Religion is BANNED in China?! 中国宗教信仰自由吗？
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- čas přidán 27. 10. 2021
- A British PhD student in China discusses his experiences of religion in China. At first, i thought it might be banned but in fact, 18% of the population are Buddhist and growing religions here such as Christianity account for 5% of the population. There are churches, mosques, temples everywhere you go in China, even in the most communist part of China which i show at the end of the video!
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Stick around to the end of the video where i go to a church in China, it was interesting!!
Religion is not banned in China. China only ban those who use religion as a "divisive tool" for personal gain.
When I was posted to China more than 5 years ago to teach, I attended a local church in China. It was always overflowing with congregation. The pastor and visiting preachers were all local Chinese and at some points, I was surprised that some sermons touched on sensitive social and political issues.
This is the legal norm in China. According to the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, the people have the freedom to believe in religion, and no organization or individual can interfere with the freedom of religious belief of others. However, people who believe in religion cannot gather to promote religion among atheist masses, and can only hold it in specific religious places. Similarly, atheists cannot preach atheism in religious places like theists. Most people in China are atheists. For places such as universities and colleges, reminding foreign friends not to gather crowds to promote religion on atheistic occasions is a matter in compliance with the law.
Everytime someone tells me that we banned religion, I was like, really? There is a catholic church right in the very center of Beijing. An entire automous province of muslims. Buddhist and Daoist temples everywhere. Not mentioning all the traditional gods temples like the drgon kings, the Old Man of the Moon.
Even if the west can only understand "religion" as meaning only Christianity, the answer is a firm "No"! Religion is definitely not banned in China. There are numerous churches in China, and they are often well attended, unlike the many parish churches in the west with dwindling congregations of elderly pensioners. But churches in China are required to be registered and expected to be free from foreign interference or dependence. Foreign meddling can come in various forms, such as denominational dogmatic oversight and strictures. It can also come in the form of "teaching material" such as Bible study notes and books into which can be smuggled cultural or political ideologies and lifestyle which are detrimental to Chinese traditions. "Home churches" or underground churches are naturally frowned upon because they are by their nature often trying to form counter-cultural and even anti-communist movements among its members. Many of them also see evangelisation or "witnessing" or proselytization as a divine imposition on the followers, leading to people being badgered or pressured.
I was born and raised in China, my father had been a PLA (People's Liberation Army) high-ranking officer before his retirement, being a communist Party member is a must, and of course, he had no religion. The interesting thing is, it has never been a problem that my mother was and still is a devout Buddhist,. I am an atheist and I married an Orthodox Russian-Ukrainian wife, moreover, our kids are Orthodox as well under the influence of their mother and Babushka (grandmother), and we have been living under the same roof happily. It might be a rare case but my family reflects a tiny part of reality in China, religions are not banned.
My mom is a Christian. She is the most devout Christian in the world. Since childhood, she must thank God for any good or bad things that happen around us. Thanks to my mom, our family became atheists. But I respect God very much. My mother is actually a sensitive and fragile person and God helped her a lot.
To be precise, Chinese law only allows preaching and other religious activities in places of worship, such as churches, temples, mosques, etc., but it is illegal to conduct religious activities in other public places. In short, the Chinese government treats religion like the US government treats alcohol, you can have it，but you can't just have it on the street.
As Chinese Catholic living in Beijing China, I really love this video. Thank you for your sharing.
Thank you Lucas for the video sharing. This is really an open eye for Chinese in Malaysia as many of us (youngsters) still eagling to go to travel in China. Hope to meet you there one day! 😁 Subscribed to your channel straight away~~
Church and state functions are strictly separated - and its quite normal based on international practice and experience of course to preserve one individual's right to believe and question spirituality.
Thanks for share things about China. My father is atheist, my mother is Buddhist, my sister-in-law and my best friend are Christians, and I went to college with about ten Muslims in my class, I'm a Chinese living in Uk
在中国，真正的宗教和信仰是完全自由的。
I am a Catholic, living in Shanghai. There is a church just 2 miles off where I live. I don't see a problem with religion in China. Just that the US and UK love to tell the world that China forbids religion. Which is kind of BS.
thanks for your video, it is very necessary to have more Vloggers to introduce more real situations to the western audiences.
You could make a few videos about the university life in China, it would be interesting for those that want to study in China.
Thanks for sharing.
Luke always can see the depth of an issue, really touching the core of crux, your opinion is valuable and insightful 👍
中国是一个无神论的国家，大多数人都没有宗教信仰，所以当你遇到一个中国人，不要跟他谈信仰。但在中国你的宗教信仰是自由的，你可以选择归依任何一个宗教，只是在公共场所，不会举行大规模的宗教活动，官方的定位是，宗教可以净化你的心灵，让你更善良，摒除恶念，但不能制造分裂，凌驾于国家的管制体制之上。