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Lawmakers Want DoD Investigated for Biblical 'Armageddon' Claims

132 points by Jimmc414

by recursivecaveat

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It's hard to square a genuine and humble belief in a loving God and creed with the desire to kill a bunch of people and light the world on fire to make him end the world in your time specifically.

by wvbdmp

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Is this supposed to be a diversion from something else? It’s so over the top, even for this timeline.

by pimpampum

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Yes, this is known, religious fanatics in the White House and Tel Aviv are playing out their books.

by bananaflag

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I think everybody knows about Left Behind (but nevertheless I'll mention it for good measure), but if you want a shorter fictional version of "this is what these people actually believe", check out the Christ Clone Trilogy by James BeauSeigneur. (Left Behind is too long and poorly written, I myself got bored at like the 8th book or so.)

by cantalopes

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What is the saddest thing is that the elections are so far away to remove this dangerous entity from leading america. A democracy turned into an extremist religious abusing populist threat to the whole world. It is on par with russia with its dangerous leadership now

by 0xbadcafebee

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  A complaint shared by an anonymous non-commissioned officer to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF)
  claimed that non-commissioned officers were told that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that
  President Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his
  return to Earth,” as originally reported by journalist Jonathan Larsen.
  
  Between Saturday and Tuesday afternoon, MRFF logged more than 200 similar complaints
  across 50 installations encompassing every branch of the military

Wow

by b800h

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I thought it was supposed to be called the Department of War?

by emsign

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American Jihad?

by Bombthecat

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Wow, zero comments, that's actually scarier...

by stopbulying

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> non-commissioned officers were told that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that President Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” as originally reported by journalist Jonathan Larsen. Between Saturday and Tuesday afternoon, MRFF logged more than 200 similar complaints across 50 installations encompassing every branch of the military,

by Jimmc414

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https://archive.is/OQurU

by coffinbirth

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Reminder that the US is responsible for the precision strike murder of at least 165 school children[1]. The fact that they are still 'investigating' after 7 days now is basically an admission that they are indeed responsible for it.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_airstrike

by ZeroGravitas

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Don't immanentize the eschaton!

by bitroughj

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The Zionist influence on our government, is not Christian Zionism. Focusing on that is totally ineffectual and that’s the whole point. Those who focus on that issue are doing it to further Zionist influence over policy, either intentionally or out of useful idiocy. Rubio is Catholic, as is Vance, 100% opposed to Christian Zionism. Kushner is not a Catholic, nor Witkoff, nor Epstein, nor Lutnick, nor Blinkin. Btw it’s possible to be a Zionist Christian who believes in Israel’s right to self defense, but Christia Zionism (the fringe theology) is not representative of the vast majority of Christian’s views. I mean, are Palestinian Christians Christian Zionists? How about Lebanese or Iranian or Assyrian Christians? How about the Pope or Archbishop of Canterbury? Don’t be an unwitting tool of the (non-Christian) Zionists deflection campaign; it’s a shell game.

by metalman

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The standard political capability/loyalty test was to show how much coolaid you could sell with a strait face, as it is no longer selling very well, the new test is to show how much they can publicly consume themselves.

by afpx

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Wait until you see these "YIGBY" bills that are being passed across the country

by phendrenad2

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I guess rogue doomsday cults trying to destroy the planet need to arise from time to time to remind us of how silly they are.

by burnt-resistor

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MRFF is working overtime because Christofascists remain at the top of the military and civilian leadership. They're psychotic death cult crazies who want war and have little regard for human life. These criminal lunatics are a threat to all of humanity.

by butterbomb

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