Did God want Trump to bomb Iran? (www.aljazeera.com)
from technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to world@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 16:51
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/48141999

Invoking God to bomb Iran, Trump is reviving a deadly tradition of religiously justified US violence.

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rumimevlevi@lemmings.world on 02 Jul 17:05 next collapse

Bush said the same thing about iraq

DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 17:28 next collapse

[x] Doubt

ChicoSuave@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 17:34 next collapse

The only people who claim God told them to do something are the same people who God would never say nice things to

NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz on 02 Jul 17:43 collapse

Telling someone to bomb a country isn’t very nice.

mp3@lemmy.ca on 02 Jul 18:01 next collapse

If God told you to bomb a country, then you have a serious mental illness.

CXORA@aussie.zone on 02 Jul 23:12 collapse

If god tells you anything, you have a serious mental illness.

cabron_offsets@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 18:07 next collapse

I really need to start a religion.

fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com on 02 Jul 21:49 next collapse

Why? Just use an existing one.

ijedi1234@sh.itjust.works on 03 Jul 00:25 collapse

God came to me in a vision today. He told me that you - yes, you! - are the Holy Prophet!

AmidFuror@fedia.io on 02 Jul 18:33 next collapse

Rich coming from the Qatar.

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io on 02 Jul 19:39 collapse

Setting aside the obvious "Al Jazeera is not Qatari state media," who has Qatar used religion to justify bombing?

AmidFuror@fedia.io on 02 Jul 21:48 collapse

The article broadens the connection to violence, not just bombs dropped from aircraft. Qatar has for years supported Islamists in the region, including the Houthis and Muslim Brotherhood. Qatar, like this article, is aligned with Iran.

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io on 02 Jul 21:56 collapse

First: Define "support". Second: The Muslim Brotherhood stopped using violence decades ago. Third: Way to miss the point. The article is discussing imperial violence. I hope this doesn't need to be said, but not all violence is equal.

AmidFuror@fedia.io on 02 Jul 23:11 collapse

Oh, OK. Imperial violence. Got it. If you define things narrowly enough, you can never be a hypocrite.

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io on 03 Jul 02:10 collapse

Yes, that is the only reason one would want to distinguish between violence in the interest of self-determination and violence in the interest of robbing from others self-determination.

Kolanaki@pawb.social on 02 Jul 21:57 next collapse

God doesn’t exist so it is highly unlikely.

VoidJuiceConcentrate@midwest.social on 02 Jul 22:31 next collapse

“You will know them by their fruits” seems to be an oft- ignored or misunderstood bible quote.

and, well, the fruits of Trumps labor are pretty evil in nature…

WanderWisley@lemmy.world on 03 Jul 02:20 collapse

Did god appear to Donny in his morning Big Mac?