this guy makes david koresh look like bob ross

Thoughts & prayers

A good use of AI.
- obvious fake though; the toilet isn't gold plated. he wouldn't touch it. he'd just shit himself and let someone change it later, rather than touch a non-gold toilet.
Doesn't he wear adult diapers?

Matthew 6

5 And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.
6 But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

One of my favorite verses. Preachers will do all kinds of contortionist shit to wriggle out of this one. Usually they don't have to though, because their followers only read the parts of the book the preacher cherrypicks.

There's an old concept I like- The best cure for christianity is reading the bible.

At least Heaven’s Gate kept to themselves. Applewhite was a repressed, self hating gay man who developed that kind of friendship damaged gay men and damaged gay women do. They didn’t proselytize in the later years, they didn’t kill others.

Trump is more a Jim Jones. Pretend to hold an ideology you don’t necessarily believe (Jones was known for being progressive on race - but was a sexual predator and one wonders what the benefit was). Once the jig is up, take everyone down with you.

Literally, this is a suicide cult.

When tf do they start killing themselves please.
- They aren't trying to kill just themselves. They want to take the rest of us and life in general with them.
- Covid and now measles seems to be a start.
- Really more of a murder-suicide/doomsday cult. They don't want anybody alive when they're not.

The day Trump dies will be a very interesting time for his supporters. I could see it going either two ways. One would be them denying it and treating it like when Elvis died people reported seeing him in public and the other possibility is them going full Jamestown.

3/4 of them will starve while awaiting resupply from the King of England?

Nah you mean Jonestown.
- I thought they meant Jaynestown for a bit.
No matter his age and cholesterol levels, they'll claim 'the left finally got him'.
- Why did Biden do this?
This is why I think Marc Maron was right: The guy needs to have a massive stroke, so his supporters can see him alive with weakness and disability.
- I could definitely see that happening and Trump end up in a wheelchair like Stephen Hawking having to use a robot voice to speak or even better we end up with a weekend at Bernie’s situation.
- This is what he would do
This is why I was hoping for an electoral defeat instead of a successful assassination.

It's not the act that concerned me, it was the wild chains of disparate psychopathy that ensued from his followers. No better way to make a martyr than kill whatever they're preaching about.

This shocking outcome has been a lesson and loss for his followers, but they are no longer emboldened by his bullshit.
They'll change the legislation for non Americans to gain proper citizenship. Musk will then assume the mantel of leader when Trump dies. Trump will be like after Pope John Paul II or even a martyr. They'll be mass Christian Nationalist uprising as other in that group would want someone else to supplant him. That's the new out group after everyone else is taken care of
Jamestown plz.
They will recreate some qanon underground “leader” that’ll generate a movement with bs hidden messages that he is alive and living in a safe area. And just like a good cult leader pretending to be Trump, will tell his cult followers what to do, on some 4chan forum. With followers not knowing it’s some idiot fed agent working for CIA.
It will be like the movie "The Death of Stalin".
Elon bets on that Trump dies, I bet, he want to be president, I bet
I don't think the administration will publicly admit his death. They'll just deepfake him and claim he can't make any appearances outside of video communication for national security reasons.

It's creepy that they're doing some weird religious gesture, but I think it's a lovely sign of the times that one of the freaks on the left (as we're looking at it) just has to record this emotional and reflective moment for their socials lol

It's called "laying on hands" among Christians. As in, "let us lay on hands and pray for them." In theory it should be a way of showing support that someone is not alone. Usually, I'd attribute it more to religious people doing a silent 'look at me, I have a direct line to God for this person!' [Like you said, they're so in the moment they pull out their phone; yeah, that screams holy moment.] Which is funny because Protestants think everyone has a personal relationship with God, so what's the extra prayer for? In case God wasn't listening to the requestor, but they might listen to Ultra Religious person? Doesn't sound very personal to me.
You see god charged up Trump full of christian energy and they're trying to leach it away with the wireless god juice receptacles installed in their hands. I would want proof too for when I charged people to leach it from me.

Hang on, is this a legit picture?

Yes. America has a mental illness epidemic, and it's primarily due to Christian evangelism.
- Christians following a man that lies, cheats, and steals. Interesting.
- What the fuck is the context of that picture? Holy shit.

