Hey look at China

[Anomalocaris]

 A woman in my church came from China.  She is one of the most devout christians I have known.  She belonged to a group of underground christians who met in each others homes.

I guess what China exports is crap.

[Anomalocaris]

You can't both be for freedom of religion and in favor of what China is doing in that article. So if you are against freedom of religion just say so. If you are in favor of it, condemn China. You don't get to magically do both.

Given the diversity of religion and the range of their impacts, and the fact that so many religions do not recognize, to say nothing of willingness to bind themselves to, any appropriate limit on their own influence, Freedom of religion can't be allowed to become any sort of absolute ruling principle if religion is not to rule man.  It can only be justified as a sort of suggestion that must be ignored when appropriate.

[CapnAwesome]

You can't both be for freedom of religion and in favor of what China is doing in that article. So if you are against freedom of religion just say so. If you are in favor of it, condemn China. You don't get to magically do both.

Given the diversity of religion and the range of their impacts, and the fact that so many religions do not recognize, to say nothing of willingness to bind themselves to, any appropriate limit on their own influence, Freedom of religion can't be allowed to become any sort of absolute ruling principle if religion is not to rule man.  It can only be justified as a sort of suggestion that must be ignored when appropriate.

True enough, but what is reasonable is not what China is doing. I don't really even view it so much as a freedom of religion issue so much as a freedom of speech issue.