Golden Trump Statue Is No Idol for Worship, Pastor Insists
- On Saturday, a 22-foot golden statue of President Donald Trump, dubbed 'Don Colossus,' was unveiled at Mar-a-Lago, drawing immediate comparisons to a similar Homelander statue featured in Prime Video's The Boys.
- Series showrunner Eric Kripke acknowledged the 'creepy parallel' on Instagram, noting the final season was written before the 2024 election and expressing frustration that reality repeatedly mirrors the show's satire.
- Evangelical minister Mark Burns led the blessing ceremony, prompting critics like Reverend Benjamin Cremer to label the event 'idol worship,' while supporters defended the statue as a respectful political tribute.
- Episode 6, 'Though the Heavens Fall,' features Homelander declaring himself a god, mirroring an AI-generated image of Trump as a divine figure that appeared 48 hours before the episode aired.
- Writers, including actor Laz Alonso, have expressed bewilderment as reality mimics their satire, with the Prime Video series approaching its finale amid difficulty satirizing an increasingly absurd world.
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MAGA Ministry: Gold Statue Of Trump Debuts At Doral Miami Golf Course As Black Pastor Calls Moment ‘One Of The Greatest Honors' Of His Life
In MAGA ministry news, a towering 22-foot gold statue of Donald Trump was recently unveiled at Trump National Doral Miami.
Pastor Clarifies That Giant, Shiny Trump Statue Worshippers Love Is NOT An Idol
Pastor Mark Burns, the president's informal "spiritual advisor," wants to make one thing very clear about the extremely tall gold statue of Donald Trump that was officially dedicated last week in Doral, Miami. "Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone," he wrote on Twitter. He's technically right, just as Rene Magritte was technically right that his painting of a pipe was not actually a pipe. In …
Trump’s newest gold statue revives “golden calf” criticism
A newly unveiled 22-foot gold-colored statue of Donald Trump at Trump National Doral in Florida is reigniting a familiar debate surrounding the former president: when does political branding begin to resemble religious symbolism? The statue, which quickly drew online comparisons to the biblical “golden calf,” has sparked criticism from some Christian commentators and religious writers who argue that the imagery surrounding Trump increasingly blu…
Donald Trump's megalomania seems to know no limits. In his Doral Golf Club in Miami, the US president had a golden statue built in his honor. In the net, disgust about the new shots spreads.
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