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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, the MRFF told me Monday night.

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[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 389 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

People like this are literally going to cause the end of the human race with their “beliefs”. We have a bunch of religious fanatics killing at the behest of a demented pedophile and his genocidal buddy.

Religion is a cancer.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 81 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 39 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

That's a very interesting article but does 2019 qualify as "the other day"?

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 49 points 4 weeks ago

They probably meant it was posted on lemmy the other day, not that the article was released the other day.

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[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 26 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 163 points 4 weeks ago (9 children)

These people are mentally ill

[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 40 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 143 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

Jesus fuck can these arseholes just get raptured already ..

[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 52 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

They're trying to, and they want to take us all with them.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 53 points 4 weeks ago

MAGA seem to be on a one way ticket to Jonestown and they are happy to take all of us with them.

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[–] tyrant@lemmy.world 121 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

Is this dude on substack a legitimate source? Honest question. We live in the times of lies

[–] falidorn@lemmy.world 40 points 4 weeks ago

I have similar concerns.

[–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 24 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation demands that all personnel in the Department of Defense (not “War") remember and fully internalize that the oaths they swear are not to the narcissistic, sociopathic, orange, POS tRump, nor to little Petey ‘Kegseth' nor to Jesus Christ.

This made me think that MRFF might not be reporting objectively about this

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[–] KindnessisPunk@piefed.ca 84 points 4 weeks ago (18 children)

Even the Bible says no human will know the hour or the day.

Who an I kidding, no one involved here read the Bible.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 46 points 4 weeks ago

The Bible also says life begins at the first breath and has instructions for an abortion ritual.

[–] foxwolf@pawb.social 27 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

It's okay lots of people who believe in God believe they can trick god.

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[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 64 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

What could be worse than incompetent, racist lunatics? Incompetent, racist lunatics that are also religious fanatics.

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[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 61 points 4 weeks ago

"No one knows the day or the hour except for my Father. And this orange pedophile who shits himself. That's gonna make sense in a few thousand years." - Jesus, probably.

[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 61 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Really wish these death cults would get on with it and leave the rest of us the fuck out of it.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 25 points 4 weeks ago

I'd be happy to make them some Kool-Aid

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 60 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

So they admit that Trump is the Antichrist?

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (7 children)

Religious fundamentalists in a death cult vs Religious fundamentalists in a death cult

The common people should just send all these lunatics to Mars.

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 57 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

I've been saying for a while now that the biggest threat facing humanity isn't climate change but religion. By far.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 54 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

At least these psychopathic Christian evangelical Zionists are being honest about their goals. They want the Rapture or end of the world because they think that forcing ww3 will make Jesus return. This is why Christian evangelicals support Israel no matter how depraved their policies because they believe they will start ww3 and that’s what they want. Christian nationalism is dangerous. It’s been bad for a long time and people like Mike Huckabee have been working towards this goal for decades. We used to regard these people as crazy but now we put all the crazies and narcissists in charge and that’s why everyone sane is depressed with crippling anxiety.

[–] radio@sh.itjust.works 47 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

God is all powerful. Also, God needs you to commit war crimes to win this illegal war that he really wants to win. Like, you're the only way he can win this war. Do it for our all powerful God.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 weeks ago

Why does God need a starship?

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 45 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

This is what cultists do when they see their reckoning coming. Rev Jones made his followers drink Kool aid (flavor aid actually) when US Senators visited and found he was keeping people against their will. Trump and his crazies will do the same. Remember ... Trump could have just been impeached, or not elected in the first place.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 43 points 4 weeks ago

If god is all powerful, why does he need any amount of humans to do shit for him? Do it yourself, you omnilazy bastard.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 37 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

Religious people are so easy to manipulate lol

How they don't see it, when their "pastors" are driving Porsches and living in manions while telling you if you don't skip a meal so that you can donate to the church you're gonna go to hell... it's beyond me.

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[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I really hope this photo is real.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 28 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (5 children)

It's not. Or at least it's not a recent picture.

Proof: https://old.reddit.com/r/AngryCops/comments/1pj5ywm/angrymemereview/ "submitted 2 months ago"

And most probably was AI slop also back then.

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 36 points 4 weeks ago

Yay! Death cult is doing death cult things!

[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 33 points 4 weeks ago

Imagine being sent to the other side of the world so you can die in the hopes of fulfilling a Doomsday Prophecy from somebody else's pedophile religion.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 32 points 4 weeks ago
[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 32 points 4 weeks ago

People still underestimate the role of christian fundamentalism in this ongoing trainwreck. When you have a religious institution whose image of God is quite literally an abusive father, who all worship power above all else, whose church policies are to spread as far and wide as possible and systematically "train"(ie., abuse) their own children into actively seeking out every position of power possible to force their worldview onto everyone - it was only a matter of time before this all happened.

These are people who genuinely believe the war on terror is a holy war. Their entire social network is meticulously designed to draw a dichotomy between themselves (apart from the world), vs everyone else (the worldly), to isolate their own against outside views, and indoctrinate their children throughout their entire lives to vigorously proselytize on the one hand, and be ready to eliminate anyone who opposes their worldview on the other. And many of them are bloodthirsty.

[–] chaotic_ugly@lemmy.zip 31 points 4 weeks ago

It's a doomsday cult.

[–] tackleberry@thelemmy.club 30 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

I mean we have adults who identify as MAGA and believe anything Orange Jesus tells them, so I am not surprised some of them found their way into the military

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago

So about that authoritarian religious regime...

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago

What the actual fuck?

[–] I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago

American Djihad

[–] johsny@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Killing girls going to school. Good plan, God. Well done, you fuckin idiot.

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[–] eru@mouse.chitanda.moe 28 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 27 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

For those who haven't seen the depths of christian nationalism, check out Jesus Camp which came out 20 years ago (those kids are adults now)

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[–] Stampy@lemmy.ca 25 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I guess the billionaires finished their bunkers…

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