Pastor Mark Burns, the president’s informal “spiritual advisor,” wants to make one thing very clear about the extremely tall gold statue of Donald Trump that was officially dedicated last week in Doral, Miami. “Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone,” he wrote on Twitter.
He’s technically right, just as Rene Magritte was technically right that his painting of a pipe was not actually a pipe. In the most literal sense, the statue of Trump, which is named “Don Colossus” is not a golden calf.
Despite the president calling it “The Real Deal - GOLD,” on Truth Social, the statue is not made of gold. Unlike the golden calf, which was made from melting the jewelry of the Egyptians, the Trump statue is not actually made of solid gold. “Don Colossus” is cast in bronze and covered in gold leaf, making it much, much less valuable. It is also obviously not a calf, as calves are baby cows, and the statue is certainly not a baby cow.
This statue is a PERFECT representation of Trumpism, he can’t resist revealing himself by the art he chooses. Reminds me of Mussolini.
(caption: a photo of the massive Mussolini head staring down a public square)
I think it’s because these personalities surround themselves with sycophants, and this leads to them being isolated and unaware of their own ridiculousness. A universal truth across the centuries.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. ~Matthew 7:16
Well how about that! The high priest of the 12 tribes of Israel said the exact same thing to Moses when asked why everyone was worshiping a golden calf
Some of them actually believe this guy is the antichrist and they’re helping him destroy the world, thinking Jesus will just be cool with that. They’ll believe anything.
I know it’s not really important. But why have they made him fat?
Looks like a calf to me.
Also that’s an insult to calfs. Or is it calves. The animal not the leg.
We are witnessing Olympic levels of mental gymnastics here.
What would Moses do?
Throw the idol into a fire, I guess.
The statue, too.
Reducing the idol into a powder, mixing it with water, and making the idolators drink the mixture is also on the table.
“The church has investigated the claims about rampant pedophilia”
And has determined that nothing unusual is going on?
In fact they found there’s a shit-ton going on and they are all in favor! Imagine that.
Conveniently, unusual is not equal to immoral.
Sometimes I wish God was real, so we’d get to see him swoop in and smite these fucking hypocrites.
if god isn’t real it is up to us to make the world a just god would make.
It should be no problem to come to broad consensus on what that would look like!
Anarchy would be it if humans were capable of self governance and not being cunts. But it depends on all humans working together in sync, so it’ll never happen.
Depends. Are those innate traits or learned skills?
It doesn’t matter at this point. Either way you have to have all of humanity change at once and agree on everything.
I don’t think either of that is true.
I think that every time one of these psychos assumes room temperature. Upon hearing of their death, I’d love the satisfaction of imagining their reaction upon entering Hell for the eternity of fiery torture that we’ve been promised.
But alas, it’s all a fairy tale, as real as Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy.
It’s a nice thought.
It’s still definitely an idol, though.
tiny dick and all.
Probably the most American Idol to date
Isn’t that Taylor Swift?
with a golden calf just above each golden ankle
Cankle
Sorry couldn’t resist
idolatry seems to be ignored by christians.
Certainly by the loudmouthed American ones that support Trump.
They all worship idols all the time and apply some mental gymnastics bullshit to pretend they don’t. It’s wild.
If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, it’s a golden idol.
He seems to be trying to claim that since it’s not specifically a calf, it doesn’t count.
I’d like to ask Pastor Burns if he’s read the book of Daniel, particularly chapters 3 and 4.
God struck Nebuchadnezzar (who likewise had a golden statue built for his entire kingdom to worship) with madness for 7 years for his pride.
We’re having madness right now.
True, but in Nebuchadnezzar’s case his kingdom was taken from him for those 7 years…
If only we could be so fortunate.
A monkey paw finger curls
Hey look, the brits are coming again!
If only
Trump only lost his for 4
We have madness at home.
Another 7 years?
Wouldn’t have thought he’d live that long 🤷♂️Well, he doesn’t seem to care anymore.
and God later sent a plague upon the people for their idolatry.
frogs of locusts please. you can eat them. i’d prefer the locusts tho since the frogs will keep you up all night
You can eat locusts too. In fact they’re very nutritious. Taste like… Potato chips basically. You need two things to make them palatable: 1) spices, 2) pretend they’re not locusts
also the locusts are crunchy. people don’t realize how much you need crunch in your diet until you haven’t had it in a while
Hanta virus.
It’s not an idol, it’s just a gold-looking representation of something a large group of people fervently honor and pray to, and according to their own chit-chat, hold in higher respect than jesus or god. And nothing more.
how blasphemous of evengelicals.
the statue is certainly not a baby cow.
No, it’s a giant pig.
Now, be nicer to pigs, they’re intelligent, capable of empathy. It’s actually a giant pile of gold leafed shit.
Valid. I actually love piggies.
A gilded turd.
Real pigs don’t live in their own shit if they have a choice.
They’re pretty clean animals in general, they just roll in mud to cool off.
I prefer to think about it as an orange turd, perfectly suitable for the eventual Trump Memorial.
Ohhhhhh SNAP ! 😂
