{"id":35882,"date":"2019-03-09T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=35882"},"modified":"2019-03-09T14:00:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T14:00:29","slug":"potus-autographing-bibles-oh-sure-you-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=35882","title":{"rendered":"POTUS autographing Bibles? Oh, sure . . . you bet!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I held out a glimmer of hope that Donald Trump would travel this week to Alabama to tour tornado damage, throw his arms around victims, tell them he loves them and not do anything peculiar.<\/p>\n

That was not to be.<\/p>\n

The man with the least amount of understanding and familiarity with the contents of the Holy Bible of any president of the United States autographed copies of the Good Book for those who waited in line to receive his signature.<\/p>\n

Social media exploded over that one!<\/p>\n

The spectacle — while not nearly as weird as the paper towel-throwing stunt he performed in Puerto Rico in 2017 — did seem, um, peculiar<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Normally, one autographs books they have written.\u00a0 Donald Trump appears to have utterly zero understanding of what the Bible instructs those of us who follow the teachings of the prophets and, oh yes, of Jesus Christ himself.<\/p>\n

As the Huffington Post reports:<\/p>\n

It was an unusual move. Typically, people autograph books they\u2019ve written.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Bibles may have been the closest things on hand for Trump to sign during his visit. Volunteers had their own, and Bibles were also\u00a0being distributed<\/a> at the Providence Baptist Church<\/a> in Opelika along with clothing and other goods, according to The Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The community has mobilized in the wake of the EF-4 tornado that struck rural Beauregard last Sunday and killed 23. It was the deadliest tornado in the nation since 2013.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Trump perked up the church crowd, which cheered when he autographed the cover of a 12-year-old boy\u2019s Bible. The president and Melania Trump together signed the cover of 10-year-old girl\u2019s Bible decorated with pink camouflage. One woman at the church called Trump\u2019s visit a \u201cgodsend,\u201d according to pool reports.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Post notes that religious scholars are split. They say past presidents, such as George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, have signed Bibles. Others call it an act that borders on “sacrilege.”<\/p>\n

I don’t know. It just seemed to my way of thinking a bit . . . bizarre.<\/p>\n

Those who were gathered at the Opelika, Ala., church were happy to receive the autograph. They’re hurting and perhaps were looking for any token of comfort they could get from the president.<\/p>\n

I’ll leave this issue with one of the Twitter responses: “When a man embodies all 7 deadly sins — lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride — is signing Bibles it means it is time to re-evaluate your religion.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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