Donald: Biden will "hurt God" if elected...

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Trump claims Biden is 'against God' and will 'hurt the Bible'

Trump painted a grim picture of a Biden presidency during a rally-style speech to supporters on the tarmac of the Cleveland airport, claiming the former vice president would follow a radical agenda.

"Take away your guns, take away your Second Amendment. No religion, no anything," Trump said, standing behind a podium with the presidential seal. "Hurt the Bible. Hurt God. He’s against God. He’s against guns. He’s against energy."

Whoa... Donald must really be scared of ol' "Sleepy Joe..."

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In the same article:

"Biden has spoken of his faith a number of times, crediting it with helping him through personal tragedies, such as the deaths of his wife and children, most recently his son Beau Biden. His campaign website outlines a plan for "Safeguarding America's faith-based communities," which includes promises to crack down on hate crimes and increase grants for religious communities."
 
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LOL, so let's set aside the fact he thinks ANYONE can "hurt God," are we supposed to believe someone they said is sleepy and weak with borderline dementia is the one who can do it? Hilarious.
 
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LOL, so let's set aside the fact he thinks ANYONE can "hurt God," are we supposed to believe someone they said is sleepy and weak with borderline dementia is the one who can do it? Hilarious.

Doublethink is a crazy thing, ain't it?
 
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Trump claims Biden is 'against God' and will 'hurt the Bible'



Whoa... Donald must really be scared of ol' "Sleepy Joe..."

Thoughts?

"...No religion, no anything... Hurt the Bible, hurt God...."



But, really, how many would believe anything like that past an hour or a day?

Seriously asking.

How could he even imagine this kind of rhetoric will work on a significant number of people?

It seems as if it would have to backfire. Am I being too rational about it?

Is it like he's thinking -- it doesn't matter if you know it's wrong, it works on you unconsciously? I think that underestimates most people.

Oh, wait, is it that he wants the listeners to fill in the blank. He said it so vaguely and poorly in order to get people to imagine something individually, each person imagining what scares them, 1 at a time. That would make more sense.

whoa, that's seriously evil stuff, to get others to imagine falsehoods out of their own thinking. Is it really that? Seems even darker than it was at first.

Maybe I'm guessing wrong, but how is it he thinks believers would ever imagine a man can 'hurt the bible, hurt God'? It's like saying a person can hurt the sun or the planet Saturn or Neptune, simply impossible.
 
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"...No religion, no anything... Hurt the Bible, hurt God...."



But, really, how many would believe anything like that past an hour or a day?

Enough will believe it for as long as Donald needs them to believe it.

It seems as if it would have to backfire. Am I being too rational about it?

Far too rational for political discourse.
 
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"He's against God".

Ok religious Trump people, can you finally see just how thoroughly you're being used?
If they couldn't with the whole holding a Bible in front of the church after tear gassing people thing, then they never will.
 
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If they couldn't with the whole holding a Bible in front of the church after tear gassing people thing, then they never will.

Thirty pieces buys a big ol' blind spot.
 
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LOL, so let's set aside the fact he thinks ANYONE can "hurt God," are we supposed to believe someone they said is sleepy and weak with borderline dementia is the one who can do it? Hilarious.

It's almost pure fascist thinking. Umberto Eco: "8. The enemy is both weak and strong. “[…] the followers must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”
 
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Trump claims Biden is 'against God' and will 'hurt the Bible'



Whoa... Donald must really be scared of ol' "Sleepy Joe..."

Thoughts?

I know that Joe Biden is Catholic. I'm not sure how religious he is. He could be a nominal Catholic, but he is still a Christian. I fail to see how someone who believes in Christ could be against God and harm biblical precepts. I usually agree with Trump, but I don't think it's fair for him to presume bad faith on Biden's religious beliefs just because he is a Democrat.
 
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I know that Joe Biden is Catholic. I'm not sure how religious he is. He could be a nominal Catholic, but he is still a Christian. I fail to see how someone who believes in Christ could be against God and harm biblical precepts. I usually agree with Trump, but I don't think it's fair for him to presume bad faith on Biden's religious beliefs just because he is a Democrat.
Who care if a politician is religious? Personally, the less religious the politician, the more I tend to trust them.
 
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