24 comments

  • 0xbadcafebee 2 hours ago

      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
    • stevenalowe 11 minutes ago

      Perhaps the speaker was bucking for a Section 8?

  • b800h 3 hours ago

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

    • embedding-shape 2 hours ago

      Supposedly only congress can actually change the name, DoW is a "secondary name", whatever that means. But there is a lot of "supposedly" so the de facto reality seems different.

      • nabbed 38 minutes ago

        Maybe the "secondary name" is the part that comes after a colon, as in a book title:

          Department of Defence: The Department of War
    • spiderfarmer 17 minutes ago

      That was DoA.

  • wvbdmp 4 hours ago

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

    • FarmerPotato 2 hours ago

      Unfortunately, evangelicals have been pushing this interpretation since the 1980s, at least. Many of them voted for Reagan. In my circle of family and friends, several of them were military or contractors with secret-level clearances, ie serious people.

      When I read this, I just thought "Oh so its metastasized now."

      Those among them who voted for Trump in 2016 hoped for the end times. The whole thing about Trump being "anointed by God to use as he did King Saul" was mainstream in mega-churches at that time. Combine that with decades of recitals that the End Times would be near when Israel's capital moved to Jerusalem (Trump proclaimed that as a handout to evangelicals) and all the nations would come to Megiddo to do battle... this is a well-trodden story.

    • UltraSane 4 hours ago

      No, some evangelicals really are this crazy.

      • scrubs a minute ago

        Correct. I was raised but quit this environment around 15. Peculiar to us American's is the Protestant evangelical Christains who for which the apocalyptic books of Revelations, Daniel is literally true. And thereto every 10-15 years there's a bunch of Armageddon is nigh runs hot in their world.

        The last one I suffered through was the era of US v. Communism with a side of AIDs around 1980. Seriously demented nonsense.

        And something else again from personal dealings here: the evangelical type is pushy boot strapping God's plan for them into material world through networking, media savvy, outrage, fear and basic organizational money raising to power.

      • cyanydeez 3 hours ago

        yeah, so, if you _ignore the entire Trump_ connected escapades of dimentia, narcissism, pedophilia, etc...

        you're still left with a cult of evangelicals who want to usher in the end times by helping Israel.

        And if there's to grandiose, there's the more blandness of turning back progress to pre-civil rights, pre-sufferage and returning to Kings as god-given rulers.

        Anyone who didn't read project 2025 did a deservice to this string of inanity.

  • Bombthecat 6 hours ago

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

    • salawat 5 hours ago

      What do you expect? That people who shove their head in the sand, cover their ears and go "I had nothing to do with this" are suddenly going to wake up and grow a conscience that will threaten their ability to feed themselves?

      That people so distant from the decision makers who executed this are going to lose even a night's sleep over it?

      That they'll cast themselves on their knees with their cell phone in hand and ask for forgiveness; it was never supposed to be like this?

      Not how the world works, friend, though imagine how much nicer a world it would be if it were that way... One can dream I suppose.

  • coffinbirth 5 hours ago

    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

    • dtj1123 4 hours ago

      Can someone explain why this is being downvoted?

  • stopbulying 4 hours ago

    > 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,

    • stopbulying 3 hours ago

      Recommended prayers for any faith: Devotional Field Book (MCRP 3-30D.2/6-12D)

  • emsign 5 hours ago

    American Jihad?

    • chiengineer 4 hours ago

      Bro its chill WW3 is totally promised to trump 3000 years ago

  • Jimmc414 6 hours ago
  • afpx 6 hours ago

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

    • scuff3d 4 hours ago

      I'm not religious myself, and I have plenty of concerns about anything faith based mingling with the government, but I don't see how building affordable houses on church property has anything to do with military leaders telling their soldiers they're warriors for God.

  • phendrenad2 4 hours ago

    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.

    • pstuart 2 hours ago

      It would be amusing if it wasn't possible for them to achieve their goals, which they're now in a position to do so.