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South of Heaven
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| ssobol wrote: | | hardee wrote: | ...
Interesting boat company name (Gospel) coming from China.
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There are ~54 million Christians in China. |
Yup. There are millions of Christians in India too (and Catholics like me). People are always surprised by that fact. Lol
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | There are ~54 million Christians in China. |
Since China's population is ~1.4 billion people, Christians represent a quarter of 1% (.0026) of the population. Not particularly surprising I'd say.
Note: Muslims represent about 1% of the USA population.....4 times the percentage of Christians in China. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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~4% of the population of China is Christian.
Some prominent churches and cathedrals are "protected relics". |
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smckean (Tosca)
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | ~4% of the population of China is Christian. |
OOPS....you're right. My bad. 
BTW, I just took the 54 million quoted above as the number of Christians which, as you point out, would result in about 4% of the population. In responding to your correction, I got curious, so I did a bit of research. Apparently the estimates of Christians in China varies widely with the percentage 2% being the most often quoted of the estimates I found.
Frankly, even at 2%, I do find that a bit surprising!  |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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No matter what percent, the Chinese Christians are widely persecuted. The Catholics are under a Bishop appointed by the Chinese Communist party.
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| I happened by the Catholic Cathedral in Tianjin China on New Year's Day a couple of years ago. The place was packed. I couldn't get in and could only look through a side doorway and see part of a wall. |
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