I'd like to see the Evangelicals explain Trump golfing on Easter.

[no_hypocrisy]

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[woodsprite]

1. As long as he gets 3 holes-in-one,

They’ll see it as him honoring the trinity.

[TheBlackAdder]

33. Evangelical Response: At least he won't be fucking his daughter or a porn star on the Sabbath!

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They will only be celebrating Jesus' rise, and not some wanker's Viagra induced peen.

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[duforsure]

2. Evangelicals,

Ever see him attend church services on his Sundays? But have you seen or heard he plays golf then?

[FakeNoose]

21. They're evangelical hypocrites

[Drahthaardogs]

31. Their religion is flawed as well

Sorry, but their version of Christ is so far removed from the ancient traditions and texts handed down, it's laughable.

It's not the same God. They are no more Christian than Mormons or Jehovah's.

[Docreed2003]

3. 5 bucks says

They will make a big production out of him, Barron, and Melania going to church Sunday like one big happy family.

[Kablooie]

4. Easy.

Nobody's perfect.

It's the go to answer for everything.

[hatrack]

5. "Yea, though I walk through shadow of the Bunker of Death, thou art with me."

Thy driver and 7-iron, they comfort me.

[greymattermom]

6. When I see him in golf gear

I always thinks he wears spanks. Anyone that chubby would be more lumpy.

[Siwsan]

17. Well, we all now know about trump* and his history with "spanks"

[OnDoutside]

7. At least he's not screwing a porn star !!!

[Funtatlaguy]

8. Ask an Evangelical these questions.

Has Trump been saved (publicly accepted Jesus as Savior)? If so, when and where?
Has he been baptized? If so, when and where?
Is Trump a member of a church? If so, which one? How often does he attend?

Then, this one.
Did you know that Hillary Clinton is a lifelong Christian and member of the Methodist church?

[Ilsa]

10. She can quote John Wesley, and knows

her Bible, of course, and is said to carry a small one (or New Testament).

Donny 2-scoops thinks "two Corinthians" is the start of a joke.

[Tanuki]

18. Trump also doesn't know the difference between communion and the collection plate.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/02/01/donald-trump-accidentally-put-money-in-the-communion-plate-at-a-church-in-iowa/

..."But when the Communion plates were passed, Trump mistook the silver plates for the offertory, digging out several bills from his pocket, according to the Associated Press. He, his wife and two staffers took Communion, the AP reports.

"I thought it was for offering," he told staffers with a laugh. He contributed money several minutes later when the offering plates were passed.".....

[bobbieinok]

13. I think Paula White, James Robbson sp?, others claim to have 'led him to Christ'

Also James Dobson

[Tanuki]

30. You can lead a horse to water, etc. Eom

[oberliner]

9. They don't care what he does as long as gives them the Supreme Court

And leaves their "religious freedom" crap alone.

[JHB]

11. Simple: Hes better than Hillary

It’s the all-purpose explanation/excuse

[milestogo]

12. Jesus golfed on Easter, right after he was resurrected.

So Trump is just doing what Jesus did.

[FakeNoose]

22. I hear He plays a great short game

[jberryhill]

25. It is the basis for the Easter Egg hunt

It commemorates Jesus looking for his ball in the rough.

[Ilsa]

14. He supposedly goes to

Bethesda by the Sea church in Palm Beach where he last got married.

Just a tidbit: PBO didn't attend regularly, either.

[vi5]

15. We need to stop approaching this as anything other than...

..Evangelicals being completely and utterly full of shit about their morals, their beliefs, their everything.

They don't actually care about "family values".

They don't actually care about morality.

They don't actually care about "life".

They don't actually care about how devout or church-going a person is.

They care about hating people who don't look, act, and think like them, and that's ultimately all they ever care about. And the Republican party and Trump give them that in spades.

The biggest waste of any of our time is continuing to try and play "GOTCHA!!!" with this cult of lunatics and trying to imagine/pretend that anything we point out or say is going to make them go "Wow. That's true. I really never thought of that. I've been really hypocritical. You've convinced me!!"

[NightWatcher]

16. I'd like to see evangelicals explain the chocolate bunnies and hidden eggs

I'm an atheist, there's a lot I'd like clarification on.

[Siwsan]

19. Rabbits and Eggs - pure Pagan fertility symbols

The church scheduled their holy days to coincide around the time of traditional Pagan holy days. Maybe to make the transition easier? Who knows. Spring's Ostara a big fertility festival that celebrates the oncoming growing season. For some reason, those symbols remained entrenched. I always thought that it was strange those representations were retained, but as a descendant of Pagans, it also makes me smile.

Christmas falls around Yule.

They even parked All Saint's and All Soul's Day at the same time as the celebration of Samhain, or Halloween.

[NightWatcher]

20. Yesterday I sat between catholic moms who were discussing baking an easter "resurrection" dessert

Apparently it's nothing more than placing a marshmallow (playing the role of Jesus) into a small bun that is then baked in the oven. The heat melts the internal marshmallow and when you tear open the bun, voila Jesus is not in the tomb, I mean bun.

I should get bonus points for not falling out of my chair laughing at them.

[Siwsan]

23. I'm glad I put my coffee down, before reading this!!

I have incurred the ire of some 'born agains' when I inform them of the rationale behind the placement of Christian holy days. But, to each their own - as long as they don't try to impose their beliefs on me, I won't try to impose mine, beyond sharing a few interesting historical tid bits, on them.

[lunasun]

26. old traditions co-opted and mashed the bunny and egg

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/beyond-ishtar-the-tradition-of-eggs-at-easter/



Although it still feels like Imbolic here ...

[NCTraveler]

24. He is a man burdened with extreme greatness.

He finds the Lord on the golf course. No evangelical has ever heard about him having sex with a porn star on the eighteenth hole.

[smirkymonkey]

27. Look at that photo of him. He thinks he's such hot shit.

He's such a joke. Just a fat, orange blob of pus posing on the green.

[dalton99a]

34. Many people are saying he's hot

[smirkymonkey]

35. Excuse me, I have to go vomit now.

[left-of-center2012]

28. Is Trump golfing with two Corinthians?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

29. They don't care.

[Gothmog]

32. For this thread

Link to tweet

[Initech]

36. They don't care. They think he speaks to them.

And they're convinced he is a god of some sort. These people are fucking insane.

[Ms. Toad]

37. Why would they care?

As far as I know there are no prohibitions on engaging in recreational activities on Easter, or any other Sunday.