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Friday, April 19, 2019
Megachurch demolished with dynamite
Acknowledging political and economic realities, communist and dictatorial governments are at odds with western democracies in regards to degrees of freedom of religion, and other freedoms of speech and expression.
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Chinese Police Dynamite Christian Megachurch By Russell Goldman Jan. 12, 2018
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The Golden Lampstand Church in Shanxi Province was destroyed this week by paramilitary police officers, according to local news reports and foreign activists.CreditChinaAid, via Associated Press
HONG KONG — Chinese police officers demolished one of the country’s largest evangelical churches this week, using heavy machinery and dynamite to raze the building where more than 50,000 Christians worshiped.
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Under President Xi Jinping, the government has destroyed churches or removed their steeples and crosses as part of a campaign that reflects the Communist Party’s longstanding fear that Christianity, viewed as a Western philosophy, is a threat to the party’s authority.
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