Survey: 45% of GOP voters believe God helped Trump win
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[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;51757170]God is a meme, a cultural germ.[/QUOTE]
God is the ultimate cultural expression. A "supreme meme", if you will.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/Tabkp54.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=DOG-GY;51757122]imagine no religion
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fantastic band
[QUOTE=Trebgarta;51757354]Being religious isnt an excuse for believing God helped Trump win
I mean, Im sure thats not an actual part of Christianity[/QUOTE]
These people will claim God had a hand in absolutely everything that happens they agree with, hell, even when things go tits up for them they [i]still[/i] justify it with 'oh well it was God's will'.
These people genuinely believe God is micromanaging the lives of seven billion people. Constantly. 24/7/375.
I don't get it, couldn't you apply this sort of logic and I strain to call it logic, to any President that wins though?
Like why weren't Republicans praising Obama, God obviously must have made him win, because you can't really say the devil did it, that's like saying God is a failure.
[QUOTE=Trebgarta;51757354]Being religious isnt an excuse for believing God helped Trump win
I mean, Im sure thats not an actual part of Christianity[/QUOTE]
You'd be surprised, there are a lot of people that ascribe everything that happens to God and believe he's micromanaging the entire world. You know, the type who respond to horrific accidents and tragic deaths with "it's ok, it's just God's will!"
Jesus is a hell of a drug
Well good for them, when they die they can explain to God why they voted for a man that is going to kill thousands with his policies and ruin millions of lives. If there is a God he is sending these people to hell.
45% of GOP voters are completely unhinged and out of touch with society more like.
[QUOTE=TacticalBacon;51757413]You'd be surprised, there are a lot of people that ascribe everything that happens to God and believe he's micromanaging the entire world. You know, the type who respond to horrific accidents and tragic deaths with "it's ok, it's just God's will!"[/QUOTE]
Which is the absolute best thing to say to, say, a grieving father.
Well technically god allows all presidents to win...
or an alternative hypothesis, targeted voter discrimination laws could have, after all its not like wisconsin hasnt been gerrymandered and enacted ID laws, or Pennsylvania doesnt have any early voting, or ohio and NC havent been horribly carved up by republican controled statehouses
18% of democrats? Surprisingly high.
I'm religious but I really don't understand the idea that god would directly interfere with politics...
Even as a Christian I'm virtually certain that God had absolutely nothing to do with Trump winning. He kind of just leaves us to make our own decisions, and in this case America made the wrong one. (Well the majority made the right choice, but the EC kind of ruined everything.)
I'll only say God had a hand in any of this if Trump gets hit by lightning or something extraordinary like that, almost as if God is trying to salvage what's left of this figurative save file.
[QUOTE=X6ZioN6X;51757131]My dad is one of these people..
"His mom's name is Mary and his dad's middle name is Christ!"[/QUOTE]
so he's a fucking inbred
Wow imagine if people had religious beliefs and people actually respected their beliefs...
Isn't this what we are trying to accomplish with the Muslim community? People can believe whatever they fucking want.
[QUOTE=redBadger;51757814]Wow imagine if people had religious beliefs and people actually respected their beliefs...
Isn't this what we are trying to accomplish with the Muslim community? People can believe whatever they fucking want.[/QUOTE]
Excuse me if I think it's a bit silly to believe that god particularly likes any American politician, let alone this one.
I'm curious about the details of this. did god rig the election, or just mind control people to vote for him?
God also told Saul to commit a genocide, but that doesn't mean it's the right choice.
[QUOTE=froztshock;51757837]Excuse me if I think it's a bit silly to believe that god particularly likes any American politician, let alone this one.[/QUOTE]
Okay? Who cares. It's a belief that doesn't affect you.
Don't see anyone making fun of Muslim specific prayer times or other religious beliefs. "Wow look at them kneeling down and staring in the direction of some city for no reason haha fuck them"
Sick of the religious bashing. It's no different than talking shit about any other beliefs, religious or not.
[QUOTE=Blazyd;51757258]Breaking news: Many republicans are religious[/QUOTE]
yeah this. tbh i was expecting a higher %, like at least 65.
