• flying_sheep@lemmy.ml
    23·
    1 month ago

    For anyone who is interested in knowing if she ever ended up shooting a fascist, here’s the relevant paragraph from Wikipedia:

    As she was extremely nearsighted, Weil was a very poor shot. Her comrades tried to avoid taking her on missions, though she did sometimes insist. Her only direct participation in combat was to shoot with her rifle at a bomber during an air raid; in a second raid, she tried to operate the group’s heavy machine gun, but her comrades prevented her, as they thought it would be best for someone less clumsy and near-sighted to use the weapon. After being with the group for a few weeks, she burnt herself over a cooking fire.

  • Snot FlickermanEnglish
    12·
    1 month ago

    The Psalms are beautiful.

    Must have been that psalm about smashing your enemies babies’ heads against the rocks that sold her.

    • Snot FlickermanEnglish
      16·
      1 month ago

      That’s actually a fairly complicated answer, regarding the Spanish Civil War. To my (very weak) understanding the Nationalists weren’t strictly Christians, but were definitely supported by several different Christian factions which were vying for power. It’s probably a lot more nuanced than that, and I’m just a stupid American with basically zero real knowledge of the Spanish Civil War.

      Also, Christian anarchists actually aren’t that unusual. Chris Hedges, for example, is a modern one. If I recall correctly, it’s the argument that the only real Kingdom is the Kingdom of Heaven, and as such, human society should be completely non-hierarchical because we’re all sinners. Which like, I don’t believe in it, but I can vibe with that.

      • Zloubida@lemmy.world
        9·
        1 month ago

        I don’t think atheism is central to anarchism. Opposition to religion (in its institutional and hierarchical form) is, but not belief in a higher being per se.

        Anarchism can make Christianity non-authoritarian, and Christianity can teach anarchism how to be spiritual. Of course nor anarchism nor Christianity need each other, but I like how they complete each other.

        • Thebigguy@lemmy.mlEnglish
          5·
          1 month ago

          There have been Christian anarchists. Jacques Ellul comes to mind. His book on propaganda is pretty good.

          • Zloubida@lemmy.world
            3·
            1 month ago

            Yeah I like him, even if he had bad stances on some subjects (like Israel or abortion). He’s too much on the evangelical side to me, even if he was not an actual evangelical. But was right on sooooo much subjects!

            • Thebigguy@lemmy.mlEnglish
              1·
              1 month ago

              I never got in to deep on his personal stances on certain issues, I thought the book propaganda was good though. I think lots of thinkers of his time had bad stances on Isreal though.

        • Thebigguy@lemmy.mlEnglish
          5·
          1 month ago

          Not to mention quakers often gave communists spaces to organise in and hold meetings.

        • trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 month ago

          You can certainly hamfist Christianity into supporting whatever political opinion you want, as is Christian tradition.

          Generally I don’t like supernatural beliefs and the idea of a god makes me throw up but you do you.

          • Zloubida@lemmy.world
            3·
            1 month ago

            Please ignore me if you think my question is uncalled-for, but your answer surprises me. I get agnosticism and atheism from a philosophical point of view, even if philosophically I stand in the theist side. I get the feeling of disgust when one studies history and actuality of religions, even if I think it’s kind of a limited, one-sided view. But disgust for the mere idea of the existence of God seems… a bit extreme. What did you mean?

            • trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world
              3·
              1 month ago

              If there is a god it’s malevolent or indifference to humanity.

              Either way it’s not worth worshipping.

              Plus as I mentioned before, I hate supernatural thinking, and I find it harder to trust in people who base their beliefs on the supernatural.

              You never know when some random piece of scripture short circuits the brain of an otherwise reasonable person into thinking abortion is evil or that LGBT people are the antichrist.