Inauguration trivia, I heard the name of God, and Jesus, I did not hear Allah, Mohammed, Confucius, Amon, and Baal, and did I miss their mentioning?

Woe, the tortures of religious chauvinism!

Surely you jest. Everyone knows there is only one God in Amerika amongst the conservative right, the Christian God.

Allah is God in Arabic. All three abrahamic religions have the same God. After his speech I saw a Rabbi speak and some sort or Christian clergy, I don’t know if there was any other. It doesn’t matter. He mostly played to the evangelicals at the very end of his speech, talking about God taking care of (my words, I don’t remember his exact words) the US. During the bulk of the speech it was about all the people, and giving power back to the people, in the US.

He means Mammon, obviously.

You skipped Y-HW-H, who was mentioned by His English name.

If they did, I missed it, too. You could not pay me enough to watch that shit show.

No other gods were mentioned. I heard it all. He surely spoke of the English Christian deity. The majority of Americans believe in that one.

@Seek Same here. I didn’t watch one second of that circus, just commenting based on the nature of the Q.

When Trump uses the word God, he spells it with L as the third letter. (That is, when he is not referring to himself)

1) *Allah
2) Confucius and *Dalai Lama aren’t gods.
3) Who the hell still follows Amon and Baal?

Besides that, what’s with using two Bibles to vow?

Himself. Drump just pandered to the religious. He doesn’t believe in anything but himself and money.

@Sneki95 Allah is not God? Says who?

I think Obama used two bibles also.

Read again. I corrected his writing, didn’t say Allah is not God.

^^Oh. Ok. It probably isn’t a big deal. When we translate from Arabic and other languages sometimes there is several spellings. Like Moslem and Muslim and Chanukah, Hanukkah, Hanukka, and on and on.

@Coloma Everyone knows there is only one God in Amerika amongst the conservative right, the Christian God.
So when the DNC prevails to the White House they invoke Mohammed, Amathese, Ra, or some other god? The way you say it only the GOP invoke the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Does that mean the DNC uses another book other than the Bible like a book from Scientology, the Watchtower, or the Book of Mormon?

@VenusFanelli The majority of Americans believe in that one.
Using THIS place, one would never guess that. ~~~~~~

^^Even the republicans include Muslims in inaugural speeches and other speeches referencing the Quran and including Muslims in the diversity of our country. What the hell are you talking about?

Even the republicans include Muslims in inaugural speeches

Not any more (if they ever did), according to reports above.

@Sneki95

The story of the Bibles that have been used in the US Presidential inuagurations is, I think, an interesting one.

When George Washington took the oath of office as the country’s first president in 1789, he placed his hand upon the Bible while speaking those solemn 35 words required by the Constitution, beginning a tradition that has come to define the pomp and circumstance of Inauguration Day.

And though the act of swearing upon a Bible held significance at the time, the particular book he chose did not.

It was, historians say, an afterthought. Organizers had simply forgotten to bring one, so they grabbed the closest holy book they could find — a nearby Masonic lodge’s altar Bible — and Washington made his promise to the nation to uphold the Constitution. LOL. And this has been the source of innumerable conspiracy theories ever since.

But in the two centuries since then, the act of choosing an inaugural Bible — or Bibles — is left up to the President elect and has become far more symbolic.

Most president elects have chosen the King James Version, or the protestant version, of the Bible, as this reflects the predominant Christian demographic of the nation.

FDR chose his family’s Bible, written in Dutch and printed in 1686.

Kennedy, our first Catholic president, chose the Catholic Douay Bible to swear upon.

For Barak Obama’s first inaugural, he chose the same Bible that Lincoln used in his, the only other president besides Lincoln to do so up until today. When his second inaugural fell upon Martin Luther King Day, he chose the one used by the civil rights leader during his lifetime as an activist—and the Lincoln Bible. Lincoln was known as the Great Emancipator and the use of the Bible was meant to express national unity after two very contentious and nasty election cycles.

Trump chose both the Lincoln Bible and the one given to him by his Scotland-born mother when he graduated from Presbyterian Sunday school in 1955. But, in light of Trump’s divisive behaviour during the last election, I expect journalists will do very well for themselves and their editors by pointing out that Lincoln was also the president that kept our country divided throughout his presidency during the Civil War.

The man has made his bed, and now must sleep in it.

@Call_Me_Jay I misstated. I don’t know if any republicans said Muslims specifically in an inaugural speech, but they have been inclusive. Bush made speeches saying good things about Muslims. He’s an oil guy, he’s known them throughout his life. He was business partners with Osama Bin Laden brother.

Seeing how Lincoln is reviled by most Republicans, using the Lincoln bible is a surprise.

I hope someone was assigned to make sure Trump didn’t autograph it.

^^LOL.

LMAO.

^^ It will be called Trump Bible from now on..)

Trump is a Christian. The US was established on Christian values. Christian values, if similar to other religious values, should be good enough for all religions. So, wouldn’t it be redundant to mention (list) them all?

Trump is as much a Christian as me. Only thing, he chooses to lie and pretend to get his way. It’s the only way he knows.

Apparently, it is easier for a rich man to enter heaven than for an atheist to be elected President.

The name Beelzebub was also conspicuous by its absence.

Christian values, if similar to other religious values, should be good enough for all religions. So, wouldn’t it be redundant to mention (list) them all?

Yes, for well-meaning people who follow the teachings of Christ that would be true.

However…

NY Daily News – Friday, January 20, 2017 “A Texas pastor with a controversial penchant for bashing Muslims, Mormons, Catholics and homosexuals will deliver a private sermon for Donald Trump and his family shortly before he is officially inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States.

“Rev. Robert Jeffress, who leads the First Baptist Church in Dallas and fervently stumped for Trump on the campaign trail, announced Thursday evening that he will deliver the exclusive prayer session to The Donald, Vice President-elect Mike Pence and their respective families.”

The name Beelzebub was also conspicuous by its absence.

The sulfur and brimstone in the air made mention unnecessary.

@Call_Me_Jay Bloody Southern Baptists. They were the bane of us Catholic school kids when I was young. When I told one I was an altar boy, he totally freaked and said I was going to hell. Those were fighting words when I was a kid. I once asked my mom what Methodists were and she said they were Baptists who could read. LOL. Nothing changes with these guys.

@Call_Me_Jay Of course, there will always be exceptions.

@Coloma, I am Roman Catholic Christian and I recognize many names different religions have for the one same God, (Confucianism doesn’t have a God) but I do not recognize the God Trump believes in as being the one I grew up believing in. For that matter I do not believe he believes in any deity. His deity is his own ego and money. If he does believe in one, I’m sure Lucifer is his name and Trump has made a deal with him years ago.

@Pandora I believe if my mother were alive today, that would exactly be her stance as well. He is guilty of more than one of the deadly sins.

Here is a great comparison shot between Obama and Drumpf:
https://twitter.com/nafsika71/status/822808971077632002

What is the point of this question? Is it because you hate Trump or Christianity, you were offended and we should have broken a 240 year tradition?