The Military Religious Freedom Foundation says it has been inundated with over 200 calls from members of the U.S. military regarding religious comments made by U.S. commanders about the war in Iran. One combat unit commander reportedly said that the war is “part of God’s divine plan” and that “President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.” Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invited the controversial Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson to lead the Pentagon’s prayer service. Wilson has opposed Muslims holding public office and does not believe women should be allowed to vote.

“The Military Religious Freedom Foundation says it has been inundated with over 200 calls from members of the U.S. military regarding religious comments made by U.S. commanders about the war in Iran. One combat unit commander reportedly said that the war is “part of God’s divine plan” and that “President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.””

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    12 hours ago

    One passage in the Bible says ‘beat your plowshares into swords’ and another says the opposite.

    Handy book

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 hours ago

      Not to mention that there are two creation myths in there, nearly right off the bat.

      https://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/accounts.html

      Skeptic’s Annotated Bible is really fun.

      If someone tells you they believe in the literal “word of [their] god” (and by that, they are being very presumptuous and assume everyone should just assume that they mean Jehovah/Yahweh/Allah when they say “God” and using KJV or NIV as the text), it might get interesting to ask them which version of the creation myth in there do they think is the real one?