American soldiers are being told they will die as martyrs for Christ and that Trump has been chosen by God to lead them into a Holy War to rule in the name of Jesus, with an iron fist.
Horrified but not surprised. Kudos to the real Christian soldiers pushing back and sounding the alarm. We are being led by delusional maniacs and we must push back hard. Call your representatives today.
Many of us who are Christians don’t buy into the white Christian Nationalists’ death cult, and for that reason, they would likely view us as the “wrong kind of Christian.” This whole interpretation of scripture didn’t begin until the early 19th century and was the product of a Church of Ireland minister named John Newton Darby. It has had a devastating impact on Evangelical Christianity, although I want to point out that there are Evangelicals who don’t buy into Christian Nationalism and actively put their faith into action by helping people in their local communities. Sojourners Magazine features people who live out their faith by doing what Jesus advised Christians to do, and they avoid power seeking. I’m familiar with MRFF and Mikey Weinstein. I admire him and his work and have had the opportunity to hear him speak on two separate occasions. He rightly views using the command structure in the military for preaching Dominionism (Rushdoony’s proposal to make this nation a biblical theocracy) and Christian Nationalism as violations of the First Amendment’s guarantees of freedom of religion and conscience.
Mikey Weinstein has been fighting a long fight, from standing up for freedom of religion for our troops during the Gulf Wars, to this latest round. Then, the religious rallies were led by combat-hardened officers; now, by the command of a talk-show host. Unfortunately, a bunch of the military lawyers have been shipped off to DOJ, so are no longer around to point out the legal limits: the ones that are supposed to separate adherents of our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution from ideological zealots.
The infiltration of the military by Christian Nationalists has been going on for some time. It was raised in the national press and by military leadership twenty-odd years ago as a potential problem. Here we are.
Well, that was a fun read. We really need the mid-term elections to begin to rein in this toxic bs. In the meanwhile, it would be great if the Democrats (and the few rational Republicans) in Congress would get stiffer spines and form as much a barrier as possible against this unconstitutional chaos.
Promising, though, if only the Christian Nationalist MAGAts could be persuaded to emulate the Jim Jones trick. Just for themselves, of course. They could get together in their own little regiment and leave us in peace. I'm not sure their biblical inspiration would necessarily help them to survive actual combat, but they could always find out.
Thank you for your insight; very scary! As a former soldier (CDN), cannot imagine any senior military officer or rank-in-file leader 'preaching' to their soldiers like that; plus I believe it would violate the CAF 'Code of Service Discipline'. Maybe not in the U.S.?
This explains why the military has not shown any interest in criticizing Trump and why we should not expect a coup to stop him. Also why MSM has stopped being a bulwark against the massive amount of corruption and incompetence in this administration. Trump’s ballroom is an altar.
Military personnel should carefully document all such rhetoric delivered to their units and the personnel espousing violent white “Christian” nationalist propaganda. Any non-commissioned officers or those of higher rank who spew this claptrap will have to be removed by the next Secretary of Defense. This is not an exercise of religious freedom; these people have no right to order anyone into combat on such a batshit crazy death cult basis! If my unit commander told me that I have to die for Jesus, I would tell him “you go ahead” and then resign immediately as a conscientious objector. This poison destroys unit cohesion and readiness but it seems we’re stuck with it for now.
Definitely. It gives the strong impression that this is a religious war. Christian Nationalists certainly view it this way, and it is the worst impression they could give.
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We are being taken over by a “Christian” theocracy that is pursuing a modern-day Crusade.
Women and girls are already paying a price. Our military is already paying a price. Foreign nations are already paying a price. Our morality is being shredded even as we become cannon fodder.
