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 –> (edit: Bodyguard Kiba modification) –> 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 all that close to one.
Doesn’t seem like he made any attempt to clarify the bible-like quote wasn’t bible related and was mimicing quote about thugs murdering people… And ironically being confused about whether their religious fervor is in favor of or against said murders…
At any rate, the christo fascist is quoting bible-like things with no further clarification/context… Seems more like he’s thinking it is a real Bible verse or hopes it’s thought of as one.
The fun thing with these shits is they like to walk the line of fuckery so despite all the bread crumbs, planted seeds, and ra-ra cheerleading… They can deny it or be defended because they didn’t explicitly do x… And when they do, there’s a torrent of noise behind them causing confusion and distractions.
Separation of a church and state or nah? How is this allowed?
That went out the window long ago
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)
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.
President can be sworn in on whatever document they want.
Heck, they may not even need a document. If I’m elected in 2028, I’m getting sworn in on the Epstein files.
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”.
Technically illegal, but the people whose job it is to enforce it are Christofascists, so this is the result.
These guys are such incredible losers. This guy in particular.
In the words of South Park, Pete Hegseth is a fuckin’ douche.
There are so many layers of what the fuck going on with this. A veritable dagwood of blatantly wrong decisions over the course of decades, relentlessly stacked upon one another and pinned together with the twin toothpicks of true faith and true grift. This is the culmination of a soul destroying amount of failures.
Tv guy prays to movie quote. You can probably figure out which AI he used by asking them all for the verse.
“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.
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.
“The path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of camaraderie and duty shepherds the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother, and you will know my call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee. Amen.”
Dude probably prompted ChatGPT with the words Bible, badass, and US military and than asked it to replace some words with the rescue operation. That’s my guess as some of the word replacements make no sense.
Could be worse, he could have called upon Brother Maynard to read from the Book of Armaments…
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.
TIL the bible quote in pulp fiction is fake, any reason Tarantino felt the need to do so?
Having a laugh every time “religious” people quote his “bible” verse?
Or claim copyright on that lol
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.
Why not?
I wonder if he used Gemini or chatGPT to generate the speech.
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.
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.
