Former President Donald Trump’s latest venture selling Bibles has sparked the fury of Christians.

Trump, who became the presumptive Republican nominee earlier in March, posted a video on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday urging his supporters to buy the “God Bless the USA Bible,” inspired by country singer Lee Greenwood’s patriotic ballad.

“Happy Holy Week! Let’s Make America Pray Again. As we lead into Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to get a copy of the God Bless the USA Bible,” Trump wrote in the post, alongside a link to a website selling the book for $59.99. It came a day after Trump seemingly compared his legal plight to Jesus Christ’s persecution.

And it comes as he faces mounting legal bills while fighting four criminal indictments and a series of civil charges while running to reclaim the White House. On Monday, a New York appeals court agreed to hold off on collecting the more than $454 million he owes following a civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175 million within 10 days.

But the move has sparked the ire of Christians.

  • @Fapper_McFapper
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    617 months ago

    No, that’s not how this works. You carried the golden calf to term and gave birth to it. Own it you two faced hypocrites.

    • @[email protected]
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      177 months ago

      Christians are not a homogeneous blob of identity. As you may or may not have guessed, these are not the far-right Christians who believe Trump is the Second Coming of Christ. They are not responsible for what other people who identify as Christians have done or said, and they are entitled to change their minds about things they themselves have done or said.

      They are fully entitled to speak out against the weaponisation of their religion and good luck to those who are courageous enough to do so.

      • @[email protected]
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        17 months ago

        It’s just tribalism. Anyone who doesn’t fit in gets grouped together (ie. a lot of these comments imply most religious people support Trump). Lemmy isn’t immune to it.

      • @FreakinSteve
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        -47 months ago

        No. I do not accept this any longer. There are not “good christians” and “bad christians”. There are christians and not christians. And christians are bad. Always have been. If you identify as a christian then these are your people.

          • @FreakinSteve
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            -27 months ago

            No it isn’t. The Christians are the fash, dumbass. They have killed and burned millions upon millions both with their religion, their dogma, and they’re absolute rejection of logic and reason. They are the fascist. They’re the ones that need to be eliminated, and that is a matter of self-defense.

          • @FreakinSteve
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            -47 months ago

            Fascism is built on a structure that includes using religion and fear as the basis for its atrocities. I’m getting really sick of you people defending the fascists.

            • @[email protected]
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              47 months ago

              religion and fear as the basis for its atrocities.

              And christians are bad. Always have been.

              You are a hypocrite.

              • @FreakinSteve
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                -17 months ago

                No, I’m right, and history proves it.

              • @FreakinSteve
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                This comic was posted elsewhere, and not only is it historically accurate, but plenty of American evangelicals still believe this bullshit. I know people who lost business because they were left-handed.

                And you call me the fascist. Fuck, you people never learn.

                • @Psychodelic
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                  17 months ago

                  Yeah, seriously! These people! Is it even fair to call them that? I mean, if you think nuance is important and are slow to criticize a group of billions, you’re basically subhuman trash!

                  /s, in case anyone thinks I’m also an idiot a shitty, reactionary authoritarian.

                  • @FreakinSteve
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                    17 months ago

                    Screaming “authoritarian!” does not change the fact that Abrahamic religions are evil, violent, and designed for nothing more than division and control. Your Reversi isnt working.

        • @[email protected]
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          27 months ago

          I assume if you ever encounter someone claiming people who support Trump aren’t Christians you go on about “No True Scotsman” as well?

          • @FreakinSteve
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            27 months ago

            No. Why would I do that? I’m sure plenty of people supported Hitler’s genocides who weren’t Christians also.

    • @[email protected]
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      137 months ago

      Hey, Christians are the ones who got the Sunny D Orangutan into the oval office the first time. Anything that separates Mr. Cheeto Smegma from his base is a good thing in my book.

    • FenrirIII
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      127 months ago

      Then they’ll use it to bludgeon the rest of us.