Donald Trump, good and honorable Christian man, touted Bible literacy classes a few weeks ago and it has certainly set off a firestorm.

Trump offered encouragement to politicians in several states who have pushed legislation that would allow public schools to offer an optional elective course on the historical significance of the Bible.

“Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible,” Trump wrote. “Starting to make a turn back? Great!”

Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible. Starting to make a turn back? Great!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2019

According to Trump’s former pastor, the president can’t exactly speak with much authority on the subject.

Pastor David Lewicki responded to Trump’s tweet, explaining how he served as a pastor at New York City’s Marble Collegiate Church for about five years in the mid-aughts.

Despite being on the member rolls, Trump never showed. Not to Bible study ― and not even to a service, according to Lewicki.

“I assure you, he had the ‘option’ to come to Bible study. He never ‘opted’ in,” Lewicki wrote. “Nor did he ever actually enter the church doors. Not one time.”

I was @realDonaldTrump's pastor for 5 years @MarbleChurch. I assure you, he had the "option" to come to Bible study. He never "opted" in. Nor did he ever actually enter the church doors. Not one time. https://t.co/hf06e6LyRz

— David Lewicki (@dlewicki) January 29, 2019

But this isn’t the first time Trump tried to pretend he was a good Christian man.

In an August 2015 interview with Bloomberg TV, Trump explained that he personally objected to same-sex marriage “from the standpoint of Bible,” which led interviewer Mark Halperin to ask Trump about his favorite verse or verses, which Trump refused to name.

“Well, I wouldn’t want to get into it, because to me that’s very personal,” Trump said. “You know, when I talk about the Bible, it’s very personal, so I don’t want to get into verses.”

“There’s no verse that means a lot to you?” Halperin asked. “That you think about or say?”

“The Bible means a lot to me, but I don’t want to get into specifics,” Trump said.

“Even to cite a verse that you like?”

“No, I don’t want to do that.”

Another question: “Are you an Old Testament or a New Testament guy?”

“Probably equal,” Trump said. “I think it’s just an incredible, the whole Bible is an incredible—”

Trump trailed off for a brief second, then continued.

“I joke very much so,” he said. “They always hold up ‘The Art of the Deal.’ I say, ‘My second favorite book of all time.’”

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Trump has also claimed he’s a regular church goer, and even takes Communion.

If by “Communion,” one means “little cracker.”

“When I drink my little wine — which is about the only wine I drink — and have my little cracker, I guess that is a form of asking for forgiveness, and I do that as often as possible because I feel cleansed,” he said in July 2015.