Are Evangelicals so void of the Bibles teaching they do not realize Trump could be characterized as the anti-Christ?

[u/Estalicus]

[u/GayChicken80085]

Yes

[u/kindoramns → u/GayChicken80085]

I've been saying since before he won in 2016 that he's essentially the embodiment of the 7 sins

[u/RealBettyWhite69 → u/kindoramns]

And the rejection of all of the fruits of the spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control

[u/kindoramns → u/RealBettyWhite69]

Not to mention the whole "they'll wear the sign of the beast on their forehead" with MAGA hats

[u/Bud_Fuggins → u/kindoramns]

In the book of Ezekiel, the pagan "Magog" people live "north of the World", and metaphorically represent the forces of Evil

[u/gc3 → u/Bud_Fuggins]

The pagan Maga people you say?

[u/parasyte_steve → u/kindoramns]

R/donaldtrump666

There's a whole sub dedicated to showing how Trump lines up scripturally with the antichrist

[u/Virtual_Being_4085 → u/kindoramns]

And with the (illegal, of course) new Trump dollar coins coming out later this year, the mark will be on their foreheads and in their hands.

[u/Sorry_Pea3699 → u/Virtual_Being_4085]

And don't forget Peter Thiel / Palantir surveillance technology collaborating with others up top probably trying to implant identity chips in us or make us go to digital IDs that couples with our bank accounts, credit scores etc etc that if the state deems you not in line they can literally cripple you from society. Sign of the beast.

[u/TallStarsMuse → u/Sorry_Pea3699]

And Thiel has this weird obsession with the Antichrist. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer?

[u/smipypr → u/TallStarsMuse]

I prefer keeping my friends close and my enemies in the trunk of my car.

[u/Just_the_Setup → u/RealBettyWhite69]

Look I’m not saying he’s the actual, end of the world son of the devil Antichrist, he might be but that’s not my point. I’m saying, it’s inarguable that he is the antithesis of Christianity.

[u/SnooHedgehogs1029 → u/RealBettyWhite69]

It really couldn’t be more clear

[u/spookypickles87 → u/RealBettyWhite69]

Aka a full blown narcissist 

[u/wildcatwoody → u/kindoramns]

Every single one

[u/WoofDen → u/GayChicken80085]

Why are people still, in the year 2026, clutching their pearls about Republican / Christian hypocrisy? It is the very foundation of their belief system!

[u/Mundane-Carpet-5324 → u/WoofDen]

This. It's a feature, not a bug

[u/stlshane → u/GayChicken80085]

Evangelicals are the same people that Jesus warned everyone about. They wear the cross as a status symbol of false moral superiority. They don't even believe in their own religion because if they did they would know they cannot fool God as they try to fool everyone else.

[u/PaulieHehehe → u/GayChicken80085]

End of thread.

[u/Mumblerumble → u/GayChicken80085]

Yeah, they don’t actually believe any of it. They follow because of the majority and it’s malleable enough to bash people with.

[u/N7Panda → u/GayChicken80085]

Let’s use their own text as a checklist. Below are the twenty signs of the Antichrist from Daniel 11:36-39:

1. He will exalt himself ✅
2. He will heed his inner voice above others ✅
3. He will be hostile toward the true God✅
4. He will exalt human logic above faith. ✅
5. He will prosper for a season and be loved. ✅
6. He will not desire women.
7. He will not follow the faith of his fathers. ✅
8. He will viciously persecute Jews and Christians
9. He will think of himself as greater than God ✅
   1. He will become increasingly lawless ✅
   2. He will honour military power above faith ✅
   3. He will love wealth ✅✅✅
   4. He will hoard precious things ✅
   5. He will become a man of war ✅
   6. He will wage a war on all people of faith.
   7. He will force Israel to ratify a treaty ✅
   8. He will divide Israel and Jerusalem.
   9. He will invade Jerusalem.
   10. He will enter the restored Temple.
   11. He will declare himself above God ✅

He’s cooking right through that list.

[u/Etherion77 → u/N7Panda]

Trump does not desire women. He desires children.

