Posted on 01/18/2025 4:52:42 AM PST by Strict9
President Trump will take the oath of office using two Bibles – just like he did in his first inaugural ceremony.
President-elect Trump will use his Bible, which was given to him by his mother, and the Lincoln Bible. In 1955, he received this Bible to mark his Sunday Church Primary School graduation at First Presbyterian Church, in Jamaica, New York.
The Bible is a 1953 revised standard version published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in New York and is embossed with his name on the lower portion of the front cover. The inside cover is signed by church officials and inscribed with the President’s name and details of when it was presented.
(Excerpt) Read more at toddstarnes.com ...
Did Obama even use a Bible? Does he know what one is? He knows the Koran inside and out I’ll bet.
I would rather he have a copy of the Constitution tucked inside the cover.
He’s going to need both of them when he travels into the snakes’ nest for the inauguration. I hope he has his own security people. According to the recent popular poll, “almost 50% of all government employees” say they are out to bring down the president.
Won't disagree, excepting that the text of our Constitution does not mention God. Both together seems a fine gesture.
Someday an American President will swear in using a Koran. Matter of time.
A literal stack
I think obama did that at an inside hidden ceremony.
On Monday, we will all be unbidened by what has been.
Symbols over substance. Either he’ll do his best to help this country or he won’t. A Bible won’t make a bit of difference but I hope he means what he says.
Are the Bibles oaths are sworn on open? I thought they are closed and the hand is placed on the front cover.
I know Clinton flipped to a page and put his hand on the verse that talks about “Reaping the Whirlwind”
It’s going to be an awesome moment when he puts his hand on the Bible. But saying that I am so super disappointed that he let the weather(men) dictate a beautiful traditional swearing in. I wonder if he forgot all the people that stood out in freezing temperatures sometimes for days to attend his rallies, I wonder if he forgot how in North Carolina people stood in miserable weather to cast their early vote. I hope he did not forget the people who were willing to crawl through broken glass to drag him across the finish line. The least he could’ve done is shorten the outside inauguration giving the people who had already made expensive arrangements some cheer. HOW CAN IT BE THAT this very morning protesters are in full force protesting Trump when temps are frigid? They will protest come hell or high water rain or freeze below zero temperatures they’re out there. And yet Trump’s team decides to pull this! We have been waiting for 4 years for this glorious moment and they pull this. An example would be a bride who waited all her life to walk down the church aisle only to be told no you can’t use the sanctuary but there’s a tiny room across sanctuary you guys can use. I think they pulled a fast one on Trump I really do. Another denial. Call me a skeptic but I’m beginning to think even the weather people are corrupt. Don’t underestimate the hatred they have in DC for this man they’ll do anything to deny him His due!
Washington and Lincoln were among presidents using open Bibles. A few didn’t use Bibles at all. Some used closed Bibles, noting that the Bible used was too fragile.
ok thanks for the info
I’m sure it’ll be a great day regardless.
Two Bibles? Does that mean the press will hate him/us twice as much?
Does that mean the press will hate him/us twice as much?
+++++++++
Is that even possible? Mathematically, is it expressed as:
2 x ∞ ??
He also did something for show outside, and then did the real oath taking inside — behind closed doors.
I doubt a Christian bible was involved in either. A bible requires that you tell the truth. Something like a Koran says it is OK to lie to further the cause.
IF THAT 50% can be positively ID’s-—THEY re making MUSK/VIVEK’s DOGE jobs very easy.
FIRE THEM FIRST.
NO PENSIONS NO UNEMPLOYMENT
NO REFERRALS
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.