Posted on 04/04/2018 7:21:04 AM PDT by Faith Presses On
China appears to have banned the bible from being sold online or in large book stores, as Beijing and the Vatican negotiate a historic agreement.
Searches for bibles on major e-commerce platforms JD.com and Taobao brought up no results, while staff at one of Beijing's biggest book stores said they no longer sell the book.
The removal of the book comes amid tensions between China and Rome over a landmark deal that some observers believe is close to being signed...
China's ruling Communist Party is officially atheist, but the Chinese government recognises Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Protestantism and Catholicism.
Chinese leaders have called for increased efforts to "Sinocise" religion, in comments which are seen as being part of a wider clampdown on Western ideas.
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Bibles, I can understand. But Vatican talks? Hasn’t Pope Frank sufficiently kow-towed to them yet?
I’m outraged! Someone needs to be sued! /s
In most writing conventions, “Bible” is still a CAPITALIZED word.
Translate Prager’s “Rational Bible” into Chinese.
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky abovea proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voiceb goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world."--Psalm 19
Thus, "they are without excuse" BUT NOW...
The God who knows when the tiniest sparrow falls, can take the tiniest mustard seed of faith in a person and lead them to a knowledge of the truth as it is in JESUS, wherever they reside on earth.
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