Posted on 10/01/2019 6:31:42 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
Communist Chinese officials have forced one of the largest Protestant groups in the world, the government-sanctioned Three-Self Church, to remove all images of the Ten Commandments from its churches and replace them with quotes and pictures of authoritarian President Xi Jinping and former dictator Mao Zedong, according to Fox News.com.
The Chinese regime is cracking down on all religions and forcing them to implement -- "sinicize" -- the socialist teachings of the Communist Party into their faith and religious practices.
"The state-sanctioned Three-Self Church -- one of the largest Protestant bodies in the world -- has removed the Ten Commandments from almost all their locations, but some have been reportedly shut down for not implementing the government's plan," reported Fox News.com.
One congregant, according to the human rights magazine Bitter Winter, said "the government is threatening to blacklist anyone not complying, meaning their travels will be restricted and schooling and future employment for their children will be impeded."
A Protestant pastor said, “The Communist Party’s ultimate goal is to ‘become God.’ This is what the devil has always done."
“The government’s first step is to prohibit religious couplets [phrases, terms]," he said. "Then it dismantles crosses and starts to implement the ‘four requirements’ by ordering the national flag and ‘core socialist values’ to be placed in churches. Surveillance cameras to monitor believers and religious activities are then installed." Communist dictator Mao Zedong, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
"The last step is to replace the Ten Commandments with Xi Jinping’s speeches," said the pastor.
The United Front Work Document, another Communist Party intelligence agency, told one church, “The Party must be obeyed in every respect. You have to do whatever the Party tells you to do. If you contradict, your church will be shut down immediately," reported FoxNews.com.
The news report further stated that Chinese officials are stopping people from proselytizing and closing Sunday schools.
That is: the ones who still believe in God, not Xi.
Naw, that's probably the democratic party!
Xi is cementing himself in as the new Mao. Probably more literally than any of us know.
This guys is no Mao - I doubt he still there in 2 years.
Reasons?
I don’t doubt you. I don’t know enough about either except that Mao was ruthless.
Thanks in advance.
I dunno. Francis is putting in place Bishops and Cardinals that are ‘recommended ‘ by the Chinese government. Francis is the Anti-pope.
I am Catholic.
The Catholic Church, however, is not the Mystical Body of Bergoglio. It is the Mystical Body of Christ.
But its a weird place I don't understand so many people - and they've always been vassals of some warlord or emperor - probably just a bunch of sheep
That was actually pretty ####ing good.
Very good.
And they have a lousy national debt that’s that’s just gonna grow.
And now Trump.
And no girls.
They are just as ripe to fall as the USSR was.
Good insights
Thanks
Ping
I’m sure Facebook, Twitter and DNC are not far behind doing same.
Our liberal elites and technocrats want the same level of power over citizens...
Xi believes he’s the appointed Sovereign of the world... his propaganda machinery is working overtime to convince his people and the world.....
Xi believes he’s the appointed Sovereign of the world... his propaganda machinery is working overtime to convince his people and the world.....
Just a follow on to replacing the 10 Commandments with quotations from Chairman Mao. Remember his “little red book” from many decades ago?
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