Weaponizing God
1973
1973-10-01 Pinochet with the help of the U.S. funding carried out Operation Condor charged with eliminating perceived opponents of the military regime. An estimated 50,000 were killed, 30,000 missing, and 400,000 were imprisoned and tortured. In 1974-12-15 Pinochet personally attended the Jotabeche Pentecostal Methodist Church in Santiago Chile two days after those evangelicals pledged their support for Pinochet. Billy Graham personally praised Pinochet as a “great Christian leader”.
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/southern-cone/2016-05-27/operation-condor-verdict-guilty
https://www.wola.org/multimedia/uncovering-operation-condor-a-50-year-fight-for-accountability/
https://www.christianitytoday.com/1975/01/worlds-largest-congregation-cathedral-in-chile/
1982
1982-03-23 Self-proclaimed born-again Pentecostal Efrain Rios Montt carried out one of the largest genocides against the Maya, with financial backing from the US. He was convicted of genocide in 2013. Ronald Regan called him “a man of great personal integrity”. Jerry Falwell supported him, and Pat Robinson interviewed him on the 700 Club. Christianity Today’s Luis Palau said, “It’s great to have a Christian president as a model…the hand of God appears to be on him”.
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/guatemalan-genocide-case
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/13/world/special-envoy-praises-guatemala.html
https://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=hist_faculty
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/pat-robertson-obituary/
LEARN SOMETHING NEW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hePRA9yVdQE&list=WL&index=9&t=519s
2023
2023-09-09 OPINION: Christian Nationalism is not Christianity – it is a polarizing extremist group bent on pushing political agendas and greed and promotes political violence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZukWuT9lcA&list=WL&index=6&t=66s
https://www.aclund.org/news/danger-christian-nationalism/
https://www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org/learn-more
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8724742/
https://faith.yale.edu/media/violence-fascism-and-christian-nationalism
2026 March
2026-03-26 Hegseth delivered a Pentagon sermon invoking God’s role in war, prayed for eternal damnation and overwhelming violence in the name of God and claimed the United States was righteous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsqVj3G0cmA&list=WL&index=11&t=215s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NrJU2aqGvQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erZ6A5Wmy00
2026 April
2026-04-01 Pope Leo condemned the war in Iran, saying leaders who start wars have hands full of blood. He said, “Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood”. This came after Pete Hegseth prayed for “overwhelming violence” against his enemies, invoking the name of Jesus Christ for bloodshed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyPPkp36nso&list=WL&index=2
https://ewtnvatican.com/articles/pope-leo-xiv-god-does-not-hear-prayers-for-war
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/pope-says-that-god-doesnt-listen-to-donald-trumps-prayers/
https://www.ms.now/opinion/pete-hegseth-pope-leo-iran-war
2026-04-01 Franklin Graham framed the Iran conflict in biblical terms and likened Trump to Queen Esther.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an9D8G1BtjY&list=WL&index=3
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9lmpBqaiGtI
2026-04-01 The Chicago Bulls cut ties with Jaden Ivey for expressing anti-LGBTQ views. After Ivey’s separation, TreVeyon Henderson posted, “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 5:10.
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/jaden-ivey-nba-religious-discrimination/
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/tag/religious-discrimination/
https://x.com/TreVeyonH4/status/2038786657608941846
2026-04-03 Leader of the Archdiocese for Military Services Timothy Broglio rebuked Hegseth for invoking Jesus to stoke war with Iran.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/militarys-top-catholic-rebukes-pentagon-pete-for-war-boasts/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/03/us-military-archbishop-iran
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Nru2b0Iz5qo
2026-04-10 Headline “Pete Hegseth’s holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on Iran”. According to a professor of religious studies at the University of North Florida, The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches followers (i.e. Hegseth) don’t “believe in social equality among people. They think that God created the world and that some people are destined to have authority and to rule over other people, and other people are destined to be followers…legitimate authority comes directly from God”.
2026-04-12 Trump posted – then deleted – an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ. After backlash, he claimed it was a picture of himself as a doctor healing people.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/13/trump-jesus-truth-social-pope-leo.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-faces-backlash-over-post-144400174.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c17v8y0z9z2o
https://abc7.com/post/trump-takes-down-image-social-media-depicted-jesus-like-figure/18880184/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/13/politics/trump-jesus-post-pope-feud
SUB WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/trump-jesus-pope-leo-truth-social-post.html
SUB WALL https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/13/trump-jesus-religious-conservatives/
2026-04-15 JD Vance and Mike Johnson lashed out at the Pope for criticizing Trump’s elective war in Iran. Vance threatened the Pope should “be careful talking about theology,” while Johnson cited “Just War Doctrine.” The Pope later warned against manipulating religion for political, economic, or military purposes and condemned a world “ravaged by a handful of tyrants.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taNi3btpaLs&list=WL&index=1
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2026/04/16/pope-leo-cameroon-peace/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-pope-warns-of-tyrants-spending-billions-on-wars https://catholicreview.org/us-bishops-doctrine-chair-defends-churchs-just-war-tradition-after-vance-comments/
SUBSCRIPTION WALL https://www.thedailybeast.com/catholic-bishops-deliver-brutal-slap-down-to-convert-jd-vance-after-lecturing-pope-leo-xiv-on-theology/
SUBSCRIPTION WALL https://www.thedailybeast.com/catholic-bishops-deliver-brutal-slap-down-to-convert-jd-vance-after-lecturing-pope-leo-xiv-on-theology/
2026-04-16 Hegseth compared reporters covering the Iran war to the Pharisees, the biblical Jewish group that opposed Jesus.
https://x.com/gretchencarlson/status/2044752887029358926?s=46&t=qjA9BAv6BhOCNlxoiZWFbw
2026-04-16 Pete Hegseth quoted a fake bible verse from the movie Pulp Fiction during a prayer, then compared Trump to Jesus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZdkRiTs_4w&list=WL&index=4
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5834822-hegseth-pulp-fiction-bible-reference/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-hegseth-pulp-fiction-bible-verse_n_69e0e4d2e4b09c96f93e9391
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hegseth-bible-pulp-fiction/
2026-04-19 The Trump administration announced an 84-hour public Bible reading from Genesis to Revelation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp6bb8SC_Cs&list=WL&index=1&t=56s
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/19/politics/trump-bible-reading-oval-office
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/17/trump-scripture-angering-christians-00879747
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5837716-trump-bible-reading-pope-leo-feud-ai-jesus/
2026 May
2026-05-07 Marco Rubio met privately with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican after months of public disagreements between the administration and the Pope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYDam-6Xgro&list=WL&index=7
2026 July
2026-07-01 During a bible school session for Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Lexington Kentucky students watched as the pastors put on an “Antifa execution” skit in front of little kids and mocked an execution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g9xdwfoGk8&list=WL&index=3&t=9s
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fact-check-video-mock-execution-230000202.html