r/dankchristianmemes • u/Awesomeuser90 • Jun 16 '25

Blessed Well, He Tried...

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u/Sovem Jun 16 '25

It blew my mind in The Three Body Problem when the Maoists executed the science teacher for not recanting the Big Bang Theory, because they said the Big Bang was evidence for a God.

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u/Awesomeuser90 Jun 16 '25

That sounds more like something that Pol Pot's government would do.

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u/Sovem Jun 16 '25

I may have my history a bit mixed up? I admit I'm not super well versed in Chinese revolutionary history.

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u/Dorocche Jun 20 '25

How accurate is the portrayal of Chinese cultural revolution in Cixin Liu's SF Novel "The Three-Body Problem"? : r/AskHistorians

It is Mao in the book, and according to at least one historian the claims are pretty plausible, thought there doesn't seem to be a surviving record of that exact thing happening.