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We've had 45 presidents no? Is he leaving out 2 or did he say this during the 43rd? If he is leaving out, who are the 2 based ones?
This quote is from the past.
So what you're telling me is that time is linear? Let me just ask my buddy Gilgamesh real quick for his thoughts
Ironically, Gilgamesh's battle against mortality would have been for naught had he known of the possibility of our limitless overlapping of spacetime capability.
Mitch: every quote is from the past. Have a quote from the future? Wait, let me see that.
Considering he says 43 consecutively, that would imply either the first two or last two were not Christians. We know that's not the case, so it's safe to assume it's just a quote from before Trump became president.
Edit: though I'm pretty sure Thomas Jefferson was famously not a Christian, so it isn't true regardless.
~~Obama is not a practicing Christian, and he was the 44th presidency. But Grover Cleveland was counted as 2 separate presidencies, so only 42 people before Obama were president of the United States. But if "43 of them" is referring to presidencies and not individuals, it holds.~~
Trump and Biden also both identify as Christians too, ~~bringing the total to 45 presidencies out of 46, and 44 out of 45 people who have been president of the United States.~~
And to be especially nitpicky, a few early presidents are speculated to have been atheists or deists, not Christians.
You do not count Obama, but count Trump?!!
Trump CLAIMS to be Christian. ~~Obama doesn't. I respect self-identification.~~
Edit: I apparently also live under a rock and am totally wrong about Obama identifying as Christian later in life. I had only ever heard the anecdotes about how he was raised secular and assumed he was reasonable enough to remain that way
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#Religious_views
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna22767392
Obama absolutely identified as a Christian, what are you on about?