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Why charity and good deeds do not necessarily constitute good minds?
It is quite true that, when talking in terms of faith, Christianity is a practice that is applied universally. However, judging from a historical perspective, it is nevertheless a cultural phenomenon that bears a unique Western characteristic. Just like everything else, as an organized religion, Christianity is a byproduct of a given cultural and economic environment. As the promoters of this faith, namely those Western priests, must, either consciously or subconsciously, promote their cultural values whenever preaching the Gospels.
China, in the eyes of Westerners, is nothing but a phenomenon of mysteries, a pagan society that needs to be proselytized in the name of the Lord. I believe most of them have neither the understanding nor the respect of the Chinese culture. Thus it is usually in this condescending and arrogant manner that they proceed their preaching, hoping the Chinese will accept their teachings but not become the same as themselves. For if the Chinese somehow transform into the Westerners like themselves, embracing the trait of independent and active thinking, they would be most likely acting in the same manner as their mentors, or start questioning the validity of their teaching. In one word, they would not be satisfied with being the docile followers, but active leaders in their lives just as the way of their Western icons. Of course, this is not what these Westerners would like to see. They hope to create a group of followers but not independent thinkers who are capable of conducting an analytical thinking of their own.
What a cheerful thing for these clergymen to see a group of people who were born with saddles on their backs and willingly to be booted and ridden by few chosen ones in the name of God. A group of people who had no thought of its own but comfortably relied on the blessings and guidance of these Western superior icons. Charity works, to a great extent, are another ways to satisfy the Westerner’s desire of self glorification. China’s social and economic problems could not be solved by charity works of few foreigners; they could be solved by the efforts of good people with rational methods and accumulation of time. As for the real nature of these charitable works done by Western missionaries, we may also say that they are more of the holly water to solace the heart burn of their wounded conscience than of anything else. To these people, what is the difference between adopting a Chinese orphan and adopting an abandoned dog as a pet? Why is that they are so morally excited when it comes to save an orphan but being so indifferent when it comes to save the whole nation? Which Western power really helped China on an unselfish basis when China was engaging in a revolution to raise itself up? They helped China only if they saw their interests were at risk. When it comes to personal interest, these people are cold and no longer have we seen the philanthropic and chivalry sentiment. The religious zeal drowns quickly into the icy water of individualistic calculation.
China’s rise up began with the start of a series of revolutions led by freethinkers and had changed the society ever since. So far the result has been encouraging; most people would agree that China is now on the right path toward resurrection. All of this would not have happened had there not been the efforts and struggles of numerous good people who had dedicated their lives to course of fighting for liberty and equality for the Chinese people. The Western ruling classes, and those priests, were never enthusiastic about these changes. On the contrary, they were wholeheartedly antagonistic towards the revolutions and social reforms, both nationalistic and communist ones. They seldom miss the opportunity to demonize and calumniate the Chinese revolutions and revolutionaries. Alas, what a bunch of God loving people whose hearts were torn apart by the bloody images of war and turmoil caused by those ungodly Devil worshipers? However, when asked of their own bloody history of slavery and imperialism, there is hardly any crusading sentiment but a quite bit of apathy. They would swiftly change the subject. Double standard is the trademark of their logic and it is this hypocritical manner which makes their preaching such a laughable and annoying thing to see. They knew very well if the Chinese start to take the fate into their own hands and manage to be the helmsmen of their own lives, there will be no need of these worthy prophets who had come a long way to spread the “good news”. Here we have no resentment against the Christian message per se, but the holiness of the message does not necessarily make its messenger a saint.
If you ask a Western priest of the possible solution for China’s social and economic problems, most likely you would hear things like: God has the best solution so why do not we just pray? If every one becomes a believer of Christ, problems will no longer exist. This reminds us a scenario of a dying person who is denied of medical treatment from a doctor but only offered a prayer from a priest in the hope of a miraculous recovery. The result, of course, is quite predicable. China’s resurrection is without denying a result of the sacrifice of numerous people including those good Chinese Christians; however, these people did not simply preach and pray but took action and fought instead.
One finds hard to blame the negative sentiment toward Christianity among the Chinese, if one takes an objective view of the modern history which is full of humiliation and exploitation from the foreign powers. For the most part, Christianity missionaries did not come to China as peaceful messengers but as confederates of the colonists and capitalists. The Bible was accompanied by rifles and canons, which were not used to enlighten but rather subordinate the Pagan Chinese.
