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The line you quote is so annoyingly on target of the stereotypical American cultural bias that it just turns my stomach. Most Christians I have encountered in C
by gaoshan 10y ago
The line you quote is so annoyingly on target of the stereotypical American cultural bias that it just turns my stomach. Most Christians I have encountered in China (and I mean Chinese, not the typically evangelical American "missionaries) fall into 2 broad groups. People that would be at home in American style "prosperity movement" churches and, to a lesser extent, people that seem a little on the unstable side. The Buddhist, Daoist and generally Confucian flavored traditions seems more like legitimate tradition, not what the article tries to claim.
- osicanstos 10y agoThe funny part is that most of the Chinese (and Korean) Christians that I meet still pray to their ancestors.
- nsxwolf 10y agoThat's a completely normal practice in Catholicism.
- bionsuba 10y agoThat's not quite true. Catholics pray for their ancestors and pray to the saints when not praying straight to God.
- nsxwolf 10y agoThis isn't true. All the saved are saints, even if they aren't canonized. It is reasonable to assume that they are in such a state and thus engage them in intercessory prayer like any other saint.
- bionsuba 10y agoRight, but Catholics don't know who are the saved. So, they pray to God and the saints for their ancestors because they might not be saved.
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- nsxwolf 10y agoAs a religious person that is routinely mischaracterized by others I'm not sure if I put any stock in your ability to characterize Christians in China simply because you've encountered some. Especially when you throw around words like "unstable".
- gaoshan 10y agoI was critical of Christians in China. You are religious. Of course you question my judgement. You and everyone like you presumably does so. It's part of what undergirds your belief system.