Pic Of The Moment: Signs You Might Be In A Cult

[EarlG]

Trump voters trust him more than their families, religious leaders: poll

[niyad]

1. Thoroughly disgusted KNR.

[SledDriver]

2. It's a cult

[LakeArenal]

46. The cult leader ants more money.

[Wild blueberry]

3. K&R with a side of Yikes

[underpants]

4. All you know is a lie. Only LEADER knows the truth.

[Blue Owl]

5. K&R

Freaky stuff....

[mopinko]

6. i sure hope this leads to a lllllottttt of church leaders speaking out.

ya know what i wd love to see? i’d love to see every damn decent clergy person in this country just get up and read the sermon on the mount this sunday.
then tell anyone who doesnt believe it, they have no home in that church.

[Wednesdays]

9. Think again. Read this and weep.

https://boingboing.net/2023/08/17/american-evangelicals-are-getting-mad-at-jesus-for-being-too-woke.html

American Evangelicals are getting mad at Jesus for being too woke

"[The book] was the result of having multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching — "turn the other cheek" — [and] to have someone come up after to say, "Where did you get those liberal talking points?" And what was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, "I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ," the response would not be, "I apologize." The response would be, "Yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's weak." And when we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we're in a crisis."

[mopinko]

10. didnt say think. said hope.

[czarjak]

20. Fuck Your Feelings is the new Turn The Other Cheek?

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

31. It's at least more honest

It's only what they've been saying to anyone not in the religion for centuries now.

[COL Mustard]

44. That can't be the real Jesus.

Where's His AR-15? Or at least His Glock?

[Mickju]

12. Excellent idea!

[mopinko]

24. then slam the book, and drop the mic.

maybe flip a table or 2.

[mwb970]

21. Since the MAGAbillies so strongly reject Christ's central message, are they still "Christians"?

If not, what is their religion? They seem to worship trump exactly like they used to worship Jesus.

[mopinko]

23. and that should get them the boot from any legit church.

if this aint blasphemy, what is?

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

30. This

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[Maru Kitteh]

37. It's hysterical to me that they picked a very shouty, orange photo for that.

His eyes look like two dried peas on a field of pyridium-contaminated snow.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

32. What central message?

The guy is all over the place and downright bipolar when it comes to morality.

Love your neighbor--but if they don't agree with me, then cut them off, even if they're your family.

Turn the other cheek--but torture them forever if they don't agree with me.

Blessed shall be the peacemakers--but if they do something I don't like, I'll beat the crap out of them (moneychangers, for instance).

The only "central' message I see coming from the religion is that it's okay to be a mindless hypocrite. At that, a substantial number of his followers succeed.

[orthoclad]

49. They're into that Old Time religion,

the Old Testament, full of swords and smitin and rape and incest and genocide. With a side of human sacrifice. Yee-ha.

Reminds me of Lovecraft. Or "Lovecraft Country".

Sacrifice that in a small town.

[mwb970]

51. So they are Jewish?? OT only?

It's almost as if they are hiding their hatred and bigotry by pretending to serve "God".

[orthoclad]

54. The sunday school version of OT,

like the "bible stories" I had in catholic school. The war stories appealed to little boys.

[Fritz Walter]

28. Why am I reminded of Jonestown?

From History.com:

On November 18, 1978, Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones leads hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at their agricultural commune in a remote part of the South American nation of Guyana. Many of Jones’ followers willingly ingested a poison-laced punch while others were forced to do so at gunpoint. The final death toll at Jonestown that day was 909; a third of those who perished were children.

While it’s tragic that so many people perished in that cult, it vividly illustrates what can happen when an egomaniac feels threatened. Some might secretly wish that Mango Mussolini would eat a bullet like Jim Jones did — and take a lot of adult MAGAts with him — but their children, like those in Jonestown, deserve a much better fate.

[keithbvadu2]

47. Trump's evangelicals speak out.

[dchill]

7. Their yoyos went down and never came back up.

[Auggie]

8. LOL

[mopinko]

13. oops, wrong post.

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[aggiesal]

11. Also known as "The Pendejo Cult" ...

That's on multiple levels.

[Evolve Dammit]

14. Didn't take all that long either. Create enemies, play the victim, repeat the lies. Dictator 101.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

33. Sounds very much like the religion itself

Create enemies, play the victim, repeat the lies.