As a group sponsored by capitalist society, missionaries were often the sonorous defenders of capitalistic system and its basic philosophy. The poor, in their mind, are not victims of the social and economic injustice, but rather the irresponsible and lazy scum of the earth who have no faith in God. In order to live a life like those wealthy Westerners, the only thing they need is a spirit of so the called entrepreneurship which is but an endowment form the Lord almighty. These people may be holly as far as their staunch conservative faith concerns, but they certainly lack of the basic economic common sense. The cause of the poverty in this world is not only the problem of underdevelopment but mostly of an over development and distribution of wealth. It takes more than one earth for the world to afford an extravagant life style enjoyed and praised by the Americans. The promoters of free marketing economy keep forgetting the very basics fact that modern industrial market is by no means a real free one, but one dominated by few monopolies. The price in major industrial goods and even the tune of rhetoric in news and media are not a matter of freedom of choice but rather a result of hegemony by a handful few. American‘s superiority rests more in the global financial system dominated by a single country who can print hard currency as it wishes. The so called American economic model is neither applicable nor duplicable giving the limitation of the global resources. It is therefore economically not feasible for any other countries, be it a Christian one or not, no matter how strong its faith in the Lord, to enjoy the life style such as this. Explicitly, this has never been a matter of faith, but of reality instead.
The real faith in God rests not in an unconditioned and repulsive submission to a fate subscribed by a superior being, but in the belief of the holly righteousness which procures us to have a healthy mind. In other words, God endows us not only with his holly gratitude but also a holly expectation in our fully exercising of the power of reasoning which is also a precious gift from the creator. It can be said that Christ came to earth not only to save people with his blessings but also to set up an example for us to follow, to become a good person and to live a meaningful life.Why charity and good deeds do not necessarily constitute good minds?
It is quite true that, when talking in terms of faith, Christianity is a practice that is applied universally. However, judging from a historical perspective, it is nevertheless a cultural phenomenon that bears a unique Western characteristic. Just like everything else, as an organized religion, Christianity is a byproduct of a given cultural and economic environment. As the promoters of this faith, namely those Western priests, must, either consciously or subconsciously, promote their cultural values whenever preaching the Gospels.
China, in the eyes of Westerners, is nothing but a phenomenon of mysteries, a pagan society that needs to be proselytized in the name of the Lord. I believe most of them have neither the understanding nor the respect of the Chinese culture. Thus it is usually in this condescending and arrogant manner that they proceed their preaching, hoping the Chinese will accept their teachings but not become the same as themselves. For if the Chinese somehow transform into the Westerners like themselves, embracing the trait of independent and active thinking, they would be most likely acting in the same manner as their mentors, or start questioning the validity of their teaching. In one word, they would not be satisfied with being the docile followers, but active leaders in their lives just as the way of their Western icons. Of course, this is not what these Westerners would like to see. They hope to create a group of followers but not independent thinkers who are capable of conducting an analytical thinking of their own.
What a cheerful thing for these clergymen to see a group of people who were born with saddles on their backs and willingly to be booted and ridden by few chosen ones in the name of God. A group of people who had no thought of its own but comfortably relied on the blessings and guidance of these Western superior icons. Charity works, to a great extent, are another ways to satisfy the Westerner’s desire of self glorification. China’s social and economic problems could not be solved by charity works of few foreigners; they could be solved by the efforts of good people with rational methods and accumulation of time. As for the real nature of these charitable works done by Western missionaries, we may also say that they are more of the holly water to solace the heart burn of their wounded conscience than of anything else. To these people, what is the difference between adopting a Chinese orphan and adopting an abandoned dog as a pet? Why is that they are so morally excited when it comes to save an orphan but being so indifferent when it comes to save the whole nation? Which Western power really helped China on an unselfish basis when China was engaging in a revolution to raise itself up? They helped China only if they saw their interests were at risk. When it comes to personal interest, these people are cold and no longer have we seen the philanthropic and chivalry sentiment. The religious zeal drowns quickly into the icy water of individualistic calculation.
China’s rise up began with the start of a series of revolutions led by freethinkers and had changed the society ever since. So far the result has been encouraging; most people would agree that China is now on the right path toward resurrection. All of this would not have happened had there not been the efforts and struggles of numerous good people who had dedicated their lives to course of fighting for liberty and equality for the Chinese people. The Western ruling classes, and those priests, were never enthusiastic about these changes. On the contrary, they were wholeheartedly antagonistic towards the revolutions and social reforms, both nationalistic and communist ones. They seldom miss the opportunity to demonize and calumniate the Chinese revolutions and revolutionaries. Alas, what a bunch of God loving people whose hearts were torn apart by the bloody images of war and turmoil caused by those ungodly Devil worshipers? However, when asked of their own bloody history of slavery and imperialism, there is hardly any crusading sentiment but a quite bit of apathy. They would swiftly change the subject. Double standard is the trademark of their logic and it is this hypocritical manner which makes their preaching such a laughable and annoying thing to see. They knew very well if the Chinese start to take the fate into their own hands and manage to be the helmsmen of their own lives, there will be no need of these worthy prophets who had come a long way to spread the “good news”. Here we have no resentment against the Christian message per se, but the holiness of the message does not necessarily make its messenger a saint.
