[viaveritasvita]

Scripter: I remembered an old post where I think you highlighted that in Kalifornicate a homeschool had to be "legally" sanctioned. I came across this quote in my archives and thought you'd be interested. From "Jesus Freaks" by Voice of the Martyrs and DCTalk. No one can tell me with any credibility any more that this is not where we're headed...

Seven Chinese guards surrounded Gao Feng, who was handcuffed to a chair. The guards took turns shocking him with cattle prods. Feng had gone on a hunger strike to get back his copy of the Scriptures, which the guards had taken from him. They were torturing him to get him to stop the hunger strike. At times, he thought he could no longer stand the pain, but he didn't give up. They never broke his spirit. "You couldn't reason with the guards," Feng said, "because they weren't human." Gao Feng, a 30 year old worker at Chrysler's Jeep plant in Beijing, had tried to work within the Communist government system by collecting signatures for a petition to get a Protestant church registered so Christians could meet legally. Only government sanctioned churches are legal in China. All others are illegal and the pastors and congregations are beaten and imprisoned. Feng was arrested and sent to prison without a trial, his home and possession confiscated. Feng was sent to a "re-education" camp where he lived in a 12 by 20 foot cell with 16 other prisoners. The spent 12 hours each day working in the fields. He was transferred back to Beijing where he refused to chant the pro-government slogans with the other prisoners, so his "re-education" continued. His brainwashing included being forced to watch the news every evening on government-controlled TV. As news of his situation reached believers in non-communist countries, people wrote to the Chinese government demanding his release. After 2 years of torture, forced hard labor, and "re-education", Feng was released. He feels lucky, "Others who are less well-known are simply executed." (circa 1997)

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the Feng story! Sadly, I suspect we take our liberty for granted.

[betty boop]

"You couldn't reason with the guards," Feng said, "because they weren't human."

The ChiComs seem have a great talent for converting human beings, either into robots, or corpses. Thanks for this post, V3.

[Tribune7]

Thank you. That post gets to the heart of the debate.

[Tribune7]

I was thinking more about this post. Authorities professing a belief in Christ did things to those whom they feel didn't believe correctly about Christ.

But it certainly wasn't following any teaching of Jesus, and the Lord, in fact, had warned specifically that there would be people who praise his name, yet reject His way.

[scripter]

Scripter: I remembered an old post where I think you highlighted that in Kalifornicate a homeschool had to be "legally" sanctioned.

That's right and the name of our private home school is the same as your screen name. We're raising our kids to be critical thinkers so they can recognize the bad science behind the theory of evolution. Sorry evos, had to get that in there.

Thanks for the Feng story. It's a great reminder of the freedoms we have here that I will fight to the death to keep.