oatmeal<p>If you thought colonial era <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/evangelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evangelism</span></a> which led to the partition of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> and the creation of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> was awful …</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> opposes the two-state solution, supports exclusive Israeli sovereignty, and has spoken of the "miracle" of rebuilding the Third Temple in Jerusalem.</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2024/11/14/politics/pete-hegseth-trumps-defense-secretary-nominee-has-multiple-christian-and-crusades-inspired-tattoos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2024/11/14/politics/pe</span><span class="invisible">te-hegseth-trumps-defense-secretary-nominee-has-multiple-christian-and-crusades-inspired-tattoos</span></a></p><p>Experts note that Pete Hegseth’s tattoos and political views align with Christian nationalism and Reformed Reconstructionism, a fringe denomination known for its affinity with the Crusades. </p><p>Established by R.J. Rushdoony in 1965, Christian Reconstructionism is a movement asserting that biblical law should govern all aspects of society and that Christians are mandated to "take dominion" over every sphere of life. Emerging in the US in the 1960s, it gained traction within the Christian Right by advocating for theonomy, homeschooling, and patriarchal family structures.</p><p><a href="https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/history/timelines/entry?etype=3&eid=27" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thearda.com/us-religion/histor</span><span class="invisible">y/timelines/entry?etype=3&eid=27</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelOccupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelOccupation</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a></p>