Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from the blockbuster movie “Pulp Fiction” during a Pentagon prayer service on Wednesday. A Public Witness, a religion and politics blog, first reported that Hegseth read the violent prayer from “Pulp Fiction” nearly word for word at Wednesday’s event. Hegseth said he wanted to read a prayer that was shared with him “from the lead mission planner of Sandy 1,” referring to the rescue operation to extract military pilots who were shot down in Iran earlier this month. Before beginning the prayer titled CSAR 25:17, Hegseth acknowledged that it is meant to “reflect” wording from Ezekiel 25:17 in the Bible. “The path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of camaraderie and duty, shepherd the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children,” Hegseth said. “And I will strike down upon...
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