“Christ is flourishing don’t have priests and popes to tell them what to believe. They have The Bible. Therein lies their faith. No silly church traditions. No worshiping Mary and other dead humans. Christ alone.”
I thought it was more related to being able to abort a child, desert a wife/family, engage in homosexual behavior, and all that other stuff protestants allow that Catholics don’t...
What would make you think that? Is it because bigoted FRomans (on the pages of FR) keep saying garbage like that?
Is there anything other than [Roman] Catholic bigotry which would lead anyone to "think" the above, particularly in regards to Christianity in China today?
If so, show us how in China your accusations are the basis for the growing 'other-than-officially' 'Catholic' church assemblies.
Otherwise, elsewhere in the world, the most permissive of the so-called "Protestant" congregations are withering on the vine, with membership shrinking much faster than elsewhere among those "other than [Roman] Catholic" ekklesia.
In the United States, if not for immigration from Mexico, the [Roman] Catholic Church would be shrinking much more than most any conservative evangelicals when those latter are seen more in aggregate, though the non-denominational churches do appear to be attracting significant numbers also.
Just recently pope Francis said in regards to persons with homosexual orientation, "who am I to judge?", with him there seeming to myself to not be willing to pronounce judgement in toto on a person, even though the behavior is understood to be "disordered".
Please make certain that you notice such distinctions when or if commentary is made by "Protestants", for there are plenty of those who condemn the behavior itself on biblical grounds, as well they should. Still --- what to do with persons such as homosexuals? How to treat a person with some human decency but not support the sin itself? Many churches are wrestling with that question...with us here needing to recall that Christ loved us while we were (all) yet sinners.
The article here has given us a few clues as to possibly why less structured Christianity has been perceived to be flourishing in comparison to the more highly structured denominational in China -- with none of those reasons including the blanket accusations which you bring.
The article was written by a Jesuit, too. He made no mention of broad-brush accusations of the sort which you have so casually flung around.
Is that Jesuit wrong -- or are you ever more so wrong [here, in what you say]?
When you take flak, you know you’re over the target.