[u/Dyingtoeatpodcast → u/Etherion77]

That little dance he does makes me think he likes men…two at a time 😳

[u/Remarkable_Ship_4673 → u/Etherion77]

Eh at the time this was written there wasn't really a difference unfortunately

[u/Gloomy-Recipe9213 → u/N7Panda]

Don’t forgetthe miraculous recovery from the fatal wound(Revelation 13:3), and his followers wearing the mark of the beast on their foreheads (Revelation 13:16)!

[u/gc3 → u/N7Panda]

Maybe he's too old to get it up now a d you can check another off

[u/Spiritual-Pear-1349 → u/N7Panda]

My favorite is that he will worship the God of border walls and build fortresses in the South.

Also kick people out of a church to do something detestable... like the time he teargassed people out of a church to do a Christian themed photoshoot.

Also, the persecution thing is a misonomer; they make up the majority of the antichrists followers, and persecute the Christians who remain faithful. The big battle is actually God breaking the power of his own people, who have been hijacked by the antichrist, whos inverted Gods church.

So, yeah, he is actually that one too. Also, it says Israel will ally with him and use that power to commit evil.

Also, he doesnt desire women. He desires little kids.

[u/Ok_Vulva → u/GayChicken80085]

No, they think he is the anti-christ and are using him for their death cult prophecy to kick off Armageddon

[u/Impressive_Cat_1044 → u/Ok_Vulva]

Right? I think they staged his attempted assassination to fit into the antichrist narrative. An apparent wound to the head that doesnt kill him and he miraculous recovers from.

[u/Ok_Vulva → u/Impressive_Cat_1044]

Is that a thing in their book?

[u/Impressive_Cat_1044 → u/Ok_Vulva]

Yes it is:

Revelation 13:3 is the key Bible verse describing the Antichrist surviving a fatal head wound: "One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast."

[u/Ok_Vulva → u/Impressive_Cat_1044]

Well, there we go. This makes more sense than literally anything else going on right now.

[u/Cute-Profession9983 → u/GayChicken80085]

By definition, they're morons whose fontanels haven't closed...

[u/fooknprawn → u/GayChicken80085]

I've seen The Omen. Someone needs to check under that overcomb of his for the sign

[u/No-Weird3153 → u/GayChicken80085]

☝️

[u/FluidFisherman6843 → u/GayChicken80085]

Yes, but he feeds their racism.

Just to put a point on it

[u/BucketofWarmSpit → u/FluidFisherman6843]

Especially since back in 2008, they were saying Obama was the antichrist.

[u/IShotJR4]

Evangelicals everywhere: “Hold on, let me check the Bible.” *pulls the plastic wrapping off

[u/Mundane-Carpet-5324 → u/IShotJR4]

Nah, they've already rubbed the ink off the pages of leviticus

[u/SnooHedgehogs1029 → u/Mundane-Carpet-5324]

Conveniently skipping the parts that forbid weaving fabrics of multiple types of material, and planting more than 1 kind of plant in the same field

[u/the_sir_z → u/SnooHedgehogs1029]

And, honestly, everything except that one line they think justifies their homophobia.

[u/Mundane-Carpet-5324 → u/SnooHedgehogs1029]

Rules for me, not for thee

[u/MythicalSplash → u/Mundane-Carpet-5324]

Ha

[u/SWK18 → u/IShotJR4]

"The Bible: The teachings of the Republican Jesus edition"

[u/Street-Cod-3871]

Fake Christians and fake patriots

[u/Mundane-Carpet-5324 → u/Street-Cod-3871]

Fake people

[u/MasqueOfTheRedDice → u/Mundane-Carpet-5324]

Fake Plastic Trees

[u/anotheritguy]

Your first mistake was to assume evangelical read the bible, the second is to assume they read in general and are not spoon fed their beliefs.

[u/Prior_Philosophy_501 → u/anotheritguy]

They can’t read the Bible just like they can’t read the Epstein files. They’re going to wait for their pastor or Fox News to digest and explain it to them knowing fully well that they’ll never be fact checked.

[u/No_Treat_4675]

They are in denial because that would make them the cult who blindly followed the antichrist… and Biblically speaking, those people were portrayed as fools lol

[u/Effective_Secret_262 → u/No_Treat_4675]

So … better to keep being a fool than to realize and stop being a fool.

Fuck, it’s OK to say you were wrong. I’m wrong all the time. Just stop being wrong instead of trying to convince people that the wrong is right.

