Religion in the news

The US was founded by people seeking religious freedom.narrow minded bigots and similarlly people who object to the newfangled religion of trans and sexual freedom being promulgated in schools has the Feds sicced on them, and the press labled them narrow minded bigots.

But these groamers religious zealots who teach children the trans religion are getting pushback, not just from narrow minded Christian white bigots, but by pious Muslim parents too.

Maybe someone needs to sue the schools to remove this from school, in the same way that a famous atheist sued to get the (Protestant King James version) bible reading from being pushed on atheist, Catholic and non Christian children.

Religious beliefs and their conservative mindset also have another side effect: On recruiting for the military. Not only is the military recovering their self esteem after the debacle of leaving Afghanistan, but the covid epidemic increased obesity and lack of fitness... and then there is this:

 Not mentioned are the many desirable young people who do not even consider enlisting because of the military’s new social justice regulations and lectures.

in the meanwhile, the military is spending millions on renaming bases named for Confederate generals, while the enlisted men often need food stamps so their families can eat. 

Priorities I guess.

Finally, a Canadian film about the Chinese persecution of the Falun Gong sect is not available on line yet, but is winning awards.

The latest crime of the FG? hacking Chinese TV...

Ah, but China already persecutes their Muslim Uighurs, and of course, democracy advocate Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong is under arrest, so this is not just targeting a Buddist sect.

But as I noted in my last post, the Technocrats are joining in on censorship: according to the VOA

, Paypal has just canceled the account of a Pro Democracy group there.

"Unfortunately, upon review of your account we have determined there to be excessive risks involved. Therefore, we will no longer be able to provide our services to you. While we wish you the best of success in your future business endeavors, we respectfully ask that you seek another payment solution to process transactions on your behalf,” part of the email read.

Founded in 2006, the League of Social Democrats is one of the last functioning activist organizations in Hong Kong. Over the years, several of its core members have served jail terms after pressure from authorities over the group’s ideology and activism.

There is a long history of states controlling religion, and religion that is not controlled by the state is a danger to the power of the state.

Indeed, world history is full of stories of the powerless joining a religion and then their group will rebel against tyranny. Not all were successful, and not all who succeeded in throwing out the old managed to make a better government, but these things come in cycles, as China knows, and their oppression of non controlled religious groups has a logical reason behind it: The problem being, of course, that the cycle of heaven still will catch up to them, and delay in reform will only mean that violence will result.

so the ultimate way to stop this is.... democracy...

John Milton call your office.