Trump signed Bibles. Heresy? Many religious leaders say no

Associated Press ^ | 3/10/2019 | Unknown

[HarleyD]

President Donald Trump was just doing what he could to raise spirits when he signed Bibles at an Alabama church for survivors of a tornado outbreak, many religious leaders say, though some are offended and others say he could have handled it differently.

[mad_as_he$$]

As if the libs give a hoot about the Bible.

[ptsal]

Amen thank you President TRUMP😀.

[dhs12345]

Don’t ya love it when secularists pretend to be Bible experts.

[a fool in paradise]

Waaaaaaaaaaa

Never was a problem before now

[Erik Latranyi]

Every POTUS has signed bibles in the past.

[Steely Tom]

I wish I had been keeping track of all the phony “outrage” stories about PDJT doing this or that.

[pepsionice]

Congress should call for a commission on Bible-signing, and get to the bottom of this (forbidding politicians, football players, and Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders from signing Bibles).

Being from the state, I don’t see a problem. For that guy or gal....for the rest of their life, they will talk about the tornado damage, the damage done to their house, the woes, and then President Trump coming up, shaking their hand, and signing their Bible. Tears will flow, and folks will get all emotional about that 72-hour period.

[miss marmelstein]

Of course, it never occurs to people that the bibles may have been the only material on hand to sign.

I have been donating food and caffeine drinks to the emergency workers in Alabama. Every time I go to the Emergency Center, I am asked to sign a poster for the survivors, wishing them prayers and good wishes. I was surprised because that never happened when I contributed stuff after 9/11. Obviously, an Alabama thing. It is a VERY religious state, God bless it.

[mellow velo]

The Bible shouldn’t be used as a political ploy? Has Bill Clinton been made aware of this? /s

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I have a small New Testament from the U.S. Government Printing House, with a forward by FDR, issued to troops in the 1940s. Should libs be outraged that the government was printing bibles back then?

[OrangeHoof]

“Council of Churches” = liberal stooges

Families used to pass Bibles down through generations and write all sorts of important family history in them. To many, the day they met the POTUS (regardless of party) is a major event that may even require “proof” in later years.

From that standpoint, I have no problem with Trump signing Bibles. I’d never have Trump as an elder in my church (nor would I Reagan), that doesn’t mean I don’t revere him as President.

I’m sure if Ms. Council of Churches was visited by Obama, she’d be thrilled to have him sign her Bible although Obama would probably prefer to sign a copy of the Koran.

[txrefugee]

Evah notice anyone asking Obama to sign their Bible? Me either.

[fidelis]

Barack Obama Also Signed Bibles, So Did George W. Bush And Ronald Reagan

[euram]

I saw this story on the local news last night. They showed bibles signed by Bush the 2nd and 0bama and said that presidents signing bibles is pretty common. I’ll bet that no other bible signings stirred any kind of “controversy” or comment. It’s all part of the continuing effort to abnormalize EVERYTHING Trump does or says.

[nascarnation]

I’ve heard Korans signed by Caliph Baraq are hot sellers at auction....

[Flash Bazbeaux]

Federal Rules of Evidence, Exceptions to Hearsay.

Rule 13: (13) Family Records. A statement of fact about personal or family history contained in a family record, such as a Bible, genealogy, chart, engraving on a ring, inscription on a portrait, or engraving on an urn or burial marker.

Apparently keeping records of personal or family history in a bible, presumably by writing on the inside cover, was such a common thing at one time, in some part of the US, that it was considered to be reliable information.

[Drew68]

But the Rev. Donnie Anderson, executive minister of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches, said she was offended by the way Trump scrawled his signature Friday

Leave it to the media to find a transgender minister in Rhode Island to express outrage.

"It's Ma'am!"

[FlingWingFlyer]

The Ass. Press cares about Bibles! OMG! We’re doomed!

[stevem]

But the Rev. Donnie Anderson, executive minister of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches, said she was offended by the way Trump scrawled his signature Friday as he autographed Bibles and other things, including hats, and posed for photos. She viewed it, she said, as a “calculated political move” by the Republican president to court his evangelical voting base.

Amazing how disgusting putative church leaders are. Church leaders of the disgusting persuasion transcend sect.