In the Vedic epic, the Mahabharata, the setting for the Bhagavad Gita, we are told this story.
In the then world-war at Kurukshetra, where Lord Krishna drove Arjuna's chariot, there was a great warrior on the side opposed to Arjuna.
There was also an elephant in the battle with the same name as the warrior, Ashwatthama.
Krishna told Yudhishtira, who was known for never lying, to announce that Ashwatthama had been killed.
Reluctantly, Yudhishtira loudly announced in the din of the battle, "Ashwatthama has been killed" and softly added, "either man or elephant ".

A lot of other stuff also happened.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/04/canada-burned-churches-indigenous-catholicism

Burned churches stir deep Indigenous ambivalence over faith of forefathers

After hundreds of unmarked graves were found at Canada’s former Catholic-run residential schools, churches in First Nations territories have been destroyed by suspected arson

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As Canada grapples with the discovery of more than 1,000 unmarked graves of Indigenous children at the sites of former residential schools, many have directed their grief and anger at the Catholic church, which ran more than half of the schools across the country.

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In recent weeks, nearly two dozen churches have been burned or vandalized across the country – eight of which occurred in First Nations territories.

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(Messed up headline: burning down a church after generations of abuse is not ‘ambivalence’.)

Having a serious problem with it.

But in the US, that's not what's happening and the Catholics know it.

I wouldn't condone it but I sure as hell can understand it.

The Beatitudes

Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to Him, 2and He began to teach them, saying:

3Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

5Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness,

for they will be filled.

7Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy.

8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the sons of God.

10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.


All the MAGAs know are a couple of the 10 commandment.

redletterchristians.org. The first Red Letter New Testament Bible came out in 1899. All the words of Jesus are printed in red letters.

Toxic Christianity says once you're "saved," you can lie, cheat, steal, and even murder if you do it for Jebus--the god of assisted living in a nutshell. Pretty seductive stuff, no? You embezzle thousands from a children's charity and as long as you tithe part of it to your crooked minister, it's just peachy.

The RCC's scientific acceptance and moral authority end where women begin. Period, full stop. Francis might be a breath of fresh air compared to most of those conservative old geezers, but he's still got a blind spot big enough for half the human race, something that should never be forgotten. Catholics know this and are more likely to be pro choice than their Protestant cousins.

Burning the churches down is a loser's game, it just makes the faithful angry and defensive and more likely to cling to ecclesiastical nonsense. It's cowardly and doesn't work. Speaking out in them is a revolutionary act. So is getting up and walking out during an offensive sermon, if one is tongue tied in front of a priest/preacher.

Perhaps some fine day when millennial fever is remembered only by those Gen Xers left eating their pureed peas in an old folks' home, those glittering megachurches will be entertainment venues and people will go back to being sensible sorts of are religious on Sunday mornings and sinners the rest of the week. Until then, calling them out is the best we can do. Red paint on the worst of them wouldn't be out of the question, but that, too, will just make them angry and defensive.

That supposed moral authority that protected child molesting priests for many decades and moved them around to 'prey' over a new parish of children.