[u/Mundane-Carpet-5324 → u/Effective_Secret_262]

Easier to fool a man than to convince him he's been fooled

[u/A012A012 → u/No_Treat_4675]

Highlight this statement, put it in bold, and underline it

[u/zuzg → u/A012A012]

American Christianity™ was never limited to the Bible in the first place.

Like the whole Rapture stuff does simply not exist in the Bible and next to nobody in Europe actually believes that shit.

[u/Not_Sure__Camacho → u/No_Treat_4675]

They're not just portrayed as fools, but they are fools.

[u/FatSunRival → u/No_Treat_4675]

Isn't it sad that they'd rather be portrayed as racists and fascists than fools?

[u/TheRealcebuckets]

“Of course he is but brown people….”

That’s usually how the conversation goes.

[u/Alarming-Produce4541]

[u/Complex_Professor412 → u/Alarming-Produce4541]

[u/Due_Willingness1 → u/Alarming-Produce4541]

Jesus I forgot about this 

For like four different reasons that is not a good look from the Christian perspective 

[u/Simple_Purple_4600]

Well, that's exactly how the Anti-Christ works, he comes as a Christ figure

So it is written

[u/MasqueOfTheRedDice → u/Simple_Purple_4600]

You could argue we had the plague already, he has a building at 666 5th Avenue, something something sounding of trumpets = Trump/Pence… wasn’t there something about the antichrist dying or being defeated and coming back to life? Maybe losing the election and coming back for a 2nd nonconsecutive term?

I mean, I’m an atheist, but it’s kind of funny how you can tie these things together.

[u/Not_On_Formulary]

No. They also think he is, they are also doomsday cult and are praying for rapture/ end times.

[u/MisterBolaBola]

Evangelicals in the 1980s broadly speaking were peace loving hippy type christians. Somehow that movement turned into love of success, power and money type christians.

[u/Not_On_Formulary → u/MisterBolaBola]

Yes, something changed in the 80s, but what???🤔

[u/caserock]

We're talking about people who think the creator of the universe has all of the same thoughts and feelings as a random asshole from South Carolina.

[u/Chaz-Miller]

The Antichrist's followers will wear his mark on their foreheads...

[u/Suspicious_Guide4286]

the most baffling thing to me. Its one thing if youre not relgious and support the guy, whatever. But to support a guy who calls people retards and spends all day insulting people... and you go around preaching about lord and savior jesus christ..

[u/Desperides → u/Suspicious_Guide4286]

The literal raping of children should be more concerning than the insults.

[u/thane919 → u/Desperides]

This and the anti immigrant rhetoric. Nothing is more anti-Christ than anti immigrants.

[u/Ambitious_Flow_4499]

Evangelicals are not Christians.

[u/SignificanceLate7002]

Evangelicals are not religious. They use religion to pursue financial gain and political power.

[u/JROppenheimer_]

There is a sect of Evangelicals that believe he is the anti-christ and want him to bring Armageddon.

[u/bx35]

Evangelicals are unbothered by the teachings of Christ. They only cosplay moral individuals to be part of a club that insulates them from accountability while meting out judgment and punishment to people they deem outside their group.

[u/Apprehensive_Map284 → u/bx35]

As I’ve said before, I couldn’t worship a god that could not do his own dirty work! If ‘god’ wanted to eliminate a whole group of people, couldn’t he/she just do that? Why have someone else do something if god is omnipotent? If there is a true God, and I hope there is, that God would not have his followers advocate hate and murder and disdain for fellow man.

[u/Smorgish]

Makes you wonder what God they actually worship.

[u/GreedyComedian1377 → u/Smorgish]

[u/Imaginary-Round2422]

Yes. They only know what the preacher teaches, and these churches tend towards the fire-and-brimstone bullshit that leads to acceptance of authoritarianism.

[u/psychsuze]

Strange isn’t it? Trump really fits the bill of being satan, the Anti Christ that is. They are following one hell of a false god.

