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.

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

  • @ohwhatfollyisman
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    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.

  • @Etterra
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    Replace Mary in the manger with Mao. Now Mao is giving birth to Jesus. Weirdo.

    • Flying SquidM
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      Replace baby Jesus with adult Mao in the manger.

      I wouldn’t be able to stop laughing in that church.

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

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
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      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).

    • Annoyed_🦀
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      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.

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

  • @PugJesus
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    Hey, finally, a religion tankies are comfortable with!

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      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]
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        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.

    • @Maggoty
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      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]
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      126 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.

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    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…