America may not have an official religion, but you'd have to be crazy to think that politicians aren't expected to fit in a certain spiritual mold. While there might be a few exceptions, like JFK's Catholicism, Mitt Romney's Mormonism, and Barack Obama's dastardly secret Muslim agenda, if you want to run for president in this country, you usually need to belong to a mainstream branch of Protestantism. And a study by Pew Research Center found that two-thirds of Americans think it is important for the president to have "strong religious beliefs." That's why when Donald Trump entered the political arena, people suddenly started asking for proof that he gave a shit about God.

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Painting your ceiling to match the Sistine Chapel doesn't count.

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After all, there was plenty of evidence that Trump didn't exactly understand religion. Despite posting his confirmation photo on Facebook as proof he's a part of the club, when it comes to the basics of Christianity, he could really do with a refresher course. There was the time he attended church on the campaign trail and mistakenly put money on the Communion plate, confusing it for the offering one (or maybe his answer to everything is just to throw money at it). When he stopped by Liberty University, he oddly referred to the book of the Bible called Second Corinthians as "Two Corinthians," as if he had never heard it said out loud before. Then there was the time he flippantly called the Communion ritual "my little wine" and "my little cracker." Or the fact that he admits he has never asked forgiveness for his sins, and that his favorite verse of the Bible is the Old Testament's "an eye for an eye" -- a verse that Jesus specifically says not to follow in the New Testament when he says to turn the other cheek (although this would explain some of Trump's business dealings). And when asked by the Christian Broadcasting Network what God meant to him, Trump proceeded to tell a story about buying a golf course.