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In their effort to “exert total control” over religion and to “sinicise” Catholic and Protestant Christianity, the authorities have “ordered the removal of crosses from churches [and] replaced images of Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary with pictures of President Xi Jinping,” the report said.

The report concluded that “every facet of religious life for Buddhists, Catholics and Protestant Christians, Muslims, and Taoists” was facing pressure to incorporate CCP ideology, and religious elements considered contradictory to the state’s political agenda were being eradicated.

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[-] StraponStratos@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 hour ago

Maohammed when?

[-] BlucifersVeinyAnus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Which one is Mary, and which Jesus?

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 4 points 58 minutes ago

Obviously Mao is Mary, giving birth to Xi the Jesus, that will be betrayed by his own government.

Can't say China is anti lgbt now as Mao Zhedong is trans all along.

[-] Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 4 points 44 minutes ago
[-] Gerudo@lemm.ee 1 points 46 minutes ago

When I see tankie lemmings, I just point to this type of stuff....

[-] tal@lemmy.today 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Hail, ~~Mary~~ Mao, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, ~~Jesus~~ Xi.
Holy ~~Mary~~ Mao, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

Hail, ~~Mary~~ Mao, full of grace...

[-] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world 50 points 4 hours ago

the spectre of communism immaculately impregnated mao, who gave birth to xi.

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 hours ago

The holy Xinity

[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

the father son and holy ghost

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 24 points 3 hours ago
[-] tal@lemmy.today 6 points 2 hours ago

Honestly, concerns over the possibility that religion might be a political opponent and trying to neutralize it by replacing figures with one's own are not new.

It's just a little unusual to have it happening in 2024 between gods and secular leaders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_syncretism

Religious syncretism is the blending of religious belief systems into a new system, or the incorporation of other beliefs into an existing religious tradition.

This can occur for many reasons, where religious traditions exist in proximity to each other, or when a culture is conquered and the conquerors bring their religious beliefs with them, but do not succeed in eradicating older beliefs and practices.

[-] 418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 hours ago
[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 1 hour ago

More flabbergasted, really.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 30 points 4 hours ago

Hey, finally, a religion tankies are comfortable with!

[-] tal@lemmy.today 11 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Upon further consideration, it was decided that perhaps what Marx had meant was that certain varieties of opium were, in fact, good for the people.

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago

That's not even a Chinese innovation. At least the Chinese gave Mao a proper burial instead of desecrating his corpse Christian saint/Lenin style.

[-] Henry@lemmy.ca -2 points 3 hours ago

Let China dive this shits into Middle East countries’s mouth :)

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -3 points 4 hours ago

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