Posted on 09/26/2019 5:33:20 PM PDT by marshmallow
Beijing, China, Sep 23, 2019 / 05:00 pm (CNA).- Christian churches in China have been ordered to take down displays of the Ten Commandments and replace them with quotes from Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to reports.
According to Bitter Winter, a magazine covering religious liberty and human rights in China, churches belonging to the country’s state-run “Three-Self Patriotic Movement” Protestant denomination have been ordered to replace displays of the decalogue with sayings of the Chinese president.
The new directive reportedly comes after Three-Self churches were initially told to remove the First Commandment, “You shall have no gods before me,” as Jinping disagreed with it.
Reports indicate that those who have refused to remove any or all of the Ten Commandments have been imprisoned, with leaders and worshippers harassed even in churches that complied with the instruction.
United Front Work Department officials told the congregation at a Three-Self church in the city of Luoyang in late June that “The Party must be obeyed in every respect. You have to do whatever the Party tells you to do. If you contradict, your church will be shut down immediately.”
The church had removed the Ten Commandments after repeated instructions from the government.
Three-Self churches that have not removed the displays have been shut down, along with a number of unapproved “home churches.” Worshippers at noncompliant churches have reportedly been threatened with governmental blacklisting, leading to restrictions on travel, and the children of believers being barred from some schools or jobs.
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Yep.
Official churches, ie Three Self Patriotic churches, have always compromised on message due to government decree.
But it seems to be getting more extreme.
House churches are where it’s at, but believers face serious persecution.
Ping
Leftists will not tolerate any challenges to their authority.
Nuke them from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
China is on fire right now.
Hey Winnie the Pooh - people in high power that claim they are God always ends so well for them!!!
Keep it up former mayor of Xiamen.
Your fall will be so much fun to watch, as your kind of megalomaniac tends to self-immolate quickly.
The Middle Kingdom will regret ever giving you power.
“Thou shalt have no other God before me.” — Xi Jinping
(hate to be him!)
Hey Winnie the Pooh - people in high power that claim they are God always ends so well for them!!!
= = =
Not to go to afar afield, but Schiff was acting and sounding like he thought he was God, today.
Proglibs drooling over the prospect of bringing that to the US...
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This action, replacing the 10 Commandments display with sayings from Chairman Xi, strikes me as pretty tone deaf, even for the Chinese. Other than the officials ordering the action, how can they possibly believe this will be considered a positive act either within or outside of China?
Has the Chinese Communist Party begun editing the New and Old Testaments as well?
why care if it’s seen as positive? No one will stop them.
Sorry Xi. You’ll be long dead and forgotten from the world soon enough
The lord Jesus Christ will be saving souls for ALL ETERNITY
we’ve seen your pathetic types before Scared. Trying to control what you cannot.
Peoples SOULS
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