Heaven is Too Far Away

About this episode

The episode discusses Donald Trump's motivations regarding his spiritual beliefs and the influence of his advisors.

Episode Notes Lemuel: I am Lemuel Gonzalez, repentant sinner, and along with Amity Armstrong, your heavenly host, I invite you to find a place in the pew for today’s painless Sunday School lesson. Without Works. Amity: Donald Trump has recently expressed his interest in going to heaven. This was motivation for trying to negotiate a peace resolution to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. “I want to end it. I want to try and get to heaven if possible. I’m hearing I’m not doing well. I am really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons.” Trump, struggling with illness and diminishing popularity, is thinking about his eternal destination. Being that he surrounds himself with people claiming Christianity, they seem to have influenced him to think about being judged after his death. Unsurprisingly, he is concerned with his destination rather than his presidential legacy and the many people hurt along the way. Going a step further, he has exploited his remaining followers by using his fear of death to start a fund raising campaign. It requires minor donations of $15.00. How this is going to lift him into heaven is not clear…

People in this episode

Hosts: Lemuel Gonzalez, Amity Armstrong

Topics covered

• spirituality
• Christianity
• politics
• morality
• eternal life

Keywords

• Donald Trump
• heaven
• Christian Nationalists
• Ukraine
• Russia
• spirituality
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Christian Nationalists

Places: Ukraine, Russia

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