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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While “outsider” religions, like Islam, are banned and persecuted, Xi might be softening on traditional religions because he thinks they can help the party.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-vacuum/xi-jinping-hopes-traditional-faiths-can-fill-moral-void-in-china-sources-idUSBRE98S0GS20130929

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You’re referring to an article that is from 2013. Learn more about news here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News[/quote]

And it was linked from the recent article that covers the same topic: 
http://harvardpolitics.com/covers/different-but-the-same/

I shared the Reuters article because it was more succinct. It is still true today.

Xi is using traditional religions to exclude foreign influences.

What is your point? Is this acceptable to you? They see religion as a threat to the state.

"upwards of 3 million Muslim Uighurs have been sent to “counter-terrorism” or “re-education” camps, where they are tortured into renouncing their religion and forced to recite state propaganda" - from your link

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The Chinese are not good guys when it comes to religion, but Christians are not currently among its persecuted religious groups[/quote]

Unlike Islam, Christianity is a recognized religion in China and is tolerated as long as they follow the regulations. Christians are punished though if they break the rules. It’s not full religious freedom.

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Correct. The communist state atheists see Christianity as a threat from the west as it gains in popularity. They have no problem cracking down on it, closing churches, jailing people and re-writing scripture and whatever other tactics. Christians are most certainly among its persecuted currently. Religion in these atheist/communist countries exist to serve the state. There is no real religious freedom as PP said. [/quote]

Sure is great to live in the US where there is no state religion and no stricture against practicing any religion or no religion at all.

Hope it stays that way.  Some people say it's a Christian country, but it isn't.  It was founded based on freedom of religion.[/quote]

You're very naïve. While the US does not have a state religion and generally has pretty good religious freedom in practice, we are far from the religious utopia you make us out to be.

The US government has done the following things to informally give Christianity an elevated status:

- Christmas is a federal holiday. On no other religious holiday does the federal government close.
- We say "one nation under god" in the pledge of allegiance
- Taxpayers pay for the US government to produce money that says "in god we trust"
- It is customary to be sworn in to federal offices with one's hand on some sort of religious book. Usually it's a Bible and while you can use any book, there are strong cultural norms stressing the use of the Bible.
- Politicians often say "god bless America" at the end of speeches
- We have never elected an atheist President, or a President that practices any religion other than Christianity

So while we do not have laws that establish state support--or vilification--of a particular religion, we have many practices and norms that make it clear we are, de facto, an essentially Christian nation. [/quote]

Give it time. Humans hold onto silly traditions for a long time.

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