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Glass_Librarian9019 Apr 20, 2026 +9745

I'm sorry but that could be a statue of any generic medical doctor

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thatotherninja23 Apr 20, 2026 +1064

You sly devil you

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Eckkosekiro Apr 20, 2026 +527

its a "doctored" statue.

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cupidstrick Apr 20, 2026 +208

Jesus.

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jo-z Apr 20, 2026 +162

Nope. Doctor!

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sjbennett85 Apr 20, 2026 +3

[NOPE... Chuck Testa](https://youtu.be/LJP1DphOWPs?si=jTKvaOVjBXw2mawm)

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NottheArkhamKnight Apr 20, 2026 +56

You said it man. Nobody fucks with the Doctor!

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troubleindoggyland Apr 20, 2026 +8

Dios mio, man.

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Responsible-Still839 Apr 20, 2026 +14

This is a line from the future, when John Turturro becomes the 16th Doctor in Doctor Who.

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[deleted] Apr 20, 2026 +3

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Wayofchinchilla Apr 20, 2026 +36

Its a well known fact Doctors shoot light out of there hands to heal people

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One-Inch-Punch Apr 20, 2026 +44

My insurance doesn't cover that

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TheRealGuitarNoir Apr 20, 2026 +5

Perhaps he's a doctor from the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

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IdeallyIdeally Apr 20, 2026 +160

I see this comment a lot in response to this story and I'm guessing it's meant to be ironic or in reference to something else. Can someone fill me in? I'm out of the loop.

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foghillgal Apr 20, 2026 +519

Trump posted AI slop of him as Jesus healing and then claimed it was about a doctor healing... You can look up the c***.

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jscummy Apr 20, 2026 +229

I think he misheard/misunderstood when one of his lackeys said the photo "was doctored"

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ricketyladder Apr 20, 2026 +183

That is exasperatingly plausible

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VagrantShadow Apr 20, 2026 +42

He's not a very bright man. He's about as sharp as a bowling ball.

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t4boo Apr 20, 2026 +34

he also said some comment about how he thought it was the red cross, so i kind of doubt it

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MonteBurns Apr 20, 2026 +73

The thing about republicans is if they get caught lying or looking dumb, they just double down. And their base will believe it.

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BestFriendWatermelon Apr 20, 2026 +41

>And their base will believe it. No, their base knows it's a lie, they just see pretending to believe the lie as an act of loyalty. Russians (who have been living this autocratic nightmare far longer than Americans) have a specific word for this performance: "Vranyo". This is a specific kind of lie where: 1) the speaker knows it's a lie and that the listener knows it's a lie. 2) The listener knows it's a lie, but pretends to believe them out of politeness, to avoid conflict, or **to acknowledge a shared "official" reality**. 3) the purpose is not to deceive, but to smooth over a situation, save face, or project a desired image. Vranyo is a social ritual, a shared performance, to establish loyalty. Nobody has been deceived. Eventually Americans will come up with its own vocabulary for this, or just borrow the Russian "Vranyo", but the US is only at the beginning of the authoritarian road.

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Careless_Twist_6935 Apr 20, 2026 +12

spineless boot licker syndrome we should call it.

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wizardbase Apr 20, 2026 +50

They already forgave him for it. When Trump says its a doctor, the cult follows. >I’m thankful the President has made it very clear that this was not at all what he thought the AI-generated image was representing—he thought it was a doctor helping someone, and when he learned of the concerns, he immediately removed the post. >When I looked at the illustration, I didn’t jump to the same conclusion as some. There were no spiritual references—no halo, there were no crosses, no angels. It was a flag, soldiers, a nurse, fighter planes, eagles, the Statue of Liberty, and I think this is a lot to do about nothing. There is so much ill-intended speculation. I think his enemies are always foaming at the mouth at any possible opportunity to make him look bad. >-Rev Franklin Graham

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Zebidee Apr 20, 2026 +36

Impressive that a Reverend can't recognise Jesus in a line-up.

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TownshipRangeSection Apr 20, 2026 +34

Franklin Graham is cooked if he believes that

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MasterShakeS-K Apr 20, 2026 +40

He's the same clown who gave a speech to the cult like a month and a half ago talking about how they need to get Trump reelected. Dude will never turn on Trump as he fears an IRS audit.

