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How could anyone think God sent tnis Moron?? (Original Post) YoshidaYui Dec 2023 OP
I have wondered the same thing many times myself! Diamond_Dog Dec 2023 #1
Trump's Christians/evangelicals are the public face of Christianity in America today. keithbvadu2 Dec 2023 #2
normal people The Wizard Dec 2023 #3
If god sent him SCantiGOP Dec 2023 #4
Damn good question! Silver Gaia Dec 2023 #5
Time for the Conjuay Dec 2023 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Dec 2023 #6
The key word in that's 'god'. It takes wilful suspension of disbelief (ie magical thinking) to believe in a god or gods, Celerity Dec 2023 #8

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Celerity

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8. The key word in that's 'god'. It takes wilful suspension of disbelief (ie magical thinking) to believe in a god or gods,
Tue Dec 12, 2023, 09:40 AM
Dec 2023

so it is hardly surprising that people construct their own realities wherein their particular 'god' and their particular candidate(s) meet at a confluence of their wishes and beliefs.

This occurs when people on any side (politically) in any country try to inject/link their religious ideas and/or claim their god(s) support a politician (or a policy or a philosophical bent, etc etc) that they happen to approve of.

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