# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 19, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2023-05-19T03:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 143
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2841 "2023-11-01T12:29:46Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I disagree - atheism isn’t a belief system. It’s purely descriptive. Don’t believe in a deity? Then you’re an atheist. Well, according to the [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atheism-agnosticism/#DefiAthe), “The word ‘atheism’ is polysemous—it has multiple related meanings”. In short, it can mean a simple lack of belief in God, as well as a broader philosophical system of disbelief in a supreme being. So we’re both right. Also, I just learned a new word! Looking forward to working ‘polysemous’ into a future conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Kelby2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ebca7d/32.png) [@Kelby2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelby2)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2842 "2023-11-01T14:19:22Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > > [@ParallelLines](#): > > > > Or if he does believe in God > > The one positive attribute I think Trump has is he’s an atheist. Sure he believes in God. Trump…God…what’s the difference? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2843 "2023-11-01T15:52:19Z")
> [@solost](#): > > He has no problem using religion as a prop when it suits him; standing in front of a church brandishing a bible, for instance. you forgot something… standing in front of a church brandishing a bible **upside down** , for instance. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2844 "2023-11-01T16:00:22Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > > [@solost](#): > > > > He has no problem using religion as a prop when it suits him; standing in front of a church brandishing a bible, for instance. > > you forgot something… > standing in front of a church brandishing a bible **upside down** , for instance. - Don’t forget the “what the hell is this thing?” look he gave it. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2845 "2023-11-01T16:35:31Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > you forgot something… > standing in front of a church brandishing a bible **upside down** , for instance. Hehe, I was watching the horror movie ‘The Nun’ for Halloween last night. One repeated horror motif was that crosses on walls would rotate to be upside-down as a signifier that a demonic presence was near. I wonder if it means the same thing with bibles? 😄 ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2846 "2023-11-01T16:43:17Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Don’t forget the “what the hell is this thing?” look he gave it. It was more of a “is this where you find the two Corinthians? And what is a Corinthian?” look. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2847 "2023-11-01T16:48:18Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > what is a Corinthian? A type of leather, I think. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2848 "2023-11-01T16:53:07Z")
Ah, the cover looked to be fine Corinthian leather! And there are two sides to a bible! You’ve cracked the case. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2849 "2023-11-01T16:58:16Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > And what is a Corinthian?” look. [What’s a Nubian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHLJfxfXHBg)? (Link includes sweary language so may not be SFW) ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2850 "2023-11-01T17:15:10Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > … Don’t believe in a deity? Then you’re an atheist. Or as an Irish atheist would put it, “There is no god, and Mary is his mother.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2851 "2023-11-01T17:54:16Z")
> [@Kelby2](#): > > Trump…God…what’s the difference? Why does God need an escalator? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2852 "2023-11-01T17:59:54Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Why does God need an escalator? The escalator was not bringing Him down, it was raising the mortal world _up_ to His level. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2853 "2023-11-01T18:00:47Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Also, I just learned a new word! Looking forward to working ‘polysemous’ into a future conversation. Just don’t use it in mixed company or you might get your face slapped. 🙂 > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > brandishing a bible **upside down** , for instance I studied that photo more than I should have and I don’t think it’s a fair cop. There was something printed on the spine and a purple ribbon bookmark sticking out. From their positions it looked like he was holding it the Bible the right way up but it was a rare case where _Holy Bible_ was not imprinted on the front cover. I have no trouble believing he hasn’t a clue about what it says, though, just like that golden calf statue of him clutching the Constitution in his hand. > [@wguy123](#): > > You’ve cracked the case. Can we work on _covfefe_ next? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2854 "2023-11-01T18:47:27Z")
Not to take Trump’s side, but you can’t assume that. Has he ever stated he doesn’t believe in God? He’ll give lip service to his religious supporters (like “2 Corinthians”), and it’s obviously phony, but that doesn’t mean he’s a card-carrying atheist. He’s going to believe in God enough to court favor, and nothing past that. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2855 "2023-11-01T18:51:09Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > He’s going to believe in God enough to court favor, and nothing past that. Like a lot of “Christians” out there in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2856 "2023-11-01T19:16:56Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Has he ever stated he doesn’t believe in God? He was confirmed in the Presbyterian Church, but now considers himself a ‘non-denominational Christian.’ > **[Trump Becomes the First President Since Eisenhower to Change Faiths in Office](https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/october/trump-nondenominational-presbyterian-religious-eisenhower.html)** > > Like many Christians switching churches, he now identifies as nondenominational ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2857 "2023-11-01T21:44:48Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > [What’s a Nubian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHLJfxfXHBg)? Bitch, you almost made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2858 "2023-11-01T22:31:06Z")
“Pearly Gates” sounds tacky enough to be a Trump idea. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2859 "2023-11-01T22:33:11Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > And what is a Corinthian? This guy [![](https://static1.colliderimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/the-sandman-comic-corinthian.jpg) ](https://static1.colliderimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/the-sandman-comic-corinthian.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2860 "2023-11-01T22:38:44Z")
Yes, but is that the first Corinthian or the second Corinthian? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=142) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=144)