Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.

From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).

The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night.

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  • Canaconda@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I went to a protestant private school, and a bit of a looney one at that. (Charismatic Christianity)

    So like you’re 100% certain it was in the book of numbers? IIRC Catholics have other books protestants don’t. "deuterocanonical (Apocrypha) google says "

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I’m certain it wasn’t in the apocrypha that’s a separate book at least at the school I went to. I am certain it was Old Testament, and not New Testament. Other than that, I’m pretty sure it was one of the books that got separated into parts I and II, but I couldn’t tell you if it was the first or second part.

      I got turned onto that particular passage by a Baha’i I was talking to outside of the school, now that I think about it. They used it as proof that Christ had already returned and the Christians missed it as hard as the Jews missed their Messiah.