The Chinese government has destroyed, removed, or hidden scenes including Jesus’ crucifixion. this has started fears of new offensive acts by the government that are being offensive against Christians. Many workers sealed off Wenzhou’s Longgang Hill, a site of Catholic pilgrimage, and used bricks to hide statues portraying moments from the Passion of Christ. Statues of Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph, each weighing up to five tons, were attempted to be hidden from view by having brick walls built around them, while cranes were used to remove other holy statues and tablets from the park. All of this goes back to censorship and total power for the Chinese government. Many Christians came to watch these hidings and destroying of their sacred statues and started crying, some even tried to sneak into the temples to pray and hope that their sacred monuments would be left and not destroyed. Wenzhou’s Sanjiang church became a symbol of resistance to the Communist Party’s draconian religious policies. Thousands of Christians formed a human shield around the place of worship after plans to demolish it were announced. The government did everything they could and got through the shield. They demolished the building and left tons of Christians in heartache. All of these actions are putting a bad reputation onto china. As an American I do not feel like China is a good place and I would not ever want to visit it. If I were to be Christian I would be hurt by this, I would want to do everything I could to try and stop these terrible actions. These acts could change a lot in China, Many other countries and places could look at this as taking away human rights and with that may end alliances or truces. This could lead to world wars and other fights. Many countries feel very strongly about their religion and if China decides to go against all of that then China will be hated by the rest of the world.
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