If you ask a Western priest of the possible solution for China’s social and economic problems, most likely you would hear things like: God has the best solution so why do not we just pray? If every one becomes a believer of Christ, problems will no longer exist. This reminds us a scenario of a dying person who is denied of medical treatment from a doctor but only offered a prayer from a priest in the hope of a miraculous recovery. The result, of course, is quite predicable. China’s resurrection is without denying a result of the sacrifice of numerous people including those good Chinese Christians; however, these people did not simply preach and pray but took action and fought instead.
One finds hard to blame the negative sentiment toward Christianity among the Chinese, if one takes an objective view of the modern history which is full of humiliation and exploitation from the foreign powers. For the most part, Christianity missionaries did not come to China as peaceful messengers but as confederates of the colonists and capitalists. The Bible was accompanied by rifles and canons, which were not used to enlighten but rather subordinate the Pagan Chinese.
As a group sponsored by capitalist society, missionaries were often the sonorous defenders of capitalistic system and its basic philosophy. The poor, in their mind, are not victims of the social and economic injustice, but rather the irresponsible and lazy scum of the earth who have no faith in God. In order to live a life like those wealthy Westerners, the only thing they need is a spirit of so the called entrepreneurship which is but an endowment form the Lord almighty. These people may be holly as far as their staunch conservative faith concerns, but they certainly lack of the basic economic common sense. The cause of the poverty in this world is not only the problem of underdevelopment but mostly of an over development and distribution of wealth. It takes more than one earth for the world to afford an extravagant life style enjoyed and praised by the Americans. The promoters of free marketing economy keep forgetting the very basics fact that modern industrial market is by no means a real free one, but one dominated by few monopolies. The price in major industrial goods and even the tune of rhetoric in news and media are not a matter of freedom of choice but rather a result of hegemony by a handful few. American‘s superiority rests more in the global financial system dominated by a single country who can print hard currency as it wishes. The so called American economic model is neither applicable nor duplicable giving the limitation of the global resources. It is therefore economically not feasible for any other countries, be it a Christian one or not, no matter how strong its faith in the Lord, to enjoy the life style such as this. Explicitly, this has never been a matter of faith, but of reality instead.
The real faith in God rests not in an unconditioned and repulsive submission to a fate subscribed by a superior being, but in the belief of the holly righteousness which procures us to have a healthy mind. In other words, God endows us not only with his holly gratitude but also a holly expectation in our fully exercising of the power of reasoning which is also a precious gift from the creator. It can be said that Christ came to earth not only to save people with his blessings but also to set up an example for us to follow, to become a good person and to live a meaningful life.
It is quite true that, when talking in terms of faith, Christianity is a practice that is applied universally. However, judging from a historical perspective, it is nevertheless a cultural phenomenon that bears a unique Western characteristic. Just like everything else, as an organized religion, Christianity is a byproduct of a given cultural and economic environment. As the promoters of this faith, namely those Western priests, must, either consciously or subconsciously, promote their cultural values whenever preaching the Gospels.
China, in the eyes of Westerners, is nothing but a phenomenon of mysteries, a pagan society that needs to be proselytized in the name of the Lord. I believe most of them have neither the understanding nor the respect of the Chinese culture. Thus it is usually in this condescending and arrogant manner that they proceed their preaching, hoping the Chinese will accept their teachings but not become the same as themselves. For if the Chinese somehow transform into the Westerners like themselves, embracing the trait of independent and active thinking, they would be most likely acting in the same manner as their mentors, or start questioning the validity of their teaching. In one word, they would not be satisfied with being the docile followers, but active leaders in their lives just as the way of their Western icons. Of course, this is not what these Westerners would like to see. They hope to create a group of followers but not independent thinkers who are capable of conducting an analytical thinking of their own.
What a cheerful thing for these clergymen to see a group of people who were born with saddles on their backs and willingly to be booted and ridden by few chosen ones in the name of God. A group of people who had no thought of its own but comfortably relied on the blessings and guidance of these Western superior icons. Charity works, to a great extent, are another ways to satisfy the Westerner’s desire of self glorification. China’s social and economic problems could not be solved by charity works of few foreigners; they could be solved by the efforts of good people with rational methods and accumulation of time. As for the real nature of these charitable works done by Western missionaries, we may also say that they are more of the holly water to solace the heart burn of their wounded conscience than of anything else. To these people, what is the difference between adopting a Chinese orphan and adopting an abandoned dog as a pet? Why is that they are so morally excited when it comes to save an orphan but being so indifferent when it comes to save the whole nation? Which Western power really helped China on an unselfish basis when China was engaging in a revolution to raise itself up? They helped China only if they saw their interests were at risk. When it comes to personal interest, these people are cold and no longer have we seen the philanthropic and chivalry sentiment. The religious zeal drowns quickly into the icy water of individualistic calculation.