I just don’t know how he became their Christian idol when he doesn’t even go to church and he has been open about that in the past.

There's a pervasive belief that god has chosen Trump as his "imperfect vessel" to get his shit done on earth. Therefore christians don't have to care about the character of the man, he's literally the force of god on earth to them.
Has to pepper spray people to do a photo op in front of one
The same way Biden got re-nominated even though everyone knew he was brain-damaged.

Partisans don't care. It's all about team color.
- This is not because people of US have chosen to do so, having only two strong parties is the only logical outcome in a “democracy” designed like it is in US right now.

What people forget is that separation of church and state is meant to protect both from each other. The mixture of Christianity with conservative politics creates an unsolvable contradiction between community and individualism that, I believe, has contributed more to the decline of Christianity in the US than the oft cited bigotry and child abuse.

You think as I do. When you mix church and state, you end up with both corrupted politics and corrupted religion.
When's the last time Trump even actually got near a church? Was it the photo op during his last term where he held up the bible upside down?
- Maybe the church service after inauguration when the Bishop had the audacity to make requests of him during her sermon

Nationalism is more of a death cult than a suicide cult.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion

Is this a real picture?

Came here for the same question. Logic says yes, but realism says this fat removed would never let normies touch him.
- Maybe he billed them for that
I'm pretty sure it is
- when i reverse image search it i cannot find a single instance of this picture that isnt facebook, instagram, or reddit.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pastors-worship-leaders-pray-for-trump-in-oval-office-amid-impeachment-fight.amp

Not sure how true this is but it looks like a church group from Dec 2019 that visited the White House.
- 😰
Yup, BuzzFeed shows it coming from a Riley Gaines account. https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/donald-trump-praying-picture

where is the picture from?

it's evangelical christians praying for their saviour Trump. You know, morons.

Here's an example of a different bunch at it - https://www.newsweek.com/national-faith-advisory-board-prays-over-donald-trump-1976277
- WHY IS THAT THE ONLY SONG HE KNOWS
Has to be AI. I can't imagine him having the patience to pose like this or him being ok with other people getting their hands all over him.
- AI still isn't quite this good. There would be something off somewhere. No, this is certainly reality. I believe he'd be all for it, after all he's center of attention, where he wants to stay.
- I'm really hoping that this is AI as well, cuz this shit is beyond creepy

There is always that one black guy in these group pictures that makes all other black people go... Wtf is wrong with you man...

the gop always use a token in thier photo ops.

i can see this is not AI generated but I'm still gonna convince myself that it is

I would say the intelligence of the people in this photo is indeed artificial.
- very clever;

Pretty bold of the 3 in the front to be protesting police brutality and racial inequality just like Colin Kaepernick, right??¿?

Doesn't their book have something about false idols and a golden calf made of $100 bills with their face on it?!

Jeebus.

Evangelicals have always been batshit, but it's be turned to 11 recently.

Yeah but at least some of them were tolerable historically, id happily trade Jerry Falwell jr for old John Brown.

Where's a lightning strike when you need it?

Is he constipated?

Permanently, or just in this picture?
also mass larping lay of hands to cure his malady.

one of them is a paladin of the cellphone.

All that prayer and the best God can come up with is announcing tariffs, cancelling them, announcing them again, cancelling them again...

It’s a happy little accidental mass layoff. And a happy little tariff.

It's because you have to close your eyes and hold your breath to actually stand that close to him. Placing your hand on him helps ensure that he is at least arms length away or the stench is just too great.

The People's Temple looked tame in comparison. At least they kept to themselves and didn't push anything to normal people.

Trump Cultists would absolutely drink the flavour aid when he commands.

Based on what we know of the man, many of those people are facing an assault on their olfactory system.

It is a suicide cult, in the sense they're killing their country.

It is very much a suicide cult. But you're right, it makes other suicide cults look downright reasonable.

At least the heaven's gate people weren't trying to reproduce their way to power

White people love Wayne Brady because he makes Bryant Gumble look like Malcom X.

"It was Mooney!"

What the fick is Pierce Brosnan doing there? He’s not even American.