Golden Money Goat Loves You

In any other world, I would say they're mocking their own followers.
But no, in the world we live in, the Trumps and their followers really are this stupid they don't see the blatant violation of the Biblical ban on idolatry in the thing that could literally serve as a counterpart to the Golden Calf if the Old Testament were adapted to modern times.

For the party that’s anti-gay… gotta say this is pretty gay
- 😂

If I can quote someone here...
Ahem
YOUR GOD IS DEAD AND NO ONE CARES IF THERE IS A HELL I'LL SEE YOU THERE

I'm not a Christian but man this Trump guy keeps matching what revelations said the anti christ would be so well that I might look into the religion if it wasn't oppressing me and I wasn't already happy with my gods
- I wouldn't be surprised if project 2025 had an entire unpublished section discussing strategies to co-opt the imagery of antichrist to use as propaganda to further muddy the waters and aid in confusion and prevent a cohesive resistance.
  
  It has to be deliberate. Trump and Musk match the beast and the dragon so closely that it's uncanny. There's no way it's a coincidence and given that we know that the author of revelations was ranting about Nero, they have to be playacting trying to trick God into fulfilling their prophecy fanfiction.
- I don't believe in God, but rapture appears like a good start. Bunch of religious freak leaving for heaven would mean the median IQ raised a little bit.

The older I get, the more I see what Oderus Urungus saw.

Now I don't believe a word of the Bible, but this guy checks off so many anti-Christ boxes it's getting harder and harder to see how the people who do believe that stuff don't see it.
- My wife sent me a great article on this that was originally written in 2019 but is now even more relevant. I thought it was a fun read at first but as I kept going it started to actually unsettle me a bit https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/
  
  Wow that was a wild ride
- Isn't that part of the story tho? That he tricks believers?
  
  False believers, whose faith is shallow and performative, or against the teachings of Christ (like, for example, the prosperity gospel). Real big "sucks to suck" energy in Revelations.
  
  Not that they were tricked specifically that they weren't tricked, that they simply chose to follow and bore his mark.
  
  'Trick' requires some form of effective deception. That's not what's happening, the are just evil ass people who are voting for evil ass shit. They know what he claims and take him seriously enough to kill people about it.
- the most hardcore believers are the ones who love trump the most.
  But given that basically none of these people have read a bible in their life, it's understandable that they don't see the signs of their own religion.
  Or maybe they are super into the anti-christ. who knows
- Bibles are for hitting your enemies over the head with, not reading.

Something about worshipping false idols?
- New Christian’s love this stuff
  
  Feels very old testament to me.... Kinky

Someone could gift a literal trojan horse to Trump and he'd fall for it as long as it had his face on it or maybe some gold.
- There was a trump property about 10 minutes walk from my house and every time I walk past it I cannot quite believe the utter lack of taste. It's a sort of thing that a Saudi oil baron would consider to be a bit over the top.
  
  My favorite phrase is:
  "They have bad taste and the money to prove it." Which is trump in a nutshell
- Why do you think he's sending all the classified files to his bestest buddies in NK, RU, SA? They just love him, bigly.

I haven't watched The Ten Commandments in a long while so please help me remember. Wasn't worshipping a false idol considered a BAD thing?
- I think there is literally a story in the bible where someone puts a golden goat in his garden or wherever and then gets punished by god
  Edit: It was a golden calf
  
  Congrats, you officially know more about the Bible than most so called Christians!
  
  His name was Mooby
  
  Any true Christian would know this story. You're either not Christian, or Evangelical Christian.
  
  7 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. 8 They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’
  9 “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people. 10 Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.” ...
  25 Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies. 26 So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him.
  
  When does the punishment part happen
- I kind of want a compilation of all the signs about the false prophet and trump next to each other.
  
  I sent this one to my Trump supporting family in 2020, it's a bit outdated but useful.
  https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/
- The whole point of the antichrist is they rise to power by exploiting Christians and their faith...
  Like, everything about the two line up that I'm starting to think trump is literally using the myth as a blueprint. Like, at some point someone told him about it, and his first and only thought was:
  I bet they're dumb enough to really fall for that
  
  I think it's kind of the opposite. The Bible was written as a response to and warning of human greed. The fashion in which people come to power has changed since then, but human greed doesn't change.
  The irony is not lost that the Bible itself was turned into a tool for greed and oppression, but I think that the actual core of the religion (Christ's teachings or whatever) were meant to warn people about the dangers of doing greedy human things.
- Wasn’t worshipping a false idol considered a BAD thing?
  Just don't consider it a false idol. That's the trick.
  Stick your money-plated golden calf in a big box and have four old dudes carry it around on a palanquin. Then get a dozen DOGE agents to lead it in front of a government agency, blow their shofars, and pull funding until it collapses.
  Boom. Straight out of the Book of Joshua, Chapter 6. Not much more holy than the Siege of Jericho.
- Yes, but only if one was actually a believer of said religion.
  "Christian" Nationalists are just Nazis With An Excuse.
- True.
  But was idolation for a false idol not one off the signes off the anti-christ. And he was also having his own valuta... an other sing.
- Yeah. It's one of the few things the Bible is fairly consistent about, along with golden calf/bronze bull imagery. I'm pretty sure there's a historical religious explanation for why the Bible consistently referenced gold/bronze cattle, but I find it fascinating and kinda sad that they're so blatantly worshipping something that the Bible consistently says is wrong. Like, there's a lot of stuff in the Bible where it says one thing and then later says, "actually, wait, just kidding lol"; but it consistently talks about not worshipping idols while using cattle imagery.
  
