Politico reports: Republican Ryan Binkley ended his longshot presidential campaign and endorsed Donald Trump on Tuesday, after failing to gain traction in any of the early nominating states. While the primary became a one-on-one race between Trump and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Binkley, a Texas pastor and businessperson, remained in the race since last …

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      9 months ago

      Most likely a jewish mystic running a cult of personality; like dozens of other grifters that kept popping up in that time and place… (this is why the sanhedrin jumped on him, dime a dozen.)

      At his most benign, he’d have had more in common with William Miller or Joseph Smith. Jesus didn’t advocate for mass suicide, so, there’s that. The reality is that, while he had a message… “christianity” was probably started sometime around his death - when certain of his followers could retcon the narrative.