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

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this shit is bananas

i'm going to bed

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[–] 129 points 6 months ago* (11 children)

imagine you just signed up so you could lease a Camaro and then you hear this shit.

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110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation

This is fucking wild.

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  • [–] 86 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    These calls have one damn thing in freaking common; our MRFF clients [service members who seek MRFF aid] report the unrestricted euphoria of their commanders and command chains as to how this new “biblically-sanctioned” war is clearly the undeniable sign of the expeditious approach of the fundamentalist Christian “End Times" as vividly described in the New Testament Book of Revelation.

    Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.

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  • [–] 34 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.

    Elsewhere in this thread I called modern Christianity a chaos religion right out of 40K, but I didn't expect to be proven right almost immediately

    This shit is literally Khrone worship

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    [–] 93 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    manhattan It is 2003 and the President of the US is launching a holy war in the middle east with disastrous results

    manhattan It is 2026 and the President of the US is launching a holy war in the middle east with what are sure to be disastrous results

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    [–] 80 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    Liberals believe this war is to combat religious extremism.

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  • [–] 41 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    well, iran is doing their part to combat religious extremism, so in a way...

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  • [–] 76 points 6 months ago (17 children)

    Oh shit he's gonna nuke Iran

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  • [–] 48 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Oh god please no, i have so many nightmares about nukes

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    [–] 62 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Evangelical Protestantism has got to be the worst sect of the worst branch of the worst religion (Christianity).

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  • [–] 47 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    It's so surprising that the religion founded by an eccentric apocalypse cult preacher whose original followers literally believed the world was going to end within their own lifetime now today has deranged followers who are obsessed with the apocalypse. It has been an apocalyptic death cult since its very founding.

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  • [–] 60 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    I dunno, sounds like heresy to a very specific kind of evangelical. The rapture has to happen before Armageddon and the second coming. Get your end days timeline straight!

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    [–] 58 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    The Rapture is shit theology. That said, sometimes I wish it was real. Watching all these war mongers get left behind while I party with Stalin and Khomeini in heaven would be sweet.

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  • [–] 56 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Satan continues to be the good guy in Christianity, or at the very least the lesser of two evils

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    [–] 49 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (7 children)

    Lunatic apocalyptic evangelicalism in the military imposed from the top down, I think Hegseth likely has something to do with this. I don't think it's a very effective choice to motivate the troops though when only a fraction of them would subscribe to that kind of bullshit. "We're going to end the world for Donald Trump and White Jesus" might give some second thoughts

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    [–] 45 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    filming Iranian rockets heading towards my position safe in the knowledge that I am an invincible warrior of God- ACK!

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    [–] 44 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It's called the rapture because the US will be gone hopefully

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    [–] 43 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Well

    Shit

    The Reddit Atheists were right

    Right about this and only this

    Also they were off by about 20 years

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  • [–] 39 points 6 months ago

    lol holy shit we're cooked

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  • [–] [S] 57 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    i didn't get to bed yet, y'all get ONE

    this is the relief map of iran, showing 90% of the country safely tucked away behind mountain ranges that give the swiss alps a run for their money.

    there will not be boots on the ground. alternatively, there WILL be boots on the ground, and it will be very funny

    BED

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  • [–] 42 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    I wish and don't wish there will be boots on the ground. I want to see many dead American soldiers. But also it would be bad because of the unspeakable horrors they will commit.

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  • [–] 35 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Yeah these guys have drunk their own coolaid. I knew it. I told you all dawg.

    You don't get that rich and evil without having some way to delude yourself into thinking there is some kind of higher plan and that you're chosen or something.

    It would be so, so very funny if Jesus ends up being real and they actually do get him to come back and he's just like "Oh... Oh wow." And just sends all these ghouls to hell immediately for playing god and mistreating gods green Earth and children.

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    [–] 28 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    to light the signal fire in Iran

    How many nuclear weapon detonations is that?

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