https://www.reddit.com/r/Edmonton/comments/oawp1s/morinville_downtown_catholic_church_on_fire/

looks art as fuck to me

  • happybadger [he/him]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    A historic church in the sense of a historic statue. If that history is poison, burning its legacy is a reclamation of it by its victims. The history becomes alive again instead of it just being paedophiles collecting tithes on the graves of their victims with a state-packaged narrative of that church's role in Canadian society.

    Don't get me wrong, I love a good European cathedral for the architecture. Every shiny thing in them was stolen and if liberated by hand or fire I'd celebrate it all the same.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Assuming its victims burn it. In which case, yeah, sad for the people who've just had their house of worship torn down but ultimately a just act.

      Not putting it past some white prot thinking they get a free pass to shit on Catholics just because the Canadian Church is several centuries overdue for being purged back to a clean slate.

        • Mardoniush [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          The Troubles go West.

          Christianity would be way more chill if the doctrinal wars were between Diggers, LibTheos, and Quakers.

            • Mardoniush [she/her]
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              3 years ago

              Hus was cool and based. Might quibble with his fondness for Wycliff but nothing he says is heretical.

              Also, they never left. Moravian Church is still kicking strong. And the Methodists of course take a lot from Hus.

              Edit: For the theology nerds Here is a great article on Hus as a precursor the Vatican II reforms from a Left Wing Catholic perspective

          • happybadger [he/him]
            hexagon
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            3 years ago

            Unitarian Universalists versus Unitarian Universalists. Like a pokemon battle where you throw all the balls at once.

            • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              UU doctrinal battles are just arguments about whether or not the slogan "defund the police" is divisive.