Submitted by: Donald Hank
China Demolishing Christian Churches and Crosses
Officials in China's Zhejiang province have launched what Christian
activists call an "anti-church" campaign that has reportedly damaged
or demolished some 360 church buildings and crosses.
One recent attack on China's Christian community came with officials'
attempts to remove a cross from the Guantou church in Wenzhou.
Wenzhou, a port city on the South China Sea, has for centuries been a hub of
Christian missionary activity and is known as "China's Jerusalem."
Before 1949, it was home to around 115,000 Christians, more than one-tenth of
China's total at the time.
On June 11, security guards with batons and riot shields were deployed to
prevent members of the Guantou church from entering the building and attempting
to halt the removal of a large red cross from one of the church's domes, The
Telegraph reported.
The demolition workers were forced to retreat after church members got past
the security personnel and disconnected the power supply. Several churchgoers
were slightly injured in the scuffle.
But the demolition workers returned early on Tuesday, and the cross
"was secretly taken down between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m.," said Zheng
Legou, a local church leader.
Officials had threatened to tear down the entire church — as they did with
the Sanjiang church in Wenzhou in April — if church members tried to stop the
removal a second time, Zheng claimed.
The Telegraph published a photo showing a crane lifting a large red cross
from the church. Another photo showed the damaged cross discarded on the church
grounds.
Another church in Wenzhou scheduled to open to worshippers next year had its
cross removed on June 15, according to The Telegraph.
Authorities have notified at least 15 churches that if they don't remove
their crosses by the end of June they will face demolition, according to China
Aid, a Christian advocacy group that claims some 360 church buildings and
crosses have already been attacked.
Activists believe the Communist Party is attempting to rein in the growth of
Christianity.
The government maintains that the demolition campaign is aimed at all
illegal buildings and "eyesores" and not just churches. But
government documents obtained by The New York Times disclose that the campaign
is intended to bring "excessive religious sites" and "overly
popular" religious activities under control.
Christian activists are increasingly convinced, The Telegraph observes, that
the "anti-church" campaign in Zhejiang "may be a precursor for
similar actions across the country."
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Donald Hank comments: Regardless of how you feel about Putin, contrast this persecution of
Christians in China with the way Christianity is actually promoted in
Russia.
This is more evidence of why Russia is considered the world's
bad boy by US elites while the better-armed war mongering China gets a
pass. The 2 main GOP presidential candidates have both warned that
Russia is the biggest enemy of the US. What they mean is that Russia's
conservative way of life is a threat to the goal of a godless one-world
government that they are planning. And that means that Russia's social
conservatism is in line with traditionally minded Americans, and
precisely because of that, it is a threat to the US oligarchs.
Likewise,
they claim that Assad is our biggest enemy in the Middle East, even as
they ply Al Qaeda and ISIS with US weapons and then pretend to be
alarmed when they 'find out' that they have them. That is clearly
because Assad protects Syrian Christians. so did Saddam. Such men must
be replaced by jihadists who promote Sharia law.
Obviously, Mursi was more of a dictator than any of our so-called enemies in the ME, but the oligarchs backed him 100%.
Look at the number of Muslims in Obama's cabinet.
The
US oligarchy clearly wants a Caliphate and is clearing the road for it
by opposing the minorities (the Shia are concentrated in Iraq and Iran).
The good news: It won't happen if enough of us are aware of what it happening.
Don Hank
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