(May 23, 2016 at 8:36 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Defacing churches is not "freedom of religion", but it's not going to stop Christians from being Christian either. The only outcome will be pissed off Christians.
If they want to mitigate the spread and influence of Christianity in China, they'd do better to make public proselytisation illegal and ban faith schools, and I would applaud and support that move in any country. Destroying peoples' places of worship (even if it's just removing the symbolism from the buildings) is taking things too far. That's violence.
NO, they should NOT be defacing churches. Removing the ten commandments from public property back to private property is not the same as what China is doing. They are removing crosses from private property. YES China allows private property. It is a myth that the private sector does not exist there.
Secondly "public proselytizing" SHOULD be legal too. I don't mean monopolies of public venues like city councils or public schools, those things SHOULD be neutral. But a rally that is temporary that everyone has the right to apply for a permit to, no. SORRY, it is simply inhumane no matter how much you think religion divides, to try to force it out of existence by law. The good news for skeptics is that we AND and should use those same venues to the same degree.
I only agree with government buildings and schools not setting up religious pecking orders and keeping those venues neutral. But "private" does not mean out of view. It only means not funded by the government
