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Donald Trump just lately took to social media to announce his partnership with singer Lee Greenwood to promote Bibles. Their “God Bless the USA Bible” will retail for $59.99.
So we requested readers to share their ideas on the previous president and Greenwood promoting Bibles forward of the 2024 election, and whether or not they would purchase one.
Right here's what you mentioned:
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● Maybe a quote attributed to the creator, Sinclair Lewis says it finest – “When fascism involves America, it is going to be wrapped in a flag and carry a cross.”
— James Forrest, Edmond
● Full fool. He by no means even opened a Bible. How can one man stoop so low. No class. In my view
—Jim McAuliffe
● Wow! One other factor we will hear is that he wrote the Bible.
— Aulena Gibson
● I’d by no means purchase a Bible from an individual who has such a listing of expenses for all of the sins within the Bible. Except he provided him his confession of sin and that the Bible had helped him change his evil methods.
— Cheryl Pennington
● That is “good grief” for a lot of who perceive that somebody is making an attempt to trick you into believing they’re a “Christian.”
Why would anybody with half a mind purchase one from him or anybody else? If you actually need a Bible, go to your native bookstore or church.
— John Dixon, nobleman
● Is Trump Promoting Bibles? I wouldn't purchase something Trump endorses, a lot much less a Bible!!!!!
—Steve Epp
● I purchased 2 and reside in Hanson, Massachusetts. I had meant to purchase one for our home, so I purchased one other for our greatest mates. Our son took our previous Bible to our second house in Maine, so I wished one for our Hanson house and one other for mates in Hanson, MA.
This new Bible is ideal for lately when it appears that evidently if Donald Trump/Lee Greenwood have one thing, there are all the time individuals who have to seek out fault with it. Gone are the previous days after we might purchase a Bible and regardless of the place it was from, they couldn't discover fault with it. It's the individuals who have an issue with former President Trump or Lee Greenwood who want all of the prayers we will get for them. We’d like extra Christians and Bibles… even with a replica of the Structure included lately! …
— Betty Dahlberg, Hanson, Mass
● Nice concept! It helps the phrase of Christ and within the Bible, Matthew 28:19-20 and Mark 16:15-20, Jesus mentioned, “Go into the world and preach the gospel to each creature.”
— Vivian Purnell, Oberlin, Ohio
● Thanks for asking if I’d be enthusiastic about shopping for one of many Trump Bibles.
The reply is categorically “NO.” The person is an impostor who has now sunk so low in enterprise that he shows such conceitedness that he humiliates those that profess the Bible. Trump has turned Christianity right into a punchline for comedians. I hope and belief that anybody who has ever discovered non secular meals from the Bible will let all their mates know that this thinly veiled try and deceive his followers will do nothing however enrich the person who sells it and thereby diminish the significance of the Bible's message. to non-believers who’ve came upon for themselves that Christianity is barely for individuals who could be fooled by anybody. Trump has diminished the credibility of Christianity as a supply of reality for everybody's lives. He’s no messiah.
— Jim Troxel, Chicago, Illinois
● Abominable sacrilege
—Joe Powers
● I completely wouldn’t purchase a Bible from Trump and I discover it appalling. Taking God's Holy Phrase and promoting it for revenue to fund your individual agenda is sinful!
—Michael Stevens
● I’m not a Trump fan. I don't consider he’s a Bible believer. Not after all of the issues he's performed and mentioned.
— Jane HoodOklahoma Metropolis
● Has anybody learn him the “non-adultery” half? Sure, it's one of many huge 10 commandments, he clearly doesn't care.
— Bob dies, Norwalk, Conn
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—Dana Morrow, Oklahoma Metropolis
● This offends me on many ranges. If he was a very good individual, he would have given them away. “God bless America” on the Bible offends me. He’s so fully horrible.
— Adrienne Day, Norman
● No. Trump has proven himself to be a prison, a narcissist and I’ve by no means seen him go to church. When my husband and I visited Cuba in the course of the Trump administration, there have been many similarities within the conduct of Trump and the Cuban leaders.
— Lynda Ramsey, Yukon
● I wouldn't purchase one. That is simply one other Trump sham and self-serving, self-centered agenda. As a lifelong Republican, it’s astounding that he’s our social gathering's nominee.
— Matt Wheatley, Yukon
● Completely not. I’m a Bible reader, however Mr. Trump's conduct definitely doesn’t show that he’s. The most effective memes I've seen about this put one in every of his quotes on the entrance of a Bible alongside together with his signature, what Mr. Trump calls “locker room speak.”