Machiavelli's mercenary army led by the overlord commander, the shock troops that do the dirty work and then are wiped out by the Prince's special army, led by a loyal general. Never kill the peasants you fight for is the advice given to the Prince. Keep them wrapped in your loving arms so they do not see the Man Behind the Curtain. This is the 'rapture' of the peasants needed to adore the Prince. As they perish, they are told to look upward and feel the hand of their jesus hovering over them. This phantasmagoric fantasy is the old playbook, contrived so long ago it feels like drinking water or warming your frozen fingers over a comforting fire. The entire TFG playbook is 'a sucker is born every minute.' The stress levels and individuated loneliness are paramount across 'murka, and also reflected in the military corps. Around 20 years ago the push, at the officer level, to engulf the new regime of flag officers in rapture propaganda began, especially in the air force, but elsewhere as well. This is the low hanging fruit that now spouts this idiotic garbage under the guise of a Taylor Swift mea culpa. You have to Earn your way into Heaven, and this is IT. Yes IT is the grand Kabuki Theatre of the crazed, two-dimensional mind that religious cultism has used since the days of blood sacrifice on some rock alter, right after an eclipse stuns the crowd into awed silence. No doubt last night's astronomy lesson will goad the lemmings into pre-rapture state. Much wailing and gnashing of teeth will follow. The Earth will, wounded badly, breathe a sigh of relief when all this prophesy comes home to roost, and humanity is an archeological afterthought in some alien's notebook. My daughter was, in some kind of Sunday school, asked by some Elmer Gantry what was the most important book ever written. She logically replied - a cookbook. She was tossed out of class. Good on her. We all should do the same.
Horrified but not surprised. Kudos to the real Christian soldiers pushing back and sounding the alarm. We are being led by delusional maniacs and we must push back hard. Call your representatives today.
Many of us who are Christians don’t buy into the white Christian Nationalists’ death cult, and for that reason, they would likely view us as the “wrong kind of Christian.” This whole interpretation of scripture didn’t begin until the early 19th century and was the product of a Church of Ireland minister named John Newton Darby. It has had a devastating impact on Evangelical Christianity, although I want to point out that there are Evangelicals who don’t buy into Christian Nationalism and actively put their faith into action by helping people in their local communities. Sojourners Magazine features people who live out their faith by doing what Jesus advised Christians to do, and they avoid power seeking. I’m familiar with MRFF and Mikey Weinstein. I admire him and his work and have had the opportunity to hear him speak on two separate occasions. He rightly views using the command structure in the military for preaching Dominionism (Rushdoony’s proposal to make this nation a biblical theocracy) and Christian Nationalism as violations of the First Amendment’s guarantees of freedom of religion and conscience.
Any church or religious organization crossing over into politics including interpreting politics should be taxed and their status adjusted.
Your right, the evangelical view is not universal for all Christians, but they view the rest of us as liberals who must be driven out of public life.
Or just out of life altogether, if they get full control.
Mikey Weinstein has been fighting a long fight, from standing up for freedom of religion for our troops during the Gulf Wars, to this latest round. Then, the religious rallies were led by combat-hardened officers; now, by the command of a talk-show host. Unfortunately, a bunch of the military lawyers have been shipped off to DOJ, so are no longer around to point out the legal limits: the ones that are supposed to separate adherents of our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution from ideological zealots.
That’s a MASSIVE BUNCH OF BULLSHIT!!!
American servicemen need to say “nope, this is not an American threat and we aren’t dying for Trump!”
And they should REFUSE!
They should refuse unless Barron goes to war, too.
Didn’t you hear? Barron is too tall to be in the military. 🙄
The military will cut Barron down to a normal size.
For FUCKS SAKE!!!!
Trump does not give a fuck who’s kid gets killed in order to try to get away from the EPSTEIN FILES!!!
The infiltration of the military by Christian Nationalists has been going on for some time. It was raised in the national press and by military leadership twenty-odd years ago as a potential problem. Here we are.
Well, that was a fun read. We really need the mid-term elections to begin to rein in this toxic bs. In the meanwhile, it would be great if the Democrats (and the few rational Republicans) in Congress would get stiffer spines and form as much a barrier as possible against this unconstitutional chaos.
