jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agoTrump Tells Faith Conference If He Took Off Shirt They’d See ‘a Beautiful Person’ With ‘Wounds All Over’ From Defending Religionwww.mediaite.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down113
arrow-up1346arrow-down1external-linkTrump Tells Faith Conference If He Took Off Shirt They’d See ‘a Beautiful Person’ With ‘Wounds All Over’ From Defending Religionwww.mediaite.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareMuehelinkfedilinkarrow-up28·edit-26 months agoWell I’m no expert on Christianity, but apparently this theology graduate here agrees with you: https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/
minus-squareNeptuneOrbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·6 months agoIn particular, Jesus showing off his wounds was the big evidence it was him and he had come back from the dead. He isn’t just being weird in front of religious people. He is selling himself as the new messiah.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·6 months ago He is selling himself as the new messiah. Aka being weird in front of religious people.
minus-squareNeptuneOrbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 months agoYes but in a very specific way.
Well I’m no expert on Christianity, but apparently this theology graduate here agrees with you:
https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/
In particular, Jesus showing off his wounds was the big evidence it was him and he had come back from the dead. He isn’t just being weird in front of religious people. He is selling himself as the new messiah.
Aka being weird in front of religious people.
Yes but in a very specific way.