[QUOTE=redBadger;51757884]Okay? Who cares. It's a belief that doesn't affect you.
Don't see anyone making fun of Muslim specific prayer times or other religious beliefs. "Wow look at them kneeling down and staring in the direction of some city for no reason haha fuck them"
Sick of the religious bashing. It's no different than talking shit about any other beliefs, religious or not.[/QUOTE]
Ehrm... You keep bringing up Muslims. I mean if it makes you feel better I think they do a lot of stupid shit in the name of religion too.
I don't mean to bash religion, I think there are a lot of good lessons in there, it just kinda' confuses me because in this case it'd seem like a lot of people are ignoring those lessons.
why are people surprised that a lot of people from a predominantly religious political ideology think their religious deity assisted in the election of their choice of candidate? I'm surprised it's not higher.
Might as well say "Study shows Republicans are Religious"
[QUOTE=MissingGlitch;51757199]Does God shitpost on Facebook about Trump like my family does?[/QUOTE]
[url=https://www.facebook.com/TheGoodLordAbove/photos/a.157796790974699.40772.157750900979288/1928740563880304/?type=3&theater]Kinda?[/url]
Well I guess technically it's shitting [I]on[/I] Trump [I]with[/I] posts, but eh.
Nostradamus called it first.:v:
[quote]"The great shameless, audacious bawler. He will be elected governor of the army: The boldness of his contention. The bridge broken, the city faint from fear."
"The wretched, unfortunate republic will again be ruined by a new authority. The great amount of ill will accumulated in exile will make the Swiss break their important agreement."[/quote]
[url]http://yowusa.com/nostradamus/c3/81.shtml[/url]
[QUOTE=redBadger;51757884]Okay? Who cares. It's a belief that doesn't affect you.
Don't see anyone making fun of Muslim specific prayer times or other religious beliefs. "Wow look at them kneeling down and staring in the direction of some city for no reason haha fuck them"
Sick of the religious bashing. It's no different than talking shit about any other beliefs, religious or not.[/QUOTE]
As a member of the LGBT community I can say my Mom's evangelical Christian beliefs do have a negative impact on my life ty
[QUOTE=redBadger;51757814]Wow imagine if people had religious beliefs and people actually respected their beliefs...
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They're free to believe whatever the fuck they want to believe in their own daily lives, but the day they start dragging it into politics is the day they can shut right the fuck up, because the day they start dragging it into politics is the day they start forcing it on everyone who lives in the jurisdiction of those politics.
AKA Keep religion the hell out of Congress. [b]All[/b] religion.
[QUOTE=redBadger;51757814]Wow imagine if people had religious beliefs and people actually respected their beliefs...
Isn't this what we are trying to accomplish with the Muslim community? [b]People can believe whatever they fucking want[/b].[/QUOTE]
...until it starts interfering in things that actually matter. Things like, you know, politics and facts.
God had nothing to do with it. That is a fact. The Electoral College declared him the winner and put him in office despite the fact he lost the national popular vote to Clinton by almost 3 million votes and was clearly not the preferred candidate for the American people. That is also a fact. So with that in mind, these people don't deserve respect for their beliefs. Their beliefs are objectively wrong, and it's dangerous when you start mixing church matters with state affairs.
If you seriously have to consider God when it comes to reasoning why things turned out the way that they did, then please don't vote or make major decisions that will affect your country and lots of other people who have nothing to do with you. Looking back at history, it doesn't end well. Superstitiousness has never been a good thing for humanity, especially in modern times since we've begun understanding the importance of science.
I hope none of the apostles leaked information to the CIA about God interfering in the election :worried:
[QUOTE=OvB;51757937]why are people surprised that a lot of people from a predominantly religious political ideology think their religious deity assisted in the election of their choice of candidate? I'm surprised it's not higher.
Might as well say "Study shows Republicans are Religious"[/QUOTE]
I think it's to show the sheer quantity of those who DIDN'T think god helped the election, considering the amount of religious republicans. It's a weird survey either way.
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