# Satan Arm-Wrestles Jesus over Hillary vs. Trump **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 2, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satan-arm-wrestles-jesus-over-hillary-vs-trump/800490 "2017-11-02T13:38:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satan-arm-wrestles-jesus-over-hillary-vs-trump/800490/1 "2017-11-02T13:38:01Z")
> **[Here Are Some Of The Ads Russia Paid To Promote On Facebook](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russian-facebook-ads-examples-election_n_59fa16d1e4b01b474047d7a5?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009)** > > The ads are separate from 80,000 other Facebook posts that have so far been linked back to Russia. In an ad posted by Russian Trolls, there’s a wonderfully ludicrous painting of Jesus arm-wrestling Satan over whether Hillary (supported by the Prince of Darkness) or Trump (supported, of course, by Jesus) will win. > [@](#): > > \*\*Here Are Some Of The Ads Russia Paid To Promote On Facebook > > The ads are separate from 80,000 other Facebook posts that have so far been linked back to Russia.\*\* > … > … > > Two months after Facebook first acknowledged it was paid to promote 3,000 divisive Russian-backed ads during the 2016 election, we’re finally getting a look at some of the ads themselves. > Members of the House and Senate released redacted versions Wednesday of just over a dozen of the ads (scroll down to see them) during congressional testimony from senior staff at Facebook, Twitter and Google concerning Russian meddling in the election through social platforms. Scroll down to see the Arm-Wrestling piece (and others). I don’t know if I should be amused by how ludicrous that ad is (“Press ‘LIKE’ to help Jesus Win!”) or appalled that it was probably effective. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satan-arm-wrestles-jesus-over-hillary-vs-trump/800490/2 "2017-11-02T16:05:33Z")
Yeah I saw that myself today today on the New York Times. It’s a feature of a democracy is what it is. If communication is a tool to influence people you have to understand what influences people and what resonates. It’s interesting this forum’s desire to see cites. That’s not average behavior. I think those who are crafting these messages understands human psychology and intellect better than the average poster here. It is a ludicrous and funny image. It is appalling that it resonates. It’s not surprising in the least. You’ll probably remember that ridiculous image for years. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satan-arm-wrestles-jesus-over-hillary-vs-trump/800490/3 "2017-11-02T20:35:00Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > It’s interesting this forum’s desire to see cites. That’s not average behavior. It’s average behavior for reasonably-intelligent people who have been taught that gullibility is no virtue. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satan-arm-wrestles-jesus-over-hillary-vs-trump/800490/4 "2017-11-02T20:57:04Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > It’s average behavior for reasonably-intelligent people who have been taught that gullibility is no virtue. I won’t argue that point. But it must be remembered that those two criteria are what make that average of that subset different from the average of the whole set. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satan-arm-wrestles-jesus-over-hillary-vs-trump/800490/5 "2017-11-03T01:33:22Z")
The caption above the arm-wrestle almost made me choke: “…even though Donald Trump isn’t a saint by any means, he’s at least an honest man and he cares deeply for this country.”