Hypermuscular Hindu Hridaysamrat
https://x.com/taiwanplusnews/status/1839319030278271357
Pope Francis has been presented with a gold statue of the Taoist sea goddess Mazu by a group from a Taiwanese temple. pic.twitter.com/ZAU1pssNSV
— TaiwanPlus News (@taiwanplusnews) September 26, 2024
Lmao the irony of an abrahamic saying this
Now go pray to their dead jew on a stick. Totally not an idol 
Why is the abrahamic mind so unable to comprehend non abrahamic faiths aren't mutually exclusive?
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I wish we had a sea god 
Would have made for very aesthetic themed temples. Imagine a conch shaped dome and the door guard statues being mermen 
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These new generations never learn that
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Remember that Tricky Peepee singlehandedly did more than any US president to end the cold war by going on a secret trip to China with the boys, getting shithoused drunk with Mao on their first meeting and shit-talking Kissenger while he sat across from them
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There was a great bit about this in a book, Portuguese Jesuits landed in China and were trying to ingratiate themselves with the civil society using some very highly educated people for the times on stuff like engineering on which Europe had a major edge over China, so they were becoming sought after people to talk with at social events. They adopted their dress, language etc. Then Dominicans began to land too from Spanish Philippines and they would go around with massive crosses handing out pamphlets about masturbation that absolutely rekt the whole carefully crafted image.
They still remained fairly highly placed and used some convert governors to build up church significantly across different Chinese regions(as they were transferred around) but then there were doctrinal issues over ancestor worship, the Emperor said it was a secular act and local Jesuits agreed but Dominicans went back to Pope and he ultimately ruled it wasn't secular and couldn't be performed by Chinese Christians. This was directly opposing Emperor's order so the whole group were thrown out. Only going back in after the Opium War.
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That's a lot of words when I could have just watched ShΕgun.
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I disagree on this point but only slightly. The Europeans did have a slightly better understanding of engineering, but the main reason for the Europeans superiority in this regard was because of European warfare theory and science. The most well known example was the difference between European and Chinese defensive design which made it almost impossible for Chinese armies to besiege European forts, while European armies could overwhelm Chinese forts in half the time it would take to siege a European fort.
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-some cap ohio neighbor
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