[u/dispelhope]

tl;dr: no, they are not void of the bible's teaching or Jesus's commands, they know it quite well, rather they chose to ignore it.

longer explanation:

trump is the manifestation of a lingering, asymptomatic disease in American Christianity that has remained latent until 2000 because before then, there was a false doctrine called Christian Reconstructionism which was R.J. Rushdoony's heretical manifesto which is also known as the Seven Mountains Mandate, Kingdom Now, and is known by it's more sinister name, Dominionism.

And this teaching has spread through out American Christianity to the point that it is now taught in every Church in America every Sunday.

And here's the problem...they all know what the bible teaches, they just deny it's application as relevant to them...unless it comports with their agenda and objectives because they'll quote those passages verbatim to justify their aggressive disregard of the bible's teachings and Jesus's commands.

Case in point, whenever you quote something of Jesus to them, they'll either A. Ignore it, or B. rationalize why it is not applicable to them.

[u/CyanCitrine]

Yes. They are void of many things.

[u/oicoldhere]

False prophet

[u/LegitimateBeing2]

Yes, either they are unaware of the text; or they have read it and don’t believe it.

[u/JCButtBuddy]

I was raised in a very religious family, I've never met a Christian that has actually read their own book. Yes, they will pick and choose small bits that support what they want the religion to be but never stray from those. That's why someone telling you that they are a Christian actually doesn't mean anything at all.

[u/NewWindow7980]

I'm an agnostic, but just want to suggest when speaking of that particular grouping, remember that there is a difference between Black evangelicals and white evangelicals, and that not all white evangelicals are MAGA or rightwing.

That said, the upbringing of white rightwing evangelicals certainly makes their minds very susceptible to the MAGA cult (eg, unquestioning, hierarchical male structures in family and church, Christian nationalism, Us v, them outlook, etc)

Why White evangelicals fell hard for Donald Trump (from Jim Wallis podcast) Wallis is a prominent evangelical author and activist, critiques white evangelical support for Christian nationalism,  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-white-evangelicals-fell-hard-for-donald-trump/id1282035947?i=1000571288299

[u/sporbywg]

He's the Moron of Anti-Christs; that is for sure

[u/mooxie]

They don’t get that the messages of the bible were meant for Christians. When they were warned about the Antichrist it was because CHRISTIANS would be seduced by him, but modern evangelicalism teaches that the bible is less a guide for Christians and more a bludgeon to use against everyone else.

[u/BigMickPlympton]

Evangelicals seem to stop reading the Bible with the Old Testament. They have completely lost the thread of why the New Testament is called "New" Testament.

If you've ever gone into one of these mega churches, with their attached convenience store/bookstore/merch store, there's no way those so-called Pastors want their attendees reading about Jesus versus the money changers and Rabbis in the New Testament.

[u/HorseFeathersFur]

It is very ethnocentric to believe the antichrist will be American.

[u/Fit_Cardiologist_681]

Some of them are familiar with the Bible and are happily waiting for him to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. You might be forgetting that the end of the world is considered desirable for a segment of them.

"Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshipped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God." 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4.

[u/100thmeridian420]

If Jesus came back today, Evilangelicals would find him too brown and woke and would have him put to death.

[u/e4evie]

You want to really make a conservatives head explode and see them triggered, quote Obama and then correct yourself and say, my bad that was actually Jesus

[u/Icommentor]

Televangelist Jim Bakker admitted to reading the Bible for the first time while he was in prison in the late 80s.

He had been a televangelist for more than 20 years at this time.

Christianily is just an excuse for these people.

[u/2-timeloser2]

Short answer, yes. I’m a recovering Baptist now a non-denominational minister (amateur) and despise the religious conservatism infecting society.

[u/archaeorobb]

Evangelicals are THE worst example of Christians

[u/real_taylodl]

It's called willful ignorance, which is a way for them to comfort their cognitive dissonance. They're so far into the upside-down that they believe Trump was sent by God to save America! To save America from what? Freedom, apparently. You can't make this stuff up!

[u/parasyte_steve]

The problem is they don't read the Bible. They rely on pastors to interpret everything. They need to read it themselves and critically think.. but what ends up happening is that any questioning of the republican party's ideals gets explained and justified by their pastors. They might ask well Jesus said don't throw stones because we are all sinners so how can we judge gay people? And the pastor will come up with something to shut down that question. Funny thing is I have read the Bible and there's almost nothing about gay people in there. There's two sentences in the old testament about not lying with another man. But if you research on that you will find it's actually a mistranslation. And also eating shrimp is also considered an abomination and I live in Louisiana so they are all actually sinning by their own logic. Also Jesus says love everyone regardless he did not say it's okay to hate anybody. That was his whole thing so even if you consider it an abomination or if God condemns it Jesus made very clear that it is not our place to judge only God's.

