Shanghaiist: Beijing slams Catholic News Agency for "blatant lie"

Antonio Napoli

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:02:55 +0800

Dear Eric, they are smart...they don't want to have the same tragic end of the roman empire... Religion cannot be controlled..once it starts, the government cannot do anything more...and it will be soon or later overthrew... This might be one explanation. A second possible explanation is that the Chinese government once in a while decided to apply what Karl Marx said:-)) best wishes:-) Antonio

ChivalryIsAlive

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:25:01 +0800

Hello, my name is Eric from the United States of America. I have a conflict within myself about China. First, I love the people of China. Every single Chinese person that I have met has been VERY GRACIOUS, very helpful, and very interested in me. And it is very easy for me to like someone else who is interested in me. Although I have never been to China, I hope to speak Chinese, walk the streets of Beijing, and talk to many of China's people. One of my BIG goals in life is to live in Asia, probably in Kazakhstan or Kygyzstan, for the purpose of helping. However, I have another feeling about the government of China. I understand that the national government has some good points; they are giving some freedoms to the people. I also know that there is some openness to talk of basic human rights. Yet, until the Communist Party gives the Chinese People full access to religious texts and freedom of assembly in a more complete way, I will continue to have problems with the Chinese Nation. Here is the question: what is so troubling about religion or allowing people to meet in their homes? Why does it matter if a person who lives in rural China possesses a Bible? Sure, I could get a Bible in Shanghai now, and most of the time, it is not a problem. However, if I want to give a Bible to five of my friends, I could be considered subversive. If it is subversive, there is a problem, but it is not subversive to train a friend in the morality and love of Jesus Christ. As well, it is not subversive to train someone from the Quran, the Baghva Gita, or most other religious texts. Are there some religious texts that have been used for hateful and harmful purposes? Of course -- that doesn't mean that they should be regulated. They should be discussed and shown to be hateful! Please feel free to talk with me at your leisure. I am at MrEricHatch at yahoo dot com.

Bisa

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:39:47 +0800

I think La Gazzetta should stick to doing what they do best...reporting on SPORTS. Their article from the link you gave says the Olympic committee changed the list of prohibited objects from no religious objects at all to "no religious promotional material" after there was public outcry. The article follows to say (or I should say IMPLY cause it's unclear even in Italian) that while personal items such as crosses are allowed, Bibles (considered propaganda) are not at all.....lesson learned: don't get your news from sports newspapers....

nanheyangrouchuan

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:07:50 +0800

Between the lines we might want to assume that Beijing will provide more "correct" bibles to the athletes. For instance, we will find out that Mao gave Jesus the idea to use his power to divide the fish and bread among the scores of people.