The Evangelical Fetish for Catastrophe

The current obsession with the “unholy trifecta” of the Iranian conflict, Purim, and the blood moon isn’t faith—it’s the spiritual fetishization of catastrophe. You can practically feel the online hum of a movement vibrating with excitement at the prospect of global war. There’s something almost satanic about taking this much pleasure in the suffering of others. It’s sickening to watch.

This isn’t about Jesus, serious end-times theology, or ancient prophecy. It’s a toxic fusion of fear-driven, bad-faith politics and theologically bankrupt, Cold War era eschatology pulled straight from a bargain-bin book. They aren’t merely predicting the end—they’re trying to summon it, fetishizing the chaos they helped create and cloaking their appetite for destruction in spiritual language.

And for me, it brings back an unwelcome flashback. It reminds me of the countless hours I spent listening to this same garbage at my in-laws’ house when I first moved to Canada. At its core, it’s the same toxic political ideology and destructive spirituality that fueled two decades of emotional and spiritual abuse—now playing out on the global stage. To say it’s triggering would be an understatement.