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

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.

  • phar@lemmy.mlEnglish
    45·
    15 hours ago

    That’s one of the dumber things I’ve heard today. Luckily it’s still early, plenty more dumb stuff to read.

      • discount_door_garlic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        Whether they were condescending or not “militant athiesm” is a ridiculous hyperbole - people are free to believe whatever they want, just as anybody else is free to comment on that belief system when theyre not a part of it.

        • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
          1·
          8 minutes ago

          just as anybody else is free to comment on that belief system when theyre not a part of it.

          Yes, but “haha religion bad” is a trite point that contributes nothing to the discussion.