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Thu Aug 20

Yes, God can be hurt, but not in the way Trump claims, according to theologians

Written by Sameer Yadav, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Westmont College

God creating night and day.Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images

President Trump claimed recently that the prospect of a Biden presidency would “hurt God.”

More specifically, he said, Biden would be “following the radical left agenda, take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment, no religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt...

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Yes, God can be hurt, but not in the way Trump claims, according to theologians

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