China’s rise up began with the start of a series of revolutions led by freethinkers and had changed the society ever since. So far the result has been encouraging; most people would agree that China is now on the right path toward resurrection. All of this would not have happened had there not been the efforts and struggles of numerous good people who had dedicated their lives to course of fighting for liberty and equality for the Chinese people. The Western ruling classes, and those priests, were never enthusiastic about these changes. On the contrary, they were wholeheartedly antagonistic towards the revolutions and social reforms, both nationalistic and communist ones. They seldom miss the opportunity to demonize and calumniate the Chinese revolutions and revolutionaries. Alas, what a bunch of God loving people whose hearts were torn apart by the bloody images of war and turmoil caused by those ungodly Devil worshipers? However, when asked of their own bloody history of slavery and imperialism, there is hardly any crusading sentiment but a quite bit of apathy. They would swiftly change the subject. Double standard is the trademark of their logic and it is this hypocritical manner which makes their preaching such a laughable and annoying thing to see. They knew very well if the Chinese start to take the fate into their own hands and manage to be the helmsmen of their own lives, there will be no need of these worthy prophets who had come a long way to spread the “good news”. Here we have no resentment against the Christian message per se, but the holiness of the message does not necessarily make its messenger a saint.
If you ask a Western priest of the possible solution for China’s social and economic problems, most likely you would hear things like: God has the best solution so why do not we just pray? If every one becomes a believer of Christ, problems will no longer exist. This reminds us a scenario of a dying person who is denied of medical treatment from a doctor but only offered a prayer from a priest in the hope of a miraculous recovery. The result, of course, is quite predicable. China’s resurrection is without denying a result of the sacrifice of numerous people including those good Chinese Christians; however, these people did not simply preach and pray but took action and fought instead.
One finds hard to blame the negative sentiment toward Christianity among the Chinese, if one takes an objective view of the modern history which is full of humiliation and exploitation from the foreign powers. For the most part, Christianity missionaries did not come to China as peaceful messengers but as confederates of the colonists and capitalists. The Bible was accompanied by rifles and canons, which were not used to enlighten but rather subordinate the Pagan Chinese.
As a group sponsored by capitalist society, missionaries were often the sonorous defenders of capitalistic system and its basic philosophy. The poor, in their mind, are not victims of the social and economic injustice, but rather the irresponsible and lazy scum of the earth who have no faith in God. In order to live a life like those wealthy Westerners, the only thing they need is a spirit of so the called entrepreneurship which is but an endowment form the Lord almighty. These people may be holly as far as their staunch conservative faith concerns, but they certainly lack of the basic economic common sense. The cause of the poverty in this world is not only the problem of underdevelopment but mostly of an over development and distribution of wealth. It takes more than one earth for the world to afford an extravagant life style enjoyed and praised by the Americans. The promoters of free marketing economy keep forgetting the very basics fact that modern industrial market is by no means a real free one, but one dominated by few monopolies. The price in major industrial goods and even the tune of rhetoric in news and media are not a matter of freedom of choice but rather a result of hegemony by a handful few. American‘s superiority rests more in the global financial system dominated by a single country who can print hard currency as it wishes. The so called American economic model is neither applicable nor duplicable giving the limitation of the global resources. It is therefore economically not feasible for any other countries, be it a Christian one or not, no matter how strong its faith in the Lord, to enjoy the life style such as this. Explicitly, this has never been a matter of faith, but of reality instead.
The real faith in God rests not in an unconditioned and repulsive submission to a fate subscribed by a superior being, but in the belief of the holly righteousness which procures us to have a healthy mind. In other words, God endows us not only with his holly gratitude but also a holly expectation in our fully exercising of the power of reasoning which is also a precious gift from the creator. It can be said that Christ came to earth not only to save people with his blessings but also to set up an example for us to follow, to become a good person and to live a meaningful life.Why charity and good deeds do not necessarily constitute good minds?
It is quite true that, when talking in terms of faith, Christianity is a practice that is applied universally. However, judging from a historical perspective, it is nevertheless a cultural phenomenon that bears a unique Western characteristic. Just like everything else, as an organized religion, Christianity is a byproduct of a given cultural and economic environment. As the promoters of this faith, namely those Western priests, must, either consciously or subconsciously, promote their cultural values whenever preaching the Gospels.
China, in the eyes of Westerners, is nothing but a phenomenon of mysteries, a pagan society that needs to be proselytized in the name of the Lord. I believe most of them have neither the understanding nor the respect of the Chinese culture. Thus it is usually in this condescending and arrogant manner that they proceed their preaching, hoping the Chinese will accept their teachings but not become the same as themselves. For if the Chinese somehow transform into the Westerners like themselves, embracing the trait of independent and active thinking, they would be most likely acting in the same manner as their mentors, or start questioning the validity of their teaching. In one word, they would not be satisfied with being the docile followers, but active leaders in their lives just as the way of their Western icons. Of course, this is not what these Westerners would like to see. They hope to create a group of followers but not independent thinkers who are capable of conducting an analytical thinking of their own.