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Sakuja Apr 20, 2026 +11

A doctored photo and pure AI slob are very different though. For AI slob you dont toctor anything in a photo, you just tell the prompt what it should create. We are sanewashing him again by finding explanatioms to his lies.

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Iridismis Apr 20, 2026 +9

This. But it could also be read as a reference to Israeli attacks on medics.

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SureWouldForest Apr 20, 2026 +25

google trump jesus doctor

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IdeallyIdeally Apr 20, 2026 +16

Lmao okay I get it now.

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Ambitious_Dingo_2798 Apr 20, 2026 +5

Or a Red Cross worker

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Areif Apr 20, 2026 +17

Not brown enough to be Jesus

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DeekanKwaz Apr 20, 2026 +17

Straight to hell with you. Everyone knows Jesus was albino.

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Andre1661 Apr 20, 2026 +23

Actually, according to 98% of the images of Jesus hanging in churches around the world, he was a ripped, blond surfer dude.

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Thick_Square_3805 Apr 20, 2026 +15

It's not exactly true and the reason why is often a misconception. Depictions of Jesus often don't try to be realistic. They try to speak to the people watching them. That's why you have European Jesus in Europe and Japanese Jesus in Japan. Take this picture, from the XVth century : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partage_des_v%C3%AAtements_de_J%C3%A9sus#/media/Fichier:Armadio_degli_argenti,_cristo_denudato.jpg People are white, clothed with Renaissance clothes. There's even a guy in a full armor. They knew that wasn't how people in the first century were clothed, but that wasn't the point.

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Areif Apr 20, 2026 +7

Korean Jesus ain’t got time for your shit.

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valeyard89 Apr 20, 2026 +3

Hey! You leave Korean Jesus alone. He don't got time for yo problems. He busy. With Korean shit.

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nickstatus Apr 20, 2026 +12

I think that might be the funniest thing ive read today

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PersonalHospital9507 Apr 20, 2026 +3300

How will the Evangelicals spin this?

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Youre-In-Trouble Apr 20, 2026 +1727

'The end is nigh, hooray!"

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EatGlassALLCAPS Apr 20, 2026 +763

My mom is so excited for Armageddon.

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Safety_Drance Apr 20, 2026 +449

I so want all of those people to be raptured out of our existence so the rest of us can have some peace.

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BrofessorLongPhD Apr 20, 2026 +224

The irony is that most of them would be among us who are left behind.

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project23 Apr 20, 2026 +68

Can't we just have a rapture 'both ways' please?

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TownshipRangeSection Apr 20, 2026 +53

Both ways? I believe the movie you are looking for is the end of Requiem For a Dream.

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nemoknows Apr 20, 2026 +10

I’m gonna be on television

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5xad0w Apr 20, 2026 +16

Double recommendation from me.

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TreeDollarFiddyCent Apr 20, 2026 +9

Ash to ash, and what have you.

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linfakngiau2k23 Apr 20, 2026 +47

I remember telling my church catholic priest about the rapture when the left behind novel was all the rage and he was like what are you even talking about 🤣

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litreofstarlight Apr 20, 2026 +38

Also raised Catholic, I only heard about the rapture from The Simpsons lmao.

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Starfire013 Apr 20, 2026 +57

I grew up religious conservative and I remember the discussions friends and I had about whether there was any point studying for exams because Jesus was almost sure to return by 2000 at the very latest anyway and we’d never get to go to university, and what life would be like for those left behind when we were gone. So weird looking back on that now.

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polopolo05 Apr 20, 2026 +35

Fun fact its already happened and it was like 17 people on the whole planet

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blackjacktrial Apr 20, 2026 +19

Fun fact, it happened and no one was good enough, and no one has been since 863 AD. Most saints don't meet the bar, and neither do most angels or deities.

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SomeGalNamedAshley Apr 20, 2026 +12

I'm not going to get more other than firmly recommending the show The Good Place.

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polopolo05 Apr 20, 2026 +3

Well except tom hanks and keanu reeves.

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mothdogs Apr 20, 2026 +8

It already happened and D.B. Cooper was the only one who was raptured. Plucked him right out of midair

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Gram-GramAndShabadoo Apr 20, 2026 +11

But if they get raptured, doesn't that mean they were good?

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pegothejerk Apr 20, 2026 +26

If you take the story their religion gives at face value. There's plenty of people and groups that suggest the good and evil roles were intentionally switched.

