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Grandpa Dum Dum doesn't know any of the words to The Lord's Prayer. (Original Post) Tom of Temecula Mar 31 OP
Who could have ever imagined that. Biophilic Mar 31 #1
Trump's father, Fred, was a big fan of Norman Vincent Peale, rsdsharp Mar 31 #8
Geese, you're kidding. Biophilic Mar 31 #13
I can't remember who said it, but a politician once contrasted Aristus Mar 31 #31
I could say the Lord's Prayer in my sleep. ShazzieB Apr 1 #36
At some point, they evidently attended a Presbyterian Church. ShazzieB Apr 1 #37
Where's Donald? ShazzieB Apr 1 #38
He was probably just there for the picture. Captain Zero Apr 1 #40
I'm sure Donnie loved having to stand next to the black kid. rsdsharp Apr 1 #41
The normal person would think God would bluestarone Mar 31 #2
Is he the same way with our National Anthem? Talitha Mar 31 #3
You mean the one that starts Otto_Harper Mar 31 #9
Si JoseBalow Mar 31 #11
You've got it wrong! PJMcK Mar 31 #33
"They should be praying to ME!" tanyev Mar 31 #4
Impossible! He wrote The Lord's Prayer... IcyPeas Mar 31 #5
I'm Donald, Who art in Mar a Lago, tanyev Mar 31 #12
You forgot the "amen" at the end. StarryNite Apr 1 #39
A shame that there isn't a higher resolution video of this "moment". OAITW r.2.0 Mar 31 #6
He's probably afraid that some woman he sexually assaulted is DemocraticPatriot Mar 31 #16
Clearly bored and impatient central scrutinizer Mar 31 #21
This almost looks like a fake AI video? Dave says Mar 31 #7
Do you think the "real" TFG knows the words to the Lord's Prayer? marble falls Mar 31 #23
Absolutely not Dave says Mar 31 #25
He just can't say them or he'll turn red, sprout horns and a forked tail. Perhaps even belch fire. somaticexperiencing Mar 31 #10
How can you forget the Lord's Prayer? DET Mar 31 #14
I can say the Our Father, The Hail Mary, and the Glory Be, BlueKota Mar 31 #20
Difference being: TFG never learned a prayer in his life. You did. marble falls Mar 31 #24
Well, we know he was outside of one, once, holding a Bible upside down.... DemocraticPatriot Mar 31 #15
Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Mar 31 #17
Why would he need to pray to himself? LudwigPastorius Mar 31 #18
It would be bigger surprise if he did. liberal N proud Mar 31 #19
It does my heart good to see him as uncomfortable as he seems to be in the video. Of course if he did know the ... marble falls Mar 31 #22
You mean the one in Two Corinthians? cloudbase Mar 31 #26
I'm sure he can count the times PatSeg Mar 31 #27
Is anyone surprised that lightning hasn't struck??? vapor2 Mar 31 #28
I think he's just murmuring "I don't give a fuck" over and over. Drum Mar 31 #29
I don't know it either, but I grew up in a different religion sakabatou Mar 31 #30
But he could probably recite the entire Mein Kampf. Firestorm49 Mar 31 #32
He's professes to be a church-going Presbyterian right? woodsprite Mar 31 #34
In order to earn a bible from my Presbyterian church, I had to learn and recite Rocknation Apr 1 #35
I think he thinks COL Mustard Apr 1 #42

Biophilic

(3,770 posts)
1. Who could have ever imagined that.
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 07:21 PM
Mar 31

I’m not a Christian and I know at least a couple of versions. Obviously he never went to church or Sunday school as a kid. It should be really embarrassing for the MAGATs but I doubt if even 25 are appalled by this.

rsdsharp

(9,262 posts)
8. Trump's father, Fred, was a big fan of Norman Vincent Peale,
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 07:42 PM
Mar 31

and his philosophy of the power of positive thinking. The Trumps attended his church when little Donnie Dumbfuck was growing up, but obviously he wasn’t paying attention.

Biophilic

(3,770 posts)
13. Geese, you're kidding.
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 08:10 PM
Mar 31

How on earth did he ever get through even one year without having to recite it forever. On the other hand maybe Norman Vincent Peale didn’t do that kind of thing. Don’t know. But both the Congregationalist and the Unitarians as well as the camp chaplains/church services did. Must be I lived in a different universe than trump. Still wish I did.

