(September 29, 2017 at 9:28 am)Die Atheistin Wrote: My dad told me today, that since I will move to Vienna where there are a lot of catholics, I can convert to Catholicism if I want to. Romania used to be communist, in that period we had some relatives that were catholic. The regime didn't tolerate religion much, especially the Greek Catholic Church. Because of that said relatives had to convert to Orthodoxism. Dad said that the communists were dumb because they forced people to leave their faith, yet if I would tell him that I'm atheist he would explode. He doesn't believe in Hell and doesn't claim that Christianity is better than any other religion, so he has no reason to force me.
Religion has always existed under communism. What one party states object to isn't religion, but ANY AND ALL dissent. Cuba tolerates it's Catholic majority and they have very old Catholic churches built long before the Castro family took power.
China also tolerates religion, again, as long as it tows the party line and doesn't make waves. Christian Churches even exist in China.
Even North Korea is religious. It is it's own brand of Asian ancestor worship. The Kim family are virtually worshiped as gods even if not in name, but in spirit.
This is yet another story that when our right wing Christians falsely claim persecution makes me want to jack slap them. I am sorry you have to go through this. I hope wherever you end up, you always have a place, even if only on the net, to be able to express yourself.