What a cheerful thing for these clergymen to see a group of people who were born with saddles on their backs and willingly to be booted and ridden by few chosen ones in the name of God. A group of people who had no thought of its own but comfortably relied on the blessings and guidance of these Western superior icons. Charity works, to a great extent, are another ways to satisfy the Westerner’s desire of self glorification. China’s social and economic problems could not be solved by charity works of few foreigners; they could be solved by the efforts of good people with rational methods and accumulation of time. As for the real nature of these charitable works done by Western missionaries, we may also say that they are more of the holly water to solace the heart burn of their wounded conscience than of anything else. To these people, what is the difference between adopting a Chinese orphan and adopting an abandoned dog as a pet? Why is that they are so morally excited when it comes to save an orphan but being so indifferent when it comes to save the whole nation? Which Western power really helped China on an unselfish basis when China was engaging in a revolution to raise itself up? They helped China only if they saw their interests were at risk. When it comes to personal interest, these people are cold and no longer have we seen the philanthropic and chivalry sentiment. The religious zeal drowns quickly into the icy water of individualistic calculation.
China’s rise up began with the start of a series of revolutions led by freethinkers and had changed the society ever since. So far the result has been encouraging; most people would agree that China is now on the right path toward resurrection. All of this would not have happened had there not been the efforts and struggles of numerous good people who had dedicated their lives to course of fighting for liberty and equality for the Chinese people. The Western ruling classes, and those priests, were never enthusiastic about these changes. On the contrary, they were wholeheartedly antagonistic towards the revolutions and social reforms, both nationalistic and communist ones. They seldom miss the opportunity to demonize and calumniate the Chinese revolutions and revolutionaries. Alas, what a bunch of God loving people whose hearts were torn apart by the bloody images of war and turmoil caused by those ungodly Devil worshipers? However, when asked of their own bloody history of slavery and imperialism, there is hardly any crusading sentiment but a quite bit of apathy. They would swiftly change the subject. Double standard is the trademark of their logic and it is this hypocritical manner which makes their preaching such a laughable and annoying thing to see. They knew very well if the Chinese start to take the fate into their own hands and manage to be the helmsmen of their own lives, there will be no need of these worthy prophets who had come a long way to spread the “good news”. Here we have no resentment against the Christian message per se, but the holiness of the message does not necessarily make its messenger a saint.
If you ask a Western priest of the possible solution for China’s social and economic problems, most likely you would hear things like: God has the best solution so why do not we just pray? If every one becomes a believer of Christ, problems will no longer exist. This reminds us a scenario of a dying person who is denied of medical treatment from a doctor but only offered a prayer from a priest in the hope of a miraculous recovery. The result, of course, is quite predicable. China’s resurrection is without denying a result of the sacrifice of numerous people including those good Chinese Christians; however, these people did not simply preach and pray but took action and fought instead.
One finds hard to blame the negative sentiment toward Christianity among the Chinese, if one takes an objective view of the modern history which is full of humiliation and exploitation from the foreign powers. For the most part, Christianity missionaries did not come to China as peaceful messengers but as confederates of the colonists and capitalists. The Bible was accompanied by rifles and canons, which were not used to enlighten but rather subordinate the Pagan Chinese.
As a group sponsored by capitalist society, missionaries were often the sonorous defenders of capitalistic system and its basic philosophy. The poor, in their mind, are not victims of the social and economic injustice, but rather the irresponsible and lazy scum of the earth who have no faith in God. In order to live a life like those wealthy Westerners, the only thing they need is a spirit of so the called entrepreneurship which is but an endowment form the Lord almighty. These people may be holly as far as their staunch conservative faith concerns, but they certainly lack of the basic economic common sense. The cause of the poverty in this world is not only the problem of underdevelopment but mostly of an over development and distribution of wealth. It takes more than one earth for the world to afford an extravagant life style enjoyed and praised by the Americans. The promoters of free marketing economy keep forgetting the very basics fact that modern industrial market is by no means a real free one, but one dominated by few monopolies. The price in major industrial goods and even the tune of rhetoric in news and media are not a matter of freedom of choice but rather a result of hegemony by a handful few. American‘s superiority rests more in the global financial system dominated by a single country who can print hard currency as it wishes. The so called American economic model is neither applicable nor duplicable giving the limitation of the global resources. It is therefore economically not feasible for any other countries, be it a Christian one or not, no matter how strong its faith in the Lord, to enjoy the life style such as this. Explicitly, this has never been a matter of faith, but of reality instead.
