The day before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly be attending an interfaith prayer service in Washington D.C. His wealthiest supporters can also attend — if they write or solicit a big enough check.

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    It is explicitly a Christian teaching that all rulers are chosen by God, although not necessarily because they are good people who will do a good job which is what most of the people who said that about Trump were getting at.

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      They want the world to end because they think it’ll rapture them into heaven and they’ll be pampered for all eternity. They WANT bad leaders who will stir up the Israelites, etc.

      They want a nuclear war. They think the Bible prophecizes it.

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        I don’t think that’s a generally true description. I’m sure there are some amount of people for whom that applies but I don’t think most people who classify themselves as Christians would agree with those statements.

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          Maybe not the Christers (Christmas and Easter church goers) but the weekly+ faithful do. It’s way more common than you’d think… unless you are one of them, and then it’s exactly as often as you’d think, and I was one of them. The number of them there multiple times a week who not only believe the end of days is a good thing but actively pray and donate and vote for it to come faster is significant.

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          23 hours ago

          You’d be surprised, especially in the US. Biden is an avid believer of that, for example.

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            Biden does not want a nuclear war. If he did, we would have had one, he’s had plenty of opportunity to start or allow one, and instead he has actively worked to avoid it. I also would contest the idea he wants to die to get to heaven earlier.