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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    Here’s some real Christianity for you:

    Christ said it’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Slime balls through the centuries have tried to weasel their way past this simple truth with convoluted and ahistoric readings of Christ’s words. But at the end of the day, the historical Jesus was a poor person. He hung out with other poor people. His friends were beggars, lepers, prostitutes, and social outcasts of all sorts. He lived like a poor person. He spoke like a poor person. He lived with other poor people. If you wanted to join his club, the first thing you had to do was give away all your wealth. He said rich people don’t go to Heaven, and he meant it.

    There is no such thing as a moral billionaire. There are no billionaires in paradise. Trump and his cabinet are a carnival of the Damned. I do not claim to know what level of wealth damns a person. But by the time you’ve hoarded enough wealth for a thousand lifetimes, you’re certainly past that point. There are no billionaires in paradise. In the end, every last one of them burns.

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    Man, I don’t want to be offensive but even if you’re conservative leaning (which is totally fine) Trump as a person is freaking nuts. If you can’t agree with that you’re probably in a cult or have a cult mentality. If someone you worked with had the same personally they’d be fired and you’d think they’re nuts.

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    I’m so sad she’s married to the keyboardist for Journey. It’s. Upsetting. And I don’t even like him.

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    FTFY

    “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. grifting feeble-minded suckers."

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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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      “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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      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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    “Hamanda acka acka racka deda backa sanda acka ambo osa cacka reeté eké banda acka riki dibi asha daaah”

    • Paula White Cain, Senior Advisor to the White House Faith Office
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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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    How is it that this administration has made me a fan of the fucking Pope??

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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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    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.

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      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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    These people don’t actually believe in god. Remember Rodrigo Borgia in Assassin’s Creed 2 at the end?