(February 12, 2013 at 4:26 pm)Brian37 Wrote: China's government does not oppress because the party or it's citizens are not superstitious, they are. China's population simply has different superstitions, and China's monochromatic one party rule is just like a God, rule by one.
Exactly.
The Chinese government is not persecuting Christians because they are Christians. They are persecuting them because they're not towing the party line.
One of the main jobs of a totalitarian government is to eliminate any group that could possibly challenge their power. Any organization that is not government approved is a target.
Replacing one bad dogma (the infallibility of a god) with another bad dogma (the infallibility of the State) still utilized the same flawed thinking.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
