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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Climate change is a real threat that will affect the lives of billions of people. The only difference is that it doesn’t happen overnight and people are normalizing its effects.
I do agree with you that western religions seem to be another dividing factor and are used by certain individuals to control their own populations with populist bullshit.
The problem is not the religion per se, but the people who are using it to control the population. And this comes from an atheist.