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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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[–] [email protected] 125 points 6 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] Aurenkin 56 points 6 days ago

The holy Xinity

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

the father son and holy ghost

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

The father, the son, the Winnie the Pooh.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hey, finally, a religion tankies are comfortable with!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago (12 children)

An outrageous claim from the Telegraph. I need a second source.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (15 children)

As a Muslim this is one of the times I'm glad paintings of humans and animals are haram in Islam. We don't got none of that shit in mosques (or anywhere else, really).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Many mosques in Xinjiang are reportedly damaged or destroyed though. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-67483202.amp

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Also Islam rejects intercessors. We pray to Allah s.w.t. and only to him. We asked for forgiveness for our sins from him and him alone. The prophets and messangers a.s. were all humans of best character and faith, which is why they were honored but also challenged with their tasks.

This is why countries like China are particularly oppressive towards Islam. The faith is structured in a way that makes it more difficult to coopt it into exerting control over people for a government. Unfortunately we see (partly) successfull attempts at it like in Saudi Arabia. But they also control two of the holyest sites with Meqqa and Medina.

If i understand correctly China is oppressing Buddhism more strongly too because it is also not well controllable. But i have to admit that i know little about the details of buddhist spirituality/religion.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

Same shit, different century. Ever look up the actual history of Christmas or Easter? They were pagan holidays and Christian rulers forced everyone to jam as much Christian stuff into them as they could.

It's literally one of the oldest tricks in the book.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] 418_im_a_teapot 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

More flabbergasted, really.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (2 children)

she came into the manger, way overdue,

and plonked herself down next to the ewe.

then -- leaning back on the cow --

did she, the great chairman mao,

immaculately embirth winnie the pooh.

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[–] BlucifersVeinyAnus 24 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Which one is Mary, and which Jesus?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

Mother Mao-ry and little baby Xi-sus.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago

Ai had difficulty to do a nativity scene without Mary 😀

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I had to double check to see if this was an onion article.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

To be honest, I don't trust The Telegraph any more than I trust The Onion. At least The Onion is straightforward about what they are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

The Onion is quite accurate, they just publish too early.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I need to see the nativity scene version of this! But with Xi's old face on baby Jesus.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I was so hoping to see pictures of mother Mao hold baby Xi

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Religion is the opiate of the masses and the CCP insists on being the only dealer around

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (3 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I watched "The Man in the High Castle", and the Christian imagery and symbolism in a former Christian Church were replaced with Nazi symbolism. I thought it was a bit farfetched, but now hearing something similar being done by China as part of totalitarianism, it is rather spooky. I've heard religious buildings being destroyed, but converting places of worship and blatantly removing its past to align with state ideology is far more surreal and haunting, and I am an agnostic atheist.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (5 children)

This worked out great for Lenin and Stalin who just skipped the middle step and outlawed the church, then put their statues everywhere

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I can't wait to go Christmaos Jinping this year! They just put in a new Target in the workers quarter.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Saint Winnie the Pooh

Seriously the onion can't keep up with reality.

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