" People who claim to be Christians / Catholics but are blindly fast to this dumpster fervidness do not succeed the teachings of Christ . "
Last week, the White House shared a ghastly AI-generated image ofDonald Trump as the popeonX, where it somehow garnered over 200k likes.
This nonsense came just a week and a half after thedeath of Pope Francis, following severaljokeswhere Trump proposed himself as a replacement. Thebacklashto the image has beenwide-reaching, with archbishops, cardinals, and priests calling the stunt “not funny” or appropriate.
Meanwhile, Trump simultaneously insists that people “can’t take a joke” and “the Catholics loved it.”
Reporter : Some Catholics are not happy about the range of you wait like the PopeTrump : You mean they ca n’t take a joke ? You mean the fake news . The Catholics be intimate it . I had nothing to do with it . mayhap it was AI . My married woman thought it was cunning . Ha haReporter : It was put out…pic.twitter.com/eo80ACv6OQ
Well! Reddit useru/2a_libposed thequestion, “Catholics of Reddit, how do you feel about the White House posting an AI image of Trump as pope?” Here’s what people had to say:
1.“As a Catholic who doesn’t practice anymore, and almost to the point that I don’t believe in any of it anymore, this offends me greatly. Despite my lack of faith, at the end of the day, I still believe in the core tenet of Christianity, which is: Love your neighbor. And this piece of shit is as far from that as you can get.”
— u/—rocks—
2.“Devout Catholic here who has been a lifelong Republican. It’s extremely distasteful and blasphemous.”
— u / RunTheDamnBalll
3.“Former Catholic here. IDK how to explain it other than when you grew up with it, it’s ingrained in you. You can walk into any church and know EXACTLY what to do. My family is in the church, so I still have to go occasionally and it’s like coming home…and then I remember I disagree with local bishops haha. So yeah, seeing Trump do all this shit has been horrifying. You’d think I would think it’s funny since I’m not Catholic anymore. But nope, it’s like getting gutted.”
— u / Lilsammywinchester13
4.“This is, quite literally, the behavior that the Bible talks about being present in the antichrist. This is also the type of behavior that Jesus himself took a bullwhip to the temple over, which eventually got him crucified. People who claim to be Christians/Catholics but are blindly loyal to this dumpster fire do not follow the teachings of Christ. It is beyond me how these people cannot see the very things that their holy book warns them about.”
— u / Rough - History-707
5.“There’s a level of ‘this dude is a bad dude’ that can be crossed, and no new information changes that. Trump crossed that threshold years ago. Now, it’s all just evidence he’s not actually trying to be better. My faith has taught me not to believe there’s no redeeming some people, but I also believe you need to want to be redeemed.”
— u / chaosunleashed
6.“I’m a liberal, Catholic physician. Love my neighbors of all faiths and lack thereof. I cried in 2016 when he was elected because I was fearful of him and his ‘policies,’ and I have patients who are crying in my clinic about whether they will be safe or deported somewhere they never lived. I’m not surprised by his overwhelming narcissism given his history, but the fact that any Christian in general can support him with his flagrant disregard of respect, not to mention his absolute failure to embody values that Jesus promulgates, demonstrates a failure of many evangelicals’ morality and the US educational system.”
— u / Artistic - Healer
7.“Both of my parents are the most Catholic people I know. I assume they’ll both feign outrage and then vote for him a fourth time.”
— uranium / jinxes_are_pretend
8.“Non-Catholic married into a Catholic family. Beyond being offensive and disrespectful, it’s just stupid. He’s a world leader. This is the White House. Why the fuck are they wasting time and energy both creating and putting out this silly nonsense? Total amateur hour; professionals don’t sink this low for stupid, offensive, attention getting nonsense. They should all be embarrassed, but then, it’s pretty on brand. Just constant clueless, tone-deaf stupidity.”
— u / Fun - Apricot-804
9."‘In essence, the false prophet is a powerful figure of deception, who uses religious-like appearances and miracles to lead people into worshiping the Antichrist and receiving its mark, ultimately leading them to eternal damnation.’ This mark was generally worn on the forehead…reminds you of a MAGA hat, doesn’t it?"
— u / Native_Kurt_Cobain
10.“Catholic here. Separation of church and state MUST be maintained! Anyone who suggests Catholicism should rule American law is an extremist cult follower.”
— u / CabinetSpider21
11.“With all the lying, threatening, and boasting coming out of the White House on a daily basis, this enrages me rather mildly to be honest. I wish to God this was the worst nonsense Trump put out there.”
— u / Karash770
12.“Cradle Catholic, liberal blue sheep of the family. Haven’t practiced in years but admired Pope Francis a lot. It’s ridiculous. It should piss off my very conservative family. But they’ll find a way to hand-wave it like everything else since 2015, them being on the Trump train.”
— uranium / TilTheDaybreak
13.“It makes me ill. I was raised Catholic, and that image is not funny to me at all. Being a pope means caring for the poor and ill. It means speaking out when people are attacked.”
— uracil / LNSU78
14.“I’ve seen two responses: 1) The ones that dislike Trump find it insulting. 2) The ones that are Trumpers blow it off as ‘it’s just a joke.’ The latter exhausts me because it’s always a ‘joke’ until it isn’t (see also:tariffs,mass deportations,gutting of the federal government,defunding critical social programs, etc.).”
— uracil / TheVoicesOfBrian
15.And finally, “First of all, he’s not Catholic, so it would be impossible. True Catholics (I’m a bad Catholic but have been attending mass for 40 years) would reject everything Trump is about, and they’d be able to see through his lies. We’re supposed to be anti-violence, pro-charity, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. We’re supposed to embrace the less fortunate and welcome them. Treat visitors better than you treat yourself. Anyone who thinks he would be a good candidate for pope, or even a good Christian, is a hypocrite.”
" I ’ve begun push them out of my life . If you were n’t paying attention to the 10 Commandments , you ’re hypothecate to honor God above all things . It ’s the first one . They hero-worship one thing : money . If you follow the Catholic faith , you know that all those who revere Trump are lead to one place . "
— u / bbenji69996
Note : Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity .
