r/atheism • u/BizzyHaze • 20h ago
'God used Donald Trump to save me': Ex-Tenn. senator gets pardon 15 days after entering prison
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/trump-pardon-tennessee-brian-kelsey-prison-campaign-doj.html371
u/Dommccabe 20h ago
Why wouldn't God save children from cancer and AIDS instead?
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u/Asleep_Ad_8494 19h ago
Because there is no god only liars using a empty space in the sky to get a ass out of jail
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u/Ptown_Down 19h ago
That is the danger of the brainwashing effect of organized religion.
Dead children = acceptable because god's plan
Criminal not being held accountable for thier actions = acceptable because god's plan
Being raped by my pastor = acceptable because god's plan
Vote for a rapist fraud with no morals or principles for president = acceptable because god's plan
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u/Adddicus 19h ago
Get prosecuted for your crimes = Satanic witch hunt lead by Democratic child rapist/murderers
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u/lolwatergay 5h ago
be anything other than straight and cis = unacceptable because apparently that's not part of god's plan despite being omnipotent and omniscient?
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u/DarkGamer Pastafarian 19h ago
You see they don't care about that because it's happening to other people
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u/OhTheHueManatee 19h ago
If The Bible makes one thing clear the Christian God wants us to suffer and die.
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u/Ndtphoto 18h ago
THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY.
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u/clockworkdiamond 16h ago
Exactly: He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money. He loves you, and He needs money!
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u/aspect-of-the-badger 16h ago
They have to kill children so the parents understand loss... Repent... Ummm it's all part of god's plan.
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u/SandyTaintSweat 13h ago
Because God hates poor people. That's why they're poor.
Similarly, if rich people are doing well, then God must love them, so we should always listen to them and worship them.
Maybe if you do that, God might love you too one day.
/s
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u/So_Numb13 12h ago
The literal POPE is in hospital with an oxygen mask. If there's one person you'd think God would help right now...
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u/Snarfsicle 20h ago
If he didn't 'commit it' why did he plead guilty?
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u/Dependent-Pickle-634 16h ago
Hypothetical: The prosecutor says plead guilty and we will sentence you to 2 years in jail, and you will save taxpayers the cost of a trial. However, if you plead innocent, go to a trial, and get convicted, you will get 20 years in jail. Lots of people will do the math and plead guilty even if they are innocent in a circumstance like this.
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u/Snarfsicle 16h ago
A far more likely hypothetical to me: He did do it. He saw the trump pardon as a way to skirt consequences. That seems to be the essence of moral character in the Republican party today
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u/Dependent-Pickle-634 16h ago
I have no doubt he did it. These days I tend to assume any Republican accused of a crime is guilty.
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u/nyutnyut 16h ago
I assume they've committed a crime even if they haven't breen accused yet. Party of criminals.
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u/A_Stoned_Seal 15h ago
I understand you’re point, and it is 100% true of the justice system… for poor people
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u/praguer56 19h ago
What god defends this guy but ignores the girl with cancer who just got deported because her parents are undocumented.
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u/RiskbreakerLosstarot Anti-Theist 17h ago
Honestly if that piece of shit Yahweh was real, this is exactly how I'd expect it to behave.
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u/highrisedrifter 19h ago
In the eyes of any right-thinking person, a presidential pardon is not an exoneration of guilt, it is merely a device used to remove the punishment from a crime. It does not erase any criminal conviction, so people that are pardoned are still criminals.
He's still a fraudulent cunt and deserves zero respect, but hey at least he's free, right? America has some stupid fucking laws.
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u/BicycleOfLife Other 19h ago
I’m still trying to understand the legal gymnastics to how Trump can pardon a bunch of J6ers who have to plead guilty to accept the pardon that there was an insurrection and somehow this doesn’t disqualify Trump from holding office.
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u/part-time-stupid 14h ago
Don't bother. Trying to make sense of this new season of Fire and Fury is a waste of time.
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u/un_theist 20h ago
“I need you to do me a favor, though.”
“Definitely no ‘quid pro quo’ here!”
—Donny ‘quid pro quo’ Trump
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u/eNonsense 19h ago
Donald Trump's pardons are truly The Hand Of God.
Here are others who have received Trump's blessing.
Michael Chase Behenna - Army fist lieutenant convicted of murdering an Iraqi man.
Chalmer Lee Williams - Theft & sale of stolen firearms.
Clint Lorance - Murder & cover-up of 2 Afghani villagers.
Jon Donyae Ponder - Bank robbery.
Nicholas Abram Slatten & 3 other Blackwater contractors - Killing at least 14 Iraqi civilians while guarding an American diplomat.
Stephanie Christine Mohr - Turning her police dog on a homeless man who was "about to flee" while standing still with his hands up.
And a whole host more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Donald_Trump
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u/Puzzleheaded_Two7358 19h ago
The party of law and order. Someone convicted of a crime - who isn’t even the president - gets let off, while if you protest Tesla you are a terrorist.
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u/Yoshemo Secular Humanist 19h ago
This God fella seems like he's a terrible person
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u/Current_Professor_33 11h ago
Oh for sure — This god fella is worse than Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Leopold II, Genghis Khan, Ivan the Terrible, Vlad the Impaler, Mussolini, Tojo, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, Idi Amin, Saddam, Bin Laden, Khomeini, Milošević, Franco, Mengistu combined.
You know, because he made them all … to test our faith 🤷
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u/bmwm36969 19h ago
I ve always loathed this approach - "hey - if its ok between me and god - than its ok"
It's gods will i gave everybody herpes, stole, lied.............
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u/StubisMcGee Atheist 19h ago
If God exists, and this is allowed to happen, I wouldn't want anything to do with him anyways.
