https://www.whitehouse.gov/freedom250/america-prays/
The gathering has been organised by the White House as part of a programme of celebrations for America’s 250th birthday and, in a video message inviting Americans to attend, Hegseth said it was an opportunity to “rededicate this republic to God and country”.
Muscular Christian nationalism has enjoyed a prominent platform since Trump’s return to power, and evangelicals form a core element of the president’s support base.
I thought America was a secular state?
A secular state is an idea pertaining to secularity, whereby a state is or purports to be officially neutral in matters of religion, supporting neither religion nor irreligion.[1] A secular state claims to treat all its citizens equally regardless of religion, and claims to avoid preferential treatment for a citizen based on their religious beliefs, affiliation or lack of either over those with other profiles.
He demands people pray to him. If they pray to God, they get thrown in a lion’s den
They need to do this from their closet.
At least according to their own text.
https://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/mt/6.html?v=6
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Priests read this as gospel at mass where everyone shows up to pray in public and will 100% gossip behind your back if you miss a Sunday or don’t look like you’re praying hard enough while there.
I’m so glad I live in a part of the United States where I just don’t have to give a fuck about picking the “right” church and doing the “right” things there. I have to pay as much attention to that shit as I do to how much someone loves Harry Potter series vs. Star Wars.
Though apparently that is a huuuuge thing in certain parts of the U.S., notably, the South.
My view is that religion and all its little rules and rituals are for those that have adapted that lifestyle. Since I live in a secular nation, I don’t have to give two farts in a high wind about any of it.
All while proudly going against most teaching of the bible
They should trot out the golden idol
The Golden American Idol
Kazoos on standby
Im doing gay sex magic then to counter balance it >:3
LMAO I love you and I love this lol
I’ll gay with you today. Hell I’ll gay with you any day!
Oh dear sweet baby Jesus, please reach down from the heavens above and make this motherfucker’s heart explode. There. I prayed.
Please oh Lord, extend thy noodly appendage and make him shit himself so hard that his small intestine prolapses.
Ramen
Amen
Ah yes, Christians, the oppressed 69%.
Nice
Oh I’ll be praying for something alright …
hail satan!
Hall Santa!
Wipin’ mah ass with the constitution…
Most of Christianity in USA is disgusting and unchristian.
Can we get a petition going to officially change the name of the “no true Scotsman” fallacy?
I’m actually not even kidding, “no true Christian” is far more relevant today.
Can’t travel there and I’m not muslim. But if I could, I’d show up with a prayer rug and FSM teeshirt, and kneel facing Mecca while loudly making noises.
Don’t Pastafarians face Naples?
I can pray. He won’t like to whom or for what I pray, but sure, the gods could use another plea for his downfall.
I pray to all the gods except that one. That one is a piece of shit.
Hail. Mother fucking. SATAN if these are the assholes telling you to pray to Jesus
Satan brought us light, fire, and knowledge. What did the Abrahamitic god ever do for US??
If heaven is filled with Christians like Trump, send me straight to hell.
My thing is, why would satan punish people for sinning. He is the ultimate sinner. Surely satan would revel in the sins. Wouldn’t he praise the sinners?
God’s just another shitty boss. Satan was just the first union organizer trying to get fair treatment for himself and his coworkers. Hell was his punishment for that. He’s not in charge of anything as far as is described by the text.
Is Satan controlled opposition? Is he heaven’s Chuck Schumer?
I sort of wonder if we’re not already in hell, as detrrmined by the last election?
Trump isn’t a christian but I know what you mean
