Evangelicals amplify Trump's religious framing of Iran war - Reuters
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""Evil people exist, and if you don’t deal with them, they’ll deal with you. Good and evil, that’s the story of the Bible. The good news is that at the end good always wins.""
— Jackson Lahmeyer , Activist
"What we've been saying forever, if you look back in history whenever you've merged any sort of religious fanaticism with the machinery of the state that conducts war, we do not end up with little babbling brooks, creeks, streams, ponds or lakes. We end up with one thing: oceans and oceans of blood."
— Mikey Weinstein , Activist
"Hegseth makes it clear, 'Here's the template that we want.'"
— Mikey Weinstein , Activist
Key People
Former president of the United States known for his aggressive economic policies.
Evangelical pastor and Trump supporter running for US Congress.
U.S. Secretary of State.
Mikey Weinstein is the founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
Pete Hegseth is the United States Secretary of Defense.
Influential Texas pastor and supporter of Donald Trump.
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President Trump is using Christian rhetoric to rally support for the war with Iran, a message amplified by evangelical leaders who cast it as a struggle between good and evil.
President Trump is using Christian rhetoric to rally support for the war with Iran, a message amplified by evangelical leaders who cast it as a struggle between good and evil.
President Trump offers a new justification for the costly, unpopular conflict with Iran, stating that God wants to see people taken care of.
An organization reports over 200 new complaints alleging that high-ranking officers are tying the mission in Iran to fulfilling a Christian prophecy.
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