Invoking God to bomb Iran, Trump is reviving a deadly tradition of religiously justified US violence.
Did god appear to Donny in his morning Big Mac?
The only people who claim God told them to do something are the same people who God would never say nice things to
Telling someone to bomb a country isn’t very nice.
“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…
If God told you to bomb a country, then you have a serious mental illness.
If god tells you anything, you have a serious mental illness.
Bush said the same thing about iraq
God doesn’t exist so it is highly unlikely.
[x] Doubt
I really need to start a religion.
God came to me in a vision today. He told me that you - yes, you! - are the Holy Prophet!
Why? Just use an existing one.
Rich coming from the Qatar.
Setting aside the obvious “Al Jazeera is not Qatari state media,” who has Qatar used religion to justify bombing?
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.
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.
Oh, OK. Imperial violence. Got it. If you define things narrowly enough, you can never be a hypocrite.
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.
