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> The plan calls for “retranslating and annotating” the Bible, to find commonalities with socialism and establish a “correct understanding” of the text. With t
by todd3834 8y ago
> The plan calls for “retranslating and annotating” the Bible, to find commonalities with socialism and establish a “correct understanding” of the text.
With the age of the Internet I’d be surprised if a tactic like this would have any affect. There will be so many websites pointing out where things were changed. The Chinese government can try to block all of these sites and access to the original content but information is hard to contain.
> “What really makes the government nervous is Christianity’s claim to universal rights and values.”
That this wouldn’t be a common truth sounds radical as someone who has lived in the US my whole life and takes this world view for granted.