Are the Evangelical-bushist propagandas about the growth Christianity real? How many Christians are there in China? They're more than Taoists or Buddhists? Is really Christianity destroying the Chinese culture as it did with the European Pagan Roots?
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If you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page, in the fine print you'll see "Answers International." Click on the link for China and ask your question there. You probably won't get much of a response here. You also may want to check out this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_China
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I no longer live in China, but I did. It is true that there are more Christians in China than there were, but I wouldn't say that it's destroying Chinese culture. If anything, the government is doing it to their own people--any number of wonderful, small villages have been razed for this reason or that. However, you should know that probably the main 'religion' in China is really a philosophy--Confucianism. It's a series of teachings that stress obedience. However, numbers are very difficult to give you, because it's possible to 'overlap' the majority of Asian philosophy/faiths. It's possible to follow most of them at the same time. The main harm of Christianity in China is that it attempts to tell the Chinese that it is 'wrong' to live the way they do (in regard to spiritual life). I hope this helps!
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Most of the Chinese are Atheist (Many years of outlawing religion has its impact) or profess to be non-religious, but there is a growing number of Christians in China. But they do not out number the followers of traditional religion. Hopefully it won't do that, though it might, and hopefully China will do something about it, like that one cult, Falun Gong.
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There is a growth of Christianity in China but it's mainly brought there by ex residents of Hong Kong and Macao who were 'Westernised' years ago. I've been working as a teacher in China for 5 years and have only come across 4 Christian students, all of whom have come from ex colonies. I have a friend who is a police officer (and a Christian), he can't openly worship for fear of losing his job. I met another teacher who was scared of being sent to the 'fire lake' at death. I think she was the victim of a Christian fundamental foreign teacher (most likely an American). There are still many Buddhists in China, not so many Taoists as the 2 religions have seemed to have merged. My wife is a Chinese and although a declared atheist she still celebrates her ancestors with a money burning ritual. Islam is the fastest growing religion in China. Globalisation (or Americanisation to give it it's correct term) in general is more responsible for the eroding of the Chinese culture.
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