They've only been following that script since the religion's inception.

[William769]

15. trump is the second coming.

[speak easy]

39. the second coming of vomit

stumbling in a mad panic to the toilet

[TeamProg]

16. Awesome cartoon! nt

[Crowman2009]

17. As a long time DUer, I never liked the SOB. Even before he ran.

I sure as hell wasn't going to give him a chance after he was elected.

[Richard D]

18. Might be????

[czarjak]

19. Steeped In The Protocol. It means what it means.

[LoisB]

22. I don't find the TFG a particularly good liar. He just says out loud what they have been afraid

to say and now he has given them permission. What he says is exactly what they already believed so his "truth" has always been their "truth".

[Roc2020]

25. Just proves it's not about morality

or doing good or being kind, it's about control and power only. nothing else matters.

[Johonny]

26. Because Trump loves them, but only if they send money

Love = money and Trump promises to play it forward. Every dollar you give, you'll get three in return. Which you will also give to Trump. The more you give, the more he loves you. It's like Jesus, but with the money exchangers as the good guys.

[SouthernDem4ever]

27. So Trump voters are total morons

No surprises there.

[republianmushroom]

29. This poll is amazing. He lied more than 30,000 times in four years,

and 71% of those polled said trump. Damn, Dumb and dumber.
For republicans is does get much better than this.

[The Wizard]

34. Do cults attract stupid people?

[NoMoreRepugs]

35. TrumpenFuhrer has taken over their minds.

[pazzyanne]

36. You just can't fix stupid!

[Prairie_Seagull]

38. With other issues that just don't make sense to me,

It has always been because there was just something I was not seeing or knowing.

I just don't know what the hell is going on with shit like this. I just does not compute and so am I missing something? I don't think so. Where does that leave me and like minded people. Trying to figure it in a humanistic way. I got nothin, which puts it in the least malicious way I can think of.

So happy to have DU

[JohnnyRingo]

40. I'm still shocked.

Shocked that their religious leaders are in 4th, unless they count Oral Roberts or Jim Bakker.
Shocked that they don't trust the Messiahs of media they spend hours a day tuned into.
Shocked to my core that anyone would even include #1 on the poll, let alone 71%.

Have we gone mad? Have we taken leave of our senses?
Should we begin reopening mental health facilities closed in the '80s (or what they'd call Brainwashing Centers)?

I might reconsider getting a concealed carry permit for my safety.

[usonian]

41. Look on the bright side.

So-called religious leaders propelled this POS movement, for their own monetary advantage.

Coming in fourth in this “Shit Parade” is a major loss in prestige (a.k.a. Money)

Might the “see the light” yet?

Don’t forget, they got not a nickel from the cult leader, just from the blind rage they created for him and through him. ( Per ipsum, et cum ipso et in ipso … so to speak)

They'll find those nickels another way when the Church of Trump dries up.

Meanwhile: SIEZE THE DAY. Cult in disarray.

[Skittles]

42. to be fair

he probably IS more truthful than most religious leaders

[COL Mustard]

43. Gee, I dunno...makes sense to me....

I mean, if you can't trust a guy who was proven to tell more than 30,000 lies during one 4-year period, I mean, really...who can you trust????

[Lady Freedom Returns]

45. Scary. 😱

Just plain scary.

[keithbvadu2]

48. There are many polls.

There are many polls.

Pick the one you like and swear by it.

Swear at the others.

.................... That's why candidates sometimes refer to mystery polls that no one can locate to check.

[live love laugh]

50. What percentage of his voters? Some have gotten off the train.

[Aussie105]

52. You are in a cult if . . .

You let someone else do the thinking for you.

Suspend all critical thought, ask the Leader to tell you want to think, let the leader tell you what to do.

Some people find comfort in not having to think.

HINT: Just hold back if he tells you the Mothership is coming, and you should drink the Flavor Aid.

Me?
I trust everyone. But let me check your thought processes carefully before I agree with you or decide to follow you.
Often it becomes . . . yeah fine, do whatever, I will do my own thing thanks.
(Consequently, I'm a bit of a lone wolf. And the feeling of mind freedom is euphoric!)

[flying_wahini]

53. Sorry but I don't believe this at all.