Aristus

(66,587 posts)
31. I can't remember who said it, but a politician once contrasted
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 10:40 PM
Mar 31

his Christian faith with the motivational drivel of Peale. His remark was the brilliant: “I find the Apostle Paul appealing, and the Apostle Peale appalling.”

ShazzieB

(16,724 posts)
36. I could say the Lord's Prayer in my sleep.
Mon Apr 1, 2024, 01:38 PM
Apr 1

I don't remember "learning" it; I think I must have just absorbed it from hearing it and then saying it all those times in church.

If I'm ever in a Catholic Church (which I haven't been since my fil's funeral over 20 years ago), I always have to remind myself to stop after "Deliver us from evil." I forgot a couple of times, and it was embarrassing.

I don't know why Catholics don't include "for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever." That was always my favorite part, as a kid. Ah, childhood memories.

ShazzieB

(16,724 posts)
37. At some point, they evidently attended a Presbyterian Church.
Mon Apr 1, 2024, 01:49 PM
Apr 1

A while back, I stumbled across this photo of his confirmation class at First Presbyterian in Jamaica, Queens:



Can you guess which one is TSF? I think it's pretty obvious, but I'll put the answer in a reply, just case.

Captain Zero

(6,891 posts)
40. He was probably just there for the picture.
Mon Apr 1, 2024, 02:02 PM
Apr 1

I wouldn't bet money on him attending more than half the classes.

Cub Scouts and Cathechism classes are where I first learned about 'participation' awards.

Mainly because I was the kid who was there all the time and did all the work, but that really wasn't necessary to be there on picture day.

tanyev

(42,724 posts)
12. I'm Donald, Who art in Mar a Lago,
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 07:51 PM
Mar 31

Hallowed be my name.
My kingdom come,
My will be done, in the U.S. and all over the earth.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,902 posts)
6. A shame that there isn't a higher resolution video of this "moment".
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 07:35 PM
Mar 31

Obviously has made no effort to learn a few prayers or a few Bible verses. The lateral twisting well protecting the family jewels was interesting.

DemocraticPatriot

(4,561 posts)
16. He's probably afraid that some woman he sexually assaulted is
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 08:55 PM
Mar 31

going to show up and kick him in the balls!!!!


DET

(1,345 posts)
14. How can you forget the Lord's Prayer?
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 08:39 PM
Mar 31

It was drummed into me incessantly as a kid. Once you learn it, you never forget it. Of course, it wouldn’t surprise me if he just refused to learn it.

BlueKota

(1,891 posts)
20. I can say the Our Father, The Hail Mary, and the Glory Be,
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 09:15 PM
Mar 31

and the Act of Contrition. I just can't remember what I enter a room for sometimes.

DemocraticPatriot

(4,561 posts)
15. Well, we know he was outside of one, once, holding a Bible upside down....
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 08:54 PM
Mar 31

"It's almost as if he's never been to church before."

marble falls

(57,869 posts)
22. It does my heart good to see him as uncomfortable as he seems to be in the video. Of course if he did know the ...
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 09:25 PM
Mar 31

... the words and said them out loud, he'd have been struck by lightening.

PatSeg

(47,828 posts)
27. I'm sure he can count the times
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 10:18 PM
Mar 31

he has been to church and still have a few fingers left over.

Of course, he doesn't know the Lord's Prayer, which would be fine, if he wasn't such a damn hypocrite.

woodsprite

(11,949 posts)
34. He's professes to be a church-going Presbyterian right?
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 11:44 PM
Mar 31

He should at least be able to recite The Lord’s Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed, Psalm 23, and possibly parts of The Westminster Catechism.

Rocknation

(44,588 posts)
35. In order to earn a bible from my Presbyterian church, I had to learn and recite
Mon Apr 1, 2024, 01:07 PM
Apr 1

Last edited Tue Apr 2, 2024, 09:52 AM - Edit history (1)

The Lord’s Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed, Psalm 100, and Psalm 23. And did I mention that I was in fourth grade at the time?


Rocknation

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