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Originally posted by 250:
I had a thinking about a person like you wiht such philosophy.
I consider myself, but in a more immature way. and you are probally good, in a mature way. but anyway, China is nto a place where people place "trust" in eachother, though I only know the surface of how corrupt a society can be. I do know that China is not a welcoming place for "good"
that is like saying, you are this pair of shoes. will christian's teaching help you go through that kind life should you ever live in that kind society? or would you "blend" into soceity and to survive the cruel struggle? I wonder which would win? the shoes? or the dirt?
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What I do know is this. There have been various stages in history where Christians have been persecuted and killed for their beliefs. One of the reasons Christianity spread like wildfire through Ancient Rome was that, though Christians were thrown to lions, tortured and killed, even lit up as burning torches for the Emperor Nero's gardens - they were filled with joy and their numbers grew. Persecution it seems only served to strengthen a Christian and the Christian community. I spoke with a native from Romania when I was an adolescant. He spoke of 'underground' churches in communist Russia, Germany, Romania and China. Not the lame duck 'official' churches, but ones filled with believers who would gather in secret for hours, gaining strength from each other, and from joint prayer. I have no idea whether I would maintain pragmatism and keep my ideology secret (like a fellow called Nicodemus whom Jesus spoke with in the bible) or whether at some point a line would be crossed and I'd die for what I believe. (Like almost all the Apostles) Hopefully I'll never have to find out, but I do know that there have been plenty of unscuffed shoes, and in your homeland, plenty of 'new' shoes disguised as dirty ones if the accounts are to be believed.
The shoes would give me the strength to walk through the dirt, and to wash it away each day, keeping my feet from stones, disease and the like.
Does this answer your question 250?
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O.K..... what do I do now? Goo goo goo choo?
A fair dinkum laughing Hyena!