The real faith in God rests not in an unconditioned and repulsive submission to a fate subscribed by a superior being, but in the belief of the holly righteousness which procures us to have a healthy mind. In other words, God endows us not only with his holly gratitude but also a holly expectation in our fully exercising of the power of reasoning which is also a precious gift from the creator. It can be said that Christ came to earth not only to save people with his blessings but also to set up an example for us to follow, to become a good person and to live a meaningful life.
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I know, Tulipe. He is just a kid, trying to flex his language muscle:D We have all been through there, right? I am more interested in getting him into the real Christianity, instead of some images painted by somebody else or, maybe, simply out of nothing.
Why charity and good deeds do not necessarily constitute good minds?
It is quite true that, when talking in terms of faith, Christianity is a practice that is applied universally. However, judging from a historical perspective, it is nevertheless a cultural phenomenon that bears a unique Western characteristic. Just like everything else, as an organized religion, Christianity is a byproduct of a given cultural and economic environment. As the promoters of this faith, namely those Western priests, must, either consciously or subconsciously, promote their cultural values whenever preaching the Gospels.
China, in the eyes of most Westerners, is nothing but a phenomenon of mysteries, a pagan society that needs to be proselytized in the name of the Lord. I believe most of them have neither the understanding nor the respect of the Chinese culture. Thus it is usually in this condescending and arrogant manner that they proceed their preaching, hoping the Chinese will accept their teachings but not become the same as themselves. For if a Chinese person somehow manage to transform himself into “Western like”, embracing the trait of independent and active thinking, they would be most likely acting in the same manner as his mentors, or start questioning the validity of their teaching. In one word, a truly Westernized Chinese would not be satisfied with being a docile follower, but an active leader in his life just as the way of his Western icons. Of course, this is not what these Westerners would like to see. They hope to create a group of followers but not independent thinkers who are capable of conducting an analytical thinking of their own.
What a cheerful thing for these clergymen to see a group of people who were born with saddles on their backs and willingly to be booted and ridden by few chosen ones in the name of God？ A group of people who had no thought of its own but comfortably relied on the blessings and guidance of these Western superior icons. Charity works, to a great extent, are another ways to satisfy the religious fanatics’ desire of self glorification. China’s social and economic problems could not be solved by charity works of few foreigners; they could be solved by the efforts of good people with rational methods and accumulation of time. As for the real nature of these charitable works done by Western missionaries, we may also say that they are more of the holly water to solace the heart burn of their wounded conscience than of anything else. To these people, what is the difference between adopting a Chinese orphan and adopting an abandoned dog as a pet? Why is it that they are so morally excited when it comes to save an orphan but being so indifferent when it comes to save the whole nation? Which Western power really helped China on an unselfish basis when China was engaging in a revolution to raise itself up? They helped China only if they saw their interests were at risk. When it comes to personal interest, these people are cold and no longer have we seen the philanthropic and chivalry sentiment, as that burning religious zeal drowns quickly into the icy water of individualistic calculation.
China’s rise up began with the start of a series of revolutions led by freethinkers and had changed the society ever since. So far the result has been encouraging; most people would agree that China is now on the right path toward resurrection. All of this would not have happened if there had not been the efforts and struggles of numerous good people who had dedicated their lives to course of fighting for liberty and equality for the Chinese people. The Western ruling classes, and their collaborators, namely those priests, were never enthusiastic about these changes. On the contrary, they were wholeheartedly antagonistic towards the revolutions and social reforms, both nationalistic and communist ones. They seldom miss the opportunity to demonize and calumniate the Chinese revolutions and revolutionaries. Alas, what a bunch of God loving people whose hearts were torn apart by the bloody images of war and turmoil caused by those ungodly Devil worshipers? However, when asked of their own bloody history of slavery and imperialism, there is hardly any crusading sentiment left but a quite bit of apathy. They would swiftly change the subject. Double standard is the trademark of their logic and it is this hypocritical manner which makes their preaching such a laughable and annoying thing to see. They knew very well if the Chinese start to take the fate into their own hands and manage to be the helmsmen of their own lives, there will be no need of these worthy prophets who had come a long way to spread the “good news”. Here we have no resentment against the Christian message per se, but the holiness of the message does not necessarily make its messenger a saint.
If you ask a Western priest of the possible solution for China’s social and economic problems, most likely you would hear things like: God has the best solution so why do not we just pray? If every one becomes a believer of Christ, problems will no longer exist. This reminds us a scenario of a dying person who is denied of medical treatment from a doctor but only offered a prayer from a priest in the hope of a miraculous recovery. The result, of course, is quite predicable. China’s resurrection is without denying a result of the sacrifice of numerous people including those good Chinese Christians; however, these people did not simply preach and pray but took action and fought instead. The individual salvation, if there is such thing, may finally come when all those who are enslaved are being set free. Under this circumstance, an individual, as an inseparable member of the whole human community, is free at last and religions of all kinds are therefore rendered superfluous.