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Thev69 Apr 20, 2026 +8

Really depends on how God defines "good."

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firedmyass Apr 20, 2026 +19

yeeeeaaahhhh… I’ve seen his work

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obeytheturtles Apr 20, 2026 +5

"I don't care if you boo me, I've seen what makes you cheer!"

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ncklboy Apr 20, 2026 +6

Oh, glorious day - when Trump tells all his followers is time to drink their Diet Coke.

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litreofstarlight Apr 20, 2026 +4

Zero chance they'd be getting raptured. Alllllll those motherfuckers are going to hell.

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toetappy Apr 20, 2026 +60

Same for my mother. She's so done getting called out by her own children for her shitty behavior. She can't wait for the rapture to prove to us she was right all along (to be racist).

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1337duck Apr 20, 2026 +17

Every generation has folks who think they are deserving to be the last.

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Zantej Apr 20, 2026 +12

Problem is this generation has the weapons to make sure it happens.

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SomeGalNamedAshley Apr 20, 2026 +3

I'm ok with just the rapture so those insufferable shits will leave us decent people alone to make a better world in peace and harmony.

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AvailableReporter484 Apr 20, 2026 +3

My mother is also one of these people. I can’t wait for yet another opportunity for these people to fall flat on their face when yet again nothing happens lmao

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smokeweedNgarden Apr 20, 2026 +6

Can't you just tell them plainly they are going to hell? Maybe have a pastor do it?

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mccirus Apr 20, 2026 +3

Do we get a server wipe?

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1877KlownsForKids Apr 20, 2026 +103

Imagine how great America really would be if those idiots got raptured away

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recumbent_mike Apr 20, 2026 +19

Shame there's no God or afterlife.

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1877KlownsForKids Apr 20, 2026 +23

Trumptown brand Kool aid is still a real possibility.

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One-Inch-Punch Apr 20, 2026 +9

They make you want to believe in hell though don't they

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big_stipd_idiot Apr 20, 2026 +8

The same kind of crazy that tries to hitch a ride on a passing comet.

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Tabula_Rasa69 Apr 20, 2026 +306

It wouldn't even appear on their news feed. I'm not even a Christian and this is the first time I'm reading about this.

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ComradeJohnS Apr 20, 2026 +38

this exactly. it’s why some actual journalist should make a filterable website of all their crimes, ordered by severity and links to proof. same with Trump. not sure if there’s any actual journalists left after they’ve been killed off though.

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korben2600 Apr 20, 2026 +13

[www.theplotagainstamerica.com](http://www.theplotagainstamerica.com)

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Chimpampin Apr 20, 2026 +8

You can't find any news that put them In a bad light in their sublistnooks. There is zero self-criticism there.

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TatarAmerican Apr 20, 2026 +120

Heck I'll do it for them: Protestants are also iconoclasts. Early Protestants pretty much did what you're seeing in this picture all across northern Europe. Several cathedrals in Switzerland and the Netherlands have before and after exhibits showing how the church interior used to look like prior to the Protestant Reformation.

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firemage22 Apr 20, 2026 +91

I'm Catholic and one time went to a protestant wedding and i was shocked how "boring" the place looked

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T1sofun Apr 20, 2026 +28

You should hear a Presbyterian service. Or the songs.

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BlueXTC Apr 20, 2026 +6

Are referencing American Presbyterians or outside the US? They are progressive in the US and conservative elsewhere.

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rawn53 Apr 20, 2026 +7

They're both in the US. PCA is conservative and PCUSA is considered more liberal. I went to a PCA church as a kid and they warned me about the PCUSA people.

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overkill Apr 20, 2026 +7

Splitters.

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T1sofun Apr 20, 2026 +3

Not sure what it’s like in the US. Grandma in Canada used to drag us to Sunday services. No noise. Quiet, slow singing. Muted colours. You could hear people breathing. Even after the service, when we got food, we were expected to speak in very low almost library voices. The silence made it impossible not to get church giggles. The overarching message was that having fun is bad. Calvinism light.

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Voltalox Apr 20, 2026 +5

I got brought up Catholic and thought that was dull. Then I discovered Presbyterianism exists. Holy f***. If I ever went back to being religious Catholicism would be the *cheerful* option.

