Trump's Golden Idol at CPAC

[Larniavc]

You'd first have to come up with an actual idol or real idolatry if you want an assessment of it.

The Golden Idol of Trump.

Ta da!

 

[rambot]

Your eyes must be better than mine. Where on or near the statue in question is that wording found?


That's interesting imagery, even though you seem to be the only one who is aware of anybody thinking Trump is some sort of right-wing pope.

You haven't heard that??

 

[Albion]

Ta da!

I agree. It's the stuff of stand-up comedy, not really a discussion about CPAC.

 

[Larniavc]

Trump really is a lot like Napoleon in that regard.

Had small hands and led thousands of their countrymen to an early grave?

Crikey!

 

[Larniavc]

I agree.

Excellent.

I’ll read the rest of your post when I get a sec.

 

[variant]

Is anyone other than me bothered by this thing rolled into CPAC in the image of Trump?

It's a little on the nose. However, neither Trump, nor his followers are known for subtlety.

 

[hislegacy]

Ok, so virtually no one considered Obama an actual messiah. Meanwhile we have an actual golden idol of Trump. Got it.

You mean besides the people who developed and teach common core? Do you know the educational system for the entire United States.

You mean besides the actor who introduced Obama as our Lord and Messiah?

Do mean besides the reporter who described Obama’s message as Messianic?

Do you mean besides Louis Farrakhan who said Obama is Our Messiah?

Do you mean the school children who are singing to Obama as their Messiah?

None of that is making Obama a Messiah, but four guys taking a selfie is proof Trump is an idol?

How does that line of thinking even make sense.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Possibly, although some of those seem to have held different views of him at different times.

So, do you have a point? None of what you posted shows that any of the people you named worshipped Trump, considered Trump to be a Messiah or called him that, any "golden idols," or the rest of this sort of thing that's been posted in this thread.

I know by now that it's too much to hope that discussions of politics won't feature pure fiction for the sake of the shock value, but every so often I think it deserves to be mentioned.

Today I learned that a Messiah is not "chosen by God."

 

[TLK Valentine]

You probably were not one then either.

Nope, can't say that I was back then.

Whether or not I ever was is a theological issue that this is not the time or place for.

Third request. did you raise the issue when it was Barack being touted as a Messiah?

With mild amusement; nothing more.

The same amusement I find in the current idolatry of Donald -- compounded by the fact that he's not only a false god, but a failed one.

Evidently you find importance right now, did you find the importance then?

I find amusement right now -- just as I found amusement then. The only difference between now and then being whether I consider these followers to be a potential danger to me or the people I care about... Admittedly I find Al-Qaeda less amusing than the Hare Krishnas.

Not a hard question either you did or you did not.

Which is it? Can you please answer that?

Done and done... now that I've corrected your false premise regarding "importance."

 

[mark46]

Is anyone other than me bothered by this thing rolled into CPAC in the image of Trump?

I'm not surprised.

This will be the symbol for the Republican Party as long as Trump is around, even when he is appealing his jail sentences.

For Democrats, and for tv, this will be an easy icon to oppose.

 

[dqhall]

What makes the Trump statue so uncomfortable is the accompanying "Trump is God's representative on earth!" rhetoric that tends to go hand in hand with, shall we say, enthusiastic appreciation for him.

Especially galling is the fact that some of the same folks who made a lot of hay out of needling liberals for supposedly worshiping Obama as "the one" back in the day are the same ones who unironically seem to consider Trump as a sort of right-wing pope.
Ringo

Trump retweeted someone’s tweet bragging Trump is like the second coming of God. I suppose he looked in the mirror admiring himself sometimes.
Trump tweets claim Israelis ‘love him like he is the second coming of God’

 

[Ringo84]

I suppose he looked in the mirror admiring himself sometimes.

You're the king (?) of understatement. It's like saying "a few raindrops fell" after the Great Flood.

But yeah, he called himself the "chosen one" last year (?). I think it was right before or after Barr put the kibosh on the Mueller report.
Ringo

 

[nonaeroterraqueous]

Again, Christians ought to instinctively recoil against a golden statue.

"That ain't right" ought to be an instinctive response.

Christians ought to recoil against idolatry. They also ought to have the sense to know what idolatry is. Recoiling against all gold statues is just superstition.

 

[TLK Valentine]

I agree. It's the stuff of stand-up comedy, not really a discussion about CPAC.

Which raises the question about what it's doing there...


...and let's be honest; it's an ugly, tacky statue. Why is it so popular there?

 

[TLK Valentine]

Christians ought to recoil against idolatry. They also ought to have the sense to know what idolatry is. Recoiling against all gold statues is just superstition.

Right -- a golden calf is clearly idolatry; A golden Donald is just Christianity as usual.

 

[nonaeroterraqueous]

Right -- a golden calf is clearly idolatry; A golden Donald is just Christianity as usual.

No. Pay attention. It's what you do with the thing that makes it idolatry.

 

[Ringo84]

Christians ought to recoil against idolatry. They also ought to have the sense to know what idolatry is. Recoiling against all gold statues is just superstition.

Making a golden statue out of the guy who signs Bible (https://www.washingtonpost.com/reli...ed-bibles-survivors-alabama-tornado-outbreak/)? Nah....that couldn't be idolatry, right?
Ringo

 

[Ringo84]

No. Pay attention. It's what you do with the thing that makes it idolatry.

Like....wanting to install him as king because a minority of people are upset with November's election results?
Ringo

 

[nonaeroterraqueous]

Nah....that couldn't be idolatry, right?
Ringo

Bowing down to the statue is idolatry. Been seeing that, lately?

 

[nonaeroterraqueous]

Like....wanting to install him as king because a minority of people are upset with November's election results?

Really? People were calling to make him king? Are falsehoods and misrepresentation the norm for Christians, now?