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Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion (www.wired.com)

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“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In a sermon delivered before Christmas, Franklin Graham told members of the military that “God is also a god of war.” On Good Friday, the DOD hosted a prayer service only for Protestants. A Pentagon spokesperson later told HuffPo that the “Pentagon Chaplain Office’s priest is not in town.” Hegseth has repeatedly framed the US war in Iran as a “holy war,” calling Iranians “barbaric savages” and called on Americans to pray for victory “in the name of Jesus Christ.”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lGCqv37O2Dg

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean... yeah, technically true. The OG Yahweh, back before his cult peeled off and developed monotheism, he was a god of storms and war.

However, calling Jesus a god of war is a serious misstep. Pretty sure his most widely accepted epithet is 'Prince of Peace'.

[–] Kanger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+10%3A34&version=NIV

“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword."

The context here is anti-family values Jesus bragging about getting family members to hate each other.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 2 weeks ago

Depending on tradition, there are 72 names, but you'll have to do your own research on that. Christians often invoke some aspect of the 72 names without apprehension of the tradition.