A US military religious freedom advocacy group has received more than 200 complaints about Christian fundamentalist speeches by commanding officers.
Multiple commanders across all branches of the US military have offered a fundamentalist Christian explanation for the attack on Iran, describing President Donald Trump as a harbinger of the Second Coming and the conflict itself. “signal fire” For Armageddon, reports the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).
MRFF, a US nonprofit that promotes separation of church and state and freedom of conscience within the military, said it has received more than 200 complaints from active-duty members of the US military about extremist Christian speeches given by commanding officers since the start of the US-Israeli attack on Iran.
One of the complaints was filed by a noncommissioned officer (NCO) with a unit in ready-support status that could deploy to an Iranian combat zone at any time. Unit Commander “He urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘part of God’s divine plan,’ and he specifically cited several passages from the Book of Revelation that refer to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.” wrote the NCO.
“He said President Trump was anointed by Jesus to light a signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to earth. He had a big grin on his face as he said all this, which made his message even more insane. He noticed.
MRFF founder and president Mikey Weinstein, a US Air Force veteran and legal counsel under the Reagan administration, said most of those who reached out to the group reported that. “The unrestrained euphoria of their commanders and chains of command” On purpose “Authorized by the Bible” War on Iran.
“Any members of the military who seek to take advantage of their subordinates by advancing their blood-soaked, Christian nationalist wet dreams on the heels of this latest non-congressionally sanctioned attack against Iran must be swiftly, aggressively and visibly prosecuted.” Weinstein said in a statement.
The MRFF has long warned of a rapidly growing Christian nationalist sentiment among the top brass of the US military. Lawyers have repeatedly called out US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for his overt religious activities, including participating in Bible study programs and hosting hardline Christian nationalist preachers at the Pentagon.
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