Deuteronomy 9:16
"And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the Lord your God. You had made yourselves a golden calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the Lord had commanded you."

wnylib

(26,454 posts)

6. Topping all the commandments, #1 right at the start says

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2026, 07:46 PM

May 8

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

They are pseudo Christians.

dalton99a

(95,246 posts)

7. .

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2026, 07:49 PM

May 8

Deuxcents

(27,685 posts)

8. Looks like toilet paper wrapped around the statue

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Fri May 8, 2026, 07:56 PM

May 8

NEOH

(356 posts)

9. Nauseating...nt

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Fri May 8, 2026, 08:12 PM

May 8

lame54

(40,085 posts)

10. Where's Moses?

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Fri May 8, 2026, 08:18 PM

May 8

Walleye

(45,412 posts)

11. People bowed and prayed to the neon God they made.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2026, 08:28 PM

May 8

And all we hear from congressional Republican is the sound of silence

eppur_se_muova

(42,507 posts)

12. Trmp's "spiritual advisor" went out of his way to say this *ISN'T* a golden calf.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2026, 08:30 PM

May 8

Must have a guilty conscience about something.

If is, of course, a golden pig.

But never was Shakespeare's "methinks thou doth protest too much"* more applicable.

*Emphasis on the word "too" makes Bill's intention clear. Those who put the emphasis elsewhere miss the point.

GenThePerservering

(3,707 posts)

13. "Cottrill claimed he withheld the statue in a warehouse until full payment was made, while the investors insisted it had

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2026, 11:39 PM

May 8

Typical.

That statue is a really an amateur effort - the posture looks wooden and the fist is just stuck in the air like he's catching flies. It's just not very good.

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