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The Future of No More Religion in China

"What is Christianity in China today? To some, a regeneration. To some, a newer and better doctrine. To some, merely one faith among many. To some, one more insidious Western influence. But to all, the fruit and symbol of a civilization."

An immense amount of material concerning the religious situation in China is being printed in the West just now. The efforts to secure more than fifty million dollars in a single year for Christian missions in this new Republic require this publicity. Most of it I have read: some of it I have written. And all of it leaves me with the fear that the thought of the West is not being clarified, either as to the present religious situation in China, or as to the portents now discernible. Perhaps this is because it is so easy to have a vigorous part in the religious development now taking place in this nation without ever comprehending the forces at work.

No man knows enough about the religious situation throughout China to speak dogmatically as to its details. Should I make the general assertion that Taoism is declining, witnesses will arise to declare that in certain sections it is the most flourishing form of worship. Should I tell of a Buddhist revival, other witnesses can speak at first-hand of fast-crumbling temples and derided priests. In this vast stretch of country, with its poor communications, we can know only in part and can testily confidently only in part. When one sets out to generalize, he does so at his own peril. The only consolation is that it is almost impossible to disprove any statement, for, however fantastical, it probably in accord with the facts in some part of the land. - - - Paul Hutchinson                               

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Science and technology continue to rise here, there, and everywhere - changing our world for the better; especially as religion, at the same time, is also dying here, there, and everywhere. More and more people throughout the world are waking up and walking out of the church and turning to atheism - it offers them the clear illumination of reality, and not more lies, or more deceptions, and no more illusions and delusions.

In the meantime, 90% of the goods sold today in stores in more than 200 countries around the world are MADE IN CHINA - the wealthiest, most populated, and the most irreligious country in the world today. - - -  Poch Suzara