You know ... I'm a Buddhist *and* I've read:

* The Old Testament
* The New Testament
* King James
* A fair amount of the Apocrypha

I do not think Whiskey Pete has ever opened a bible in his life. And when he dies, he's still going to somehow be surprised when he's very much Not in Heaven.

Hegseth prays at Pentagon service for ‘overwhelming violence’ against enemies | US military | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/26/hegseth-prayer-violence-pentagon

Hegseth prays at Pentagon service for ‘overwhelming violence’ against enemies

Remarks come after Hegseth calls for changes to military’s chaplain corps, which he said had been ‘watered down’

The Guardian

@elfin They're the same people that scream about liberal "virtue signaling".

They don't actually believe what they claim. They think that by claiming it, if there IS a God, they'll be covered.

Which is probably why they should crack open at least one of the aforementioned books.

@elfin did you see the Pope's sermon for Palm Sunday? He said that Jesus preached peace and doesn't answer prayers for war.
@Darkphoenix @elfin if Jesus is all about peace then war mongers like Hegarty are in for a bad time. He’s a heretic as he prays with blood on his hands.
#HeriticHegseth
@elfin Both the US Constitution and the Bible discuss the separation of Church and state. Hegseth is ignorant. He's just about as ignorant of government as Trump.
@Alohilani @elfin ironic that the most heavily 'Christian' political landscape in the world is in a country where the church and state are supposed to be separate, whereas, in the UK, we have an established church where the majority of the population, and politicians, don't follow it.