April 10, 2008 by quickbeamoffangorn
The post-modern culture certainly has “moral” (I know I tried and failed to figure out how a group who rejects any moral absolutes) issues with China towards Tibet. But given the track record China has against suppressing the church for the past 60 years, why aren’t the Catholic and Evangelicals in a moral outrage?
Is it because we fear that the Christians over there will suffer more because of our actions? Or is it because of the acceptance of separation of church and state?
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Hmmmm… good thoughts – – i know that there are some trying to do something!
http://jameshartlinereport.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html
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I think you hit it. If we protest it will make it worse on the ones there and make it even harder for future ones.
This Catholic is!
Taking advantage of the ability to post-date articles, keep an eye out for more on China and the Church for the 9 days preceeding the opening of the Olympics. It is meant to co-incide with a novena for the suffering Church… but by all means, start praying for them yesterday.
God will not be mocked though… China can push his bride about for a bit, but God laughts last, longest and loudest.
Mark my words, in three decades (likely less) they will be sending missionaries here and baptizing new brothers and sisters for us quicker than we can count. It has already begun.
The blood of the martyrs…
My husband and I were discussing this very thing last night. Our conclusion that prayer is really the best response – it’s hard to know what the proper thing to do is outside of that. I feel like prostesting – for religious and economic reasons, but you don’t want to be the direct cause of someone’s suffering. Thanks for a thoughtful post!
I guess I can’t answer for moral absolutists. But I can give my “secular” reasons for despising China’s persecution of religious people. Frankly, I think everyone has the absolute right to hold their own counsel. The government, or another person, they cannot tell you how to think, whom to invite into your mind or heart, or how to make your own decisions. So if someone wants to bring God into their heart or mind, I may speak out about why I don’t think it’s a good idea (I am an atheist after all), but I will not force them to change, or to exclude God from their life.
As far as other human rights abuses in China, I think this should be a clear common ground between religious, secular and areligious people alike. We may not always agree about human dignity issues, but on this one, I think the agreement in the United States and Europe is universal, and that the basic universal tenants of human dignity are understood. Perhaps there is too much emphasis on the human dignity issues we disagree on for any of us to focus on the one we can work together on.
Well, I was trying to say I can’t answer for moral relativists. So much for my proof reading skills…
No problem. I agree.
I think it’s because people naturally, reflexively, care more about what happens around where they live than overseas. And that’s the way it should be, read Thomas Fleming’s The Morality of Everyday Life. We should take care of those in our family and parish first, and mind our own business, to some extent.