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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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[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 128 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.

[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 86 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] Meh@hexbear.net 45 points 1 week ago

Remember, troops. Fragging is always an option

[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 44 points 1 week ago

Make your most moral kill your first one not your last one.

[-] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 34 points 1 week ago

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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[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 92 points 1 week ago

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

[-] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 63 points 1 week ago

The Memo that Outlined U.S. Plans to Overthrow 7 Countries in 5 Years

However, according to some high-ranking officials, there was a deliberate and strategic objective to change governments in seven countries within five years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran.

It's taken longer than expected, but here we are.

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[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 80 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Liberals believe this war is to combat religious extremism.

[-] huf@hexbear.net 41 points 1 week ago

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

[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago

I think it's inadvisable to fall for the framing as a religious conflict. Iran is resisting imperial aggression.

[-] huf@hexbear.net 30 points 1 week ago

iran is resisting imperial aggression by what are clearly religious fanatics. but yeah.

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[-] Sickos@hexbear.net 76 points 1 week ago

Oh shit he's gonna nuke Iran

[-] Sickos@hexbear.net 78 points 1 week ago

Please world let the grunt who has to push the button have the composure of the great hero Stanislav Petrov

[-] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 1 week ago

no am*rican has his moral fortitude

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[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 48 points 1 week ago

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

[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago
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[-] RustyShackleford@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 week ago

That’s most likely where he wants it to go. The second president to user nuclear weapons.

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[-] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 62 points 1 week ago

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

[-] fire86743@lemmygrad.ml 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.

[-] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago

Granted in its original iteration it was the ancient Roman version of Posadism, now thru the lens of capitalism its morphed into a Chaos religion right out of 40K

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[-] Commie_Chameleon@hexbear.net 60 points 1 week ago

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!

[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 37 points 1 week ago

Shit. Oh well! Too late we already killed the red heffer- GO GO GO.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 28 points 1 week ago

Because the business people don't believe it, and that's the government. But some of the military people do.

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[-] P1d40n3@hexbear.net 58 points 1 week ago

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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[-] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 49 points 1 week ago

Party in heaven:

stalin-comical-spoon "Who wants a treat!"

khomeini "I do!"

sicko-hexbear-crowd "Us too!"

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[-] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 56 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] VHS@hexbear.net 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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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[-] volcel_olive_oil@hexbear.net 45 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 44 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 43 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well

Shit

The Reddit Atheists were right

Right about this and only this

Also they were off by about 20 years

[-] HamManBad@hexbear.net 46 points 1 week ago

The non crazy Christians have been screaming about this for years too, these people are dangerous

[-] take_five_moments@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago

lol holy shit we're cooked

[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago
[-] ProgAimerGirl@hexbear.net 57 points 1 week ago

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

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.

[-] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 44 points 1 week ago

Compromise: boots on the ground but only because they washed ashore

[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago

I wish all american troops a very safe, horizontal and pine-shielded return home

ahhhh who am I kidding, enjoy the bottom of the persian gulf you fucking dogs

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[-] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago

to light the signal fire in Iran

How many nuclear weapon detonations is that?

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[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 27 points 1 week ago

oh good lord they're fucking going for it

it's over

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