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CCP removes crosses, pictures of Jesus from homes of citizens who receive welfare
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adamhovey1988
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This is socialism in action
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GioG12
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Lord Have Mercy!
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BartholomewB
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Bitter Winter is unrivaled as a source of information about the persecution of Christians in China.
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RhodesianSon
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When you rely on the state for living the state gets to dictate your life.
China needs to be dismantled and broken up into at least a half dozen separate countries.
China needs to be dismantled and broken up into at least a half dozen separate countries.
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ReaderT
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Very sad. Maybe they should do what Russian Orthodox did, and put the icon of Christ on the opposite side of the “Great Leader”'s portrait…
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fredystairs
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I would recommend that everyone watches the Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man” aka The Librarian. It originally aired in 1961. Goes through what happens when the State takes the place of God.
I thought it was very prophetic.
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I thought it was very prophetic.
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Bithynian
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This sort of bureacratic micromanagement of Chinese Christian lives has been occurring for centuries, even during the imperial dynasties.
Anti-Christianity is deeply wedded to most extremist (whether right-wing or left-wing) manifestations of Chinese nationalism, similar to Hindutva in India. Partially this is due to the development of political theory in China: the Dragon Throne and its incumbent is typically attributed quasi-divine status (not unlike the pre-Christian Roman Emperor), and the notion of allegiance to another deity (i.e. Christians and Christ) was viewed as seditious.
Even now with a communist government, little has changed in that respect: the head of state and the state itself are often perceived to be sacrosanct. What has changed is that it’s far more difficult now to evade Chinese government monitoring. In the past it was customary for Chinese Christians to relocate to concessions, that is, cities leased to (and under the extraterritorial governance of) foreign European powers: Harbin to Russia, Hong Kong to the British, and everyone had a slice in Tianjin (whence my family derives). Now, the best that one can do is to keep one’s head down, fast, pray and offer one’s suffering to Christ.
Anti-Christianity is deeply wedded to most extremist (whether right-wing or left-wing) manifestations of Chinese nationalism, similar to Hindutva in India. Partially this is due to the development of political theory in China: the Dragon Throne and its incumbent is typically attributed quasi-divine status (not unlike the pre-Christian Roman Emperor), and the notion of allegiance to another deity (i.e. Christians and Christ) was viewed as seditious.
Even now with a communist government, little has changed in that respect: the head of state and the state itself are often perceived to be sacrosanct. What has changed is that it’s far more difficult now to evade Chinese government monitoring. In the past it was customary for Chinese Christians to relocate to concessions, that is, cities leased to (and under the extraterritorial governance of) foreign European powers: Harbin to Russia, Hong Kong to the British, and everyone had a slice in Tianjin (whence my family derives). Now, the best that one can do is to keep one’s head down, fast, pray and offer one’s suffering to Christ.
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JanR
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I’ve seen that episode a few times. It should be a wake-up message for all of us.I would recommend that everyone watches the Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man” aka The Librarian. It originally aired in 1961. Goes through what happens when the State takes the place of God.
I thought it was very prophetic.
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