In an era of climate anxiety, geopolitical tensions and rapidly advancing artificial intelligence, apocalyptic thinking is no longer confined to the fringes of society

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[–] totally_human_emdash_user@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

According to the person I was responding to, this is exactly what they are doing:

Doesn’t help that the US military are saying the recent war in Iran is to start a holy war and bring about the apocalypse.

[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

https://newrepublic.com/post/207270/military-leaders-iran-war-donald-trump-jesus-armageddon

"By Monday evening, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, or MRFF, was “inundated” with complaints, receiving more than 110 grievances from U.S. military personnel stationed at dozens of sites across the Middle East, reported independent journalist Jonathan Larsen."

Definitely not the idea of just a few coocky officers.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/us-israel-iran-war-christian-rhetoric

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/troops-being-told-to-prepare-for-armageddon-in-iran_n_69a6ffe3e4b076ac5d63c82c

https://asiatimes.com/2026/03/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for-armageddon-return-of-jesus/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-armageddon-second-coming-complaint-b2931579.html

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-troops-told-iran-war-anointed-jesus-bring-armageddon-watchdog-says

https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-armageddon-military

https://metro.co.uk/2026/03/04/us-soldiers-told-iran-conflict-gods-plan-trigger-armageddon-27220172/