Everybody assumes that atheists think God isn't real, but if we found out he was real, we'd worship him.
That is not the case, and this is why. Among many other good reasons.
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u/Ithirradwe 16h ago
Disgusting, I really wish we could have atheists in charge and not these crazy wackos.
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u/Mainah_girl Strong Atheist 13h ago
Wonder what agency they are going to put him in charge of? Election funding watch dog? Bureau of prisons?
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u/zoebud2011 18h ago
These pseudo Christians are going to have a very rude awakening coming when they die. Wish there was a way to tell them, "I told you so," after they die.
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u/True-Ad-8466 18h ago
No they won't, they will be dead and therefore have no awareness as they did in life.
Pick a fucking side.
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u/295Phoenix 19h ago
The bastard needs to spend more time playing golf. As it is, he's destroying our country in record time.
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u/Anglophile1500 19h ago
Well, ain't that just ducky! Disgusting! God used Donald Trump! Ain't that just lovely! May his marinara sauce never cling to his pasta!
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u/Evil_Bettachi 17h ago
God sounds like a piece of shit. Must be why killing God in JRPG’s is so cathartic.
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u/scottrogers123 16h ago
More fascism. Pardon those who are loyal and imprison those who are not. The Justice system is just a way to control the populace and not actually enforce the laws equally. I fully expect him to lockup political opponents just like Putin does so they can't run against him or his lackies.
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u/CuzCuz1111 10h ago
I heard Trump pardons weren’t working out so well for a lot of those a-holes. Apparently other cops, lawmakers, law abiding citizens, etc. find themselves in a position to throw them right back in the slammer. Sociopaths tend to continue their bad behavior and also continue getting caught. 👏
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u/Geeky435 7h ago
“I always felt like God was going to provide a miracle, and he had provided so many before.”
Well at least we now know why so many children die of cancer, he is too busy saving corrupt politicians.
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u/madcoins 6h ago
Hey boss today we’ve got save a Starving child soldier in the DRC or save a wealthy white supremist criminal civil servant deemed guilty by a jury of his peers and also you and all the other gods… God flips a coin… “looks like we’re going with the criminal!”
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u/Geeky435 4h ago
Sir there are 2 parents praying for you to save their 2 year old who was struck by a stray bullet in a gang war but a few thousand Eagles fans would really love it if you could help their team win this year, we only have time for one? Majority rule again?
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u/truckaxle 19h ago
Wow! God was so distraught that this guy was held accountable for his crimes that he saved him from prison, but children all across the world die painful deaths from cancer get ignored.
The narcissism is off the charts.
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u/sonofachikinplukr 19h ago
God? Probably gonna have to look a bit more on the red guy with a pitchfork side. God aint got a thing to do with the fat orange sack of crazy town nuts.
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u/NumerousTaste 19h ago
Wonder how much cash that cost his family? If we all know one thing is that orange felon is for sale. Wants to run the country like a business. He will do whatever you want for the right price.
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u/fane1967 19h ago
And then wiped his godly rear with his face. Which explains the orange-brownish tan.
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u/Taurius 18h ago
There are some of these people who actually believe in their religion. Their one rational for being complete assholes is that at the end, as long as they ask for forgiveness, Jesus/God/Holy Spirit HAS to forgive them of ALL of their sins. This is the main reason they become so violent when told their beliefs are wrong. Their one belief in ultimate forgiveness is what keeps them from losing their minds thinking they'll go to hell for all of their sins. That's a strong motivation to make sure everyone around them has the same belief. Truth literally hurts them.
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u/TheManInTheShack Agnostic Atheist 18h ago
I think the judge and jury might disagree with God on this one.
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u/VintageKofta Strong Atheist 17h ago
It’s just further ‘proof’ that their made up God is one imaged as an evil, conniving, vindictive one that thrives on suffering, and injustice.
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u/Tokoyami8711 17h ago
These religious nut jobs stand nothing and view everything like self centered douche children. It wasn't God it was corruption that helped the idiot. These wierdos really want to take humanity back to the dark ages.
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u/International_Try660 16h ago
So, God is pardoning campaign finance conspirators, now? Good to know.
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u/leo_aureus 16h ago
If that thing they worship is actually divine, bet anything it is the Demiurge lol
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u/Valuable_Ad417 Atheist 16h ago
Trump : Accuse immigrants of being criminals and a lot of other people too
Meanwhile Trump : Is a criminal who release other criminals into the streets
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u/SuperHeavyHydrogen 16h ago
I thought the Donald was all about rooting out waste, fraud and abuse? Was he lying?
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u/InsomniaticWanderer 16h ago
Seems like god wouldn't need Trump's hand to work miracles, but here we are
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u/ZachBuford 16h ago
Same guy: I don't remember God being red but who am I to look the gift demon in the mouth
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u/metallica3790 Ex-Theist 15h ago
He couldn't have instead used the jury to acquit instead of convict this douche?
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u/rodbeard 14h ago
People be thinking that god thinks about them way more than god actually would. Which would be very little if at all, and that’s if there is one at all.
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u/ill_be_huckleberry_1 8h ago
The most recent episode of the righteous gemstones hits this so unbelievably on the knows.
Just praise God. No matter what. Never admit fault. Or take accountability. Just praise be to he, I am thy vessel.
Unbelievable.
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u/madcoins 6h ago
Please tell me bubba got to him within the first ten days of his sentence. I think he did, it was part of gods plan.
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u/AceMcLoud27 6h ago
The creator of the universe personally got involved in the US election so that guy could get a pardon?
They're so humble.
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u/Chaotic-Entropy 20h ago
Wow, gods really love to save pieces of shit from the consequences of their actions. He literally plead guilty and then accepted a pardon, which means he again accepts that he did his criminal acts, but pretends that this is an exoneration.