Comments on: China cracks down on “Almighty God” cult out to slay communist “Red Dragon” http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/12/14/china-cracks-down-on-almighty-god-cult-out-to-slay-communist-red-dragon/ Religion, faith and ethics Wed, 22 May 2013 22:52:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: godfree http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/12/14/china-cracks-down-on-almighty-god-cult-out-to-slay-communist-red-dragon/comment-page-1/#comment-75170 godfree Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:13:36 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=27122#comment-75170 To say the the government of China (the most popular and trusted on earth, according to both Pew and Edelman) is "obsessed with stability is silly. All governments are. Rememher our response to Joe McCarthy's imaginary "Communist threat"? All Chinese dynasties have been obsessed with stability and hramony. Why? Look at this example of the last successful religious uprising in China. It happened during my grandfather's lifetime, under the old Emperor, and it brought down the mighty Ching Empire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion To say the the government of China (the most popular and trusted on earth, according to both Pew and Edelman) is “obsessed with stability is silly. All governments are. Rememher our response to Joe McCarthy’s imaginary “Communist threat”?
All Chinese dynasties have been obsessed with stability and hramony. Why? Look at this example of the last successful religious uprising in China. It happened during my grandfather’s lifetime, under the old Emperor, and it brought down the mighty Ching Empire:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Reb ellion

]]> By: WatchingChina http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/12/14/china-cracks-down-on-almighty-god-cult-out-to-slay-communist-red-dragon/comment-page-1/#comment-75169 WatchingChina Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:48:07 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=27122#comment-75169 "China’s Communist Party brooks no challenge to its rule and is obsessed with social stability." That's about as foolish and vacuous a comment as would be possible. "Obsessed" with stability? How about "really wants a stable society so the country can just develop and everybody can have a nice future without having to worry about the US starting another war in Korea or Vietnam, and without it trying to fill China with yet more CIA NGOs to destabilise everything"? “China’s Communist Party brooks no challenge to its rule and is obsessed with social stability.”

That’s about as foolish and vacuous a comment as would be possible. “Obsessed” with stability? How about “really wants a stable society so the country can just develop and everybody can have a nice future without having to worry about the US starting another war in Korea or Vietnam, and without it trying to fill China with yet more CIA NGOs to destabilise everything”?

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