commando Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 minute ago, knapplc said: One less now that Epstein has died. don't forget scaramucci Link to comment
commando Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 28 minutes ago, TheSker said: Continuing with the media propaganda discussion is a distraction. My point is as awful of a job as some claim Trump is doing, he has some significant influencers that back him. that's the way cults work 1 1 Link to comment
knapplc Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) 37 minutes ago, TheSker said: My point is as awful of a job as some claim Trump is doing, he has some significant influencers that back him. What qualifies as a "significant influencer?" Are these like the influencers who got duped into hyping/attending the Fyre Festival? Edited August 20, 2019 by knapplc Fix Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, knapplc said: What qualifies as a "significant influencer?" Are these like the influencers who got duped into hyping/attending the Fyre Festival? Not sure why that quoted me but I'd say they are the same in that they have been duped Link to comment
TheSker Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 4 hours ago, commando said: that's the way cults work Then anything that requires finances to operate is a cult. 1 Link to comment
NM11046 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 15 minutes ago, TheSker said: Then anything that requires finances to operate is a cult. You really like to just debate anything don't you? No, people blindly following a person or group because of a real or perceived benefit to them even if there are distinct negatives to that person or group is the definition of a cult. 2 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, TheSker said: Then anything that requires finances to operate is a cult. You’re really not grasping this. Link to comment
TheSker Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: You’re really not grasping this. If only..... 1 Link to comment
commando Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 there are people who think trump is the anointed one no matter how evil he is. no amount of crassness or cruelty will dissuade them from their truth. 1 Link to comment
knapplc Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 1 minute ago, commando said: nope...not a cult Maybe his significant influencers told him to say that. 1 3 Link to comment
TGHusker Posted August 21, 2019 Author Share Posted August 21, 2019 I suspect a real big fall is coming for him. I just hope he doesn't take America with it. Quote Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 1Corinthians 10:12(that is FIRST Corinthians not One Corinthians Mr Trump!)_ https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-second-coming-of-god-to-jews-israel-135407584.html Quote Trump shared on Twitter quotes from Newsmax TV's Wayne Allyn Root, who declared him the greatest president for Jews and Israel “in the history of the world.” Root made the comments on his eponymous call-in show on Tuesday night. A former Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee and author of the 2015 book “Angry White Male: How the Donald Trump Phenomenon Is Changing America,” Root is known for promoting wild, baseless conspiracy theories. In 2017, he claimed the mass shooting in Las Vegas was a “clearly coordinated Muslim terror attack.” After Trump moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, a long-sought goal of the Israeli government, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared the American president to another king, Cyrus of Persia, who allowed Jews to return to Israel, ending their exile in Babylon, in the 6th century B.C. More pointedly, some pro-Trump organs have begun comparing him to an actual king of Israel, King David. (Comparisons to King Solomon have been much fewer, although Nancy Pelosi once, rather pointedly, reminded him that Solomon asked God for, and received, the gift of wisdom.) I think this quote like the Bible verse I quoted above are applicable. Quote Trump in the past has claimed the Bible as his favorite book, although he has shown little knowledge of it. One passage that might be relevant is found in Acts 12:21-23, about the ancient King Herod. It reads: On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died. 1 Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 A cult typically requires a leader claiming divine providence, the blind loyalty of followers and banishment of doubters, an exaggerated persecution complex, and surprisingly often, a flexible morality that allows the leader to have sex with lots of young women. So......yeah. 2 2 Link to comment
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