China party official warns members over religion

"Party members are required to be atheists and must not believe in religion or engage in religious practice, said Zhu Weiqun, a member of the party's Central Committee and executive vice director of its United Front Work Department in charge of dealings with nonparty groups."
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This is a good thing. I wish US government should implement the same thing. A government is working for all people from all religion background and not specific one. China is doing the right thing. Western and anti-China elements are doing what they do best that is distorting fact and misleading people about China. It is good thing that majority of Chinese are not fooled by the propaganda conducted by the anti-Chinese elements. Chinese are stand by their current government and looking forward to meet more success.

It is just utterly ridiculous that atheism is associated with communism as if capitalism is associated christianity....I am a Skeptic first Atheist second who believes that one should use education and logic to try and change minds not by force...The chinese culture is ridden with superstitions, logical fallacies, and mythologies....So I think the commie's are more worried that religion will divide the state through the different interpretations of the so called "holy scriptures" like here in American where you have something like 30,000 different denominations of Christianity.... And they would have to admit that those barbaric thugs in Moses' time might've had a more compassionate moral compass(in which I find to be inferior to secular morality) then them 2000 years later.

There's a reason it's called 'Godless communism'. Yet the occupy protesters want exactly that. idiots.

Trying to control a persons beliefs, religious or any other, is like trying to hold water in your hand.

very simple to vote with your wallet, look at every single label if it says made in china then dont buy it, you might pay abit more if it says made in United States, there are entire stores dedicated to made in America, then go there first if you are close before shopping elsewhere, we do this to ourselves, we have to freedom to choose use it wisely.

And we still can't decide if we need to balance our budget or borrow more money from China. What happens to people once they arrive in Washington? is there something in the Capitol water that turns everyone into idiots?

The issue is not about religion. The issue is about freedom. Freedom to choose. Freedom to think for oneself. This is what scares the leaders in China. Their form of government and way of living will be history if the people are allowed to be free.

Is this what happens when government gets too big? People being told what to do--how to think. Is China the only country guilty of this?

And this is the kind of country our politicians and big business are sucking up too. We are doomed.

My religion or lack thereof is none of any government's business.

There are really nothing wrong with believing in God or being an atheist. What is wrong is when a government or a society forces you to assimilate with their beliefs and suffer harsh or violent consequences if you dont comply.

lets just keep giving china all the jobs and continue to borrow trillions to fill our landfills with commie chinese crap...

The Chinese government has one religion, getting as many US dollars as possible....

Too many politicians have tried to make themselves Gods. I am not sure if there is a God but I am sure no politician is.

I'm sick of the Chinese goverment and their controlling way of life!!Buy American!! The job you save,may be your own!!!!!!

I'm an atheist, but I would oppose anyone who said I HAD to be an atheist.

One must wonder how so many can be ruled by so few for so long?

And our goverment told us they were changing. We been sold out to the lowest bidder. When you buy their crap you support the bomb that will be dropped on you. SORRY

That's what I love about the U.S. - it's okay to believe in a god or not to. I'm an atheist all the way, but I respect people's right to believe in whatever they want. Too bad China hasn't figured that out yet.

Chinese cittizens put their life on the line just for BELIEVING in God, but here we Americans are suing over whether or not Nativity scenes should be allowed in public spaces. Unbelieveable. We are so spoiled in this country. If all the people who want to "fundamentally transform" the US had to spend even a single day living under Communist/Socialist rule, they would #$%$ their over-priviledged pants.