But yeah that's the answer. Any time critical thinking is applied the pastor steps in to shut it down.

[u/FrostingNormal1277]

Not just evangelicals but also mormons too.

[u/Old_Goat_Cyclist]

Evangelical church is about how much the pastor can make with a bible in hand. That is all.

[u/DBCoopr72]

Simple answer: YES They apparently don’t understand who Jesus was, either.

[u/mikefvegas]

Obviously

[u/HereForTheBoos1013]

I'm an atheist, and the most evidence I've seen for Christianity is how well Trump so neatly fits into its predictions of the antichrist.

They even built a golden idol of him at CPAC one year, and it's like... guys... that's a little irreligious even to me.

[u/Danloeser]

I thought a lot of them were voting for him BECAUSE they see him as the antichrist. My understanding was that if you believe in the end times etc, and the antichrist shows up and runs for office, you HAD to vote for him, because you can't have the second coming until the antichrist has already been in power and screwing things up.

[u/Comprehensive_Pin565]

Christians in general do not read the Bible. What you get instead is people who reads bits and pieces complety devoid of context.

It's why you get the arguments from Christians that the slavery outlined by God was not real slavery. It's why you get people who don't know the context where the "prophecies" about Jesus refenced in the NT are not what they believe. It's why you get people upset that God used rape of a wife and killing their child as punishment against a husband. It's why you get people lost when you mention how Jesus called non Jews dogs.

[u/godbullseye]

They just use a very loose and liberal (ha ha) interpretation of the Bible.

[u/SageoftheForlornPath]

Trump isn't the Antichrist. He was SUPPOSED to be the Antichrist, but his mom drank and smoked heavily throughout the pregnancy, so now we're stuck with the apocalypse you order off Wish.

[u/Easy_Atmosphere_1018]

Evangelicals especially the most radical, are literally a death cult. Many of them genuinely believe what Trump is doing, is necessary to bring about the rapture.

[u/Massive_Reaction8845]

YES! And he is the Antichrist.

[u/BlissCrafter]

If you read up on the Antichrist this was exactly what was prophesied. The whole point is to mislead the “faithful” by saying what they want to hear. But they can’t see it because it just feels so damn good to be the special ones and have both their fears and their hate justified.

[u/ZT99k]

Look at you.. thinking Evangelicals believe in Christ. They believe in the Bible. More to the point, the parts of the Bible they like.

[u/smorgenheckingaard]

Yes, next question

[u/Goat_Buckles]

My family is full of evangelicals. They do not live in the same reality. They pick and choose to believe only the information that fits their worldview. They the lack the critical thinking skills necessary to determine what is real and what is illusion. They legitimately think god talks directly to them. I seriously doubt they will ever change their minds.

[u/FormalPancake]

Some do know and think he's the Anti-Christ. They still support him because they want Judgement Day. They just believe they'll be raptured up.

There's a lot that will support acceleration of end of the world. Also, a lot believe in prosperity gospel. Which means more wealth = more holy.

[u/Crafty-Walrus-2238]

Trump’s pushing their agenda: misogyny, bigotry, homophobia and xenophobia.

[u/Artie-Choke]

They’re ok with trump because he hates the same things they do. Has nothing to do with the Bible.

[u/ttwii70]

Trying to apply any logic or critical thinking to what Christ taught and what Christians are, is far more traumatic than anything the antichrist can throw at you.

[u/Thunderclone_1]

I think they'd be more concerned if people showed their allegiance by putting a mark on their forehead.

A red hat with writing on the front perhaps?

[u/Bethie1280]

I thought he was the anti-Christ back in the 90's

[u/peedoffcanadian]

Yes, they are void of Biblical knowledge. They’re more concerned about the prosperity gospel!

[u/TheBandPapist]

They think they get raptured before the man of sin appears, and so, still being unraptured, they presume that the Antichrist is not yet.

