Christians face harassment and disruption in Beijing crackdown on religion, US government agency reports

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/44150479

In their effort to “exert total control” over religion and to “sinicise” Catholic and Protestant Christianity, the authorities have “ordered the removal of crosses from churches [and] replaced images of Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary with pictures of President Xi Jinping,” the report said.

The report concluded that “every facet of religious life for Buddhists, Catholics and Protestant Christians, Muslims, and Taoists” was facing pressure to incorporate CCP ideology, and religious elements considered contradictory to the state’s political agenda were being eradicated.

  • QuarterSwede@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    26 days ago

    they aren’t actually offering anything in return for that veneration even close to what Jesus offers believers.

    Well said; this is what I was driving at. I don’t always align with your perspective but it’s always interesting. Thanks!

    • Manmoth@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      Saints offer prayers to God. If you’ve ever asked someone to pray for you then you have done the same thing that the Orthodox do when they venerate an icon. No one is replacing God with Saints. Saints are only Saints because of Christs work in their life.