Thursday Afternoon, March 26, 2026

AT LATEST PENTAGON PRAYER SERVICE, 

HEGSETH OFFICIALLY DECLARES IRAN WAR 

A HOLY WAR, EARNESTLY PRAYING FOR 

“OVERWHELMING VIOLENCE”

“Give them wisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial ahead, unbreakable unity, and overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.”


— Secretary of Holy War Pete Hegseth

AI generated image of God in the sky dropping bombs on war torn middle east landscape

(AI-generated image)

JONATHAN LARSEN

COVERS MRFF


Hegseth Confirms:

It’s God Almighty’s Holy War, Alrighty


By: Jonathan Larsen


Thursday, March 26, 2026

Article excerpt (emphasis added):


Hegseth’s telling of The Parable of Overwhelming Violence of Action against Those Who Deserve No Mercy came during the first monthly service since America started its illegal, unprovoked warlet on Iran.


His remarks appear to confirm the Pentagon’s comfort with commanders telling their troops they’ve been drafted to serve the New Testament Protestant Angry God-in-Chief of Jonathan Edwards.


As I reported on March 2, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) was inundated with calls reporting commanders calming anxious troops by telling them that the Iran War was cool because it was part of Jesus’s plan for Armageddon, because what could be more reassuring. Of course, the joke’s on them, because Republicans Wednesday confirmed there is no plan…

Jonathan Larsen

Jonathan Larsen has worked at CNN, MSNBC, and TYT. 

He created Up with Chris Hayes, helped launch Anderson Cooper 360, was a senior producer on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and was managing editor/executive producer at TYT. His original reporting has been cited by members of Congress resisting Christian nationalism.

Fundamentalist Christian commanders pushed same claims of biblical prophecy being fulfilled at the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war and the last time the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran

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“A word of gratitude”


From: (Name withheld)

Date: March 25, 2026 at 11:45:04 AM MDT

To: Mikey Weinstein <mikey@militaryreligiousfreedom.org>

Subject: A word of gratitude


I have been a supporter of the MRFF and you, Mr. Weinstein personally, for several years , and it never fails to amaze me how dedicated you, your board, and your staff are to the simple principle of separation of Church and State, and how this must must must apply to our military. 


You and your group are at the front line of the vigorous defense against the monotheistic surge of Christian Nationalism that has infected so much of our Nation, including our armed forces. America was founded by a host of different people from different backgrounds and different religions who sought to keep the fledgling nation a welcoming place for all. Sadly, hatred and bigotry has never been erased but our founding fathers addressed it. There are too few who remember this and fewer who make protecting plurality, fairness and religious equality their mission. You, this group, your people, are one of the very few.


Your energy, resolve, and dedication, is unmatched. Your singular and wildly successful actions to protect all people of all religions and so preserve the true integrity of our military is a blessing to everyone who values what our Revolution was all about. I never wonder why complete strangers trust you all and call on you to report offenses….. the clarity of your mission and your single-minded focus creates that instant trust.


My father didn’t enlist to fight World War II only to have America become what he was fighting in less than 100 years. Thank you for fighting this war to keep the Republic.


Yours,


(Name and city withheld)

“We started as a plural society and

we need to stay that way”


From: (Name withheld)

Date: March 25, 2026 at 11:57:17 AM MDT

To: Mikey Weinstein <mikey@militaryreligiousfreedom.org>

Subject: We started as a plural society and we need to stay that way


I was so moved by recent developments in our nation and by what I have read about the work at the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, that I knew I had to write in order to thank you. And to let you know there are folks out here who are appalled at what is going on in our military and the push to make it a force of Christian Nationalism. I cannot begin to tell you how overjoyed I am that you and your organization exist and are doing such incredible work trying to defend the plurality of our armed forces. I often come to tears reading the excerpts of actual letters of situations that you and MRFF receive on a daily basis…..the pain in these letters, and the fear, is palpable. You have been able to help in matters that would never have come to light in the non-military world if you did not exist, and if the trust in your integrity and the integrity of the work did not exist. But you do exist. And your integrity exists. Without you and this group, how many of these poor men and women would be shattered by their experiences, the pressure, the brainwashing, the bullying?


Thank you!


(Name and city withheld)

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