Posted on 03/06/2016 7:32:49 AM PST by Kaslin
What would happen if Donald Trump sat down with the Creator of the universe in a SoHo bistro?
The following statements attributed to Mr. Trump are not fabricated. The man truly uttered them. Those attributed to God are likewise genuine.
With whom do you agree?
Lattes are poured and chairs, scooted.
The discussion begins.
Trump: “I am a really smart guy. I’m intelligent. Some people would say I’m very, very, very intelligent. I know what sells, and I know what people want.”
God: “[I] oppose the proud, but give grace to the humble. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (James 4:6 and Luke 14:11).
Trump: “Nothing wrong with ego. Show me someone without an ego, and I’ll show you a loser. Sorry losers and haters, but my I.Q. is one of the highest – and you all know it!”
God: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches. When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil” (Jeremiah 9:23, Proverbs 11:2, James 4:16).
Trump: “If you don’t tell people about your success, they probably won’t know about it.”
“Part of the beauty of me is that I am very rich. I’m really rich. Cash is king, and that’s one of the beauties of the casino business. And while I can’t honestly say I need an 80-foot living room, I do get a kick out of having one.”
God: “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” (1 Timothy 6:10).
Trump: “Fighting for the last penny is a very good philosophy to have. I have black guys counting my money. … I hate it. The only guys I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes all day. Who the f–k knows? I mean, really, who knows how much the Japs will pay for Manhattan property these days?”
God: “Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God” (Matthew 19:24).
The conversation moves on to Mr. Trump’s boasting of his many adulterous affairs.
God: “Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?” (Proverbs 5:20)
Trump: “Nice t-ts, no brains. A person who is very flat-chested is very hard to be a 10. Oftentimes when I was sleeping with one of the top women in the world, I would say to myself, thinking about me as a boy from Queens, ‘Can you believe what I am getting?'”
God: “Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered” (1 Peter 3:7).
Trump: “[Women:] You have to treat ’em like s—t.”
“When a man leaves a woman, especially when it was perceived that he has left for a piece of a– – a good one! – there are 50 percent of the population who will love the woman who was left.”
“If I get my name in the paper, if people pay attention, that’s what matters. You know, it really doesn’t matter what they write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of a–.”
“It’s all in the hunt, and once you get it, it loses some of its energy. I think competitive, successful men feel that way about women. Don’t you agree? Really, don’t you agree?”
God: “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for [I] will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous” (Hebrews 13:4).
The discussion shifts to Mr. Trump’s lifelong and, until of late, Democratic Party affiliation, Obamacare and his opposition to a ban on even partial-birth abortion.
God: “Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward” (Psalm 127:3).
Trump: “No, I am pro-choice in every respect. Very pro-choice. I just believe in choice.”
“I identify more as a Democrat. It just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans. Hillary’s a great friend of mine. Her husband is a great friend of mine. I think Hillary is going to take it, and I think Hillary is very, very capable. Hillary’s always surrounded herself with very good people. I think Hillary would do a good job.”
“[Obama] is a strong guy who really knows what he wants, and this is what we need. What he has done is amazing.”
“I’m a liberal on health care. I like universal health care. As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.”
God: “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for [I] love a cheerful giver. Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat” (2 Corinthians 9:7; Ephesians 4:28 and 2 Thessalonians 3:10).
The meeting closes with a brief exchange on repentance and forgiveness.
Trump: “For many years I’ve said that if someone screws you, screw them back. When somebody hurts you, just go after them as viciously and as violently as you can.”
God: “But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses” (Matthew 5:44, Matthew 6:15).
Trump: “I don’t like to have to ask for forgiveness. Why do I have to repent or ask for forgiveness, if I am not making mistakes?”
God: “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).
Trump: “I’m going to make America great again.”
God: “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people. Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly” (Proverbs 16:18, 14:34 and 16:22).
And so, God, Mr. Trump and their respective followers part ways, agreeing, for now at least, to disagree. (Note: Trump quotes cited and consolidated here, here and here.)
Good article no matter who wrote it.
It’s pretty bad when the two front runners are Hillary and Trump.
This nation deserves much better, I hope.
Or maybe we are getting the leaders we deserve.
And you sound soooooo liberal.
It’s an op-ed, get over it.
Really? You’re not that slow are you?
Matthew 22:20-22King James Version (KJV)
21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
And David was a man after God’s own Heart. So what is your point? We shouldn’t trivialize God in this way. God would/is weeping at the lot of us. God could make Trump the greatest leader of all time. Anything is possible through him. We all fail when held up to scripture. That is why we need Jesus.
Nope...pretty sure those are all real quotes. Look em up.
This is so relevant. NOT!
Obviously you are.
Yeah right. /s>
"...or anything else either."
Um, buddy, those are Bible quotes....so, see the author’s not speaking for God, he’s pretty clearly quoting the Bible, which is pretty roundly considered the word of God.
Im somewhat horrified that had to be explained to you.
You keep posting left-wing nonsense from Townhall yet claim they are not left-wing?> The proof is in your postings. Calls your politics into question.
I don’t agree necessarily with exactly how Barber puts things here, but there is definitely something to what he says.
And I say that not only as someone who will vote for Trump in November if he’s the party’s nominee, but someone who planned to vote for him yesterday in a caucus though I had been supporting Cruz.
I ended up being not able to vote, though, because some error occurred with my name not being transferred to where I live now, and it was too close to the time the polls closed for anything to be done about it.
And I switched from Cruz to Trump not because I find him to be more Christian-acting than Cruz.
If you take just all that Trump has said and done over the last five years or so, and consider his statements such as that he doesn’t believe he’s ever done anything that needs God’s forgiveness, it’s clear he’s been liberal and humanist minded.
Now, he’s either having some change of heart, or for reasons unknown, he is willing to be a voice for evangelical Christians/conservatives.
He is speaking some things that need to be said, things others are suppressing, and he’s publicly taking these stands, meaning that he is making promises to evangelical Christians/conservatives, which he can be to account for.
Whether he’s sincerely having a change of heart or not, that’s hard to say, but it’s some of his messages that it seems to me so many people are voting for, and as for the question of his own sincerity, there is also ample reason to doubt the sincerity of every other politician as well.
As we all know, we aren’t voting for a pastor, but someone to lead a country of people with many viewpoints, and the same goes for the Republican Party to a large extent as well. Many of these other viewpoints are fundamentally opposed to Christianity.
Trump in part represents some of these other viewpoints, while he is also willing to be a political voice for evangelical Christians/conservatives. He could not be an evangelical Christian, however, with his profession that He doesn’t need God’s forgiveness.
Maybe at some point He will have a true change of heart and mind, and perhaps he’s never had the Gospel clearly presented to him, but in any case, he’s willing to represent evangelical Christians/conservatives, and say some things that have needed to be said, which others in the Republican party haven’t.
The real problem the GOP establishment has isn’t with Trump, just as it isn’t with Cruz. It’s with them wanting to suppress most of their base.
PING!!
See Article - Remember the story of the prodigal son.
Thanks, WildHighlander57
Ridiculous BEE ESS. Some people clearly have too much time on their hands.
You have to be a leftist not to support Trump?
I think God speaks for Himself here as these are quotes from the Bible, assuming you believe the Bible is the word of God.
"When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. "When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow. "When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not go over it again; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow." The reasoning is because the Israelites were aliens in Egypt and Egypt will be blessed when the Messiah returns. I think America has a similar history, celebrated at Thanksgiving?
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