— Mary Lou Moad, Edmond
● The Bible needs to be promoted by our spiritual organizations, not by politicians and entertainers, none of whom appear to follow the teachings of this e-book. Then once more, perhaps they haven't learn the Bible; they simply use it after they ask for cash. I’d DEFINITELY not purchase one in every of these Bibles. No less than Hank Williams had sufficient class to launch the tune “Mud on the Bible.”
— Richard Corridor, Norman
● It’s a pitiful sorrow. Bastardizing a non secular textual content by including political paperwork is sacrilegious and embarrassing. After which promote it for an enormous revenue. There is no such thing as a backside for him. And no, I gained't purchase it!
— Liia Bray, Edmond
● Completely not. It's essentially the most blatant type of pandering I've ever seen. Certainly the Lord in whom I consider is ashamed that His Phrase has been lowered to nothing greater than a marketing campaign money seize. It’s an insult to Christianity and to this nation.
— A. Connell, Oklahoma Metropolis
● In case you are severe about wanting a frontrunner who fashions the virtues of Christianity, then Trump just isn’t your candidate. He displays few, if any, of the virtues that characterize a disciple of the Christian religion. But many professing Christians proceed to persecute him, at the same time as they purchase costly Bibles, combining nationalism and faith, the proceeds of which can mockingly go in the direction of his rising authorized payments. I'm not the primary to understand how properly Shakespeare's phrases apply right here, however I don't thoughts sharing it once more: “The satan could quote Scripture for his goal; An evil soul giving holy testimony is sort of a villain with a smiling face. “A pleasant apple rotten on the core.” ― Antonio, Act 1, Scene 3, The Service provider of Venice
— Pat Smith, Edmond
● I’ll undoubtedly purchase this Bible. Linking the Bible to our founding paperwork solidifies the fundamental rules of our Structure. Lee Greenwood created the Bible within the yr 2021. Nobody thought it was controversial till President Trump inspired its sale. I want extra folks would provide their star energy to encourage folks to purchase a Bible.
— Pam Pollard, Midwest Metropolis
● Completely, YES! This nation is in dire want of God's Phrase and President Trump must sustain with the Democratic “fund elevating” for those who can name it that.
— Ron Donnelly, Porum
● I worry for anybody who would purchase one in every of these politicized bibles. Trump's partnership with Lee Greenwood to promote the “God Bless USA Bible” is predictable and disgusting. The Bible beneath the American model belongs to essentially the most primary types of Christian nationalism – the wedding of church and state. Christian nationalism is each explicitly anti-Christian and unconstitutional; (true) Christianity prioritizes religion over any/all nations (together with the US) and the US First Modification particularly says that the federal government can not create a state-sponsored faith. {That a} presidential candidate is benefiting from Christian nationalism factors to a deep rot inside the political social gathering and the nation as an entire. Lord, bless this mess.
— Alex Shirley, Oklahoma Metropolis
● The Bible is free on the App Retailer, and the US Structure, Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, and Invoice of Rights are available on-line. This can be a blasphemous try to use Christianity for political functions (and to get cash to pile up authorized payments) and I hope good religion Christians don't fall for it. Their $60 could be higher spent caring for themselves or of their local people/church. That is clearly an try to lift funds for the embattled ex-president. This man can't even inform anybody his favourite bible verse…does he know one? He ought to spend extra time studying the Bible and fewer time making an attempt to revenue from it.
— Chris Cordova, Oklahoma Metropolis
● Thanks for posting this. I simply ordered a pair.
— Gary Schones, Oklahoma Metropolis
● I consider that the query will have to be reformulated. Maybe the extra vital query is what do you suppose God would suppose? Personally, for my part, I don’t consider that God is happy with (the) advertising contact. Keep in mind when Jesus cleansed the temple? Yeah, that's proper.
— Jo Hogan, Choctaw
● Incorporating any paperwork, even these as revered and revered because the Structure and Invoice of Rights, right into a repackaged and marketed model of the Bible is blasphemy even in essentially the most liberal use of the time period. If somebody believes within the sacred nature of the Bible that presents another doc as equal and packages it as a instrument for political fundraising, there isn’t any condemnation. No.
— John Woods, Norman
● Trump is a despicable human being. I wouldn't purchase one in every of his Bibles if it was the one e-book out there in a bookstore. One should purchase a Holy Bible if one's spiritual beliefs inform one to take action; not as a result of some snake oil salesman is providing them for his private achieve. Shameful!
— Russell Unruh, Yukon
● Trump is a person who will cease at nothing to realize his targets, even when it means resorting to dishonest the system or appearing out of character to attraction to voters and religion donors. He makes use of the Bible and Lee Greenwood to offer off a false sense of “healthiness” to stimulate donations. I used to suppose Lee Greenwod was a good man with dignity. However now that he's offered out to Donald Trump, I don't.
—John Doyle, Oklahoma Metropolis
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