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yui_tsukino Apr 20, 2026 +58

From the other side of things, as a protestant who went to mass with my Catholic friend, my first thought was "Yeah I can see why some dirt poor peasants would have a problem with seeing this every sunday"

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Crypt33x Apr 20, 2026 +25

Martin Luther thought the same and translated the bible for those peasants so they could read it in their language. Turns out the catholic church wealth wasn't very biblical. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-five_Theses

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Feliz_Desdichado Apr 20, 2026 +14

Also Luther, after the thesis: “Under the Pope, people were very fervent in building churches . . . Now that the true religion is taught, and that the people are properly instructed concerning good works, everybody is cold, so much so that we cannot help being surprised at it.” “People are now possessed with seven Devils, whereas formerly they were possessed with one Devil; the Devil now enters into the people in crowds, so that men are now more avaricious, unmerciful, impure, insolent . . . than formerly under the Pope.” “Who would have begun to preach, if we had known beforehand that so much unhappiness, tumult, scandal, blasphemy, ingratitude, and wickedness would have been the result?”

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TheMemo Apr 20, 2026 +5

True Belief vs religious realism. Words and philosophies do not move man to do good works, only the systems and structures that surround him can do that.

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Crypt33x Apr 20, 2026 +8

Yeah. That fear/angst is a bigger motivator compared to love was a bitter lesson he learned later. Today Luthers anger is used as a reminder that the reformation is still not finished. (Ecclesia semper reformanda) Luther was an anti-semite so he isn't hold as high and just respected for his 95 theses and the translation of the bible and more seen as a professor who was responsible for ending indulgences and the father of a movement against the church wealth as "Idol". (Götze) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idolatry

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borntobewildish Apr 20, 2026 +13

You'd think there's a middle road between lavishly decorated with gold and diamonds, and just a plain white wall. I mean church is boring as, some decoration to look at doesn't hurt anyone.

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rixuraxu Apr 20, 2026 +8

Does that middle ground involve fireworks, monster trucks, and private jets?

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borntobewildish Apr 20, 2026 +3

That would either be a very cool church, or Kenneth Copeland's donation hall. Either way something quintessentially 'Murican.

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CrazyBelg Apr 20, 2026 +18

It had nothing to do with poor people seeing richness, it was all religious fervor. Martin Luther later on in his life supported the nobility when the Peasant war was sweeping across Europe so his critique of the Church was very much not based on equality.

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BroSchrednei Apr 20, 2026 +8

Yes and no. Martin Luther supported the nobility, because his reformation had caused a gigantic Peasant War in the first place. And lots of protestant reformers supported the peasants. The Protestant Reformation was definitely about the greed and power of the Catholic Church, which Luther thought was un-christian. Particularly the letters of indulgence, in which the Church was extorting people by threatening them hell, was the main reason for Luther's initial theses.

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neonlexicon Apr 20, 2026 +32

I was raised Pentecostal (some version of it at least, it was an Assembly of God church) & was taught that Catholics were evil because they prayed to idols & graven images, & also celebrated Christ's suffering & death, which is why they're so focused on the image of his crucifixion. Communion was also supposed to be some kind of vampiric ritual. I have vivid memories of the church having bonfire parties where people would bring items to toss in the fire. Sometimes they'd smash things too, & there were definitely some of those little Virgin Mary bathtub statues & crucifixes. It was nuts. There are WAY more Evangelicals in the US who'd be okay with this than some people are aware of. (For the record, I'm not cool with it. I deconstructed years ago & went no/minimal contact with that part of my family.)

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blackjacktrial Apr 20, 2026 +14

Now imagine one of those true believer Pentecostals in charge of a G20 economy... Oh wait, we already had that. It was bad. A prime minister who doesn't see the merit in helping those trapped by bushfires because God will provide or judge... After all, he'd have to hold a hose mate.

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atxbigfoot Apr 20, 2026 +25

This is the part that isn't taught in a lot of the US. The "pilgrims" didn't come here to starve and die for their "religious freedom," they were forced out of Europe because they were huge assholes that tried to force their "religious freedom" on everyone else and nobody wanted that, so they came to the "new world" to do it away from the laws that prevented them from being complete assholes that nobody liked, to the point of being banished, in ALL of Europe. And now the US is what it is, with Protestant work laws, and the worst of the worst of European Christianity pretending to "help the Christians be more (American) Christian" all to make the Central and South American leftists countries become capitalists dependent on the US, for 80 years. And it kinda worked? But the Central and South American Catholics are leftists, so it's super fucked up and difficult, because of course the Capitalists don't understand any of that part of the local religions that they're trying to envelop.

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Mozerath Apr 20, 2026 +12

Yeah because all the monarchies that went Protestant did so to strip the domestic churches of all their gold and silver, seizing their assets and no longer have to answer to the will and pressure of a Pope. They stripped everything of value, and that requires breaking a few things.

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-kinapuffar- Apr 20, 2026 +6

They did it because by making religion a private affair it ceded authority from the powerful church and concentrated it in the state. Same reason they promoted christianity in the first place, because as opposed to previous pagan beliefs where a king was just some dude, christianity argued that everything happened according to God's plan, and thus, the king is the king because God wants it to be that way, and that creates legitimacy and grants the king more power and authority. All of it is just politics. Always has been.

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PWiz30 Apr 20, 2026 +201

They don't actually like Israel. They just view Israel as necessary for the end of the world, which they are actively trying to bring about so this changes nothing for them.

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CuteLingonberry9704 Apr 20, 2026 +188

They don't really like Jesus either, at least not his rather inconvenient demand that they show empathy.

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CatraGirl Apr 20, 2026 +78

"Empathy is a sin" - American "Christians"

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Enlightened_Gardener Apr 20, 2026 +8

Hey now. “Toxic” empathy is a sin. Hateful empathy is fine.

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history_is_my_crack Apr 20, 2026 +20

*Evangelical American Christians. Which make up about ~25% of self identified US Christian population.

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firedmyass Apr 20, 2026 +13

they are the Belligerant Minority

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nemoknows Apr 20, 2026 +3

And 99% of the media presence.

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fusillade762 Apr 20, 2026 +32

American evangelicals are literally the antithesis of Jesus and his teachings. Christian in name only.

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PWiz30 Apr 20, 2026 +14

Good point. If he did come back and showed up in the US for some reason ICE would disappear him.

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Gram-GramAndShabadoo Apr 20, 2026 +5

Well yea, he'd be here illegally.... /s (I think... I don't even know anymore).

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The-Jesus_Christ Apr 20, 2026 +9

Little do they know I'm a socialist. I mean, anybody with a bit of intelligence would know that, but not MAGA. They lack that entirely.

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72616262697473757775 Apr 20, 2026 +9

Exactly. Israel is a stepping stone to eternal salvation. Evangelicals think "God's chosen" are all going to Hell for rejecting Christ. As it was written, apparently.

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Haastile25 Apr 20, 2026 +15

It's pretty easy if you read the article. "The IDF insists the actions of the soldier are "'wholly inconsistent with the values expected of its troops.'" Also ""The IDF is operating to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure established by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and has no intention of harming civilian infrastructure, including religious buildings or religious symbols," it said in the statement." Officially spun.

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Do_I_Need_Pants Apr 20, 2026 +8

> How will the Evangelicals spin this? It’s not Jesus. It’s a Red Cross doctor.

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bappestinian Apr 20, 2026 +24

They will say he’s an Arab-Israeli or something

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PetyrDayne Apr 20, 2026 +46

They won't say anything. They'll ignore it until something else happens next news cycle and Monday will be a thrilling installment with Iran attacking a US ship with drones hours earlier.

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SpiderSlitScrotums Apr 20, 2026 +3

The end is nigh! We need your donation for a new Gulfstream to start Armageddon!

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Ardbeg66 Apr 20, 2026 +3

"He was just joking to make libruls mad."

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honk_incident Apr 20, 2026 +1607

Between this and Dr. Jesus Trump, wtf is going on?

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Xfuck1tX Apr 20, 2026 +687

We all died during Covid and are currently in hell.

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rasmusdf Apr 20, 2026 +172

The Bad Place.

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academiac Apr 20, 2026 +80

OH! *THIS* is the bad place!

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MexicanEssay Apr 20, 2026 +48

Holy forking shirtballs

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BigSlim Apr 20, 2026 +32

Jason figured it out?

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qwertyslayer Apr 20, 2026 +15

This is a real low point. Yeah, this one hurts.

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rasmusdf Apr 20, 2026 +8

Michael: "Muhuhaaahahaahaa"

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EmmaFrostBroken Apr 20, 2026 +38

So far of all the running theories I've heard this one has held up the strongest these past couple of years.

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Prestigious-Cry-5190 Apr 20, 2026 +59

Happy to see other people share my opinion

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DEVolkan Apr 20, 2026 +26

You remember when we all were making fun of the Mayan where the calendar ends in 2012? Or Harambe in 2016. Covid in 2020. What I'm trying to say did anyone feel alive ever since?[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harambe)

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SuburbanHell Apr 20, 2026 +11

That would explain so, so much...

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tweek-in-a-box Apr 20, 2026 +4

Any idea how we get out of this?

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Piness Apr 20, 2026 +8

There's a little-known, teeny tiny set of beliefs and philosophies whose whole thing is escaping repetitive cycles of suffering called "Buddhism," in case you're interested.

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classless_classic Apr 20, 2026 +7

Finally. Something that makes more sense than anything going on in this f****** timeline

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Magnetronaap Apr 20, 2026 +29

The excesses of regimes that aren't being held accountable.

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ajctraveler Apr 20, 2026 +119

The end is nigh. Smoke em if you got em.

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krodders Apr 20, 2026 +36

**"Jesus is being sidelined as a radical faction is planning his replacement"** "Plans are afoot to turn Jesus into an obscure prophet as his teachings are increasingly seen as"radical wokeness". His potential replacement is unclear as yet, but Donald Trump has a large amount of support, and appears to be leading the race." "A significant "conservative" opposition is in place to "conserve" the religion. The Catholic, Orthodox, and African factions seem to make up most of this opposition to keep Jesus as Lord" I wrote this ironically, but after I read it, I'm not so sure that it's not true

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Nukes-For-Nimbys Apr 20, 2026 +5

Trump did post "praise he to Allah". Say what you will about Mohammed, you could never accuse him of being woke...

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butt_dance Apr 20, 2026 +3

Please don't give him any ideas.

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DukeNukemSLO Apr 20, 2026 +11

The Antichrist is about to reveal himself

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feel-T_ornado Apr 20, 2026 +4

They're trying so desperately to put that mantle deep in Donald's ass, it's quite frankly hilarious, they always prey on ignorance and delusions

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Novaskittles Apr 20, 2026 +4

The morons who were using religion as a tool for control have gotten a bit loose and sloppy with it.

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FixedFun1 Apr 20, 2026 +5

Trump is a man sent by Satan himself to fool the believers into not believing in God. Satan now controls the US (one of the biggest nations in the world) and is spreading Trump's philosophy all over the world, he overpowered God.

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superdouradas Apr 20, 2026 +739

The [Israeli](https://www.9news.com.au/israel) Defence Forces (IDF) has launched an investigation after confirming a photo showing one of its soldiers destroying a statue of Jesus Christ in southern [Lebanon](https://www.9news.com.au/lebanon) is real. The image, initially shared by [Palestinian](https://www.9news.com.au/palestine) journalist Younis Tirawi on X, showed a soldier using a hammer to topple a statue of Jesus Christ. Tirawi claimed the soldier was from the IDF and was operating in southern Lebanon, though it is unclear when the photo was taken. The IDF has confirmed through multiple channels that the image is real and is now investigating the incident. "Following the completion of an initial examination regarding a photograph published earlier today of an IDF soldier harming a Christian symbol, it was determined that the photograph depicts an IDF soldier operating in southern Lebanon," a statement on the IDF's X account read. The IDF claims they view the incident with "great severity" and that the conduct of the soldier is "wholly inconsistent with the values expected of its troops." Israel had been conducting a military operation in southern Lebanon, where it was launching strikes against the militant group Hezbollah. Attacks on Lebanon increased after the [USA](https://www.9news.com.au/usa) and [Iran](https://www.9news.com.au/iran) agreed to a ceasefire to temporarily halt their [conflict](https://www.9news.com.au/israel-iran-conflict), though Israel claimed Lebanon was not included. Lebanon's government claims Israeli strikes have killed more than 2000 people since March 2, and the UN said 303 people alone were killed in a 10-minute bombardment on April 8. After officials from the two countries met last week, it was finally agreed that Lebanon would be included in the ceasefire. The IDF claims it is operating in southern Lebanon to disrupt the operations of Hezbollah, which is aligned with Iran. "The IDF is operating to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure established by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and has no intention of harming civilian infrastructure, including religious buildings or religious symbols," it said in the statement.

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NobodyLikedThat1 Apr 20, 2026 +484

Must be independently confirmed if the IDF was willing to admit it

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Nukes-For-Nimbys Apr 20, 2026 +73

It's also against their interests. IDF really want to keep the none Muslims onside. This isn't merely imoral which they could take or leave, it's actively unhelpful to their operations.

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hypnosquid Apr 20, 2026 +97

Just like that horse faced guy with the phone from a few days ago.

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Big-Revolution3842 Apr 20, 2026 +16

It's relatively minor fallout to admit this over other cases of them shooting children or journalists or raping prisoners. They can just say it's a rogue soldier and he'll walk away with a tap on the wrists. And you get smooth brain people that will say "see this is proof Israel takes accountability" even though they're literally standing on thousands of dead civilians and colonising more and more land.

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zerocoolforschool Apr 20, 2026 +251

Man they’re really trying to turn literally everyone against them in such a short timespan.

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isaacfisher Apr 20, 2026 +56

Some part of the government definitely are. It also serve them later with the stand of “the whole world hate us anyhow/regardless, we don’t need to care for them” so it’s a cycle that is really angering to see happen to your country

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Gnufighter Apr 20, 2026 +211

It is terrible when you are judged by your actions

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ikinone Apr 20, 2026 +93

By investigating incidents like this and saying it's against their code of conduct, and saying they will restore the statue...?

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runningalongtheshore Apr 20, 2026 +47

That soldier needs to face accountability for his disgusting actions.

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Ok-Swimmer-2634 Apr 20, 2026 +185

Israel [dropped charges](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2xrz71zm3o) against soldiers accused of raping a Palestinian detainee so I don't see much coming out of their investigation

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Gnufighter Apr 20, 2026 +96

Not only did they drop the charges against those rapists: 1/ Their prosecution was protested by members of the far right and the Government https://share.google/6oww1WMNvBCgDsuyF 2/The the lead prosecutor was arrested. https://share.google/A4c8WHZI6GYEkz8zY 3/ Then the soldiers were reinstated https://share.google/2KdK35BQgvy0AZUSz If Israel condones r*** by its soldiers, i can't imagine this guy will see justice

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papaniq Apr 20, 2026 +9

Ben-Gvir is gonna give him a medal

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climate-tenerife Apr 20, 2026 +22

Incredible that _this_ is where the IDF consider a line has been crossed

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Nukes-For-Nimbys Apr 20, 2026 +19

This directly harms the operation. IDF will want to keep local Christians atleast neutral.

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Valarauka_ Apr 20, 2026 +7

The only line is getting caught on camera.

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ChopperChange Apr 20, 2026 +357

And the Trump administration doesn't care because they only use religion to further their agenda and this act doesn't qualify.

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RexDraco Apr 20, 2026 +70

That's not true, sometimes they cosplay too.

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Temporary-Nothing433 Apr 20, 2026 +11

> Thats not true, ~~sometimes~~ they cosplay too. They have to! Otherwise, the nappy nepo baby has no idea which role he cast them in this week. Remember Kristi Noem cycling through outfits so everyone knew what she was supposed to be that day? Since she is gone, others have to pick up the slack. Now everyone else is juggling roles: Pulp Fiction fan, devout Christian, Fox News gladiator, preacher, enforcer, tough guy, Minister of War, couch f*****, Pope-killer… The problem isn’t the cosplay, they forget which one they’re supposed to be mid-sentence.

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Ummagummas Apr 20, 2026 +722

The IDF is treating this a thousand times more seriously then when one of their troops kills a child. Let that sink in.

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The_Determinator Apr 20, 2026 +392

Right, well, one is bad PR for their Christian base in the States, and the other one is a Tuesday morning.

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fudgemental Apr 20, 2026 +71

One affects their livelihood from the US, the other affects an innocent Palestinian family

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Ummagummas Apr 20, 2026 +50

Bingo. They've already lost half of the US. If they lose the Christian Nationalists too they'll be in hot water.

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ClearDark19 Apr 21, 2026 +5

They lost closer to 3/5 of the US. Around 60% of American voters have turned against Israel in recent polls of the past several weeks. Only 2/5 are still on their side. Mostly Christian Nationalists and Republicans & Republican-leaning Independents who are amenable to Christian Nationalism, as you said.

