MicroWaveMar 20

Pete Hegseth’s Christian rhetoric draws renewed scrutiny after the US goes to war with Iran

https://lemmy.world/post/44506378

Pete Hegseth’s Christian rhetoric draws renewed scrutiny after the US goes to war with Iran - Lemmy.World

Since becoming defense secretary, Pete Hegseth has found no shortage of ways to bring his strand of conservative evangelicalism into the Pentagon. He hosts monthly Christian worship services for employees. His department’s promotional videos have displayed Bible verses alongside military footage. In speeches and interviews, he often argues the U.S. was founded as a Christian nation and troops should embrace God, potentially risking the military’s secular mission and hard-won pluralism. Now the defense secretary’s Christian rhetoric has taken on new meaning after the U.S. and Israel went to war with Iran, an Islamic theocracy.

Show threadItdidnttrickledownMar 20
A fake christian who just uses it to manipulate. I’m not christian but I recognize a manipulator and the soft brained snowflakes who blindly follow anyone making the right grunts and hoots of their faith.
Show threadThrobbing_banjoMar 20
My brother in Baphomet, they’re all fake. Religion exists solely to manufacture consent for authority. That’s it.
Show threadwaddle_deeMar 20
Religion, government, business, a non profit, it doesn’t matter what it is, people will assume a position of authority in whatever power structure that has space, and corrupt it. It’s not unique to religion. It’s only because religion has been corrupted by people desiring power, that people hate religion. But in that same vein, the fight should be about dismantling power structures and creating equality. Which, would be in line with some religions, ironically.
Show threadatomicbocksMar 20
No, in your list only religious people told me I was going to hell when I was 12 because I wouldn’t disown my lesbian parents. The kind of corruption an evil entitlement that people get is indeed unique to religion.
Show threadJaxMar 20
Nope, my MAGA coworker hates gay people and is staunchly Athiest.
Show threadatomicbocks
Your coworker being the religious equivalent of a log cabin Republican doesn’t change anything as far as I can see, the MAGA movement is still fueled by Christian overtones.
Mar 20 at 5:49pmWeb
Show threadJaxMar 20

The kind of corruption and evil entitlement that people get is indeed unique to religion.

That sure as hell sounds like goalposts shifting to me.

Show threadatomicbocksMar 20
I’m not goal post shifting. Nor am I interested in having a conversation about who’s an asshole opinion stinks worse. Have a good day.
Show threadJaxMar 20

You absolutely did, but let’s take your statement to its logical conclusion.

Roughly 85% of the world is religious. By your definition, they are simply all evil. So why then would you care about Venezuela being bombed, Iran being bombed, literally anywhere being bombed — they’re evil! Anywhere that has religious people is fair game, because religion is evil.