Topic: Bible downloads banned in China - page 2. (Read 728 times)

haven't heard of that , that's really messed up. I wouldn't want to live in a country that bans simple human rights.

The problem with both Christianity and Islam is that they tend to interfere in the governance unlike the case with the oriental religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Shintoism. Perhaps that is the reason why the Chinese government is adopting such a hostile approach.

there are many religions around the world, and each of them brings in both negative and positive features of life in society. In order to avoid a bad influence on the Chinese people, the government is doing everything possible to make their people return to their origins.

Most religions cause a lot of trouble but Christianity isn’t one of the them. In an effort to control everything they think that the clampdown of bible downloads will be good for their regime.

I disagree with this. The different translations of the Bible do not change it meaning. A lot of people have to be educated on this.

I think religion and governance are two separate entities which shouldn't be merged. Religion constitute what some people trully believe and have faith in and so interfering into it sometimes is not good. But we should also know that if religion is leading to a nationwide problem then it needs to be attended to. I think we should really know the reason why the Chinese government is doing that.

In our country, we have the so-called 'separation of the church and the state' and I believe that it is the best thing a nation could do when it comes to religion. And that idea, I think, must be imposed to other countries just like China. I do not think that the regulation when it comes to religion should be imposed and bible application must be at a ban. People must be given a freedom to choose what religion they want to join as long as the individual involved is not a threat to the sovereignty and the welfare of the whole nation. To sum up everything, my opinion is just an opinion for what I think is appropriaye and what is right, but still, it is the Chinese government and the people of China to decide and have a discourse.

Native religions such as Buddhism and Taoism doesn't face any restrictions in China. The authorities are concerned mainly with the spread of Islam and Christianity, because these two religions have a history of interfering in the governance. 

Chinese still behave like communist and is not surprise if Bible download is banned. Freedom and human right somehow seem limited in China and Budhism and other religions have taken root over there, they don't want their people to be converted ,hence all these ban .

I am not too surprised with this news, because we know together that in the country of china adopt communist ideology or in other words do not believe in the existence of god (atheist) so that the ban on the bible or the Qur'an or related to religion is not so important news in that country, our beliefs can not necessarily be made a reason for the Chinese state to determine its government, there is more importance to the rules of the government than to deal with religious matters, here is my opinion about this

Sounds like you're ready to punish fraud victims by execution.

Religion should be recognized as fraud by law. China, though smacks of totalitarianism, but in the case of religion, they are doing the right thing

Asian people firmly believe in the separation between the church and the state. In Christian majority Asian nations such as South Korea and the Philippines, it is the church which dictates the government policies. The Chinese doesn't want the same to happen in their country.

very saddening new especially to Christians in China. Coming from a free country, we  adhere to the separation of church and state. news about China banning people from downloading the Bible is a swift move to prevent the spread of Christianity in a Traditional Buddhist country.
Why don't we just allow the word of God to penetrate every country. Why is Christianism the only religion that everybody is against?

In our country, separation of church and state is such a big issue. Our state doesn't want the church to go within their boundaries but it doesn't mean that they haven't freedom of speech where they can still say what they want. If we turn in upside down, the state should do the same with the church. They should not be involved in any regulation on church matter. In our country, I haven't seen anything like this. China shouldn't regulate religion as church and government are two entities of society that solely works on their own. Hence, I believe that the separation of church and state should be strictly done for this is what should happen in a more rational sense.

Are they atheist though , I'm not aware on this news but really banning bible , i have some another article that i've recent search feel free to look at though.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/05/world/asia/china-bans-bible-sales.html
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This is hilarious. China is run by a Leninist government with a Capitalist economic system The Chinese government rejects economic socialism, Marxism, direct democracy, and even egalitarianism If you want to criticize Karl Marx then look at Fidel Castro, not the Leninist Party of China

And banning the Bible is unprecedented. I think that people who read the Bible can figure out that the Judeo-Christian is a genocidal maniac who destroys cities, encourages genocide of Canaanites, causes plagues, endorses pillaging and raping of civilians, supports slavery (yeah I got banned from twitter for pointing this out). He even created Satan and placed him in charge of humanity. Aging, predation and disease alone are enough to stop me from worshipping this madman. And there's reaaaally dark stuff like Gehenna and the tenth Egyptian plague.

The Bible is why people leave Christianity! If you want to condemn religion, just make religions pay taxes. I think that mass-murdering the Falun Gong is an unforgivable crime against humanity! Same with the genocide in Tibet. The Chinese government has MAJOR human rights violations to be held accountable for. Banning certain versions of the Bible is not what I'm outraged against. I think governments have the right to place age-restrictions on books. But banning a book goes against free speech, and people are gonna read it anyways! Yet compared the the murder and organ harvesting of Falun Gong, Tibetans, and various minorities? Those are the big issues. Genocide is what makes me advocate for sanctions. If people in China had net neutrality then they wouldn't need to worry about not being able to read books. But yeah. The people responsible for crimes against humanity should all be jailed.

Just read what happened to Orthodox Church of China and its followers.

https://orthodoxwiki.org/Martyrs_of_China

Despite changes in official agenda, the modern regime still continues same "humane" treatment of orthodox christians. Status of Orthodox Church is de facto equal to that of well-known terrorist organiations, like IS or Al-Quaeda.

It would be ridiculous to refer to Bible downloads ban after giving that into account.

Government should tax the religious businesses aka churches.  Donations to religious businesses (churches) should not be tax deductible.

Government has no business blocking flow of information.

Blocking downloads of books is a big no-no.

China has already sanctioned many of the churches and denominations and the authorities have problem only with those churches which refuse to register and engage in underground activities. I wouldn't say that this is interference in personal beliefs.