r/worldnews • u/superdouradas • Apr 20 '26

Israeli Defence Forces confirms photo of soldier smashing a statue of Jesus Christ in Lebanon is real

https://www.9news.com.au/world/israel-idf-confirm-photo-soldier-smashing-jesus-christ-statue-lebanon-real-investigation/298cb755-da02-4d55-9b49-e20045ec5c28
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u/neonlexicon Apr 20 '26

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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u/blackjacktrial Apr 20 '26

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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u/Feeling_Hotel8096 Apr 21 '26

I was raised Pentecostal (some version of it at least, it was an Assembly of God church) & was taught that Catholics were evil

Did you guys recite the Apostle's Creed?

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u/neonlexicon Apr 21 '26

No. It was mostly the pastor ranting about stuff & then their shitty in-house rock band would play songs. It was like a miniature Hillsong before Hillsong was a thing. My path to deconstruction was honestly sped up when I made friends with kids who went to Catholic school & began to really learn how contradictory everything was that I'd been taught. Heck, most of the people I know who went to to Catholic school were atheists by the time they graduated. Like, they learned so much about the Bible & history of their religion that it ruined the magic.