• logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    The priest was quoted as saying, “Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.”

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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    He said he would have acted differently had he known they were carved by children.

    Because children can have a bit of satanism, as a treat?

    “Leaving the rectory on Sunday evening, I saw numerous symbols of the satanic feast of ‘Halloween’ placed in front of our sacred grounds,” he wrote.

    “I acted according to my faith and duty to be a father and protector of the children entrusted to me and removed these symbols,” said Father Smejkal, parish priest at the Roman Catholic Church of St John the Baptist.

    “Think of the children” is almost always the excuse fragile men use to crack down on their personal moral panic.

    I think this priest gave those kids a very useful lesson on the clergy that they’re going to remember for their whole lives. Well done!

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      He said he would have acted differently had he known they were carved by children.

      … and he would’ve acted exactly the same if he knew he wouldn’t be caught at it.

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    “But try to remember that my duty as a figure of authority and a priest is to protect children and families from hidden evil,” he went on.

    The fuckin’ irony.

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    Look, mom, our country is on BBC! I love that we are one of the most atheist countries in the world, but it’s still the priest who gets us there. 😅

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      Look, mom, the next village over is on BBC!

      This is absolutely hilarious to me, never would’ve expected something like it

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      Right, it has to do with a non-Christian religion, but to fundamentalists it just reduces down to satanism because they literally can’t concieve of people not buying into their narrow-minded belief structure.

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        Many Christians believe that all religions that don’t worship Christ are worshipping false idols. Which is about as worse as worshipping satan to them.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Father Jaromir Smejkal destroyed the carved pumpkins on two successive days in a park in Kurdejov, a village in the wine-making region of South Moravia.

    “Leaving the rectory on Sunday evening, I saw numerous symbols of the satanic feast of ‘Halloween’ placed in front of our sacred grounds,” he wrote.

    He added that in his view the modern tradition of Halloween had been conceived in a “heathen, contemporary world”, as a counterbalance to the Catholic feast of All Souls’ Day.

    Breclavsky Denik newspaper, which first reported the story, said the local children had carved the pumpkins as part of Halloween festivities organised by the village.

    However, some traditional religious feasts - including All Souls’ Day - remain popular, and are marked by both believers and atheists alike.

    Some Czechs complain their traditions are being eroded by highly commercialised imports from the West, with Halloween being a prime example.


    The original article contains 348 words, the summary contains 148 words. Saved 57%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

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      the local children had carved the pumpkins as part of Halloween festivities organised by the village.

      Dude smashed up some pumpkins carved by children. ☹️