William Lindsey Apr 11

"American Christians can’t pretend we haven’t seen what our leaders have done this spring. Ours is no longer a government interested in haggling over the finer points of just war theory, a Scripture-shaped standard of ethical conduct in warfare, to defend a military intervention."

~ Justin R. Hawkins

#Trump #Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #war #WarCrimes #NuclearWeapons #genocide #morality #JustWar
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https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/04/threatening-profound-evil-trivializes-iran-just-war-theory-trump-hegseth/

Threatening Profound Evil Trivializes That Evil

President Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth speak often of Christianity—but they seem to have no interest in its vision for just warfare.

Christianity Today
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 11

"It is instead flirting with dispensing with that standard altogether, using the language and symbols of our faith while ignoring its substance. …

Trump and Hegseth seem to want to wage war unencumbered by the task of protecting the dignity of human life. But that task is not about 'politically correct and overbearing rules' or any other boogeymen of Hegseth’s imagination."

#Trump #Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #war #WarCrimes #NuclearWeapons #genocide #morality #JustWar
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 11

"Its source is the very Christian faith Hegseth has so often praised within the Pentagon. Just war theory is a distinctly Christian moral innovation that we must not discard."

#Trump #Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #war #WarCrimes #NuclearWeapons #genocide #morality #JustWar
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 11

"Pope Leo XIV on Friday issued a sweeping condemnation of war, continuing to reject the idea that military action can bring about peace or freedom as the Trump administration and other leaders use religion to justify the U.S.-Israel war in Iran."

~ Finya Swai

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #war #WarCrimes #NuclearWeapons #genocide #morality #JustWar
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https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/10/pope-leo-condemns-war-divine-backing-00867250

Pope Leo XIV condemns war, rejects claims of divine backing

The Pope is pushing back against rhetoric used by U.S. leaders to frame the Iran war as divinely sanctioned.

Politico
Show threadcognitively accessible mathApr 11
@wdlindsy I do pray that he *is* creating cognitive dissonance in Catholics, but I fear with our media options people will simply decide to listen to people they've been listening too.
But the Holy Spirit might just have somethoing going on.
I was thinking of angels and how often they've been quoted saying 'do not be afraid," and imagined one appearing to JD Vance and saying "you should be afraid."
Show threadCatherine is not complacent
@geonz @wdlindsy I dunno, when Yahweh really wanted to mess someone up he sent an angel.
Apr 11 at 4:27pmWeb
Show threadcognitively accessible mathApr 11
@CatDragon @wdlindsy Right ;)
I wonder if they'd mind if we did some creative media to make our own. LIke, a brief visit with the angel saying something to make 'em feel special and then ... what to do or what not to do.