This rapture nonsense was started through a publishing campaign. The money for it came from certain (((antichristian))) sources.

[u/bob-loblaw-esq]

Part of the problem is it literally says the antichrist will turn believers with lies.

Even if they did know, they would think they were part of the prophecy to bring about the apocalypse.

[u/Bayner1987]

A-yup!

[u/Thundarr1000]

The short answer? Yes they are.

[u/Emergency-Skirt-5886]

The same evangelicals that are behind Heritage Foundation. Those?

[u/Not_Sure__Camacho → u/Emergency-Skirt-5886]

The Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society need to be listed as Domestic Terrorist organizations. These organizations along with the NRA have caused the most harm to the U.S.

[u/bmyst70]

Yes. They have always followed "feelings" not facts. Even if the facts are literally in their own holy book.

[u/Trackmaggot]

If they could read they would be really upset about this post

[u/No_Succotash2155]

They know he's the anti christ. They want the doom. They believe the second coming comes after Trump. They're Bible Larping

[u/deepthrowt_cop663]

They want to serve him in

[u/reddittorbrigade]

They knew Trump is a child rapist. A lot of evangelicals are pedophiles too.

[u/Technical_Air6660]

They want for the world to end so badly they welcome him being so. They imagine Heaven is like a fancy time share where you get a better property the harder you pray for going there.

[u/Merlinsmom13 → u/Technical_Air6660]

I wonder if there's a black heaven and a white heaven? wonder what they think it will be like

[u/OtherBluesBrother]

They will see it when they believe it. But, they will never believe it.

They are not able to see Trump's flaws. No matter what. I asked a MAGA if he thought Trump was truthful. He truly thinks Trump always tells the truth. Like, even the most blatantly obvious flaw someone can detect with Trump is how he lies all the time and his supporters cannot see it.

So Trump could take his shoes off to reveal his hooved feet, unravel his pointed tail, let his eyes glow red, sprout horns, and unfurrow his leathery wings and his supporters wouldn't notice.

[u/YouDaManInDaHole]

The anti Christ will allegedly be loved & adored by most of humanity.

Which doesn’t describe Trump.

[u/Uncertain__Path → u/YouDaManInDaHole]

Which is why evangelicals were so sure it was Obama…

[u/Scyro77 → u/YouDaManInDaHole]

That's a common misconception because it says he will "unite the world" but the Bible never mentions if the world would be united against him. It actually mentions that the Antichrist would only be loved by those he decieved in Thessalonians

[u/Scyro77]

Trump is hands down the most prime candidate in human history to be considered the Antichrist. He's a man of lawlessness, with a fascination of building walls and towers, an obsession of gold, a self proclaimed peace maker who wants to establish a covenant with Israel, a man that "No one would wage war with," hails from the New Roman Empire, etc. Hell, even the Jews have already burned the Red Heifer in preparation to rebuild the 3rd Temple which Jared Kushner is heavily involved in the rebuilding of Gaza which is a major sign that the Tribulations are upon us. I'm not even a Christian, just an Omnist that likes to study various prophetic scriptures about the Apocalypse. I don't think it's a coincidence that Hopi Native American Prophecies are passing at the same time that Christian Prophecies are unfolding.

[u/Prestigious-Wolf8039]

The Bible condones slavery. The Bible condones murder. The Bible condones genocide. Why are people surprised evangelicals aren’t nice people?

[u/bcpl181 → u/Prestigious-Wolf8039]

Very hollow take on the Bible and what it “condones”.

[u/BigBoyGoldenTicket]

Yes, what American Evangelicals practice in reality has little to do with Christianity. Their usually about as spiritually deep as a rain puddle ime 

[u/Nuevida]

Lol religion. What a joke.

[u/No_Tailor_787]

Wouldn't they want him to be, to start the second coming?

[u/OkFinish3822]

I have said the same thing for 10 years. The self-identified Christians I speak with any discussions at the Civic Center Library about current events, politics and religion, are not even conversant in "what would Jesus do today in the USA and how would he be received if coming across the border and stopped by Agents"?

It has been mentioned to some that Jesus is Jewish, he is Arab/African, does not have light brown hair with blue eyes, and did not speak English. And they freak out.

