SuicideGirls > News > Politics > Chinese Christians Outnumber Communists
what's great about this thread is how fast it tangents off into "if jesus were alive now, would he be a libertarian or a communist?" i love it. granted, i think the strongest argument in favor of communism is numbers, that would be the number of chinese who find christianity to be in line with their governance.
normally i don't post news articles. because if i want to comment on the news, i'll do it in a place where there's discussion. something that's been sadly lacking in my blog since ever. i've been particularly snarky of late in other parts of the internet, so i thought i might invite some of it back here. and, i would post in the thread, but that would make it less funny to me, not more.
my amusement at all things subversive of christianity will never cease. this includes really bad comic book movies and really silly teen movies. I watched constantine last night after talking to ryan about it. i hadn't realized it was a comic book movie, because my ears is not on that ground plane. seeing comic book movies seems to be my new favorite pastime for nights when melanie goes off with girlfriends. last time it was batman begins, which was surprisingly good. i'd forgoten that chrisopher nolan (momento) had directed it. he did an excellent job, as did christian bale. surprisingly enough, i's a batman that can actually act! OMGWTFBBQ!
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The irony in China is that the communist government did everything in its power to stomp out Christianity including throwing out all foreign missionaries and making most of Christianity illegal. The goal, following Marx and Lenin, was to have a dialectic materialistic state without the influence of religion. In the 65 or so years this experiment has been ongoing the communists managed to do what the missionaries could not, namely spread the message of Christianity like wildfire.
It will be an interesting from a sociological standpoint how this influence plays out over time. Historically speaking, it has tended to be the influence of Christianity that has subverted totalitarian regimes from Rome to present day.
i agree, it’s an impressive statistic, given the totalitarian regime’s widespread resistance to the religion. where it gets interesting is that should christianity, as you suggest, bring about the downfall of the totalitarian regime, would it then prop up a non-totalitarian communism (were such a thing possible)?
Interestingly and contrary to what many American Christians think, there is no prescribed form of government outlined in the Bible. In the Old Testament they were under a monarchy for much of the time and a series of judges prior to that. In the New Testament the were under dictatorial rule but never said much about it other than to pray for your leaders (we do that if they are from “our” party!).
From my perspective the most effective form of governnment is a benevolent dictator. However, as Lord Acton reminds us, “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” I doubt it would be benevolent for long. It is hard for me to imagine any government that doesn’t limit its leaders to not end up with either anarchy or a totalitarian regime. If the Christians were to take over I would hope they were wise enough not to assume they are above that same corruption. For better or worse, our founders in this country understood that.
daley is nothing if he’s not efficient. if only those pesky feds would stop snooping around.
and i would have to say, as much as the founding fathers attempted to enforce checks and balances, we seem to be finding new ways around them every day. the age of the internet and television allows us a level of direct “involvement” they never envisioned. it also allows the government ways of spying they never considered. i think it’s time to make some more serious amendments. not that this has anything to do with china.
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