Social media users said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Pope Leo XIV cited fake Bible quotes. Hegseth shared a passage he said reflected a bible verse, while Pope Leo XIV cited and interpreted Jesus’ message in the Bible.
As the Trump administration and Pope Leo XIV publicly sparred over the Iran war, social media users claimed that both the pontiff and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited fictional Bible verses to promote their messages.
, prompting some social media users to say a prayer he read aloud sounded identical to dialogue from the 1994 movie"Pulp Fiction."Hegseth didn’t explicitly say he was quoting the Bible; he said he was saying a prayer that reflects a Bible verse. Leo spoke about Jesus’ message, at times citing verses verbatim, but at other times paraphrasing or sharing his own meditations., another account shared a video of Hegseth side-by-side with a clip from Pulp Fiction, with the caption:"The US Secretary of War took to the Pentagon stage to invite his audience to join him in praying using fake bible verses from Pulp Fiction."."They call it CSAR 25:17, which I think is meant to reflect Ezekiel 25:17," Hegseth said. CSAR stands for combat search and rescue, and Ezekiel 25:17 is a Bible verse.that Hegseth shared a prayer inspired by the"Pulp Fiction" dialogue, and said that the prayer and dialogue"were reflections of the verse Ezekiel 25:17." The Defense Department declined further comment when contacted by PolitiFact. In the film"Pulp Fiction," Samuel L. Jackson’s character"Jules" tells another character he has a Bible passage memorized, naming Ezekiel 25:17. Here’s how Jules’ passage compares with the prayer Hegseth recited . The differences in their quotes are highlighted in blue. "And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them."shows a video of the pope speaking April 16 in Bamenda, Cameroon, and below there’s a screenshot of the Bible verse Matthew 5:9. The post caption cited one part of the speech and said only the first line matched the Bible verse:"Jesus told us, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, but woe to those who manipulate religion in the very name of God for their own military, economic, or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.’"from the Holy See website, the diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church and the pope. The transcript said part of Leo’s speech related to the Bible verse Matthew 5:3-14."I wish this would happen in so many other places of the world. Your witness, your work for peace can be a model for the whole world! Jesus told us:But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. Yes, my dear sisters and brothers, you who hunger and thirst for justice, who are poor, merciful, meek, and pure of heart, you who have wept — "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled…… You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.El líder de Corea del Norte Kim Jong Un dijo que “ningún Dios podrá proteger a Estados Unidos de nuestras nuevas armas”. "BREAKING: So the Israeli media reports Itamar Ben‑Gvir died in a 'car crash,' while in fact he’s been obliterated by an Iranian missile strike on his home." El Presidente de El Salvador Nayib Bukele dijo, “con las guerras que ha empezado Donald Trump les pido a todos los inmigrantes en Estados Unidos que piensen en salir de ese país”. U.S. men’s hockey Olympian Brady Tkachuk said about the Canadian hockey team, “They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating f----s a lesson.” Imagen muestra a Puerto Vallarta, México, después de la muerte de Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, el líder del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación. Image shows Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, after the killing of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the head of Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Savannah Guthrie's husband’s company is listed as a"co conspirator" in the Epstein files, “in case you're wondering why now of all times for mother to be 'kidnapped.'" “83% of us favor requiring a photo ID to vote. In fact, most of the civilized world requires it but not us.”“Moulton voted with Republicans to thank ICE for protecting our homeland. He thanked ICE as they were terrorizing our communities and killed citizens in broad daylight.”
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