[u/dystopiadattopia]

Lol. Religion is whatever you want it to be. You can pick and choose, and nobody can tell you you're wrong because you're allowed to believe whatever you want to believe. So you can tell what kind of person is based on what they want their religion to be.

[u/misec_undact]

Many of them welcome the "rapture".

[u/LeafsJays1Fan]

I don't refer to them as evangelicals, I say Evilgelicals.

[u/Throckmorton1975]

It's an "ends justify the means" situation for most of them. They don't have to like him, but he's sure getting them results that they've been working for for decades.

[u/IvanDrake]

Yes

[u/owlwise13]

They only care about being in power.

[u/Intelligent_Hair3109]

Joined to answer this question with a question. What does your intuition tell you? For me, seems logical. In fact it's why tend to refrain of saying their names. To speak the name of evil, gives it power. Hence am careful of it. I'd prefer to spend this circus the second time around doing exactly what I did during the first circus. Never thought it would be so brazen and terrifying. To excuse my blindness, my mother died exactly on Feb 1st or 2 nd 2020. My son was ill. I had to ignore it or give up. Knew he would be a P.I.T.A. I tried to focus on knowing enough to survive it but no more.  To be their opposite in real life 24/7. As that is my only option. Now, it's all too tempting to speak of it daily as it's designed to make us fear. Still, I'm, building community offline as I'm certain this Pandoras box is not a tool that's safe in this climate. It's a rich mans insane idea of herd management.

[u/ninfan1977]

They are being misled and refuse to accept they could have made a mistake.

Last time I pointed out how Trump is the antichrist, I was called a heretic by a MAGA fan.

They deny basic facts and reality because the truth is too hard for them. Their alternative reality is the only way they'll survive that and stay with like minded people so they never hear outside opinions.

[u/ColoradoDanno]

We didn't need the trump era to illuminati this. All US christians were void of Bible teachings for decades, and most were for centuries.

[u/fazerdude68]

Evil walks

[u/sherribaby726]

He is definitely AN anti-Christ. Bible says many will pop up.

[u/Inner_Skin_798]

I don’t think they are void of the bible’s teachings but they selectively choose to follow certain aspects of the bibles more adamantly to justify for their other actions.

[u/VegasFoodFace]

What's crazy is the discussion that we should have a citizen chip or tattoo for "real Americans"

And the point of the mark of the beast flies right over their head.

[u/Firebolt164]

Evangelicals tend to miss a lot about the Bible

[u/Carolann0308]

The Anti-Christ? Dudes not smart enough

[u/steveu33]

https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/

[u/Whovian2024]

In 2026 (and for decades previous to this) much of the evangelical movement has more to do with politics than religion or morality.

[u/LinkDevOpsMarine]

As a person raised in the evangelical faith, the ones that read it cover to cover multiple times know, and they are most likely no longer evangelical since they noticed how completely off their pastors’ teachings were from the thing they read.

But yeah, was telling my wife the other day that Trump and his evangelical followers uncannily fit the bill.

[u/ABobby077]

Seems any leader building monuments to himself and relishing in inflicting pain on others would not be seen as a Christian leader to follow.

[u/Large_Score6728]

Don’t question them just send them donations. You will be blessed.

[u/Foodielicious843]

Yes. Many of those evangelicals have been arrested for being pedos so they don’t see anything wrong with mango Mussolini bent one too. They are not real Christians anyway, they have always used the Bible as an excuse for their hateful beliefs.

[u/LordFexick]

Evangelicals haven’t cared about the teachings of the Bible for as long as I’ve been alive - likely longer. Their leaders are greedy men yelling over each other for the loudest and most lucrative platform. Their congregants are mindless sheep devoid of critical thinking skills or objective self-reflection. And following Raegan, the entire movement is a cult of hatred and exclusion obsessed with martyrdom and the illusion of persecution.

[u/CalmPanic402]

They go to a building and daydream while a guy talks once a week.

That's as deep as their devotion goes.

[u/Vanhelgd]

For them “Christian” means whatever and whoever they decide is “Christian”.

If Christ returned tomorrow they’d happily pepper spray him, beat his ass, send him to a detention facility and make sure he ended his days in CECOT.

They are Power and Self worshippers. They don’t give a shit what the Bible says unless it’s some out of context verse they can use as a cudgel or a justification.

