Voorpagina van het ND van afgelopen zaterdag een droevig geluid over China: Kerk en Bijbel moeten eraan geloven, in het China van Xi. (PDF ) Ik heb in het verleden in kerkelijke organisaties altijd een hoop zielige verhalen gehoord over vervolgde christenen in China en dat je daar geen Bijbel naar binnen krijgt etc...
Dus ik dacht, ik zoek dit eens uit, hoe zit dit nou. Blijkt er een whitepaper gepubliceerd over vrijheid van religie in China. Daarin vind ik:
"Respecting and protecting freedom of religious belief is a basic policy of the CPC and the Chinese government. Every citizen enjoys the freedom to choose whether to believe in a religion; to believe in a certain religion or a denomination of the same religion; to change from a non-believer to a believer and vice versa."
"China has printed over 160 million copies of theBible in more than 100 different languages for over 100 countries and regions, including 80 million copies printed in the Chinese language, 11 ethnic minority languages and braille for churches in China."
"The state treats all religions fairly and equally, and does not exercise administrative power to encourage or ban any religion."
Klinkt geweldig toch. waarom dan zo negatief in het ND?
Bijbels in China
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Re: Bijbels in China
Het volgende mag je met een korrel zout nemen.
In zoverre mijn geheugen mij niet in de steek laat heeft China geen probleem met het geloof maar met de hiërarchie. Vooral heeft China een probleem met de RKK omdat het Vaticaan de bisschoppen aanstelt wat China ziet als inmenging in haar binnenlandse aangelegenheden.
In zoverre mijn geheugen mij niet in de steek laat heeft China geen probleem met het geloof maar met de hiërarchie. Vooral heeft China een probleem met de RKK omdat het Vaticaan de bisschoppen aanstelt wat China ziet als inmenging in haar binnenlandse aangelegenheden.
Al mijn hier gebrachte meningen, zijn voor herziening vatbaar.
De illusie het verleden te begrijpen, voedt de illusie dat de toekomst voorspelbaar en beheersbaar is -- naar Daniël Kahneman
De illusie het verleden te begrijpen, voedt de illusie dat de toekomst voorspelbaar en beheersbaar is -- naar Daniël Kahneman
Re: Bijbels in China
https://www.americamagazine.org/politic ... gious-code
Many Chinese Christians connect the demolition of the two churches to a revised set of “Regulations on Religious Affairs,” set to come into effect on Feb. 1 and fear the coming rules have emboldened officials to "act tough." The new regulations are part of President Xi Jinping’s broader campaign to shore up national security and resist what it sees as the “foreign infiltration” of religions in China.
Xu Yonghai, the leader of an unregistered “house” church in Beijing, said he is bracing for more state harassment. Mr. Xu and two other members of the Holy Love Christian Fellowship were sentenced to two years of hard labor in 1994 for allegedly “insulting” the government in an essay that had described the difficulties churches face in China. He was jailed again for two years in 2003 for “endangering state security” by documenting the destruction of house churches in Hangzhou’s Xiaoshan district. And in early 2014, 13 members of Mr. Xu’s church, usually attended by less than 20 people, were detained for a month after they tried to hold a Bible study. Mr. Xu says that police still question him and interrupt his church’s meetings from time to time.
China’s already-tight control over churches will be strengthened by the new “Regulations on Religious Affairs,” said several experts on Christianity in China. The regulations say that religious groups should “practice the core socialist values” and must not “endanger national security” or harm state interests.
Amnesty International has described the new rules as “draconian” and warned that officials may ramp up the persecution of those practicing their religious beliefs outside of officially sanctioned organizations or churches. The human rights advocates expect the banning of certain religious activities and financial penalties on religious organizations.
Under the new regulations, lower-level officials can oversee the activities of China’s religious communities—a move expected to lead to intensified harassment of Christians and churches—and large fines can be imposed on unsanctioned activities. For example, organizers of unapproved overseas trips for believers to attend conferences, or for Catholics to attend papal Masses, could be fined up to $30,000.
China mandates that all churches register into a state system, but many refuse to do so, fearing state control. Local authorities often crack down on unregistered churches under the pretext of land, building or financial violations.Shocking images of a church dynamited by government officials in China, the second to be demolished
Many Chinese Christians connect the demolition of the two churches to a revised set of “Regulations on Religious Affairs,” set to come into effect on Feb. 1 and fear the coming rules have emboldened officials to "act tough." The new regulations are part of President Xi Jinping’s broader campaign to shore up national security and resist what it sees as the “foreign infiltration” of religions in China.
Xu Yonghai, the leader of an unregistered “house” church in Beijing, said he is bracing for more state harassment. Mr. Xu and two other members of the Holy Love Christian Fellowship were sentenced to two years of hard labor in 1994 for allegedly “insulting” the government in an essay that had described the difficulties churches face in China. He was jailed again for two years in 2003 for “endangering state security” by documenting the destruction of house churches in Hangzhou’s Xiaoshan district. And in early 2014, 13 members of Mr. Xu’s church, usually attended by less than 20 people, were detained for a month after they tried to hold a Bible study. Mr. Xu says that police still question him and interrupt his church’s meetings from time to time.
China’s already-tight control over churches will be strengthened by the new “Regulations on Religious Affairs,” said several experts on Christianity in China. The regulations say that religious groups should “practice the core socialist values” and must not “endanger national security” or harm state interests.
Amnesty International has described the new rules as “draconian” and warned that officials may ramp up the persecution of those practicing their religious beliefs outside of officially sanctioned organizations or churches. The human rights advocates expect the banning of certain religious activities and financial penalties on religious organizations.
Under the new regulations, lower-level officials can oversee the activities of China’s religious communities—a move expected to lead to intensified harassment of Christians and churches—and large fines can be imposed on unsanctioned activities. For example, organizers of unapproved overseas trips for believers to attend conferences, or for Catholics to attend papal Masses, could be fined up to $30,000.
Braver dan the braafste braverik!
"If the mind can find no meaning, then the senses give it. Live for this, wretched being that you are."
― Anne Rice, The Queen of the Damned
"If the mind can find no meaning, then the senses give it. Live for this, wretched being that you are."
― Anne Rice, The Queen of the Damned