Lots of Christians in China

[Jacob]

"Christianity now makes up the largest single civil society grouping in China. The party sees that."

Last summer, China's religious affairs chief said that 500,000 Christians are baptized each year in the country.

Carsten Vala, an expert on religion in China at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, says 40 million to 60 million is "the low end of a conservative" estimate of the number of Evangelicals. Fenggang Yang, director of the Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University in Indiana, says he thinks there are more than 80 million Christians and that China will have 245 million by 2030 if growth is steady – making it the world's most populous Protestant nation.

...in the past year authorities have attacked and even destroyed official Protestant churches, as well as unofficial ones.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0111/In-China-a-church-state-showdown-of-biblical-proportions

It'll be interesting to see whether the Evangelicals will end up like Falun Gong, whether they'll adapt, or whether they'll end up having significant influence. It seems the CCP is taking them seriously.

[Josquius]

Well that's depressing. Hope the traditional faiths can pull a Hinduism and kick the christians out. All the world needs is another Korea

[Jacob]

Well that's depressing. Hope the traditional faiths can pull a Hinduism and kick the christians out. All the world needs is another Korea

The article says that the two growth religions are Buddhism and Evangelical Christianity.

[Queequeg]

Well that's depressing. Hope the traditional faiths can pull a Hinduism and kick the christians out. All the world needs is another Korea

The article says that the two growth religions are Buddhism and Evangelical Christianity.

What kind of Buddhism?

[Jacob]

What kind of Buddhism?

Article didn't say.

[Razgovory]

Well that's depressing. Hope the traditional faiths can pull a Hinduism and kick the christians out. All the world needs is another Korea

You are such a dipshit.

[Admiral Yi]

What kind of Buddhism?

I believe China, Korea and Japan all favor the one that deifies Buddha.

[jimmy olsen]

Well that's depressing. Hope the traditional faiths can pull a Hinduism and kick the christians out. All the world needs is another Korea

And what's wrong with Korea?

[Habbaku]

Tyr thinks brown people should follow brown people religions or some stupid shit like that.

[Monoriu]

What kind of Buddhism?

I believe China, Korea and Japan all favor the one that deifies Buddha.

I think the Japanese version is different from the Chinese ones. 

[Valmy]

Well that's depressing. Hope the traditional faiths can pull a Hinduism and kick the christians out. All the world needs is another Korea

Christianity has only been in China since the Tang Dynasty.  Stupid non-traditional faith.

[Razgovory]

Tang?  I love Tang!

[CountDeMoney]

Tyr thinks brown people should follow brown people religions or some stupid shit like that.

[Monoriu]

I have to say one thing though.  When it comes to any religious or superstitious beliefs, the Chinese tendency is to adopt a shotgun approach, just to make sure that they'll hit the target no matter what.  I've seen devoted self-described Christians worshipping other traditional deities, consulting fung shui masters, praying at Buddhist temples, etc.

[Sheilbh]

What kind of Buddhism?

May be totally wrong but I'd guess one of the growth humanistic Buddhisms from Taiwan like Fo Guang Shan or Dharma Drum Mountain.