Pastor Mark Burns, the president’s informal “spiritual advisor,” wants to make one thing very clear about the extremely tall gold statue of Donald Trump that was officially dedicated last week in Doral, Miami. “Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone,” he wrote on Twitter.
He’s technically right, just as Rene Magritte was technically right that his painting of a pipe was not actually a pipe. In the most literal sense, the statue of Trump, which is named “Don Colossus” is not a golden calf.
Despite the president calling it “The Real Deal - GOLD,” on Truth Social, the statue is not made of gold. Unlike the golden calf, which was made from melting the jewelry of the Egyptians, the Trump statue is not actually made of solid gold. “Don Colossus” is cast in bronze and covered in gold leaf, making it much, much less valuable. It is also obviously not a calf, as calves are baby cows, and the statue is certainly not a baby cow.
It’s still definitely an idol, though.
tiny dick and all.
Probably the most American Idol to date
Isn’t that Taylor Swift?
with a golden calf just above each golden ankle
Cankle
Sorry couldn’t resist
They all worship idols all the time and apply some mental gymnastics bullshit to pretend they don’t. It’s wild.
idolatry seems to be ignored by christians.
Certainly by the loudmouthed American ones that support Trump.
I’d like to ask Pastor Burns if he’s read the book of Daniel, particularly chapters 3 and 4.
God struck Nebuchadnezzar (who likewise had a golden statue built for his entire kingdom to worship) with madness for 7 years for his pride.
We’re having madness right now.
True, but in Nebuchadnezzar’s case his kingdom was taken from him for those 7 years…
If only we could be so fortunate.
A monkey paw finger curls
Hey look, the brits are coming again!
If only
Trump only lost his for 4
We have madness at home.
Another 7 years?
Wouldn’t have thought he’d live that long 🤷♂️Well, he doesn’t seem to care anymore.
Sometimes I wish God was real, so we’d get to see him swoop in and smite these fucking hypocrites.
if god isn’t real it is up to us to make the world a just god would make.
It should be no problem to come to broad consensus on what that would look like!
Anarchy would be it if humans were capable of self governance and not being cunts. But it depends on all humans working together in sync, so it’ll never happen.
Depends. Are those innate traits or learned skills?
It doesn’t matter at this point. Either way you have to have all of humanity change at once and agree on everything.
I don’t think either of that is true.
I think that every time one of these psychos assumes room temperature. Upon hearing of their death, I’d love the satisfaction of imagining their reaction upon entering Hell for the eternity of fiery torture that we’ve been promised.
But alas, it’s all a fairy tale, as real as Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy.
It’s a nice thought.
the statue is certainly not a baby cow.
No, it’s a giant pig.
Now, be nicer to pigs, they’re intelligent, capable of empathy. It’s actually a giant pile of gold leafed shit.
Valid. I actually love piggies.
Real pigs don’t live in their own shit if they have a choice.
They’re pretty clean animals in general, they just roll in mud to cool off.
A gilded turd.
I prefer to think about it as an orange turd, perfectly suitable for the eventual Trump Memorial.
Ohhhhhh SNAP ! 😂
…if you feel the need to let everyone know how much the golden idol isn’t a golden idol, perhaps you’ve forgotten what an idol is and why your religion speaks against them.
“Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone,”
Which is why they erected a giant golden statue of the president of the United States. Makes perfect sense!
And blessed it, and have repeatedly said that Trump is either blessed by God, or God’s divine instrument.
But this isn’t idolatry.
This “church” wouldn’t know Christ if the Christ walked up to them and said to love their neighbors as Christ loved them.
They would know Christ: they would be in the front row yelling for another crucifixion
Indeed: most of present day America, especially the far-right, would be incredibly hostile towards a middle eastern guy preaching a philosophy of peace and equality and who was openly against the “money lenders”.
If the real Christ came back, they’d call him a lunatic
Far left extremist
With a name like Jesús he is obviously from one of them Mexican countries and needs to be sent to Alligator Auschwitz.
It’s not a golden calf
No. It’s a golden pig-like thing that is fatter and smellier than a pig.
But also: If they worship Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ alone that’s pretty weird. What about God and the Holy Spirit? Did this pastor even go to seminary school?
Did this pastor even go to seminary school?
I don’t think most pastors study much.
It’s man-cow-pig!
Do those bastards not see what can happen to despots?
I prefer this outcome:
how about both?
tomato potato. some of those ugly ugly giant bags of mostly water.
Can’t wait to see these statues finally torn down by an invading imperial army doing a photo op for their dumb fat chud viewers on the other side of the planet.
A lot of dictators die peacefully in their sleep a night. 😞
of natural causes too. once your fatal bullet poisoning reachees the butthole they have to replace your legs with wheels and your arms with those extendo boxing gloves or else we wouldn’t have enough whimsical things to laugh at in the world (like when’s the last time you saw a clown in a bathtub being pulled down the river by a flock of geese).
they do die peacfully from a bit of string too.
They always think they’re the exception. It’s a symptom of their narcissistic personality disorder.
I am Ozymandius, King of Kings; look on my works, ye mighty, and despair …
owner of the largest sand factory in east sandtopia
Baphomet is much better done
Not only that, a much better character to have a statue of.
And way safer around those children
The character design is on point
One is a statue of a cruel, merciless, sinful being that kills for fun. The other is Baphomet.
A gold plated statue is really on the nose for this con artist.
I am sure it’s the thinnest gold coating possible, a lettuce head will last longer than the coating.
Why would the idol-like statue, made for a person worshiped by his followers who are part of a group with cult-like tendencies, be considered an idol?
These people love vice signalling. This is clearly a giant golden idol they worship. They love their pedo prince so much because he’s all the vices.
“While we are worshipping this golden idol, we want to make perfectly clear that we are in fact worshipping Jesus.”
These fucking pharisees man…
“The church has investigated the claims about rampant pedophilia”
And has determined that nothing unusual is going on?
In fact they found there’s a shit-ton going on and they are all in favor! Imagine that.
Conveniently, unusual is not equal to immoral.
Are you sure he is not a baby cow though? When I hear him speak all I hear is the exact same whiny mooing sound a calf makes.
I feel like he’s both a baby and a cow, and yet somehow not a baby cow.
Baby calfs (calves?) are cute, the dumpster ain’t pretty to look at and looks worse covered in gold
That’s why I can’t STAND to listen to Trump. He is ALWAYS WHINGING when he talks, even if he’s winning. It sounds like he’s upset over the winning because it’s not enough winning.
its that wierd raspy voice of a old man.