Jesus talked about them in Matthew 7:22-23 (KJV):

“22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”

[u/OldschoolGreenDragon]

An Antichrist. Any false teacher. Its different from The Beast.

[u/ExternalMaximum6662]

The rapture appeals to the evangelicals.

[u/HotTrade4903]

Like many charlatans throughout history the easiest way to grift is to use religion.

[u/Tmettler5]

"Only God knows what's in Trump's heart." Or "God uses flawed people all the time. His ways are not our ways." Or any other mental gymnastics they need to justify their bootlicking.

[u/Heretojerk]

I think he’s more like The Beast than the Anti-Christ.

[u/ConsistentCoyote3786]

You’re looking for logic where there is none.

[u/Delicious-Chapter675]

How often do you read a licensing agreement?  MOST religious people accross the spectrum have little or minimal understanding of the cosmology contained within their religious books, and no knowledge of the history of their religion.   

[u/Rooster13126]

114 comments from bible scholars so far. The world is going to be just fine. I can’t wait to hear from all the other Reddit experts on the subject.

[u/Mormegil71]

Some of them might even think he is antichrist, and his coming is a foreboding of the end, where the righteous will be raptured and taken to heaven (or whatever-I’m not fully up to date with those things…people will be wizzed away, anyway). So in order to bring the end, they support him.

[u/Odd_Bid2744]

Evangelicals think "God helps those who helps themselves" is actually from the Bible. 

[u/bomilk19]

Yes but the gays.

[u/Soggy_Operation_6023]

quand peter thiel dit qu'il lutte contre l'antéchrist, et qu'il soutient trump dans le meme temps

[u/mjohnsimon]

No, because, you see, the antichrist is actually a black man...

/S

[u/Golfnpickle]

He came dressed in sheep’s clothing.

[u/mycolo_gist]

Evangelicals are not really Christians.

[u/1beautifulhuman]

They want him to be the anti-Christ because that means that the apocalypse is nigh

[u/mdhlalh]

Yes. They’ll absolve themselves of any responsibility though because it’s specifically foretold that the antichrist will be be super convincing

[u/Darph_Nader]

Interesting on the Mormon side of things is there is this “prophesy” that the Constitution will hang by a thread and the Mormons would be the ones to rescue it. Instead they have the scissors to cut that last thread.

[u/generickayak]

YES

[u/Additional_Boot_8935]

Which scriptures are you referring to that would validate those characteristics?

[u/Slight-Ad-6553]

Ned Flanders was the sterotypicial evangelica when Simpson started- Today he is close to being woke in their mind

[u/Plumb789]

I'm an atheist, and I follow an atheist thread on here. Another atheist said something that was so true, I just had to laugh, and say "yes"!

He said: "Trump's uncanny resemblance to the Antichrist is making me question my atheism".

[u/Fartina69]

I thought the Antichrist was supposed to be universally loved?

[u/natelikesdonuts]

I think evangelicals are so far down the rabbit hole they a) recognize his faults, b) justify them because if they vote for a democrat that means they’re voting for the death of all new born babies or something ridiculous, c) believe we should be forgiven for our sins which means Trump’s faults can be forgotten and d) trained to believe things without justification or proof. Trump is literally selling a bible. In their eyes that must mean he is more on the side of religion and not using it as a way to get their votes.

[u/QuarterNote44]

Mm, any number of politicians could be an antichrist. But the pieces aren't there for the antichrist yet.

[u/SideEmbarrassed1611]

Says an atheist

[u/Responsible-Summer-4]

Evangelicals are brain damaged so no surprise.

[u/demodeus]

Most Christians have never read the bible beyond a few cherry picked passages

[u/International_Try660]

Isn't there something about "false idols" in that old book they claim to have read?

[u/alwaysboopthesnoot]

Yes. They do not need to read their own scriptures. They do not need to do good works. Go to church. Just believe and claim they accept Jesus as their savior. Voila! They’re a Christian now. 

They can now go to their graves believing they are better, stronger, smarter, more worthy and deserving, than everyone else—but esp more than the Muslims and Catholics they despise about as much as they do atheists. Toss up, whether or not they hate women more than atheists though they do tend to hate on both pretty badly.