{"id":1972044,"date":"2023-07-13T14:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T18:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-says-chinese-communist-party-rewriting-the-bible-xi-playing-the-role-of-god\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T14:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T18:19:06","slug":"gop-rep-says-chinese-communist-party-rewriting-the-bible-xi-playing-the-role-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-says-chinese-communist-party-rewriting-the-bible-xi-playing-the-role-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep. claims Chinese Communist Party is altering the Bible, with Xi acting as God."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-rep-says-chinese-communist-party-rewriting-the-bible-xi-playing-the-role-of-god%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1972044&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Warning Against Religious Persecution in China<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A top Republican lawmaker is sounding the alarm on the persecution of Christians and other faiths in China, going as far as to say that Chinese President Xi Jinping is now \u201cplaying the role of God.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, made the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/rep-gallagher-accuses-xi-playing-role-god-condemns-ccp-infringement-religious-freedoms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comments<\/a> during an interfaith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-texas-med-school-read-robin-diangelo-ta-nehisi-coates-1619-project-to-become-anti-racist\/\" title=\"University Of Texas Med School: Read Robin DiAngelo, Ta-Nehisi Coates, 1619 Project To Become \u2018Anti-Racist\u2019\">roundtable discussion<\/a> on the suppression of religion in China. In attendance at the discussion was a Chinese pastor who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/mayflower-church-pastor-urges-us-to-put-pressure-on-china.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fled<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-finally-discovers-china-uses-u-s-media-to-attack-the-united-states\/\" title=\"CNN Finally Discovers China Uses U.S. Media To Attack The United States\">communist country<\/a> after facing persecution from the government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cXi Jinping has no problem with the first commandment, just so long as he and the CCP are playing the role of God,\u201d Gallagher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/rep-gallagher-accuses-xi-playing-role-god-condemns-ccp-infringement-religious-freedoms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> during the roundtable discussion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Later in the event, Gallagher <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/committeeonccp\/status\/1679171642499514375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointed out<\/a> reports that China is now \u201crewriting the Bible.\u201d He pointed to the Gospel of John and the story of the adulterous woman, where Jesus said to the crowd, \u201cHe that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her,\u201d prompting them to disperse without condemning the woman and Jesus telling her, \u201cgo, and sin no more.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gallagher said the story was one of mercy and forgiveness, \u201cunless, of course, you\u2019re a CCP official.\u201d He says in that case, it\u2019s a story of a dissident who challenges the authority of the state, referencing a \u201csneak preview\u201d that was included in a university textbook in China of how a Bible with socialist characteristics would read.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere, the rewritten Gospel of John excerpt ends not with mercy, but with Jesus himself stoning the adulterous woman to death,\u201d Gallagher said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party is rewriting the Bible.\u201d \u2014 Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepGallagher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepGallagher<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WLOisOmmlm\">pic.twitter.com\/WLOisOmmlm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Select Committee on the CCP (@committeeonccp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/committeeonccp\/status\/1679171642499514375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gallagher also said in the Henan Province, in Eastern China, the Communist Party has started to replace the Ten Commandments with quotes from Xi. An example, according to Gallagher, is changing \u201cThou shalt have no other gods before me\u201d to \u201cResolutely guard against the infiltration of Western ideology.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Standing Strong in the Face of Persecution<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pastor Corey Jackson, who has served as a missionary to China, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/committeeonccp\/status\/1679450086676353024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at the roundtable discussion that despite China being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-says-chinese-communist-party-rewriting-the-bible-xi-playing-the-role-of-god\/\" title=\"GOP Rep. claims Chinese Communist Party is altering the Bible, with Xi acting as God.\">severe religious persecutor<\/a>, followers of Jesus in the Communist country are not deterred. \u201cIf you are a pastor or Christian in China, you wonder each and every Sunday whether it will be your turn to face the fires of persecution,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cAnd, quite remarkably, they are willing to face these fires.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One pastor at the event at the Capitol knew first-hand how the Communist Party in China persecutes Christians. Pastor Pan Yongguang of the Mayflower Church fled China in 2019 after threats and interrogations from the government, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/mayflower-church-pastor-urges-us-to-put-pressure-on-china.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to The Christian Post. During a press briefing before the roundtable, he urged the United States to put \u201cpressure\u201d on China to stop the persecution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The persecution of Christians in China has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chinese-government-doubles-fine-for-pastor-who-runs-house-church-watchdog-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major problem<\/a> for years. Open Doors, a Christian organization committed to serving persecuted Christians, releases a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoorsus.org\/en-US\/persecution\/countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Watch List<\/a>\u201d annually, outlining the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-christian-persecution-in-cuba-skyrockets-after-2021-protest\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE \u2013 Christian Persecution in Cuba Skyrockets After 2021 Protest\">top 50 countries<\/a> where the persecution of Christians is highest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the 2023 World Watch List, China ranks 16 for Christian persecution. Surveillance is a significant issue, allowing the state to monitor and close down churches, according to the organization. A source told Open Doors that pastors and Christian leaders \u201care simply snatched away, only to appear months later in a kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2021-cant-be-any-worse-can-it\/\" title=\"2021 Can't Be Any Worse, Can It?!\">house arrest<\/a>, where they get re-educated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican lawmaker, Rep. Mike Gallagher, cautions against religious persecution in China, accusing President Xi Jinping of assuming a godlike role. Gallagher, the chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, expressed his concerns during an interfaith discussion, emphasizing the need to protect Christians and other faiths in China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":1972045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1972044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}