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17. Indeed it is Sir, stay safe!

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Fri Apr 3, 2020, 09:20 AM

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I'm finally beginning to understand why Evangelicals love Trump. [View all] Girard442 Apr 2020 OP

In a word: sadomasochism tetedur Apr 2020 #1

Unless They Are Actual Practitioners, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #8

No, pure Sadism. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #40

As a recovering Evangelical gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #2

Congratulations jberryhill Apr 2020 #3

Give up your wordly belongings gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #4

Indeed, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #10

That's a new grift I have memories and stories of the old ones. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #11

And The Most Damnable Heresy Conceivable, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #13

The "prosperity gospel" pastors seem to do much better in the prosperity than the investors/donor keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #46

Ultimate Ponzi scheme. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #48

+1 crickets Apr 2020 #54

Rapture - give me your useless money keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #45

Reagans interior secretary James Watt gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #47

No shock that people who are fervent believers in the biggest con in history are fervent supporters Celerity Apr 2020 #5

It Is An Old Element Of Doctrine, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2020 #12

Me, I'd get a thrill if people were saying... Girard442 Apr 2020 #14

shame the 'deity' doesn't make Trump jam his tiny todger into a open wall socket Celerity Apr 2020 #15

That It Is, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2020 #16

Indeed it is Sir, stay safe! Celerity Apr 2020 #17

You Too, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2020 #18

Joe Hill said it best... safeinOhio Apr 2020 #6

Like it, I am more of I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #41

Many of them ... yes. n/t Laelth Apr 2020 #7

For those of a certain age, it's the hair and flash... Lars39 Apr 2020 #9

Trump is the perfect Christian to them Johnny2X2X Apr 2020 #19

as evil and hateful as ISIS... not_the_one Apr 2020 #42

They all love this "end times" stuff, they see tRump as making their dream come true, they want yaesu Apr 2020 #20

I do not think True Blue American Apr 2020 #25

And what SHOULD we be doing with those who want to destroy the planet we live on? FiveGoodMen Apr 2020 #55

We don't have to go to hell. We're currently living in it. Initech Apr 2020 #21

Hey! underpants Apr 2020 #28

I like this one! True Blue American Apr 2020 #22

'We'll all be white in the heavenly light.' keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #51

The young Pastor used True Blue American Apr 2020 #53

I see little difference between white evangelicals and the Taliban. Lonestarblue Apr 2020 #23

Amen! True Blue American Apr 2020 #27

I agre - it's about male domination AND female subjugation underpants Apr 2020 #30

The Only Difference, Sir, Is the Degree Of Secular Power They Can Wield The Magistrate Apr 2020 #31

Religion and politics use each other to gain power and wealth. keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #50

Authoritarian follower types are what you're describing. Hortensis Apr 2020 #24

Yes, thank you! And right-wing authoritarianism was... Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #59

I have a simpler explanation: spite. nt Javaman Apr 2020 #26

Right! True Blue American Apr 2020 #29

Like Larry David's the "Spite Store"... wcmagumba Apr 2020 #38

Kind of like True Blue American Apr 2020 #52

refer to anti-christ and the Book of Revelations beachbumbob Apr 2020 #32

Male domination and there was just too much change for them. They flipped out. underpants Apr 2020 #33

There's something to that.. moose65 Apr 2020 #34

so, a cult of damaged, insecure lemmings NRaleighLiberal Apr 2020 #35

Well I told my sister I can't wait for the Rapture cuz Earth will be much nicer when they are gone. flying_wahini Apr 2020 #36

LOVE it. 👍 Duppers Apr 2020 #61

Plus he's bringing on the apocalypse... dawg day Apr 2020 #37

They are hiding behind their Bibles randr Apr 2020 #39

This. Kick I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #43

No, it's that the Evangelicals are losing the culture wars Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2020 #44

The first evangelicals I ever got to know mountain grammy Apr 2020 #49

Well also because... jimlup Apr 2020 #56

Congealed, tight-ass Christianity gives weak people a sense of power and spiritual one-upmanship. VOX Apr 2020 #57

They are merely following the Gospel of Jesus. Martin Eden Apr 2020 #58

very insightful BadGimp Apr 2020 #60