The Yoogest Story Ever Told Oh, thank the merciful heavens! Donald Trump has finally decided what his favorite Bible verse is. After insisting that it was just too private a thing to share with anyone, he's given it a lot of thought, and so, in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody, Trump explained that a section from the book of Proverbs has always been deeply meaningful to him:
I like the new fact-checking standards at they apply to Donald Trump:
So you ask what his favorite Bible verse is, and Trump replies with a sentence, and then you reach for a concordance and if there's any part of the Bible that contains at least one of the words that Trump used in his sentence, Trump wins.
Example:
Q: Mr. Trump, what's your favorite Bible verse?
A: The verse where Princess Leia records a secret message for Obi Wan Kanobi and sends it to him via R2D2.
Fact Check reveals:
Numbers 22:10-11
Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message: ‘A people that has come out of Egypt covers the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps then I will be able to fight them and drive them away.’”
Homeworld had a bit of backstory that would be really demonstrative if it weren't so damn obscure.
Survival was a razor's edge for everyone on the desert world of Kharak. Experimentation was a good way to kill you and your clan, so people stuck to tried-and-true rules. And in what was essentially a Bedouin-esque herding culture, those rules eventually got codified with a religious overtone (thou shalt dig a well thusly, etc.) to make sure people followed them and didn't die.
That worked well and good, but eventually people migrated to the more temperate polar regions; people could actually relax a little and try different things in an environment that wasn't actively trying to kill them. But some clans like Gaalsien had become so fundamentalist with what were once life-or-death teachings, any kind of deviation had become a religious affront.
I feel like that's what happened with the Abrahamic faiths. They may have served a purpose in a shithole world once (don't go 'round killin' each other, don't stick your dick in a butt, etc.), but the world has moved on and left the stubborn behind.
English is my first language and not having the slightest idea what he's trying to say 99% of the time is the only thing that stands between me and madness.
Shirt-sleeve-Christians care about the Bible. When The Donald tries to pander to the shirt-sleeve-Christians in the Republican base but -- it's like fucking up a wet dream, in my opinion.
If he likes Proverbs so much, he could try 26:11: "As a dog returneth to his vomit, so does a fool to his folly."
And begats. Lots and lots of begats.
(Unless that's what you meant by "who did who")
Now there's some interesting reading...
I had the opposite reaction. The more I read the Bible, the less special it became.
Trump is unfortunately the demagogic clown that too many uninformed people use as the foil for their "rage"
I like the new fact-checking standards at they apply to Donald Trump:
So you ask what his favorite Bible verse is, and Trump replies with a sentence, and then you reach for a concordance and if there's any part of the Bible that contains at least one of the words that Trump used in his sentence, Trump wins.
Example:
Q: Mr. Trump, what's your favorite Bible verse?
A: The verse where Princess Leia records a secret message for Obi Wan Kanobi and sends it to him via R2D2.
Fact Check reveals:
Numbers 22:10-11
Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message: ‘A people that has come out of Egypt covers the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps then I will be able to fight them and drive them away.’”
Verdict: Trump is absolutely correct on this one.
Foreign leaders will be hiding under their desks after America unleashes this secret weapon:https://img.washingtonpost....
Homeworld had a bit of backstory that would be really demonstrative if it weren't so damn obscure.
Survival was a razor's edge for everyone on the desert world of Kharak. Experimentation was a good way to kill you and your clan, so people stuck to tried-and-true rules. And in what was essentially a Bedouin-esque herding culture, those rules eventually got codified with a religious overtone (thou shalt dig a well thusly, etc.) to make sure people followed them and didn't die.
That worked well and good, but eventually people migrated to the more temperate polar regions; people could actually relax a little and try different things in an environment that wasn't actively trying to kill them. But some clans like Gaalsien had become so fundamentalist with what were once life-or-death teachings, any kind of deviation had become a religious affront.
I feel like that's what happened with the Abrahamic faiths. They may have served a purpose in a shithole world once (don't go 'round killin' each other, don't stick your dick in a butt, etc.), but the world has moved on and left the stubborn behind.
It sure took him long enough; anyone who's watched Pulp Fiction could at least quote Ezekiel 25:17.
And it's a good one, too! I mean, I'm not sure about Trump being his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children, but it's still a good one.
Wait... The Bible is Zoolander?
And when she fell behind in her housemaid duties, Abraham complained, "Hagar slacks."
"Do not bend to a needle."
Fixed it for him.
English is my first language and not having the slightest idea what he's trying to say 99% of the time is the only thing that stands between me and madness.
Shirt-sleeve-Christians care about the Bible. When The Donald tries to pander to the shirt-sleeve-Christians in the Republican base but -- it's like fucking up a wet dream, in my opinion.
So it wasn't the eye of the needle one. OK
Trump hires experts. Evidently hasn't hired any experts who know enough to keep a favorite bible verse ready.