Trump refuses to recite Apostle's Creed at Bush funeral

[FeedsOnDevTears]

Every President Recited This Prayer Except Trump, And People Definitely Noticed

People on Twitter are calling out President Donald Trump for failing to recite the Apostles’ Creed at the funeral for former President George H. W. Bush on Wednesday.

Footage from the event shows much of the church, including the former presidents seated with Trump, standing to recite the profession of faith.

Trump and first lady Melania Trump stood, but did not recite the prayer, which was written in the program, nor did they sing the hymns.

[Redwyrm]

I'm not going to complain if Trump doesn't open his mouth. The odds of embarrassment skyrocket if he has to say or read something. Was probably the safer choice and endure the criticism.

[Machismo]

As a proud hater of Trump, I don't give a shit if he chooses to not sing along. This is rather meaningless, and there are thousands of far better reasons to not like the guy.

[Kujako]

Were there big words? I bet there were big words...

[Dendrek]

I'll never understand why the tweets of random people are worth adding to news articles.

[zenkai]

I'll never understand why the tweets of random people are worth adding to news articles.

Neither to I. On other topics, they take tweets from troll accounts and act like it matters.

[Mormolyce]

I wouldn't expect anyone to recite a prayer, or a particular prayer, or especially that one. But you know, it is the height of hypocrisy for evangelicals to call Obama a Muslim and then overlook all this kind of thing.

Realistically, Trump doesn't even pay lip service to religion, he should grow a pair and come out as irreligious. Instead of maintaining this absurd charade.

Were there big words? I bet there were big words...

There's a bunch of versions, I'm not sure which they use. Maybe this one?

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostles%27_Creed

Mostly pretty short.

[-aiko-]

I think it's a ridiculous thing to be expected to say, quite honestly.

[JohnBrown1917]

Who cares, Bush was a shitty war criminal anyway.

[Sunseeker]

So, he didn't recite essentially the Christian pledge of allegiance?

As an atheist, I really don't give a fuck.

[Kujako]

There's a bunch of versions, I'm not sure which they use. Maybe this one?

Mostly pretty short.

Remember, he's the guy that couldn't get the national anthem right during his own inauguration.

[s_bushido]

So, he didn't recite essentially the Christian pledge of allegiance?

As an atheist, I really don't give a fuck.

Neither do the hard-line evangelical Christians who will rush to the polls to support him in the next election.

[Sunseeker]

Neither do the hard-line evangelical Christians who will rush to the polls to support him in the next election.

And we all regard them as hypocrites for it.

[Stormspark]

So, he didn't recite essentially the Christian pledge of allegiance?

As an atheist, I really don't give a fuck.

I think it's a ridiculous thing to be expected to say, quite honestly.

You know, if I didn't already despise Trump for many many reasons, I would actually praise him for this. But, there is nothing in existence that could ever get me to actually praise him, because I know if he ever does something right it's totally by accident and out of ignorance.

[Mormolyce]

Remember, he's the guy that couldn't get the national anthem right during his own inauguration.

I mean one time he fucked up the phrase "United States".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmk6oC2CuT0

[Sunseeker]

You know, if I didn't already despise Trump for many many reasons, I would actually praise him for this. But, there is nothing in existence that could ever get me to actually praise him, because I know if he ever does something right it's totally by accident and out of ignorance.

Yeah, I don't really care about this subject entirely, I don't feel like Trump isn't upholding some "long held tradition" because frankly, it's a Christian religious tradition and politicians are supposed to be secular state agents. I know Trump isn't saying it because he's an idiot, and that's sad, but I'm kinda used to "our president is a moron" by now.

[Stormspark]

Yeah, I don't really care about this subject entirely, I don't feel like Trump isn't upholding some "long held tradition" because frankly, it's a Christian religious tradition and politicians are supposed to be secular state agents. I know Trump isn't saying it because he's an idiot, and that's sad, but I'm kinda used to "our president is a moron" by now.

Yeah...we need a president that will just stand up and say "I'm athiest, I'm not saying this crap." This is a very rare case of Trump doing the right thing. But since it was for the wrong reason it doesn't count.

[Mormolyce]

You know, if I didn't already despise Trump for many many reasons, I would actually praise him for this. But, there is nothing in existence that could ever get me to actually praise him, because I know if he ever does something right it's totally by accident and out of ignorance.

I'd respect it if he came out and stated a moral principle for not reciting it.

But ahaha, that'll never happen.

[Hadriker]

I am a lapsed Catholic. I still have this memorized from when i was young. I am no longer practicing and I am pretty much an Atheist at this point.

It doesn't really bother me too much he didn't say it. Hes not Catholic and from what we can tell, not really religious at all. You could make an argument he could have just recited it out of respect ( I still "pray" with my family at events even though i don;t really believe it out of respect for my grandmother.)

But he didn't really do anything wrong here imo

[Bakis]

He is free not to recite religious crap.
It is amusing though since he pander the religious right so hard and often portray himself as one of them.
I think he just did what he always do, fucked up. His former illegal alien wife maybe struggled with the words.