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Pastor Mark Burns, the president's informal "spiritual advisor," wants to make one thing very clear about the extremely tall gold statue of Donald Trump that was officially dedicated last week in Doral, Miami. "Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone," he wrote on Twitter.

He's technically right, just as Rene Magritte was technically right that his painting of a pipe was not actually a pipe. In the most literal sense, the statue of Trump, which is named "Don Colossus" is not a golden calf.

Despite the president calling it "The Real Deal - GOLD," on Truth Social, the statue is not made of gold. Unlike the golden calf, which was made from melting the jewelry of the Egyptians, the Trump statue is not actually made of solid gold. "Don Colossus" is cast in bronze and covered in gold leaf, making it much, much less valuable. It is also obviously not a calf, as calves are baby cows, and the statue is certainly not a baby cow.

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[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 82 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Sometimes I wish God was real, so we'd get to see him swoop in and smite these fucking hypocrites.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

if god isn't real it is up to us to make the world a just god would make.

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It should be no problem to come to broad consensus on what that would look like!

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Anarchy would be it if humans were capable of self governance and not being cunts. But it depends on all humans working together in sync, so it'll never happen.

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends. Are those innate traits or learned skills?

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter at this point. Either way you have to have all of humanity change at once and agree on everything.

I don't think either of that is true.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 day ago

I think that every time one of these psychos assumes room temperature. Upon hearing of their death, I'd love the satisfaction of imagining their reaction upon entering Hell for the eternity of fiery torture that we've been promised.

But alas, it's all a fairy tale, as real as Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

It's a nice thought.