Religion

guillaumeb

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1. "The official Protestant Organization".

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 03:25 PM

Dec 2018

And, we have this:

The government requires that Protestants worship only in churches recognized and regulated by the Three-Self Patriotic Movement. Even within that framework, the officially atheist ruling Communist Party has been seeking to rein in religious expression, including removing crosses from official and unofficial churches.

Showing once again, if it were needed, that intolerance seems to be the default setting for humans.

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"The official Protestant Organization". guillaumeb Dec 2018 #1

Yes, that's what the Chinese government does. Our disapproval of that MineralMan Dec 2018 #3

Intolerance in action. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #4

Citation needed. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #5

There's no citation needed, it's just unsupported belief marylandblue Dec 2018 #7

Observation of human behavior required. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #8

How did you control for selection bias? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #9

Read the article. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #10

The article doesn't answer my question. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #11

Diversion in action. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #13

Mad Libs in action. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #14

Since I believe in and practice freedom of religion, along with marylandblue Dec 2018 #6

I don't think anyone here supports the Chinese approach MineralMan Dec 2018 #2

Actually most of us here support restrictions Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #12