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Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
Don't flatter yourself. It has nothing to do with your religion, it has to do with bias in reporting and in reaction.
No, Christians aren't the only one getting the shaft in China. They are the only ones getting airtime for their plight there, however. Nobody here is giving China a thumbs-up, or putting down Christianity or anything. But some of us are apaprently getting frustrated with the awkwardly lopsided way the media covers things.
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
Because others have done it already, and, as if to prove the point, those threads sink like a rock. I was hoping I could get an explanation for this phenomena here, while it's nice and fresh.
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
Can some of these kind, loving, hand-wringing Christians on the board explain why they don't give a damn about all these other people China is persecuting? Just like coverage of Darfur, why do only the Christians matter?
[edit on 6-2-2008 by TheWalkingFox]
Originally posted by Clearskies
reply to post by vox2442
To say that the Chinese are O.K. to practice oppression of freedom because of
This guy
seems to me to be painting with a broad brush.
He was a 'nut'. Jesus' brother? Kingdom on Earth?
Notice the Baptist minister would not baptize him? There's a REASON.
[edit on 7-2-2008 by Clearskies]
Originally posted by palehorse23
Good thing this doesn't happen in the US... or does it? Can anything be done to curb it in China? They must not want anything to do with the West anymore. Not even Christianity. Seems weird thought that they would do this when the people were operating legally. Sounds like there is more to the story that is missing.
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Originally posted by palehorse23
reply to post by Quazga
What's up Quazga. Kind of harsh. But, you have that right. Just be prepared for the religious folk to say you are contradicting yourself when you claim the Christians are behind hatred and you say to follow China's lead. They may say people like yourself are behind hatred. Just a warning for ya.
Oh yeah, we should be concerned about China for additional reasons such as military buildup, economic power, etc. They are on the rise and have their crosshairs on us.
[edit on 2/7/2008 by palehorse23]
China is becoming a large power, because the US is too busy worrying about everything else except for what is real, so we buy buy buy to solve our worries, and that runs up our deficit with China, and fuels their growth.
Originally posted by palehorse23
reply to post by Quazga
China is becoming a large power, because the US is too busy worrying about everything else except for what is real, so we buy buy buy to solve our worries, and that runs up our deficit with China, and fuels their growth.
Isn't that the truth. I guess we have to come together as a nation of one if we are going to ever have change. The internal hatred within the Us amongst different groups is killing us.
Originally posted by vox2442
The aforementioned nutter wrote quite a bit. IIRC he actually wrote a third testament, and most Chinese bibles of the day contained it. I can`t say for certain that his third testament has been completely eradicated from Chinese Bible Canon - Can you?
On an "official" level, I`m sure that it has. I`m sure that the bibles considered to be official translations have no reference to Christ`s Chinese brother.
On the unofficial level - ie the "house churches", people meeting in secret to practice something outside orthodoxy, ...well, who can tell?
I guess the question to me is this:
Is having groups of 1,000 or more, gathering in secret, in buildings not approved for those kind of numbers, practicing a localized form of a religion that lies outside of the orthodox (how far outside yet to be determined), in many cases with financial support from outside the country, the kind of thing that would be supported by any government, anywhere in the world?
It is possible, for example, that in a nation where you can buy a bible fairly easily in a bookstore (I`ve seen `em myself, in Guilin), a story about a man arrested for selling bibles might have a bit more to it than the Chinese randomly oppressing Christianity.