  Judaism likely developed out of worship of a specific deity in a pantheon. All the idol worship bans are probably a way to distance yahweh worship from everything else. It exists only to be different.
  The real trouble comes when Biblical literalists try to apply this to modern situations. There are still major religions that have idols, but they tend not to be anywhere near American Christian nationalists. But when you believe every single part of the Bible is true and meaningful for your life today, you have to find some reason for it to be there.
  "Umm, err, do you have a poster of Kobe Bryant on your wall? Totally an idol in the same way the Bible talks about golden calfs."
- Worshipping anything else than God is the big super bad. Joshua saw a Jew sleeping with a non-believer and Joshua put a spear through them both. God was like "Hell yeah, dude!" and promoted him to be the new Moses.
- There's a whole analog horror series that spawned because of that
  
  Which? I love analog horror.
- Stupid Libtard of COURSE NOT! Otherwise we would HATE Trump!

Trump is literally the Anti-Christ, he takes Christians away from Christ and thinks it's funny.
I actually read a report somewhere that said Christians were having to choice between their Churches and Trump... and they choose Trump
- said Christians were having to choice between their Churches and Trump
  it’s an easy way for believers to see and avoid the unholy temples now worshipping the ungodly
- Fake Christians in Christianity? More likely than you think!
- https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/
- Did the Bible predict the apocalypse would start with trumpets or Trump/Pence?
  
  That's a compilation story book, take everything you read there as fantasy. My favorite story is Genesis, the part were the dad offers his virgin daughters to have sex with a furious gang of people.
- It makes sense.
  People don't go to church to be Christian. Christians can believe and pray at home if they want to, and many do. The ones that go church are looking for something else.

Spread this in Christian communities.
- Lol they don't care
  
  Hi I'm a Christian and I care. The goat seems to be made to auction to spread awareness for human trafficking. Very bizarre to go with this method though. I also know nothing of the organization and it's effectiveness in helping stop child human trafficking. Especially after that movie and the backlash it got with how little it did in helping the actual core issue. Bunch of hypocrites.
  https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mar-a-lago-goat-trump/
- They're the ones who like this stuff!

Had to check which community I was in to make sure I wasn't in the Onion one.
- Only three years eleven months to go!
  
  Found the optimist!
- Is this real?

When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. And he took the calf the people had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it.
He said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?”
- Aaron then took a drag from his vape and shrugged. He didn't know either
  
  Then the Sianai Times reported how the Pharaoh isn't actually a that bad of a guy and it would serve the Israelites to reopen communication with Egypt and discuss trade partnership, and how slavery should be an individual's choice and that they should vote Moses out for unilateral decision-making. Also, no haha the river never turned to blood and there are no locusts, don't look up at them.

How much more anti-christy can this guy get?
- No one knows but I am sure we will be here for a while to see him try his hardest.

Welcome to Mar-A-Lago, I love you.
- It really is idiocracy
  
  At this point, Idiocracy is looking more like an optimistic fairy tale than a cautionary look to our future. At the very least Kamacho was trying to fix things and the people could be convinced by obvious evidence set plainly before them.

Ok now he is just memeing the false prophet thing. He can't not be aware, can he?
- I agree. I think it's intentional. Probably has a whole Project 2025 chapter about it.

Jesus wept

Ya know, maybe the Bible is right and god is real, because there's no way someone comes this close to exactly what it describes as the Anti-Christ without actually being evil.
- This is just his way of separating the goats from thr sheep

I wondered if it was real.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mar-a-lago-goat-trump/
- It's always real.
  Did you miss this?
  
  No, I didn't. I just was stunned they profaned yhwh and Baphomet. I guess they'll get around to Kali and Shiva eventually. Got to cover all the bases, I guess. 🤷‍♀️
  
  I'm not Christian. I'm not super religious.
  I still find this offensive.

Does it make all the sheep say "BAA-L"?
- Baal was a storm god who brought rain and life to the land. Yahweh is the war god that brought genocide.

"I love you" on the only two things he loves, himself and money. Pretty spot on.
- And goats, evidently..

Why a goat? It's an odd choice considering the association with Satan.
- It's an old testament sacrifice thing.
  Leviticus 17:7
  They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idolsa] to whom they prostitute themselves.
  Edit: it appears in a few other places.
  
  he hasn't read the bible and probably doesn't talk to anyone who has. more likely a reference to "the goat" meaning "the greatest of all time".
  
