1. Re: offtopic: christmas holidays[Euman]
Sorry, Jerry, i support China's opposition to organised religions. The
Catholic church in particular, for the catholics oppose birth control, and i
have read history, the millions of deaths from starvation about every 15-20
years. Had there been no effort to keep the population down, there would
have been even more lingering painful deaths. Many of the institutionalized
biggotries in the usa originated in religious settings, and once in any
power, religions tend to rewrite history. This country was not founded on
xtianity, despite what the xtians say. And Joan of Arc did not live to
worship the xtian god after she was burned alive at the stake by the xtians,
despite what the Radio Shack "Bible On A CD" says. In no god do i trust,
despite what it says on my money. And i do not believe in the usa justice
system, even if there is a prominent "pagan" goddess on display in almost
every courthouse in the country.... guess which goddess i speak of? And
your god,, what's his name?,, he is the god of light, right?,, Lucifer?
I think Russia made a mistake when they recognised one of the religions
there as the only state religion, and the only officially recognised one. They
should have stayed out of it. Like George Carlin said, religion is a crutch,
lets stop forcing crutches onto people with peer pressure and repeated
chanting of cliches. If you need a myth for emotional or moralistic support,
look around the world, there are hundreds of them, and each believes it is
the one true religion.
I may not agree with the methods either side uses to accomplish it's goals.
I separate morality from theology.
Kat,
stay off the kats, they can defend themselves.
On 12 Dec 2000, at 23:47, Jerry wrote:
> www.Telegraph.UK.com
>
> Wed Dec 13 01:21:08 2000
>
> CAPTION=China blows up hundreds of illegal 'churches'
>
> By Davbid Reenie, Beijing
>
> China blows up hundreds of illegal 'churches'
>
> Chinese Communist Party authorities in the city of Wenzhou have torn down or
> blown up more than 200 illegal churches and temples.
>
> A further 239 small places of worship in the east coast city, many of them
> linked to the underground Roman Catholic church, have been forced to close.
>
> China's millions of underground Christians, especially those who have defied
> Beijing to remain loyal to the Pope, face a bleak Christmas, as a long-running
> campaign against illegal worship of all varieties coincides with a crisis in
> China's relations with the wider Christian world.
>
> Joseph Kung, head of the American-based Cardinal Kung Foundation, which
> monitors the underground Catholic church in China, said: "In the past week, I
> have received several reports from China that bishops and priests have been
> detained by police, and I am now trying to authenticate them. Probably this is
> the beginning of the crackdown for the Christmas season. All these important
> feast days, like Christmas and Easter, they always crack down."
>
>