One finds hard to blame the negative sentiment toward Christianity among the Chinese, if one takes an objective view of the modern history which is full of humiliation and exploitation from the foreign powers. For the most part, Christianity missionaries did not come to China as peaceful messengers but as confederates of the colonists and capitalists. The Bible was accompanied by rifles and canons, which were not used to enlighten but rather subordinate the Pagan Chinese.
As a group sponsored by capitalist society, missionaries were often the sonorous defenders of capitalistic system and its basic philosophy. The poor, in their mind, are not victims of the social and economic injustice, but rather the irresponsible and lazy scum of the earth who have no faith in God. In order to live a life like those wealthy Westerners, the only thing they need is a spirit of so the called entrepreneurship which is but an endowment form the Lord almighty. These people may be holly as far as their staunch conservative faith concerns, but they certainly lack the basic economic common sense. With more than 20,000 people dying on daily basis because of the lack of food and nutrition, while less than 10 percent of the worried about their weight problem or what model of car they are going to drive next year, this world could never be a safe place to live. The cause of the poverty in this world is more of a problem of over development and unequal distribution of wealth than that of an underdevelopment as many economists want you to believe. It takes more than one earth for the world to afford an extravagant life style enjoyed and praised by the ruling class in the West. The promoters of free marketing economy keep forgetting the very basics fact that modern industrial market is by no means a real free one, but one dominated by few monopolies. The price in major industrial goods and even the tune of rhetoric in news and media are not a matter of freedom of choice but rather a result of hegemony by a handful few. American‘s superiority rests more in the global financial system dominated by a single country who can print hard currency as it wishes. The so called American economic model is neither applicable nor duplicable giving the limitation of the global resources. It is therefore economically not feasible for any other countries, be it a Christian one or not, no matter how strong its faith in the Lord, to enjoy the life style such as this. Explicitly, this has never been a matter of faith, but of reality instead.
The real faith in God rests not in an unconditioned and repulsive submission to a fate subscribed by a superior being, but in the belief of the holly righteousness which procures us to have a healthy mind. In other words, God endows us not only with his holly gratitude but also a holly expectation in the fully exercising of our power of rationality which is also a precious gift from the Creator. It can be said that Christ came to earth not only to save people with his blessings but also to set up an example for us to follow, to become a good person and to live a meaningful life.
It is quite true that, when talking in terms of faith, Christianity is a practice that is applied universally. However, judging from a historical perspective, it is nevertheless a cultural phenomenon that bears a unique Western characteristic. Just like everything else, as an organized religion, Christianity is a byproduct of a given cultural and economic environment. As the promoters of this faith, namely those Western priests, must, either consciously or subconsciously, promote their cultural values whenever preaching the Gospels.
China, in the eyes of most Westerners, is nothing but a phenomenon of mysteries, a pagan society that needs to be proselytized in the name of the Lord. I believe most of them have neither the understanding nor the respect of the Chinese culture. Thus it is usually in this condescending and arrogant manner that they proceed their preaching, hoping the Chinese will accept their teachings but not become the same as themselves. For if a Chinese person somehow manage to transform himself into “Western like”, embracing the trait of independent and active thinking, they would be most likely acting in the same manner as his mentors, or start questioning the validity of their teaching. In one word, a truly Westernized Chinese would not be satisfied with being a docile follower, but an active leader in his life just as the way of his Western icons. Of course, this is not what these Westerners would like to see. They hope to create a group of followers but not independent thinkers who are capable of conducting an analytical thinking of their own.
What a cheerful thing for these clergymen to see a group of people who were born with saddles on their backs and willingly to be booted and ridden by few chosen ones in the name of God？ A group of people who had no thought of its own but comfortably relied on the blessings and guidance of these Western superior icons. Charity works, to a great extent, are another ways to satisfy the religious fanatics’ desire of self glorification. China’s social and economic problems could not be solved by charity works of few foreigners; they could be solved by the efforts of good people with rational methods and accumulation of time. As for the real nature of these charitable works done by Western missionaries, we may also say that they are more of the holly water to solace the heart burn of their wounded conscience than of anything else. To these people, what is the difference between adopting a Chinese orphan and adopting an abandoned dog as a pet? Why is it that they are so morally excited when it comes to save an orphan but being so indifferent when it comes to save the whole nation? Which Western power really helped China on an unselfish basis when China was engaging in a revolution to raise itself up? They helped China only if they saw their interests were at risk. When it comes to personal interest, these people are cold and no longer have we seen the philanthropic and chivalry sentiment, as that burning religious zeal drowns quickly into the icy water of individualistic calculation.
