan Heights are a Syrian territory that Israel captured during the Six-Day War in 1967.

Netanyahu called Trump's statement a "Purim miracle."

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article...a-biblical-savior?utm_medium=vicenewsfacebook
 

Quinton

Specialist at TheGamer / Reviewer at RPG Site
Verified
Oct 25, 2017
17,283
Midgar, With Love
Freelance writer and full-time student Quinton Chloe believes it "possible" society is irreparably fucked
 
Oct 27, 2017
10,660
He's not the only one thinking that. A lot of prosperity gospel christians believe this too. Because Trump is sort of an example of their Jesus.
 

Akira86

Member
Oct 25, 2017
19,589
not the first time i've heard it. some people in sticks think Trump is leading us into biblical times.

that. is. not. a. good. thing. :(

particularly when you think it's a Jesus party and only 144,000 of your closest (saved) friends are invited.
 

Horns

Member
Dec 7, 2018
2,531
The lord sent us a racist bigoted leader with a talent for dishonesty. Da faq?
 

Loxley

Prophet of Truth
Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,618
Republicans believe this about every freakin' politician they elect, especially Presidents. They were "chosen" by God to lead America and all that garbage.

These are the same folks who think God helps their favorite sports teams win games.
 

Ryan.

Prophet of Truth
The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
12,889
Modern day biblical savior wouldn't even let actual biblical saviors into our country if they existed today, so...
 

Jombie

Member
Oct 27, 2017
10,392
This is on someone's desk at my work, and it isn't being used ironically:

crossing_the_swamp.jpg
 

Imperfected

Member
Nov 9, 2017
11,737
On the one hand, he was pretty much backed into a corner where he would have had to give a stupid answer.

On the other hand, he took an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, so I assume he understood going in that stupid questions and stupid answers were going to be the order of the day.
 

Shopolic

Avenger
Oct 27, 2017
6,865
Trump and his team always remind me of Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad thought he had a holy light around him during UN speech.

yjoz_ahmadinejad-grimace.jpg
 
Oct 27, 2017
7,694
I'm no Christian, but Jesus himself in the Bible states the following:

Matthew 24:4-5: "Take heed that no one deceives you. For many shall come claiming to represent Me, saying that I [Jesus] am the Christ, yet shall deceive many."
 

Vas

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
4,016
This is on someone's desk at my work, and it isn't being used ironically:

crossing_the_swamp.jpg

All these poor-looking, confused/scared white folks rowing frantically through arduous mud while a rich man stands doing nothing, getting taken where he wants to go. It's a perfect metaphor for the GOP.
 

jeelybeans

Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,948
I'm no Christian, but Jesus himself in the Bible states the following:

Matthew 24:4-5: "Take heed that no one deceives you. For many shall come claiming to represent Me, saying that I [Jesus] am the Christ, yet shall deceive many."

These people don't care about scripture. Evangelicals are garbage right up there with ISIS types.