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Source: DeadState,org
In an appearance on the Jim Bakker Show, conservative activists Don and Mary Colbert relayed a dire warning for anyone who opposed Donald Trump in the years and months before the 2016 election.
According to Mary Colbert, people who opposed Trump are destined to be cursed by God and that includes their children and grandchildren.
Its not that Donald Trump is all that perfect of a guy, Colbert said. We all know hes not. And we know that hes not necessarily perfect in every way that we would like. Thats not how God works. He works through the ones he chooses. We dont choose them.
All we have to do is recognize them and when you recognize a chosen one and you have the discernment to know that theyve been chosen and know that thats the will of God, then your life will be blessed. And if you come against the chosen one of God, you are bringing upon you and your children and your childrens children curses like you have never seen. It puts a holy fear in me.
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RKP5637
(67,109 posts)Fewer the lemmings the better.
0rganism
(23,955 posts)pls don't ascribe the worst aspects of human behavior to our rodential relatives
Lemmings have become the subject of a widely popular misconception that they commit mass suicide when they migrate by jumping off cliffs. It is in fact not a mass suicide but the result of their migratory behavior. Driven by strong biological urges, some species of lemmings may migrate in large groups when population density becomes too great. They can swim and may choose to cross a body of water in search of a new habitat. In such cases, many may drown if the body of water is so wide as to stretch their physical capabilities to the limit. This fact and the unexplained fluctuations in the population of Norwegian lemmings gave rise to the misconception.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemming
the rest of the animal kingdom seems to do okay, really. they're the results of natural, successful genetic experiments stretching back millions of years. meanwhile, it looks like 10000 years of human civilization could well be enough to end the entire biosphere as we know it.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)Warpy
(111,267 posts)Personally, I think our best bet is the Rupture. Either we'll go and leave them sitting in a polluted mess wondering what to do or they'll go and we'll be rid of them and can start cleaning up the mess they made.
3catwoman3
(24,005 posts)...far apart on the keyboard for Rupture to be a typo - love your creativity.
CAn all those deluded folks be Ruptured soon, please? I will be happy to be left behind.
Warpy
(111,267 posts)I make a lot of those, slipped in with the real typos.
tanyev
(42,559 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Christians who claim they know it all. Even if I believed in their god, I still wouldn't believe that they know the mind of him/her/it.
They're damned dangerous. They hate democracy; they want a king "chosen by god."
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Probably grew up in a fundamentalist family and were taught this crap. Or even had it beat into them. Maybe home schooled as kids or went to a Fundie Christian school that taught them fear and loathing, rather than love and tolerance. Don't think that I'm excusing them, because I'm not. It's so easy for them to escape responsibility for their judgemental attitudes, by claiming God's will did it to them. They don't know any better. They are simply just stupid people. We don't need to hate them, because they are filled with more than enough self-hatred for their own imperfections.
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)I think that they're cynically manipulating people who are stupid, and they know exactly what they're doing.
That makes them evil, not stupid.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)I mean stupidity in the Buddhist understanding of lack of discerning wisdom. Lack of compassion, lack of how hateful speech can hurt and confuse people, lack of understanding how such talk creates suffering for themselves and others. In that sense, they are very stupid. And to the degree that they knowingly prey on gullible people, yes evil.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I know people, including myself, who were raised with fear. I had nightmares as a child because I knew I'd go to Hell and burn "for eternity." That wasn't fundie, it was from Catholic schools, but here's the deal: I grew up. I started questioning, and realized that it was all a load of crap.
I know a lot of ex-fundies, who also grew up. They're either atheists now, or following a (mostly) kinder, gentler religion. So no, I'm not going to excuse these people. They choose to remain ignorant.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)One aspect of stupidity is failing to recognize that there are always other choices that we can make.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)got left behind in the middle ages, but they're still here. I wish we could build a wall around them.
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)malaise
(269,024 posts)Fugg her
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Stellar
(5,644 posts)Renew Deal
(81,860 posts)Boomerproud
(7,954 posts)I feel cursed every day.
GWC58
(2,678 posts)2016! I have no use for these religious zealots. And Jim "Fucking" Bakker? Why is his slimy, scamming ass still around. Hey there, Jim!?! Have you heard from Jessica Hahn lately? Fucking hypocrite!!
lunasun
(21,646 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)Enter your IQ and it will find a religion for you.
Courtesy of The Simpsons.
BigDemVoter
(4,150 posts)Are we 'grandfather' claused?
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Used condom, falls, and bites her lying tongue off.
How's that for being cursed?
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)This is not religion this is batshit crazy.
Trump the chosen one their god cursing his opponents down through the generations?
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)kairos12
(12,862 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)...their Christian business model, you know, religion.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)that they sell on late night TV, it will remove the curse, we'll get a big surprise check in the mail, and be cured of all our ailments.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,577 posts)Because we had to take religion class, 5 days a week, some of what is written in the New Testament sticks with me. In this situation I believe the parable Jesus told ended with the punch line- 'render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, render unto God what is God's'- translation- politics and religion (or theology) don't mix...............
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)wrong and picked the Antichrist.
Initech
(100,079 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Not to mention his number one adviser in the white house, Bannon who is on record as an admirer of Satan.
Initech
(100,079 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Aren't you embarrassed to worship such a deity?
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Get them the fuck off this planet!