China’s rise up began with the start of a series of revolutions led by freethinkers and had changed the society ever since. So far the result has been encouraging; most people would agree that China is now on the right path toward resurrection. All of this would not have happened if there had not been the efforts and struggles of numerous good people who had dedicated their lives to course of fighting for liberty and equality for the Chinese people. The Western ruling classes, and their collaborators, namely those priests, were never enthusiastic about these changes. On the contrary, they were wholeheartedly antagonistic towards the revolutions and social reforms, both nationalistic and communist ones. They seldom miss the opportunity to demonize and calumniate the Chinese revolutions and revolutionaries. Alas, what a bunch of God loving people whose hearts were torn apart by the bloody images of war and turmoil caused by those ungodly Devil worshipers? However, when asked of their own bloody history of slavery and imperialism, there is hardly any crusading sentiment left but a quite bit of apathy. They would swiftly change the subject. Double standard is the trademark of their logic and it is this hypocritical manner which makes their preaching such a laughable and annoying thing to see. They knew very well if the Chinese start to take the fate into their own hands and manage to be the helmsmen of their own lives, there will be no need of these worthy prophets who had come a long way to spread the “good news”. Here we have no resentment against the Christian message per se, but the holiness of the message does not necessarily make its messenger a saint.
If you ask a Western priest of the possible solution for China’s social and economic problems, most likely you would hear things like: God has the best solution so why do not we just pray? If every one becomes a believer of Christ, problems will no longer exist. This reminds us a scenario of a dying person who is denied of medical treatment from a doctor but only offered a prayer from a priest in the hope of a miraculous recovery. The result, of course, is quite predicable. China’s resurrection is without denying a result of the sacrifice of numerous people including those good Chinese Christians; however, these people did not simply preach and pray but took action and fought instead. The individual salvation, if there is such thing, may finally come when all those who are enslaved are being set free. Under this circumstance, an individual, as an inseparable member of the whole human community, is free at last and religions of all kinds are therefore rendered superfluous.
One finds hard to blame the negative sentiment toward Christianity among the Chinese, if one takes an objective view of the modern history which is full of humiliation and exploitation from the foreign powers. For the most part, Christianity missionaries did not come to China as peaceful messengers but as confederates of the colonists and capitalists. The Bible was accompanied by rifles and canons, which were not used to enlighten but rather subordinate the Pagan Chinese.
As a group sponsored by capitalist society, missionaries were often the sonorous defenders of capitalistic system and its basic philosophy. The poor, in their mind, are not victims of the social and economic injustice, but rather the irresponsible and lazy scum of the earth who have no faith in God. In order to live a life like those wealthy Westerners, the only thing they need is a spirit of so the called entrepreneurship which is but an endowment form the Lord almighty. These people may be holly as far as their staunch conservative faith concerns, but they certainly lack the basic economic common sense. With more than 20,000 people dying on daily basis because of the lack of food and nutrition, while less than 10 percent of the worried about their weight problem or what model of car they are going to drive next year, this world could never be a safe place to live. The cause of the poverty in this world is more of a problem of over development and unequal distribution of wealth than that of an underdevelopment as many economists want you to believe. It takes more than one earth for the world to afford an extravagant life style enjoyed and praised by the ruling class in the West. The promoters of free marketing economy keep forgetting the very basics fact that modern industrial market is by no means a real free one, but one dominated by few monopolies. The price in major industrial goods and even the tune of rhetoric in news and media are not a matter of freedom of choice but rather a result of hegemony by a handful few. American‘s superiority rests more in the global financial system dominated by a single country who can print hard currency as it wishes. The so called American economic model is neither applicable nor duplicable giving the limitation of the global resources. It is therefore economically not feasible for any other countries, be it a Christian one or not, no matter how strong its faith in the Lord, to enjoy the life style such as this. Explicitly, this has never been a matter of faith, but of reality instead.
The real faith in God rests not in an unconditioned and repulsive submission to a fate subscribed by a superior being, but in the belief of the holly righteousness which procures us to have a healthy mind. In other words, God endows us not only with his holly gratitude but also a holly expectation in the fully exercising of our power of rationality which is also a precious gift from the Creator. It can be said that Christ came to earth not only to save people with his blessings but also to set up an example for us to follow, to become a good person and to live a meaningful life.
The individual salvation, if there is such thing, may finally come when all those who are enslaved are being set free. Under this circumstance, an individual, as an inseparable member of the whole human community, is free at last and religions of all kinds are therefore rendered superfluous.
This is not the place to talk about Christianity. But from the point of view of the Holy Bible, we are free from sin, and those who don't believe that Jesus the Christ is his savior are still enslaved by sin.
From political or administrative point of view, the church of China is in huge amount of trouble which can be internal or external, but in the end, it is still a matter of belief by every individual, and we all will have to face God ourselves.
From political or administrative point of view, the church of China is in huge amount of trouble which can be internal or external, but in the end, it is still a matter of belief by every individual, and we all will have to face God ourselves.