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Archae

(46,328 posts)
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 04:27 PM Apr 2017

Criticizing Trump is "blasphemy!"

Well, Jim Bakker says so...

Jim Bakker: People ‘Blaspheming’ Trump Are Bringing About The End Times

Last week, televangelist Jim Bakker listed several “signs of the Last Days,” which he said includes not only people blaspheming God but also those who are “blaspheming a president who wants to do good.”

Bakker said that many people want have “blasphemed” Donald Trump, who Bakker described as a righteous man who wants to “help us not bring drugs into our country,” “stop murderers and rapists” and “literally to bring America back to a place where your kids can still walk the streets around your house at night.”

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jim-bakker-people-blaspheming-trump-are-bringing-about-the-end-times/

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Criticizing Trump is "blasphemy!" (Original Post) Archae Apr 2017 OP
Hey JAIL BIRD Warpy Apr 2017 #1
Jail birds of a feather malaise Apr 2017 #2
This coming from a convicted felon meow2u3 Apr 2017 #3
Fuck Jimmy Bakker!!! Fuck Donald Trump!!! longship Apr 2017 #4
I reckon Bakker recognizes "a kindred spirit" in the White House. yallerdawg Apr 2017 #5
Does he understand the meaning of the word? shraby Apr 2017 #6
Blasphemy is also speaking for God. Judgement is Mine says God. delisen Apr 2017 #9
So Trump has now achieved the status of deity? The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #7
when has it been blasphemy to criticizing SATAN?? Angry Dragon Apr 2017 #8
rapist sticking together . stonecutter357 Apr 2017 #10
Trump is his own deity - he's best friends with Lucifer dalton99a Apr 2017 #11
The whole cult of personality thing.... Thomas Hurt Apr 2017 #12
Blasphemy is defined as talking against a deity. guillaumeb Apr 2017 #13
But Bakker can legitimately be called a heretic The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #17
Is it time for the Spanish Inquisition? Or............ guillaumeb Apr 2017 #18
Maybe, cuz nobody ever expects the Spanish Inquisition. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #19
Why are preachers so against the End Times TlalocW Apr 2017 #14
Can this asshole even vote? His prison time proves that he failed in religion, Thor_MN Apr 2017 #15
Shut up reverand CONVICT! muntrv Apr 2017 #16
Jim Bakker is elevating Trump to a superhuman entity? That's against a commandment or two. TheBlackAdder Apr 2017 #20
Talk about honor among thieves... VOX Apr 2017 #21
Bakker shows who he worships, but we knew that already... JHB Apr 2017 #22
....YAWN............ dixiegrrrrl Apr 2017 #23

Warpy

(111,267 posts)
1. Hey JAIL BIRD
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 04:30 PM
Apr 2017

We know you and Dump are in the same business, cheating poor folks out of money so you can get rich quick.

Why anybody cares about what comes out of your gob is a mystery to me.

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)
3. This coming from a convicted felon
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 04:33 PM
Apr 2017

who went to prison for fleecing his parishoners by running a scam disguised as a ministry.

longship

(40,416 posts)
4. Fuck Jimmy Bakker!!! Fuck Donald Trump!!!
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 04:33 PM
Apr 2017

Fuck them both in the ass with a stolen dick!!

How's that for some blaspheming?

(Homage to George Carlin.)

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
5. I reckon Bakker recognizes "a kindred spirit" in the White House.
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 04:34 PM
Apr 2017

Both are disgusting, filthy, opportunistic, exploitative pigs who definitely won't fit "through the eye of a needle."

shraby

(21,946 posts)
6. Does he understand the meaning of the word?
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 04:36 PM
Apr 2017

From Miriam's dictionary:

A: the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God
B: the act of claiming the attributes of a deity
C: irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable

Since when did the donald become God?????

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,719 posts)
7. So Trump has now achieved the status of deity?
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 04:37 PM
Apr 2017

"Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence to a deity, to religious or holy persons or sacred things, or toward something considered sacred or inviolable." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy

By arguing that insulting Trump is blasphemy, convicted felon Jim Bakker implicitly equates Trump with God or some other holy person. Christians believe in one God, consisting of the Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit - Which one is Trump? If I'm committing blasphemy by insulting Trump, can I argue that Bakker is committing heresy?

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
12. The whole cult of personality thing....
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 05:02 PM
Apr 2017

has got Bakker by the nuts.

These kind of people are more dangerous than Trump.

These are the kind of people who commit mass suicide a la Jonestown or blow themselves up for God.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
13. Blasphemy is defined as talking against a deity.
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 05:03 PM
Apr 2017

Unless Bakker is somehow claiming divine status for Trump, blasphemy does not apply.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,719 posts)
17. But Bakker can legitimately be called a heretic
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 05:17 PM
Apr 2017

Last edited Wed Apr 5, 2017, 01:10 AM - Edit history (1)

if he says Trump is divine such that you can't talk smack about him. Heresy is the formal denial or doubt of a core doctrine of the Christian faith, which, if I recall correctly, does not include the worship of an elected leader of a secular government.

TlalocW

(15,383 posts)
14. Why are preachers so against the End Times
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 05:04 PM
Apr 2017

It's the return of Jesus in their mythoogy. Everything is going to be 100,000,000,000 times better! Who cares about kids walking around at night on Earth when you've got hot and cold running manna in your gold mansion in the clouds?

Also, doesn't Bakker sell survivalist kits?

TlalocW

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
15. Can this asshole even vote? His prison time proves that he failed in religion,
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 05:08 PM
Apr 2017

this shows he knows jack about politics.

Loser.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
21. Talk about honor among thieves...
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 05:28 PM
Apr 2017

That time-tested concept that criminals do not compromise the activities of other criminals.

Fuck 'em both.

JHB

(37,160 posts)
22. Bakker shows who he worships, but we knew that already...
Tue Apr 4, 2017, 05:31 PM
Apr 2017

...and the people who give him money are pre-selected as suckers for con men.

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