Somehow I have a feeling Jesus doesn't want them, so we are stuck with them.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)he would punish those who voted for trump, because like trump, they are racists.
Different Drummer
(7,617 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)The more I hear from folks like this the more I agree with Dawkins.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,010 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)samnsara
(17,622 posts)...I will never 'burn in hell'
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Donkees
(31,413 posts)[font color="gray"]Pat Robertson after receiving his diagnosis of Cosmic Narcissistic Personality Disorder[/font]
Excerpt:
Perhaps the most commonly witnessed trait of the cosmic narcissist is the belief that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by, or should associate with, people (or institutions) who are also "special" or of high status (criteria 3). As mentioned earlier, people with strong religious convictions believe that they are supremely special, and this belief is fostered by the notion that a supreme being favors their group over all others. Individuals belonging to other groups then-- particularly to such groups that have substantially divergent religious beliefs-- are subsequently viewed as inferior. This sense of superiority harbored by cosmic narcissists often leads them to require excessive admiration (criteria 4) from others, particularly from those in different religious groups. When such admiration from the inferior other(s) is not received, the cosmic narcissists extreme sense of entitlement (criteria 5) is left ungratified. When other groups (again, particularly rival religious groups) fail to demonstrate sufficient admiration for the cosmic narcissists special status, and thus neglect his right to special entitlements, an urge to retaliate often results. The potential for catastrophe that can ensue when the cosmic narcissists needs are not met is perhaps summed up best by the late George Carlin, in his My god has a bigger dick than your god scenario.
http://inebriateddiscourse.blogspot.com/2009/06/cosmic-narcissism-new-psychological.html
3catwoman3
(24,005 posts)...badly constipated.
Intellectually and morally, he actually is.
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)Belly laugh
ananda
(28,865 posts)Living under the Trump cloud really does feel like a curse, though!
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Permanut
(5,610 posts)Let's see if I figured out how this works. God gave Mary Colbert "discernment" but didn't give it to anyone who opposed the Gropenfuhrer. And she knows she has it because God chose her to have it. So, naturally, using this God-given discernment, she can discern that God has chosen Cheetolini to lead his people, so it sounds like he has some o' that discernment stuff too.
Or, in summary, God gave her the discernment to discern that God gave it to her. Pay attention, there will be a quiz next Monday.
spanone
(135,843 posts)what a pantload
this couple is a million miles from anything resembling Christianity
caroldansen
(725 posts)anything it would happen to those that supported trump!
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Yeah.
Didn't think so.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Nowhere in the Bible does it say anything about blindly following political leaders.
The Evangelical is but a menace to the free world, as are the Jihadis, and the Nazis and Confederates in prior times.
rurallib
(62,416 posts)stopbush
(24,396 posts)Go fuck yourself, Christian asshole.
MANative
(4,112 posts)RussBLib
(9,019 posts)Don and Mary Colbert would be the ones burning in hell.
Demonaut
(8,918 posts)Worktodo
(288 posts)I thought Jesus did away with all that, but I guess this lady stopped reading the Bible halfway through.
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)Initech
(100,079 posts)Anything our children and grandchildren suffer through will be a direct result of what the scumbag republicans do the next couple of years.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)We are living under the curse as we speak. We need a fairy godmother to break the spell.
struggle4progress
(118,290 posts)Solly Mack
(90,769 posts)Can't trust them around either.
It's also the kind of unhinged I avoid when at all possible.
They have a sickness that harms everything it touches.
I am an atheist but I can say with a certainty that these people have long thought themselves the true god of religion.
These people are something truly sick.
IndianaDave
(612 posts)God didn't choose Trump. And neither did the majority of Americans. He occupies this office because of a technicality known as the Electoral College. God had nothing to do with this, and - on the contrary - I'm convinced that we will be judged on our efforts (or lack thereof) to resist the people and policies that hurt the weakest and most vulnerable people in our society; the people and policies that move us toward conflict and violence. The ramblings of an ignorant and judgmental person have nothing to do with reality. This woman has no authority to speak for Christianity. This is ridiculous.
oasis
(49,388 posts)Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)I used to laugh my ass off watching he and his wife fleece their flock every week.
flygal
(3,231 posts)lame54
(35,292 posts)Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)Whatever shall I do? Luckily I have bred no insufferable spawn to inherit my curse.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)"As far as the negative and judgmental stuff goes, realize that Jesus has a crappy fan club. Just don't give up." - Jay Bakker, far less of a loon than his daddy.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)I almost spat out my coffee! You win this thread!
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)A make believe authoritarian in a made up world only they can make up rules for.
We are doomed.
TNLib
(1,819 posts)As Trump's support slumps you'll see more of this kind of crap from the televangelist.
It's sad because most churches aren't preaching this nonsense.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)HAB911
(8,902 posts)ExciteBike66
(2,358 posts)and Trump is a wannabe Caesar, soooo
Vinca
(50,276 posts)NickB79
(19,247 posts)We are ALL going to be punished.
The only difference is, those who opposed Trump were the ones working to STOP the apocalypse. Those who voted for the fucker hastened it's arrival.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Tikki
(14,557 posts)The only thing that works through trump is his KC lunch...hopefully
he is at one of his, now publicly funded by taxpayers, swanky palaces so not to mess up the WH floor.
Tikki