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[–] subignition@fedia.io 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

for some reason he's viewed as the second coming of jesus fucking christ and I really don't understand how the fuck those delusional religious folks managed to square that in their mind.

That's the neat part, they don't. Cognitive dissonance is one helluva drug

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Cognitive dissonance causes internal suffering when trying to reconcile two irreconcilable facts or beliefs. You're suffering dissonance trying to get your head around Trump = Jesus. They are not suffering.

(For the record, Trump can represent God because he is an "imperfect vessel", and that's OK because all have fallen short of the glory of God, sinners casting stones, etc.. Besides, didn't Jesus teach forgiveness? Don't try to understand this either, just don't, or more dissonance for you!)

[–] subignition@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, I'm not an expert, but I don't think they don't experience it so much as their religion has trained them to rationalize it away quickly. I feel like this meme template sort of reflects this, and I think the anger you'd get from bringing the contradiction to light is primarily it

I suppose that means my original post was phrased incorrectly regardless

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The meme is incomplete. Instead of the fourth panel with the realization, you open up a new meme with a different objection. And it repeats, over and over.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago

I like how you think. The fourth panel should be a fractal repetition of the whole meme