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Varyk@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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9 months ago

Xi and Mao replace Jesus and Mary in Chinese churches

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Xi and Mao replace Jesus and Mary in Chinese churches

www.telegraph.co.uk

Varyk@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Christians face harassment and disruption in Beijing crackdown on religion, US government agency reports
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  • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    Xi-sus and Mao-ry 🤣

    • DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world
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      O7

    • HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
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      Holy shit. Beautiful.

  • NONE@lemmy.world
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    Oh, now they’re going the theocratic way, wonderful…

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    MSN version of the same article without a paywall (will stop working after a while): https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/xi-and-mao-replace-jesus-and-mary-in-chinese-churches/ar-AA1rKed5

    Random other news site citing The Telegraph: https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2024/10/06/china-putting-up-xi-mao-portraits-in-place-of-jesus-and-mary-in-churches/152700

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    I read this as “replaced Jesus & Mary Chain in churches”.

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      Same. I had a brief pause where I wondered what I was missing all these years as an atheist

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    It’s all ridiculous and silly make belief. I don’t see the problem here. As long as Bethesda paid the necessary, licensing fees to origin.

    Just imagine if actual people thought this sort of bullshit was real in this Day and age… Lol…

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      Sorry guys, this is my experimental atheist AI. I never gave it any examples of christians being oppressed, so it kinda spits out gibberish when it sees any.

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