I can only imagine what the liberal rewrite here would be.
It would be mandatory reading k-12.
Needs a strong Pope to foment the same moment John Paul II had against the USSR.
Also, historically there was a Greek tyrant called Antiochus Epiphanes who tried to do this to the Jews, in God’s own temple. He came to a very sticky end.
Which is why the CCP is trying to co-op the trend through their “deal” with the Catholic Church. Beyond sad that the Church is cooperating...
They got one of their own as Pope.
The liberal church in the US has been doing this for over a hundred years.
How is this different than what happens even here in the US?
Are you telling me that with our feminist, gay-friendly, divorce-accepting Christianity we don’t rewrite what it actually stood for?
So how was “unequally yoked” viewed in the past, and how is it viewed today?
Want more examples... I can keep going-
EVERYONE in Western Christianity does this, and best of all, because the church leaders are only looking for money and butts in seats, they are OK with Narco-saints and a little bit of voodoo synchronism.
However, if the Chinese do it, well then it’s bad.
“create a new version of Christianity shorn of its transcendent visions and values.
”“drain Christianity of its spirit.
”You have this ability to mobilize a stable, reliable community;”
a “moral and ideological rivalry” to communism.
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These positive characteristics are not due to the Chinese Christians’ personal efforts and works.
They are due to GOD indwelling His people.
The commies think they can redirect the Christians to use their successful self-efforts (as they see it) toward commie directions.
Sorry.
The commies hate Jesus because He was pro-capitalist. One example of how Jesus was pro-capitalist was how Jesus opposed taxes. He only paid them to avoid trouble. And once, when he had to pay a tax, he didn’t want to waste his or his disciples’ money, so he used his miraculous powers to create a coin and put it in the mouth of a fish that was caught, and then used that coin to pay the tax.
The chicoms are going to control their people with the help of a state religion that will have the name “Christian,” but won’t be.
And the pope is OK with all that.
Wasn’t China the base for Nestorian Christians centuries ago?
China wants their young to take part in our universities, but not in our churches. They can’t have it both ways. Our church has many Chinese students from the nearby university sitting in our pews, eagerly learning about American Christianity.
But their "systems" have a history of failure--MASSIVE failure.
Those in charge are interested only in power, money, fame and status...just what the human race has been pursuing since there were human beings.
Nothing new here.
Lol, puny China!
The Spirit gives life, and His breathed out Word is unlike any other words man can cobble together.
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
One sentence from Romans 6 has more dynamite-life in it than every word that has ever proceeded out of demonic China’s mouth.
PCUSA will be all over this.
Expect to see the Sichuan Standard Bible on pew-back racks in the near future.
Will Communion be Chinese green tea and a fortune cookie?