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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
(jonathanlarsen.substack.com)
Liberals believe this war is to combat religious extremism.
this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2026
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well, iran is doing their part to combat religious extremism, so in a way...
I think it's inadvisable to fall for the framing as a religious conflict. Iran is resisting imperial aggression.
iran is resisting imperial aggression by what are clearly religious fanatics. but yeah.
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imagine you just signed up so you could lease a Camaro and then you hear this shit.
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110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation
This is fucking wild.
These calls have one damn thing in freaking common; our MRFF clients [service members who seek MRFF aid] report the unrestricted euphoria of their commanders and command chains as to how this new “biblically-sanctioned” war is clearly the undeniable sign of the expeditious approach of the fundamentalist Christian “End Times" as vividly described in the New Testament Book of Revelation.
Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.
Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.
Elsewhere in this thread I called modern Christianity a chaos religion right out of 40K, but I didn't expect to be proven right almost immediately
This shit is literally Khrone worship
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Remember, troops. Fragging is always an option
Make your most moral kill your first one not your last one.
on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.
These MFers think they’re the word bearers doing a shadow crusade
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It is 2003 and the President of the US is launching a holy war in the middle east with disastrous results
It is 2026 and the President of the US is launching a holy war in the middle east with what are sure to be disastrous results
The Memo that Outlined U.S. Plans to Overthrow 7 Countries in 5 Years
However, according to some high-ranking officials, there was a deliberate and strategic objective to change governments in seven countries within five years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran.
It's taken longer than expected, but here we are.
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Yeah these guys have drunk their own coolaid. I knew it. I told you all dawg.
You don't get that rich and evil without having some way to delude yourself into thinking there is some kind of higher plan and that you're chosen or something.
It would be so, so very funny if Jesus ends up being real and they actually do get him to come back and he's just like "Oh... Oh wow." And just sends all these ghouls to hell immediately for playing god and mistreating gods green Earth and children.
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Lunatic apocalyptic evangelicalism in the military imposed from the top down, I think Hegseth likely has something to do with this. I don't think it's a very effective choice to motivate the troops though when only a fraction of them would subscribe to that kind of bullshit. "We're going to end the world for Donald Trump and White Jesus" might give some second thoughts
idk the air force in particular has been full of evangelical freaks for decades at all levels.
They built a F-16 Chapel at the Air Force Academy so they can pray for their airstrikes to kill as many as possible
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It's called the rapture because the US will be gone hopefully
Oh shit he's gonna nuke Iran
Please world let the grunt who has to push the button have the composure of the great hero Stanislav Petrov
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That’s most likely where he wants it to go. The second president to user nuclear weapons.
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Evangelical Protestantism has got to be the worst sect of the worst branch of the worst religion (Christianity).
It's so surprising that the religion founded by an eccentric apocalypse cult preacher whose original followers literally believed the world was going to end within their own lifetime now today has deranged followers who are obsessed with the apocalypse. It has been an apocalyptic death cult since its very founding.
Granted in its original iteration it was the ancient Roman version of Posadism, now thru the lens of capitalism its morphed into a Chaos religion right out of 40K
Children of the Khorne
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Satan continues to be the good guy in Christianity, or at the very least the lesser of two evils
What exactly are Satan's crimes in the Bible? He tries to be God's equal and take over his place? It's really hard to condemn him for that, given all the actual massacres and crimes that God commits in the Bible.
It really shows how Christianity is an ideology created (or at least deliberately spread) by the powerful, to keep people docile and never question authority.
PS: We can even trace the creation of Hell back to Plato, for the explicit purpose of influencing society through myths
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filming Iranian rockets heading towards my position safe in the knowledge that I am an invincible warrior of God- ACK!
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I dunno, sounds like heresy to a very specific kind of evangelical. The rapture has to happen before Armageddon and the second coming. Get your end days timeline straight!
Shit. Oh well! Too late we already killed the red heffer- GO GO GO.
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The Rapture is shit theology. That said, sometimes I wish it was real. Watching all these war mongers get left behind while I party with Stalin and Khomeini in heaven would be sweet.
"Who wants a treat!"
"I do!"
"Us too!"This is the most nuke-coded thing I've read in a while 
Well
Shit
The Reddit Atheists were right
Right about this and only this
Also they were off by about 20 years
The non crazy Christians have been screaming about this for years too, these people are dangerous
lol holy shit we're cooked
"this war is gonna bring back jesus, it is time for the 2nd coming of christ"
two days later
"btw we're asking iran pretty please stop bombing because otherwise some oil companies will be sad"
are they listening to how cowardly it sounds to talk about armageddon and then beg for diplomacy? if you wanna believe in this whacko christo-zionist fantasy, believe in it to the bitter end.
Hit the big red button because God told you to, scum. You really believe you'll be vindicated by Christ? Prove it.
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So. Boots on the ground?
i didn't get to bed yet, y'all get ONE
this is the relief map of iran, showing 90% of the country safely tucked away behind mountain ranges that give the swiss alps a run for their money.
there will not be boots on the ground. alternatively, there WILL be boots on the ground, and it will be very funny
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I wish and don't wish there will be boots on the ground. I want to see many dead American soldiers. But also it would be bad because of the unspeakable horrors they will commit.
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to light the signal fire in Iran
How many nuclear weapon detonations is that?
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