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A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of Gods 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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The NCO wrote to the MRFF that their commander urged us to tell our troops that this was all part of Gods divine plan and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for
This is it! They're trying to Immanentize the Eschaton!!
chicoescuela
(2,967 posts)Ol Janx Spirit
(937 posts)This has been gospel in evangelical circles for a while. It is entirely how they justify their support for such a loathsome human being.....
Trust_Reality
(2,287 posts)Greed and religion.
Incidentally, years ago, religious folks, especially evangelicals, began migrating to Colorado Springs, home of the US Air Force Academy.
Interesting?
Towlie
(5,569 posts)Maybe he's already here and doing children's parties with his magic act.
chouchou
(3,056 posts)I wish him luck.
Save me from your followers.
Ol Janx Spirit
(937 posts)...war and not just keep predicting it will happen.
They've been perpetually wrong, and they aim to change that "by god."
Funny though that they want to attack the middle east so that they can end up being led by a guy from the middle east.
lastlib
(28,000 posts)chouchou
(3,056 posts)wcmagumba
(5,987 posts)ABC123Easy
(197 posts)Thank you!
wcmagumba
(5,987 posts)bluestarone
(21,964 posts)A second song would be super great!! TY for this.
NBachers
(19,363 posts)Barry and his band were absolutely phenomenal! Hes still on the circuit and playing frequently.
Henry203
(912 posts)And it was a blast.
Towlie
(5,569 posts)And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, next stop is in Iran
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
Ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die
Fiendish Thingy
(22,778 posts)I mean, I would think the MRFF could either confirm or refute these reports pretty easily.
Horseshoeluck
(6 posts)There is a report or comment from Mikey Weinstein President of MRFF
Bettie
(19,553 posts)even a little bit surprised by this.
Johonny
(25,952 posts)6 more weeks of war.
Dave Bowman
(7,045 posts)mjvpi
(1,914 posts)newdeal2
(5,226 posts)Which god will win?!
mjvpi
(1,914 posts)Deuxcents
(26,420 posts)Is this Hegseths wet dream? How long are we gonna put up with this madness?
yellow dahlia
(5,494 posts)He is dangerous in his position - I have been saying so ever since he was elected Speaker.
markodochartaigh
(5,365 posts)I would bet that about 20% of the US believes or could be easily persuaded that Trump was sent by God to bring on armageddon. Muslim prophecy about the 12th Imam, Imam Mahdi, is also an end times prophecy.
Attilatheblond
(8,643 posts)All too likely and there are some of these fanatics in our military leadership, always has been.
Roc2020
(1,771 posts)The gall to think somehow God is on mankind's timeline and not the other way around
They could drop every nuke on the planet that won't speed up God's timing one ioda.
Jack Valentino
(4,841 posts)so I guess that means that our military will be destroyed by Christ in the Middle East ??
(THAT was the actual prediction in the Bible for the anti-christ's army which would invade the middle east
just prior to 'the return of Christ'---
seems like these people have never actually read the Bible they claim to follow---
or they are out-right LYING about what it says, if they DO have any idea...)
(I was raised on this stuff, and studied it in adult-hood---
not saying that I believe it now, but these people are completely confused
about what it said!)
wcmagumba
(5,987 posts)Jack Valentino
(4,841 posts)but it did imply that he had some sort of 'charisma',
which in Trump's case I have never been able to recognize,
but then I'm not a MAGAt....
(Also the Anti-christ was supposed to be a human being---
so even a 'low-level demon' would have ranked above him!!)
wcmagumba
(5,987 posts)Jack Valentino
(4,841 posts)recollect some key verses for me!
B.See
(8,210 posts)that following their antiChrist into Armageddon is somehow going to get them thru the gates of Heaven.
I'd think they'd be in for one rude awakening.
Lars39
(26,525 posts)dalton99a
(93,462 posts)When will they know to look up?

I_UndergroundPanther
(13,363 posts)Birds to poop on thier shirts so they will look up. People tend to look up when something wet from the sky lands on them. Be it a few drops of rain or birdshit on thier sweater.
eppur_se_muova
(41,608 posts)dalton99a
(93,462 posts)usonian
(24,601 posts)
Real quote:

God has a hard-on for marines because we kill everything we see!
He plays His games, we play ours!
To show our appreciation for so much power, we keep heaven packed with fresh souls!
hatrack
(64,678 posts)milestogo
(22,938 posts)(Unless you're trying to convince God to send you straight to the hottest place in all of hell.)
Blues Heron
(8,601 posts)Mister Ed
(6,901 posts)Nope, can't manage to swing it. He needs mortals to do it for Him.
No proponent of this "End Times" stuff has ever been able to explain that to me.
BurnDoubt
(1,611 posts)In reality, if they can turn us into a (small c) "christian Dominion", theyll be happy enough.
A slow-roll coup is still a coup. And they are guilty.
mjvpi
(1,914 posts)BurnDoubt
(1,611 posts)SunSeeker
(58,145 posts)John1956PA
(4,908 posts)Another Jackalope
(161 posts)Which will be the Last Religion Standing, which leader will return?
Jesus? Moses? Mohammed?
The Rapture just got a lot more complicated.
The setup is horrifying - each side believes "Gott mit uns," and none will back down until they are proven correct.
mjvpi
(1,914 posts)Another Jackalope
(161 posts)Capitalism is agnostic. The house always wins.
I_UndergroundPanther
(13,363 posts)Nobody would expect her.
