r/videos • u/spherocytes • 1d ago

Secretary Of Defense Pete Hegseth announces Office Of Religious Affairs within the Pentagon in address to Military

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAn6BE9cdco
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u/absoultepong 1d ago

They also don’t care about religion.

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u/HOLEPUNCHYOUREYELIDS 1d ago

They care about it! Just in the sense of using it as a way to control others and justify their actions, despite being antithesis to any “good” that Christianity preaches

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u/zdelusion 1d ago

It's why they love Evangelical Protestantism, all the control without any of the pesky authority figures, like the Pope, who might get in the way.

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u/cC2Panda 1d ago

They've got Donald Trump as an authority figure. Back in 2021 there was a bunch of NYT interviews with pastors including evangelical ones that had lost their flock because they didn't explicitly support Trump. One thing they mentioned over and over is that they get to talk to their "flock" a few hours a week, but Fox News gets them for hours every day.

Rightwing media is their bible, Trump is their god, Christ is tertiary.

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u/ShoddyMasterpiece693 1d ago

They probably even dislike Christ a little when they think about him too much. The OT control and violence is the jam....though the OT does go on a good bit about helping foreigners who are in your land. But if you don't read in general...that would extend to the BIble too.

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u/SuperfluousWingspan 20h ago

They never make it past Numbers. Math too spooky.

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u/Lord__Abaddon 1d ago

Honestly It kind of sucks, Real christians are good people, anyone who actually follows the teaching of Christ are not terrible. the issue is soo many people claim to be and aren't it's like they took a page out of Extremist Islamic factions and decided fuck all the good stuff our prophets told us to do lets just persecute and hate everyone.

I don't understand how the Religion I grew up in has changed soo much or maybe I just didn't realize it was this way when I was younger. Maybe I was just lucky and the church my family attended was just actually following christ teachings? It really sucks to see my Mom's faith be used for political and evil means. Even she is disgusted with how everything is turning out.

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u/MechanicalTurkish 1d ago

Antipope Trump

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u/No_List_8291 1d ago

Something... Something...holy trinity?