Bibles Banned at 2008 Beijing Olympics

what a bold move. This on top of all the other crap the Chinese are pulling. We should push for accommodations and other positive changes from their government. If the response is apathetic, we should at least make public threats about not attending the ’08 Olympics.

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Thankfully, it appears to be an unfounded rumor.

http://canadianpress.google.com/arti...S0qx_6WBRZjqrg
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_7034886.htm

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Ahhh good to see. I had a hard time believing it, but did a quick search before posting and didn’t see anything. Thanks for providing.

I like two snippets out of your sources, tho :

Canadian Press:
Xinhuanet:

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The Solution for Illegal Immigrants (Gray areas discussed throughout the thread)

It would seem odd considering you can get Bibles in China.

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Here's an uplifting story from a missionary once held in a Chinese prison.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adPgigRIn4c

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The Chinese are skeptical of "all" religion.

They've been conquered by "everyone", the Muslims, the Christians, .....

Even their own internal "religion", is kinds of a "non-religion", 'cause Buddhism doesn't (usually) involve any "belief in God" - and most of the traditional Chinese values, come out of Confucianism.

They just don't want people using the "excuse" of the Olympics to foment religious unrest.

And their definition of that would of course be any religion that exists that is not under the control of the government.

Yeah, you can get Bibles in China, you can read Bibles in China, but waving them around is a very bad idea. Proselytizing is against the law. If you go to China on a mission you better be very careful. Or better yet, don't go to China on a mission.

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Recently talked with someone who has a kid teaching English in China. They send emails but have to talk in code. An example phrase from an email would be - "went swimming with two of our new friends today" (baptism).

My youngest son wants to be an English teacher. He has friends teaching English all over the world.

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