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A third of Americans believe Trump’s presidency is part of God’s plan (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 6 days ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 29 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Daily reminfer that 33% of the US is crazy, and the majority hate Trump.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Aparently they didnt hate him enough to vote against him.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

They did. He lost.

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The winning candidate in the 2024 election was "none"

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

"Didn't Vote" could as easily be "Any/All" as "None". Also discounts the voters who were legally disenfranchised or otherwise discouraged from participating.

Hence "not a democracy". Voters don't pick their politicians. Politicians pick their voters.

[–] saimen@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago

No it was "I don't care, just take whoever the others want".

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

27%

A Christian (or, really, anyone who believes in predestination) thinking "X is Part of God's Plan" is perfectly consistent with their understanding of the world.

It's the Christians who don't believe this who are being irrational

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Those Christians would be inconsistent, but all Christians are irrational by definition.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Rationality is predicated on inputs and outputs. If you're surrounded by second and third hand accounts of divine mysteries, it isn't irrational to accept them as true absent some more compelling data. At least, no more irrational than believing in dinosaurs or the Big Bang Theory, without ever actually having seen a fossil or learned about the significance of background radiation.