Did God want Trump to bomb Iran?
c/world · u/technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 64 points
>Invoking God to bomb Iran, Trump is reviving a deadly tradition of religiously justified US violence.
c/world · u/technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 64 points
>Invoking God to bomb Iran, Trump is reviving a deadly tradition of religiously justified US violence.
u/NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 2 points
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.
u/AmidFuror@fedia.io · 0 points
Oh, OK. Imperial violence. Got it. If you define things narrowly enough, you can never be a hypocrite.
u/NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 4 points
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.
u/AmidFuror@fedia.io · 0 points
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.
u/NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 5 points
Setting aside the obvious "Al Jazeera is not Qatari state media," who has Qatar used religion to justify bombing?
u/ijedi1234@sh.itjust.works · 2 points
God came to me in a vision today. He told me that you - yes, you! - are the Holy Prophet!
u/fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com · 2 points
Why? Just use an existing one.
u/CXORA@aussie.zone · 8 points
If god tells you anything, you have a serious mental illness.
u/NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz · 11 points
Telling someone to bomb a country isn't very nice.
u/ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 38 points
The only people who claim God told them to do something are the same people who God would never say nice things to
u/mp3@lemmy.ca · 26 points
If God told you to bomb a country, then you have a serious mental illness.
u/AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 22 points
https://theonion.com/god-angrily-clarifies-dont-kill-rule-1819566178/
u/rumimevlevi@lemmings.world · 22 points
Bush said the same thing about iraq
u/DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world · 12 points
[x] Doubt
u/VoidJuiceConcentrate@midwest.social · 11 points
"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...
u/Kolanaki@pawb.social · 7 points
God doesn't exist so it is highly unlikely.
u/WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 6 points
Did god appear to Donny in his morning Big Mac?
u/cabron_offsets@lemmy.world · 4 points
I really need to start a religion.
u/AmidFuror@fedia.io · -1 points
Rich coming from the Qatar.