Comments on: As Christianity Booms, Is Religion Good for China?

By: Jones

Jones — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:37:51 +0000

Are you insane? Venus is much too close Earth.

By: Nij

Nij — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:30:03 +0000

If China is listening to history – keep Christians where they belong – Venus!
You let them in, fear, horror, murder…

By: kailing

kailing — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:21:28 +0000

I recently read about the theory that it was the Christian religious power in Europe the one that propitiated “democracy” and the right to dissent. The reasoning behind is that the existence of a power, equally absolute, in front of the absolute political power became the “petri dish” for freedom and dissent. You can always seek protection under the church cloak, or under the state cloak, depending on who is persecuting you; and this helped in encouraging opposition. And seeing this theory from China, sounds plausible. 5000 years of history where there was only one supreme power, the emperor, to whom all other powers (the intelllectual confucian elite and the religious elite -mostly buddhism) had to obey. State control over religion and intelligentsia in China is something that goes back long ago in history, some putting this change, for religion, when the Shamans lose their turf, and religion was “courtified”, bureaucratized and put to the service of the empire and its means in early China.
As a theory seems interesting, and plausible.

By: Jones

Jones — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:25:24 +0000

Hey chumps. Feel like rolling your eyes?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/02/AR2010090205358.html?hpid=topnews

Send all of your thanks and well-wishes in monetary format.

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:38:52 +0000

Please, read the book “Spirit of the Rainforest”. In it the natives overwhelmingly wanted the gospel that set them free – the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In china or any other place, it is still the choice of each individual. Give them the choice. We are making ours.

By: King Tubby

King Tubby — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:05:51 +0000

Something right on topic for readers to cast a critical eye on.

http://www.thestar.com/article/845270–christians-attacked-in-china

By: King Tubby

King Tubby — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:59:26 +0000

Sawtell. I will humour you Matthew. It is a little town which you pass thru without notice on your way to capital cities. Take my advice. Drive 200 ks north and you hit the best surf beaches in the world. You will be able to impress the missus with your big wave surfing skills, while your children will be able to enjoy a few bongs with the local ferals.

Any further north and you enter tubbyland. Only people who don’t stereotype other nationalities are allowed to enter this realm. Also individuals who quote poetry in blogs are subject to very strict visa regulations and are closely monitored by the state security apparatus.

By: Song Laoshi

Song Laoshi — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:52:45 +0000

Hi Bin,

Enjoying your blog. I think you’re asking some great questions about Chinese Christians, but you’re asking the wrong people! Why not find some of these people who are calling themselves Christians and ask them directly how they’ve dealt with some of these questions you’ve wrestled with. Ask all across the demographic range. I’m sure the answers you get will be as varied as the number of people at Haidian church on any given Sunday, but at least you’ll be getting to the heart of what Chinese Christians are actually thinking themselves.

By: Matt Sawtell

Matt Sawtell — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:13:47 +0000

Fair Dinkum mate – as far as Oz is concerned, there is a sleepy little town called town called Sawtell on the Gold Coast, north of Sydney that I would like to visit one day.

By: in_ningbo

in_ningbo — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:47:26 +0000

I think it’s quite a clever idea, even though I disagree with persecution and crackdowns. But religions, as well as any other “non-profit” organisation that collects large sums of donations has to be held in check by authorities and have to have open books, that’s my opinion.