The Golden Trump

[Tigger45]

Now he’s orangish makeup makes sooo much more sense.

 

[pshun2404]

A revered golden image is bad enough (may he eat grass for 7 years) but I was appalled at the white nationalists fully armed threatening people wearing all sorts of Christian symbols claiming to be true Christians....don't they know Jesus

 

[Jofes]

Funny how Orthodox, Copts and Catholics are told that we are not allow to have icons and statuary of the saints, yet at CPAC, they have this:

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"The statue was on its way to the conference's exhibit hall, where it found a home in a booth for a conservative nonprofit called Look Ahead America."

Golden Trump statue turns heads at Conservative Political Action Conference

Looks to me like it is just cheap plated acrylic.

 

[SamanthaAnastasia]

Before I comment, does EO bow down to statues?

And is this a debate forum?

Oof. In all loving kindness: educate yourself, my dude.

 

[Kenny'sID]

Oof. In all loving kindness: educate yourself, my dude.

That is exactly what I was doing, my dudette

 

[SamanthaAnastasia]

That is exactly what I was doing, my dudette

The answer is no, they don’t.

 

[East of Eden]

Trump said "Mexico doesn't send the best." This time, he was right.

He was right when he said it before. We need merit based immigration.

 

[Kenny'sID]

The answer is no, they don’t.

See, the Catholic do bow to them so not sure why you find it so surprising.

Anyway thanks for the education.

 

[The Barbarian]

He was right when he said it before. We need merit based immigration.

It would have kept Trump's grandfather out of the U.S. after all (he was expelled from Germany for draft-dodging).

I do notice that when the United States had no "merit-based" immigration law at all, those were the decades when the United States became a world economic power, and our standard of living rose rapidly.

 

[The Barbarian]

See, the Catholic do bow to them so not sure why you find it so surprising.

The Catechism of the Church regards statues only as sacrementals, with no intrinsic power whatever, and that it is a sin to believe that they do have power. A statue of Jesus is only there to remind us of him and focus our worship on Jesus, not the statue.

If that's all that the Golden Trump is to his followers, then yes, they are worshiping Trump, not the representation of him.

 

[Albion]

Right - you're not allowed to have statues of the saints. Trump's not a saint, so there's no problem. Duh.

Correct. No saint, so no saint veneration. Also, CPAC isn't a church. Plus, no worship services are being conducted in the convention hall.

But other than for the fact that there isn't any connection, it's a scandal.

 

[Albion]

The Catechism of the Church regards statues only as sacrementals, with no intrinsic power whatever, and that it is a sin to believe that they do have power. A statue of Jesus is only there to remind us of him and focus our worship on Jesus, not the statue.

If that's all that the Golden Trump is to his followers, then yes, they are worshiping Trump, not the representation of him.

In other words, the whole thread has been nonsense.

 

[East of Eden]

I do notice that when the United States had no "merit-based" immigration law at all, those were the decades when the United States became a world economic power, and our standard of living rose rapidly.

A time with much lower taxes and regulation also. Nations like Canada, Australia, Switzerland, etc. have merit based immigration, being related to someone with chain migration is an accident, not a qualification. We need to take the best from any nation. Why do 25% of our LEGAL immigrants come from Mexico?

 

[East of Eden]

If that's all that the Golden Trump is to his followers, then yes, they are worshiping Trump, not the representation of him.

For real worship of a politician, see how Obama was treated, his followers were all Hopium addicts.

 

[East of Eden]

In other words, the whole thread has been nonsense.

Pretty much, we have always had statues of revered political leaders, the US houses of congress are full of them.

 

[Kenny'sID]

The Catechism of the Church regards statues only as sacrementals, with no intrinsic power whatever, and that it is a sin to believe that they do have power. A statue of Jesus is only there to remind us of him and focus our worship on Jesus, not the statue.

If that's all that the Golden Trump is to his followers, then yes, they are worshiping Trump, not the representation of him.

Then catholics do bow to statues.

As far as I know, no one bows to the Trump image.

 

[parousia70]

As far as I know, no one bows to the Trump image.

Well, Now you know different.

 

[Kenny'sID]

Well, Now you know different.

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LOL!

Golly Gee, you got me there.

 

[parousia70]

LOL!

Golly Gee, you got me there.

Always happy to educate.

I'll be curious to see how your argument now Pivots, since what seemed to be its main tenet, has been erased.

Bowing to statues either bothers you, or it doesn't.
You either think it's wrong, or you don't.

Unless it depends on the Statue for you?
Or perhaps you believe it depends solely on what is in the heart of the person doing the Bowing?

Again, I'm curious to see how your position pivots...

 

[helmut]

It was made in Mexico!

To me, it looks somewhat like a caricature (head is too big).