My Take on Wang Yi’s Letter Concerning Civil Disobedience in China

Patheos ^ | 12/12/18 | Jackson wu

[OddLane]

As some of you may have heard, around a 100 congregants in Chengdu China came up missing a few nights ago after police detained them. Among those taken away was Pastor Wang Yi, who in 2004 was named “50 Most Influential Public Intellectuals of China” by Southern People Weekly. He is not an obscure backwoods pastor. According to Wikipedia,

Wang Yi met with President George W. Bush at the White House in 2006, with other Chinese human rights attorneys, to discuss religious freedom in China. He returned to Washington, D.C. in 2008, to attend the Conference for Global Christians in Law and was awarded “Prize for the Contribution to Promoting Religious Freedom. Pastor Wang knew this day was coming. He wrote a letter to be released in case he was ever detained for more than 48 hours...

[MeganC]

The ChiCom government probably figures that with 1.5 billion people that no one will really miss 100 or so Christians.

[OddLane]

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Xi thinks he's the reincarnation of Mao when the truth is that he's just a dumber version of Julian the Apostate.