but they will see it not for the lord god shall pour upon their minds a multitude of dumb fuckery!
I thought Hegseth had quoted Pulp Fiction and the issue was that it’s blasphemous to do so by a gov official and such… but no, it totally looks like this idiot did not know this was not an actual Bible quote
The lesson here is “if you think they cannot possibly that dumb, forget about it and double down”
it totally looks like this idiot did not know this was not an actual Bible quote
He knew it wasn’t an actual Bible quote, but he did think it was a modified version of Ezekiel 25:17. Which it definitionally is. The actual string is:
Ezekiel 25:17 –> Pulp Fiction modification –> USAF modification
Whereas he thought it was:
Ezekiel 25:17 –> USAF modification
I think that’s understandable if you’ve never seen Pulp Fiction (because you just assume the Pulp Fiction stuff was the USAF’s addition), but it’s still pretty funny.
The actual problem here, as usual, is separation of church and state being trampled over to make way for Abrahamic prayers in the US federal government.
25:17 is a small segment of the “verse”… Pulp Fictions rendition is made up all in except the “great vengeance and furious anger…” Part…
E.g. fake bible verse.
E.g. fake bible verse
You mean “i.e.”, and yeah, he said that it’s “reflecting” Ezekiel 25:17.
“They call it CSAR 25:17, which I think is meant to reflect Ezekiel 25:17.”
He literally never said it’s an actual Bible quote or even close to one.
Yup. It’s not giving an example so “e.g.” doesn’t make sense
For example fake bible verse
Separation of a church and state or nah? How is this allowed?
Technically illegal, but the people whose job it is to enforce it are Christofascists, so this is the result.
Well, it’s technically not part of any religion since it’s a verse from a movie.
Are you telling me that Tarantino fans aren’t a religion?
That went out the window long ago
That’s been out the window ever since 1956 when Eisenhower changed the US motto from “E Pluribus Unum [Out of Many, One]” to “In God We Trust”.
Was it ever really a thing though [in the US]? Like aren’t presidents sworn in on a Bible or something? And it says something about God on the money? And the pledge of allegiance? (The USA is a cult, btw)
Presidents can be sworn in on whatever they want. At least one has used something else, although I don’t recall who or what it was.
John Quincy Adams chose “The Volume of Laws” in 1825. Teddy Roosevelt had nothing right after McKinley’s assassination in 1901. The only other oddball I see is Lyndon B Johnson used the closest prayer book after JFK’s assassination
That all changed during the “Red Scare” in the 1950’s. Swearing in on a bible is optional and lower offices have used e.g. a Quran in the past.
Before the Civil War, there was more separation. Things really started going out of wack in the 1950s (that’s when “God” was printed on paper money). The swearing on the bible thing is a tradition from England. At US’s founding 17% of the population were church members. In the the 1950s, 70% were. Now it’s < 50%.
Back in the W regime, there was that Attorney General who would not only lead prayers, he would sing his own Christian patriotic songs at meetings.
Yes, John Ashcroft also lives rent free in my mind https://youtu.be/woLQI8X2R6Y
I like John Ashcroft for the sole reason that the state of Missouri voted for a dead guy over him for governor.
TIL the bible quote in pulp fiction is fake, any reason Tarantino felt the need to do so?
He copied it from another martial arts movie
the only thing that man loves more than old kungfu movies is feet.
Doesn’t the character say that he just started saying it because it sounds badass? Him misquoting is consistent with his characterization. I can’t remember, it’s been a lot of years since I watched it.
Having a laugh every time “religious” people quote his “bible” verse?
Or claim copyright on that lol
100% this came from ai slop gibberish that this idiot has been convinced is able to think and reason because it’s easy to convince immoral idiot gibberators to drink the fruit flavor sugar drink if you pay them to.
“Pentagon Prayer Service”
Oh good lord we are dooooooomed
for years, I smugly thought our military was past this crap. what a dummy i was, no wonder everything is so fucked
I haven’t been to a lot of churches, but I have been a part of a few church congregations, and they have been without exception bat-shit crazy.
terrifying
Evangelists have been prosletyzing to army recruits for literally decades. Hegseth is quite literally their guy, hence the firing of catholic military leaders.
You want to see real change in the U.S.? Start looking at mega churches. That’s where some real change needs to be brought, soon.
The fact the military has chaplains still…
I’m not sure what irks me more. The existence of a “Pentagon Prayer Service” or this idiot quoting invented bible verses.
That’s easy! All Bible verses are invented.
Please tell me he started the quote from “Say what again, mortherfucker”.
No. This guy is just distilled awfulness. He’s all stick and no lollypop.
Does it even matter what these people say? Apparently not, because none of them has ever said anything even remotely intelligent, let alone productive. Nothing but hate and lies for years - this latest embarrassment hardly seems worth reporting, given all the crimes the U.S. regime is committing.
But hey, politics works through entertainment, which the clever people behind these people naturally know. That’s why they’ve chosen a cabinet of clowns as straw men - because they’re so embarrassing that the relevant news doesn’t stand a chance against their entertainment factor.
That’s unfortunately how our world works, and that’s why the worst of them all always get off scot-free: their crimes are simply too complicated to generate any interest.
These guys are such incredible losers. This guy in particular.
In the words of South Park, Pete Hegseth is a fuckin’ douche.
ahh good ole copyright infringement
Could be worse, he could have called upon Brother Maynard to read from the Book of Armaments…
“And St. Atilla raised the hand grenade on high, saying, ‘O Lord, bless this Thy hand grenade that with it Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits in Thy mercy.’ And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats…”
The delivery of “in Thy mercy” sends me every time
This is one way I know that religion is bullshit, because if there really was a God, these guys would all end up a smoking hole at the podium.
