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| Christians now outnumber communists in China |
| 2014-12-30 |
| Christianity is growing so fast in China that some predict that it will be the most Christian nation in the world in only another 15 years. By far, the greatest growth is coming outside the official state-sanctioned churches, which are rightly considered subservient to the Communist Party. Numbers are increasing, rather, in unofficial Protestant “house churches” and in the underground Catholic church. “By my calculations China is destined to become the largest Christian country in the world very soon,” said Fenggang Yang, a professor of sociology at Purdue University and author of Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist Rule. Although at least on paper the People’s Republic of China recognizes freedom of religion since 1978, party members are explicitly forbidden to believe in any religion. In 2011, Zhu Weiqun, executive vice minister of the United Front Work Department, wrote, “Party members shall not believe in religion, which is a principle to be unswervingly adhered to.” |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #5 And ironically occurring at the same time that the Islamic Hard Boy/MilTerr threat agz China,, + Russia + India + their collective Nuke-WMD Arsenals, is increasing. You just know the Hare Krishnas will coming to Beijing's airport very soon. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-12-30 20:55 |
| #4 Very good news. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2014-12-30 16:41 |
| #3 Numbers are increasing, rather, in unofficial Protestant “house churches” and in the underground Catholic church. Which may be one reason why Pope Francis did not meet with the ChiCom government-disliked Dali Lama. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-12-30 12:44 |
| #2 on paper the People’s Republic of China recognizes freedom of religion since 1978 No. China recognizes "freedom of worship", which is the same Marxist term that Obama is trying to impose on the United States. You are allowed to worship as long as you keep it hidden from public view. Atheists, however, are allowed full access to public media, are allowed to advocate for atheism in public, and no one is allowed to criticize atheism. Do not forget that Obama was mentored by Frank Marshal Davis, a card carrying member of the CPUSA, who left the party to join the Maoist faction. Even as the Chinese become a Christian, capitalist nation, Obama is trying to transform us into a Maoist country. |
| Posted by: frozen al 2014-12-30 10:50 |
| #1 Then there's this: China's Xi Calls For Tighter Ideological Control In Universities BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater "ideological guidance" in China's universities and urged the study of Marxism, state media reported on Monday, as the country tightens control on Western ideology. Xi's comments are the latest sign of his politically conservative agenda and come amid a ratcheting up of controls over the media, dissidents and the internet. Like many officials before him, Xi is steeped in the party's long-held belief that loosening control too quickly, or even at all, could lead to chaos and the break up of the country. Xi's administration has overseen a crackdown on dissidents and on freedom of expression that many rights activists say is the most sustained and severe in years. Last week, Chinese media reported that a university in northwestern China had banned Christmas, calling it a "kitsch" foreign celebration unbefitting of the country's own traditions and made students watch propaganda films instead. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-12-30 00:24 |