最初由 roaring mouse 发布
they r making a political statement. history in uk and other coutnries has shown religion and politics should be separate (though very hard to do). otherwise u will have a church state, a country controlled by religious figures. falungoners are courageous enough to merge religion and politics against the trend of history, maybe with a purpse of creating a country controlled their top elites. Unlukily, they have met a worthy opponent, a party state (a country in which party and government are one). The majority in US are against church state as a form of goverment and China is even more weary of politicalized religion. It is one main reason China opposes appointments of bishops by the Vatican. The Vatican played a heavy hand in ousting the then Polish government. China is firmly against that possibility.