  Well yeah, but the goat idols were used in some kind of previous religion and are being forbidden in Leviticus, as can be seen from the quote. So it's not exactly an old testament thing, it's just mentioned in the old testament as something you shouldn't use.
- https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mar-a-lago-goat-trump/
  The dude that donated/sold it just really likes goats lmao

Where is Moses when you need him?
- Probably fucking up New York's infrastructure, as usual.

Wake up babe, new Gävlebocken just dropped. 🔥
- BURN THE GOAT

"Christians" ~~Hate~~ Love This One Weird Trick!

So, literally worthless statue made from scrap paper.
- Hey now. That could be a really nice archery target.
  
  I can think of a few better ones.
- What's worse, idolatry or idolatry + fraud?
  That's a trick question, these idiots don't care. Makes me wish there actually were an afterlife for them to suffer in.
- Another way of looking at it is that it is a worthless statue made from evidence of counterfeiting and forgery.

The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that patriotism is the love of one's country and nationalism is the belief that one's country is superior above all others.
Fascism is a centralized government underneath the authority of a dictator.
It's obvious that these guys want a nationalist and fascist government.
- Well that's not the definition of fascism at all.
  https://youtu.be/5Luu1Beb8ng
  
  Good lord, you said nuh uh and linked a 20 minute video with no explanation. Congrats
  lazy transcript of intro copy/paste.
  fascism is a term i've heard thrown around since i was a kid but most of the time idiomatically fascist is what you called your type a passive-aggressive roommate stop being such a fascist deborah through osmosis i knew its literal meaning was among a cluster of related words authoritarianism totalitarianism white supremacy nationalism dictatorship but for much of my life if you pressed me to define any of these words i could have only said you know nazis hitler the gestapo you know nazis this colloquializing of fascism and its association with the cultural shorthand for pure evil makes it very hard to discuss as an ideology because even using the word fascism sounds both hyperbolic and like a punch below the belt to call a person group or idea fascist is to exaggerate for the purpose of dragging them this counter-intuitively prevents us from criticizing fascist groups even though most everyone agrees fascism is terrible because saying it you sound ridiculous you're talking about indiana jones villains so i'm going to be using the word fascism kind of a lot in this video hoping that we can semantically satiate it just enough that it's connotative meanings irreverent sarcasm and the envisioning of stormtroopers are dulled to the point that we can talk about fascism as a system of beliefs and as a mode of political organizing and about who practices it today our work necessitates a conversation about fascism specifically white fascism, fascism fascism fascism
  Is there like a direct point you're trying to highlight for the class? It's honestly weird seeing "White Fascism", like... just the distinguishing 'white' term and making 'white fascism' seem more important than just regular ol 'fascism' makes this feel like a whole other level of racism/white superiority that blows my mind.

Welcome to Costco, I love you.
- This guy gets it.

Cool and normal.

Love how they sold trump a false idol to combat sex trafficking. Chefs kiss.
"You know you can just donate how ever much money to what ever cause you want without receiving anything in exchange"
"DONT QUESTION ME, IN TRUMP WE TRUST!"

....
Naaahh, this has to be an the onion article
- Is crazy that it's true apparently. I find it incredulous that this isn't an intentional subversion?
  "We love you Trump!", covered in Trump dollars, as a false idol to money / Satan / the antichrist.... All notionally to draw attention and protect trafficed and abused children?! The guy who joked about his good friend Jeffery liking the "on the younger side"? And regularly visited Pedo island?! Surely its trolling!?!
  Or not. Sadly, that is a real possibility.
  (just to clarify, I don't think goats are satanic, they're delightful. But the cultural connotations are what they are...)
  
  There's nothing satanic about goats because Satan (or god, or God's for that matter) doesn't exist. It's all a cop out, a cheap excuse to either explain a disaster or "oops, I polluted your backyard and now your children are dying? God works in mysterious ways!"
- I thought the golden trump stature at CPAC was either satire or a prank, but it was real.
- If it's an onion I'm eating it
- Has to be, right?

There's no fucking way this is the real timeline hahahahaha
- The noose is becoming increasingly pertinent to this meme.

Trump is weird and evil

With a golden dong, classy as usual

Truly... trump IS the god... the god of turds.

Mmmm them thars sum o dem gudol Christian values

Isn’t defacing US currency a crime?
- Yes, but this falls under "art" and would likely not be convicted for that reason.
  Like how you can buy "Santa dollars" with Santa Claus on them that looks like a dollar bill.
  
  Ah makes sense. But doesn’t the art have to be good to qualify for that? /s
- Those are custom printed. I'm sure it says "not legal tender" and other disclaimers, but if you or I designed something like that, believe it or not, jail. At best the USSS would have some very pointed questions.

Some accelerationist nonsense.

This is uncut Colombian flake purer than pure Pablo-grade evangelical Christianity right here.

Their goat is overfloated!