I'm... Very confused. Why does this guy think he can affect something about the Hagia Sophia in Turkey?
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2026
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Maybe they think they should bomb it
I was very young the one time I visited South Carolina with my parents, so my memory is admittedly a bit hazy - this place is in Charleston, right?
This is literally the first time I've ever heard of anyone from the US actually giving a shit about the Hagia Sophia.
Like it honestly took me a few seconds to fully realize they're talking about the landmark in Turkey.
It's nobody's business but the Turks'.
Because it's in Istanbul, not Constantinople.
But what if I have a date in Constantinople?
She'll be waiting in Istanbul.
And the Greeks
And the Etruscans.
And my axe!
And the Etruscans?
And the Etruscan’ts.
Something tells me Mark Lynch doesn't agree that it can't go back to Constantinople.
He can debate me in New Amsterdam.
Old New York?
My first thought was that they have a mosque in America named Hagia Sophia like all the towns named after European cities.
They don't gaf. They care about winning at all costs. Pyrrhic victory.
I'm thinking this guy is just a Civ player, and thinks that if we take Istanbul by force, it will give all of our missionaries +1....
Ok but right now Ghandi is fucking me up with his Protestant missionaries and I really can’t afford to lose my religion this early in game
I really feel like it should be disqualifying for a candidate to lie about campaign promises. I get that it's not always straightforward to say what's a lie, but in this case, it's obvious.
Not only has he said that he's going to change something that the Senate has no power to change, but he's acting like he personally would have the power to do it himself, instead of simply being 1 voice out of 100.
I mean...
To make it a Christian church, they first had to remove over 400 pagan statues...
A shit ton of religions have used it as a holy site, seems fucking stupid to argue to roll it back halfway.
Maybe I’m thinking of some other landmark but wasn’t this building explicitly built with the original intent of being multi-faith?
Kind of?
All those pagan statues weren't to one god, it was just a shit ton of pagan gods.
"Multi-faith" was the norm until the Abrahamic religions started insisting everyone follow one God and no other Gods were real. So pretty much every religious site pre-monotheism had some multi faith elements.
So in early cities, they'd have a "city god" but also usually be accepting of earlier rural gods and the gods of friendly neighbly cities
Like, it's hard to explain how much Abraham fucked shit up when he started the precedent of not tolerating any other god except his personal Sky Daddy.
But it's still really new on the timescale of human history
I like the idea — if we are going to undo things, do it 100%. Go back to a pagan worship site.
Reject modernity. Embrace tradition. Make Christmas into Saturnalia again!
These Christian Nationalist fucks will be the end of us if we let them.
Your religious beliefs and rules are for you, not everyone else.
Christian Nationalist
Nationalist Christian, or Nat-C for short.
Well, Republican politicians are known for being extremely fucking stupid.
So it turns out that christians actually LOVE removing pagan statues.
OK, hear me out.
If he clearly has no idea what he can and can't do as a US Senator, he might be just the guy we need taking up a Republican seat.
Donald doesn't understand what he can and can't do as president. But I can't say that's worked out particularly well.
I don't mind the out-of-the-box thinking, though.
Counter-proposal: good, smart people run as candidates. For both parties. It can only good happen!
Republicans (and especially Republican politicians) can only be good or smart, not both.
So, is this just the next step in dismantling NATO?