She sells magical crucifixes and has warned of consequences from God for those who don’t stand with the president.

The president’s spiritual advisor, Florida-based televangelist scammer Paula White-Cain, said at a book-signing event this week that saying no to Donald Trump is the same thing as saying no to the Christian god.

While speaking during the event, White-Cain recounted how the president asked her to join his Evangelical advisory board before his 2016 inauguration, saying, “He’s got a strong persona, don’t get me wrong. Don’t start a fight with him.”

“Why would the evangelicals come out and vote for him?” she asked before saying that “God told me to” join his advisory board.

“Because one thing I said, ‘I’ll never do politics,'” she said. “But when it came down to it, it wasn’t about doing politics. It was about an assignment. To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God. And I won’t do that.

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      27 days ago

      Yeah, I have been having a hard time watching this season as it parallels too closely with the real world. Like wTF, why is this show that is supposed to be OTT fiction so close to reality?

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      She is the Yoko-ono of Journey. As in her husband Jonathan Cain, the lead songwriter for Journey (Don’t Stop Believin’ etc) basically blew up the band by going full maga. They broke up just before I was due to see them in 2024 😭

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    The language she uses is why I despise the evangelical movement. It deigns us powerful and that leads to abuse of that power and supercilious arrogance that you are forever justified. No wonder the western christian church thinks their defecation smells of roses.

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    Her official business, Paula White Ministries, has told its followers that it can “assign an angel” to those who pay the ministry $1,000. The angel will allegedly “give you long life” and “be an enemy to your enemies,”

    Yeah but then it becomes a bidding war. What if someone else already paid for a divine hit against you? God loves everyone but loves cash even more.

    Of course these scam goblins love Trump.

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      Christian Curses! Get 'em right here folks!

      Wanna live forever, see your enemies destroyed?

      I guess it has been a long time since I went to Sunday school.

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      “Religion has actually convinced people that there’s an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

      "But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He’s all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can’t handle money!” - George Carlin

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      She’s gotta afford all that plastic surgery somehow.

      Funny how all the anti-trans “altering the body that God gave you is a sin” people are so quiet about that…

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      That’s basically indulgences for protestants without even claiming to be about after you die.

      Also, sub divine spiritual beings willing to accept payment in exchange for enmity towards one’s enemies are typically not angels. Magic practitioners who work with angels aren’t doing that shit, and the ones who do that tend to go to demons, unaligned spirits, or gods.

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      Question is that while obviously they know they are gifting they are targeting wealthy individuals.

      Are those people the ones fooled or are they also on this grift?

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      Wow, what a rip off, don’t listen to this lady. If you want one, I can set you up with the same deal PLUS VPN protection for $995.

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          You’re in luck, I don’t usually do this, but God herself just walked into my office and said for the next thirty minutes, I can include exorcism at no additional charge.

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        I’m glad I live I Euro land, though both British and Austrian schillings are long gone…

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    Ah, another arrogant individual who presumes to know the mind of God.

    I loathe televangelists. They are nothing like the Christ they claim to serve.

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      I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

      -Susan B. Anthony

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    The more money you have, the closer you are to god? That’s mammon worship. Shameless shills for people who already have more than their fair share.

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      That is calvinism. The prosperity doctrine, or I’m sorry it’s originally evolution something, but not the real type I can’t recall right now. Wealth shows god’s favour, the lack of it his rejection. They would like to help the poors, but it would be defying god’s will if they did.

      It’s all predetermined, and a self serving philosophy.

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      It’s like these people literally never read the Bible and what Jesus had to say about that exact thing…

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    Her standards for an all-powerful, all-knowing god are pretty low. Or to quote Hulk, “puny god”.

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    How is it that this administration has made me a fan of the fucking Pope??

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      The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend. They can both be shit in their own way.

      That said, I’m happy that Catholics are hearing the message, even if they’re ignoring it.

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      Nobody in ISIS was claiming to be God. These people are worse.

      If one of those guys posted a meme representing themselves as the living embodiment of God they would be the next one getting a burning tire around their neck.

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    If you see yourself as god, why would u need a spiritual advisor? And if you see yourself as god, you should probably be committed.