Any spines at all would help. The dem leadership in the house and senate are pictures of mush.
Fun read indeed! What are they all drinking, sniffing or smoking??
This is bonkers…
This sounds like the Jim Jones debacle on a country-wide and global scale.
Promising, though, if only the Christian Nationalist MAGAts could be persuaded to emulate the Jim Jones trick. Just for themselves, of course. They could get together in their own little regiment and leave us in peace. I'm not sure their biblical inspiration would necessarily help them to survive actual combat, but they could always find out.
This sounds similar to the Japanese and the Nazis who were given meth to make them fierce in battle.
As were American servicemen in Vietnam.
Thank you for your insight; very scary! As a former soldier (CDN), cannot imagine any senior military officer or rank-in-file leader 'preaching' to their soldiers like that; plus I believe it would violate the CAF 'Code of Service Discipline'. Maybe not in the U.S.?
This explains why the military has not shown any interest in criticizing Trump and why we should not expect a coup to stop him. Also why MSM has stopped being a bulwark against the massive amount of corruption and incompetence in this administration. Trump’s ballroom is an altar.
Military personnel should carefully document all such rhetoric delivered to their units and the personnel espousing violent white “Christian” nationalist propaganda. Any non-commissioned officers or those of higher rank who spew this claptrap will have to be removed by the next Secretary of Defense. This is not an exercise of religious freedom; these people have no right to order anyone into combat on such a batshit crazy death cult basis! If my unit commander told me that I have to die for Jesus, I would tell him “you go ahead” and then resign immediately as a conscientious objector. This poison destroys unit cohesion and readiness but it seems we’re stuck with it for now.
This white Christian nationalist rhetoric will do more to unite Iran and all Muslims than anything else in Western actions. This has to stop. Now!
Definitely. It gives the strong impression that this is a religious war. Christian Nationalists certainly view it this way, and it is the worst impression they could give.
A crusade against a jihad.
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We are being taken over by a “Christian” theocracy that is pursuing a modern-day Crusade.
Women and girls are already paying a price. Our military is already paying a price. Foreign nations are already paying a price. Our morality is being shredded even as we become cannon fodder.
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Machiavelli's mercenary army led by the overlord commander, the shock troops that do the dirty work and then are wiped out by the Prince's special army, led by a loyal general. Never kill the peasants you fight for is the advice given to the Prince. Keep them wrapped in your loving arms so they do not see the Man Behind the Curtain. This is the 'rapture' of the peasants needed to adore the Prince. As they perish, they are told to look upward and feel the hand of their jesus hovering over them. This phantasmagoric fantasy is the old playbook, contrived so long ago it feels like drinking water or warming your frozen fingers over a comforting fire. The entire TFG playbook is 'a sucker is born every minute.' The stress levels and individuated loneliness are paramount across 'murka, and also reflected in the military corps. Around 20 years ago the push, at the officer level, to engulf the new regime of flag officers in rapture propaganda began, especially in the air force, but elsewhere as well. This is the low hanging fruit that now spouts this idiotic garbage under the guise of a Taylor Swift mea culpa. You have to Earn your way into Heaven, and this is IT. Yes IT is the grand Kabuki Theatre of the crazed, two-dimensional mind that religious cultism has used since the days of blood sacrifice on some rock alter, right after an eclipse stuns the crowd into awed silence. No doubt last night's astronomy lesson will goad the lemmings into pre-rapture state. Much wailing and gnashing of teeth will follow. The Earth will, wounded badly, breathe a sigh of relief when all this prophesy comes home to roost, and humanity is an archeological afterthought in some alien's notebook. My daughter was, in some kind of Sunday school, asked by some Elmer Gantry what was the most important book ever written. She logically replied - a cookbook. She was tossed out of class. Good on her. We all should do the same.
This is absolutely batsh*t crazy.
I am sorry that this is what you experienced growing up. I am thankful that I was not. I still have strong faith.
Its a death cult.
WTAF 🤬🤯
Oy, gevalt.