Posted on 12/08/2018 6:38:05 PM PST by marshmallow
Local authorities in parts of China are organizing “alternative” events nearby the places of worship in an attempt to deter people from participating in religious activities.
As Bitter Winter reported earlier, authorities in Henan have been inviting traditional opera troupes to perform outside churches during regular congregation gatherings or special religious celebrations intended to “compress the space for religious belief.”
According to inside sources, more municipalities in Henan have joined this initiative. In October, the government of Luoyang city issued a document to all its subordinate agencies, ordering to vigorously promote atheist propaganda and organize targeted cultural events on religious holidays and Sundays, to put on a “good rival show” and reduce the influence of religion.
The document states: “Focusing on villages (communities) with religious venues, strengthen the creation of socialist spiritual civilization, give the grassroots cultural front full play, and vigorously promote scientific and cultural knowledge and atheist propaganda.” The subordinate authorities are ordered to organize “Happy Sunday” activities and other targeted cultural events on religious holidays and Sundays seeking to reduce the influence of religion.
Party and municipality leaders at all levels in Luoyang are supervising their subordinates in organizing “Happy Sunday” activities in villages under their jurisdiction to spread the word that they will “compete with God for people.”
In morning of October 28, the Party Committee Publicity Department of Mianchi county in Sanmenxia city organized “Happy Sunday” events in various villages of Mianchi county. Intended as a means to raise people’s curiosity and get them together, various cultural shows and lectures on agriculture were part of these events.
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The CCP has been in the atheism business for several generations now. If it worked they wouldn’t feel so insecure.
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