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m1st3rs Apr 20, 2026 +38

no. they are pretending too. they don't really care

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bellmerdoll666 Apr 20, 2026 +61

IDF kills child. Happens too often. IDF smashes Jesus statue head with hammer. Unique event.

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Tw0Rails Apr 20, 2026 +19

USA Christians: Israel is the reason Lebanon is no longer a majority Christian state: I sleep One soldier fucks up a statue: Oh lord!

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IfICode Apr 20, 2026 +431

Uhm there are literal videos of extreme jewish, as in religiously jewish in this context, spitting at christians in jerusalem There has always been h******* jews who hate Christianity

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Suhmi Apr 20, 2026 +45

There are extreme people in every group, hope he gets punished.

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darth_gihilus Apr 20, 2026 +36

lol “he” like it was a single bad apple, I’ve seen the videos too and it’s crowds of Israelis spitting on people in Jerusalem and I’ve seen videos of Israelis abroad spitting on churches and such too. Lots and lots of bad apples.

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JohnBPrettyGood Apr 20, 2026 +12

WOW!! I guess when Trump said Isreal and the USA Bombed Iran for Jesus he just made that up

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pew-pew-bacca Apr 20, 2026 +193

He was smashing the Middle Eastern Jesus. That guy did all sorts of weird shit like helping poor people and foreigners. Total loser. Gotta smash him and put up a statue of American Jesus. He is all about tariffs and hating brown people.

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Haystack67 Apr 20, 2026 +29

He's not the "Middle Eastern Jesus", he's the "Jesus of everyone but American Evangelists".

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ButterscotchOk5339 Apr 20, 2026 +199

But the bots where saying it's two years old. I hate how the new normal is that it's almost impossible to trust anything you see because it very well could have been a two year old image and it very well could have been entirely generated. Either way, this isn't really that surprising. Or at least shouldn't be. It's not like it would be the first sign that Israel isn't the friend of anyone but Israel and I doubt the h******* maga-base will care much. They might squeel and throw some tantrums but they will still show up and vote meaning everyone else should as well.

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CyclopsLobsterRobot Apr 20, 2026 +19

You can murder as many children as you want but don’t hit a statue with a hammer

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medicatedadmin Apr 20, 2026 +33

This may just be because I’m an atheist, but i find it more disturbing that the IDF are indiscriminately killing civilians and aid/medical workers in the region than them smashing a statue of someone’s imaginary friend. Apologies if anyone finds that description of their god disturbing, but i think you should rethink your beliefs if you think the destruction of an inanimate object is worse than killing innocent people. From what others have tried to get me to believe over the years, I’ve been led to understand that this is a core tenet of your religion. ETA: just read the below Guardian headline: “Israeli Soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank” I stand by what i wrote originally. New headline is way worse than destroying a statue

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crackasscrackuh Apr 20, 2026 +4

They're against this but cool with IDF goons sexually assaulting prisoners? Make it make sense.

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TellMotor3809 Apr 20, 2026 +13

It’s ok statue did some aid work

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AssSpelunker69 Apr 20, 2026 +18

The Pharisees are back

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pxer80 Apr 20, 2026 +65

They should see the videos of Israelis spitting on Christians as they go to church in Jerusalem. Such a great democracy just like ours.

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nosaj626 Apr 20, 2026 +38

Crickets from the pedophile party. Edit: I love how you f****** morons knew exactly who the pedophile party is.

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NoPhilosopher6111 Apr 20, 2026 +6

This is like the least worthy of things to be getting worked up about.

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MeadowMellow_ Apr 20, 2026 +41

Imma be honest as a christian i dont care about some dude smashing a statue. we should all be more worried about the loss of life and all the other fuckery going around. This? not much.

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ithinkimtim Apr 20, 2026 +40

Of course we should care about lives more than this but it’s a pretty powerful symbol for Christians who have full support for Israel when they’re against Muslims. Hopefully this helps them realise people of all faiths including Jewish people are not friends of the IDF.

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Commercial-Lack6279 Apr 21, 2026 +3

I was totally cool with everything Israel was doing so far but this is too much! /s

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DJparada Apr 20, 2026 +19

Statue was just 10 days away from acquiring a Nuclear weapon!

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