Outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry believes President Trump has a higher calling.
During a preview of an interview aired on “Fox and Friends” Sunday, Perry said that he told Trump that he was God’s “chosen one” — a phrase that he appeared to borrow from a boast the President once made of himself.
Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13 And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. 14 Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[e] That number is 666.
– Revelation 13:11-18 (NIV)
Wow There is no end of ball licking among these christian, patriotic, republicans, truly disgusting!
I guess Perry hasn’t read Mark Singer’s “New Yorker” profile of Trump from the 90s that described him, I suppose at least partly metaphorically, as soulless. He’s some sort of entity, certainly, but perhaps not a tool of the more benevolent gods.
“God’s used imperfect people all through history. King David wasn’t perfect. Saul wasn’t perfect. Solomon wasn’t perfect,” Perry said.
Abel wasn’t perfect, either.
And for that matter, neither was Jesus or John the Baptist.
(I don’t care for the comparison but I wonder how far Perry wants to take it.)
Cthfoolu.
Anything to secure a pardon, I guess.
Setting up that pardon request … just in case.
ETA: Dammit @seamus42
“The Chosen One”
I never did read much of the Bible, so could anyone tell me the chapter & verse which mentions the Electoral College ?
Jonah 2:8 "Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them."
…Numbers…
Matthew 22:14.
For many are called, but few chosen.
Sorry! But in the end, neither of us is the Chosen One, so…
“if you’re a believing Christian, you understand God’s plan for the people who rule and judge over us on this planet in our government.”
So… by that logic… Hitler was the chosen one as well…
Might want to rethink your logic there Perry.
EDIT: The US President does not RULE and JUDGE over us, the President is a employee of the people, not a KING, you imbecile.
EDIT, EDIT: I could go on and on about how much i hate the god has a plan etc etc bullshit.
Trump ran a Numbers operation ?
No wonder didn’t do too well in Atlantic City.
Thinking Rundgren’s Facist Christ here, this actually says as much about Mike Pence’s evengelicals as it does about Perry’s apparently vacant brain
Fascist christ, come to the rescue
Gimme that old time religion,
here it comes
Let’s get fundamental about this strange philosophy
In which god and man are enemies
*In which there is no serenity *
unless you happen to believe
Precisely what they want you to believe, and no diversity
Come join the army and learn the noises
*That drown out the others’ voices *
and please the devil
Who rejoices when mankind has no choices
And power exploits us, and peace avoids us
Guess who to the rescue on a holy mission
To uphold the tradition of the Spanish Inquisition
And preempt your decision by forcing your confession
Now let that be a lesson
Who do you think you’re messin’ with?
““God’s used imperfect people all through history. King David wasn’t perfect. Saul wasn’t perfect. Solomon wasn’t perfect,” Perry said.”
Fair enough. No one’s perfect, so it follows that God has to settle for less than perfect in choosing the human instruments of His will.
But, I’m sorry, a God who would settle for Rick Perry or Donald Trump is just too low-rent for me. I expect God to have a little more self-esteem than that.
Just when you thought Rick Perry couldn’t be any stupider than he’s shown in the past. Now he’s having religious delusions.
If religion is the opiate of the masses, Trump is the meth.