I would be there for the magas getting eaten like cheese puffs. Dragging every narcissist and psychopath and eating them all, then shed have a hellova reckoning twords the Republican Party. Sekhmet supposedly returns in zep tepi. To bring back Maat the balance of all and of all things good. Sekhmet will excise the criminals like cancerous boils infesting our government and throw them into the sun.
Cha
(318,276 posts)Teachings of Christ.
B.See
(8,210 posts)Cha
(318,276 posts)That also happens to be a PEDO, Rapist, Racist, Felon, and a Homicidal Maniac. Very Dark Ugly Evil Shit.
czarjak
(13,567 posts)IT wasn't real. You knew one of those Biblethumpers told him he could hasten The Second Coming. Just like Pence and Pompeo believed they were called for. We. Are. Doomed. Folks.
Dr. T
(594 posts)I've been meaning to do some serious grifting by starting a rapture insurance company. I'm surprised Don the Con hasn't thought of it.
I_UndergroundPanther
(13,363 posts)Flying around in the air with a bunch of strangers naked. I will cling to my clothes like crazy if I ran into a rapture.
Puppyjive
(967 posts)He is the soldier who got all of this started. His religious beliefs were forced down their throats. He demanded respect and corerced each and every one of them into submission. They penetrated FOX noise and spread their propaganda. Most of my military friends are maga and I truly don't know why. Some of them were so bad, I ended the friendships.
Blue Owl
(58,841 posts)ShazamIam
(3,083 posts)Our current government is made up of ignorant, delusional fools Putin and Xi are celebrating as we self-destruct.
LogDog75
(1,229 posts)The Christian Nationalists in the military were always pushing their religion wherever they could. When I was at the AF NCO Leadership Academy, one of the 20 students was very religious and wanted to start the day by having a class prayer. Our instructor put it to a vote of the class and said if one person voted no then we wouldn't do it. We, including me, overwhelmingly reject the suggestion. Small victory but it felt good.
One thing I've always objected to while in the AF was during ceremonies either a Chaplin or someone would lead those attending in a prayer. They'd say "Please Bow your heads" and 80% of the time would end it with "In Jesus' name, Amen." One could interrupt "Bow your heads" as an order and not doing so could, theoretically, get you in trouble. Also, there are people who are Jewish, Muslims, Buddhists, Wiccans, atheists, etc., who don't identify with Jesus and the person leading the prayer is forcing their religious belief on others. As an atheist, I never bowed my head but I sat quietly while the prayer was said.
IMO, any commander, officer, NCO, civilian, etc.who tries to invoke their religious belief on military members should be in a position to lead or influence others.
RetiredParatrooper
(144 posts)...is the word they use for god.
electric_blue68
(26,693 posts)I'm sure there's a bunch out there believing that. 😑😑😑
malaise
(295,065 posts)and the rest of them in the clown car with no parts working
johnnyfins
(3,694 posts)Near Tel Megiddo, just waiting for the battle. :/
NOT! He doesn'tt believe any of it. He's just hangin out for the grift...
Alephy
(155 posts)Aussie105
(7,791 posts)So the message is that this is God's divine will, Armageddon, the imminent return of JC?
My understanding of US style military religion must be way off.
Seriously, do some people really wish for the End of Days, the rapture, the 'JC comes down to Earth' thing?
Evil in the name of religion is still evil, even more so.
Irish_Dem
(80,685 posts)This is extremely dangerous.
Joinfortmill
(20,874 posts)Kaleva
(40,310 posts)Would show that people are easily deceived by articles they want to believe to be true even if not.
muriel_volestrangler
(106,003 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,623 posts)twodogsbarking
(18,317 posts)dalton99a
(93,462 posts)twodogsbarking
(18,317 posts)dalton99a
(93,462 posts)twodogsbarking
(18,317 posts)travelingthrulife
(5,020 posts)ZDU
(1,181 posts)Freedom From Religion Foundation
So many believers are evil people... sick and evil
Ray Bruns
(6,191 posts)But, in true cult fashion, they will grab onto the next date.
bluestarone
(21,964 posts)Our enemies finally discovered the weakness of our country. RELIGION!! We are in big trouble folks. If i remember, the civil war was pretty much fought for this very reason. Remember John Brown? He was a religious IDIOT!
hatrack
(64,678 posts)Wooba-gooba!!! Jeezus gonna turn on the Holy Hoover!!!
Give. Me. A. Fucking. Break.
bluestarone
(21,964 posts)WOW!! just WOW!!
Clouds Passing
(7,760 posts)IDIOTS. MORONS. BRAINWASHING THE TROOPS! What could go wrong
flashman13
(2,277 posts)lastlib
(28,000 posts)Hope22
(4,639 posts)Did it come with a pocket full of pills? This is all so infuriating! Over and over again. Follow the rat trail and the likes of Bill Barr traced back to Epsteins beginnings, was also in the cellar post Nixon with all of his crooked buddies. They have never stopped plotting against this country. So many years destroying the lives of Americans. It feels like a nightmare or living hell. The two are coming closer and closer together!
NNadir
(37,783 posts)...was a Jehovah's Witness and every political event was a prelude to the end of the world and the return of Jesus and a Kingdom of "God."
I loved my Aunt a great deal, but the most interesting effect on my life was to lead me to atheism. When my father and she got into big religious arguments I realized they were working with different translations of the Bible, and thus the Bible had no meaning. One could make it say whatever one wished.
The world will end someday, oh course, but it's nit going to involve Jesus and the confusion between an orange pedophile and Jesus.
tazcat
(268 posts)I am ashamed of the Army I served in. During the first stolen term I prayed that the military wouldn't fall otherwise we'd be fcked.
OMGWTF
(5,068 posts)If you have a working conscience, you don't need any of this crap.
