Kristen booming di China, kemungkinan karena central values orang China
(buddhist) tidak banyak beda dari Kristen.
Lalu bagaimana dengan Indonesia??
Bisakah Islam dikembalikan pada akarnya, Muhammad di Mekkah, aliran pengikut
Isa yang monotheist, seperti halnya para murid Jesus yang Yahudi, aliran
Kristen Arianisme di Mesir, atau Kristen aliran MONOTHEIS atau aliran TAUHID
sebagaimana diajarkan oleh manusia ISA ALMASIH ???
Pengikut Isa itu sejak dulu terpecah menjadi 3 (tiga) aliran besar:
1. KRISTEN TRINITARIAN, (1 Tuhan 3 Pribadi) aliran Paulus, yang menggabungkan
ajaran Isa dengan filosofi Yunani dan Laut Tengah, Mitraisme dan Romawi,
menjadi Kristen mainstream sekarang yang berpatokan pada dogma dan teologi dari
Bible Perjanjian Lama dan Baru.
2. KRISTEN GNOSTIK ( 1 Tuhan, dua tabiat maskulin dan feminin), adalah aliran
yang dimusnahkan oleh kelompok pertama, melahirkan kitab2 absah seperti
penemuan Nag Hammadi (coba cari), antara lain Injil Thomas, Maria, dll. Baca
kitab2 itu di www.earlychristianwritings.com/gnostics.html
Kristen ini amat berciri mistik, anti-dogma, esoterik, personal, pengalaman
subyektif. Aliran mistik teosofi dan witchcraft menganggap Tuhan itu berciri
dualisme laki-perempuan. Pengikut aliran ini antara lain adalah penulis novel
DaVinci Code.
3. KRISTEN MONOTEIS (1 Tuhan 1 Pribadi), yang dianut oleh para murid Isa
sendiri. Berkembang menjadi kelompok Nasrani (kristen-yahudi) yang sempat
bentrok dgn kelompok Paulus, karena kelompok yg ini melakukan sunat dan
tatacara puasa Yahudi dll. Pemuka kelompok ini adalah Arius, uskup Alexandria
Mesir. Aliran ini kemudian amat mempengaruhi Islam.
Ketiganya masih ada dan kemenangan aliran pertama atas Kekaisaran Romawi
menyebabkan aliran kedua dan ketiga dilenyapkan dengan melalui beberapa
konvensi. Kristen didogmatisir, dogma atau teori Trinity dan Penebusan masuk,
yang lain dikalahkan. Muhammad mempertahankan pendapatnya dan mendirikan Islam
dari kelompok ketiga.
Mari, jangan biarkan pendapat ketiga ini mati... Ada kebenaran di dalamnya,
bahwa ISA itu MANUSIA dan kita bisa meneladani hidup manusia ISA ini dalam
perjuangan mencari syurga.
BBC
23 August 2010 Last updated at 23:52 GMT
China invests in confident Christians
By Christopher Landau BBC News, China
Students at National Catholic Seminary, Beijing The National Catholic Seminary
in Beijing prepares many for the priesthood
Three decades ago, China's Cultural Revolution saw some of the most dramatic
restrictions on the practice of religion ever seen in the modern world.
But today's communist rulers have radically altered their views about religion
and have granted substantial freedom to Christians prepared to worship within
state-sanctioned churches.
Within these boundaries, Christianity is growing in China as never before - and
doing so supported by millions of dollars of government funding.
The BBC has been given unprecedented access to China's state-sanctioned
Protestant and Catholic churches, to examine why the government seems so keen
to invest in religion.
State funding
On the outskirts of Nanjing, a building site illustrates the scale of the
communist state's commitment to supporting the development of Christianity.
Local officials say that the building under construction will become China's
largest state-sanctioned church - with space for 5,000 worshippers.
The land - and 20% of the building costs - are being provided not by local
Christians, but by the municipal government.
It represents state financial support worth millions of dollars - just one
example of the strategy to encourage the development of religion in China.
Director General, State Administration for Religious Affairs, Wang Zuo An Mr
Wang says Christianity is growing faster than ever
The Communist Party's senior official with responsibility for this policy is
the director general of the State Administration for Religious Affairs, Wang
Zuo An.
In a rare interview, he told me that there are now at least 20m Protestant
Christians in China worshipping in the state-sanctioned church.
"Such growth is unprecedented in the history of Christianity in China.
Christianity is enjoying its best period of growth in China," he said.
And he explained why the Chinese state is investing in religious faith -
support which has included funding the construction of national Protestant and
Catholic seminaries educating hundreds of future Christian leaders each year.
"Our goal in supporting these religions in developing religious education is
that we hope they can train qualified clergy members so that their religions
can enjoy better development."
But there is no small irony in the party's new-found enthusiasm for supporting
the development of religion in China, given Communism's commitment to atheism.
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"On the question of whether there is God, the Chinese Communist Party believes
there is no God in the world," said Mr Wang.
"The Communist Party believes that it should respect and protect religious
belief. The members of the party must respect religious followers and not
infringe their interests."
He insists that there is no contradiction between the Communist Party insisting
that its own members are non-religious, and the communist government's
commitment to investing in religious development.
"We are making laws and regulations to better guarantee religious belief in
China," he says.
Social role
At the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a professor who specialises in the
study of Christianity believes that there are various factors contributing to
its growth.
Professor Xhuo Xinping says that there is a spiritual appeal, and a potential
association with economic prosperity.
But he says Christianity will finally shake off imperialist associations if
churches are prepared to act as a servant to Chinese society.
Fr Zhang and resident at old people's home, China Father John Zhang interprets
the church mission as social work and service
"Many Christians pay special attention to social work and social service. I
think this is the correct way for Christianity to develop," he said.
One Catholic priest who has pioneered such work in China is the Rev John Zhang
- whose Jinde charities receive support from Catholics around the world.
I visited the old people's home he runs in Shijiazhuang City, where he told me
why he thinks the government welcomes the church's contribution.
"Homes for the aged are urgent. We need more and more. The government realised
that."
"Some officials say, you have done for Chinese society what we cannot do.
Without any political involvement, the church is doing a good job, and we from
government appreciate it," said Father Zhang.
The enthusiasm of the communist authorities for his church-run initiative is
such that even the Communist Youth League used the old people's home as a base
for a charitable project.
Confident Christians
But there is still a question about whether as China's Christians grow in
confidence they will be prepared to continue to accept the limitations on their
freedom.
At Beijing's Haidian Church, the Senior Pastor Wu Weiqing is candid about the
problems he faces, but also enthusiastic about the level of religious liberty
he enjoys.
Worshippers at Haidian church, Beijing More and more Chinese are beginning to
practise the Christian faith
"We do have problems, struggling with some kind of regulations, I have to be
true to you. But because we are registered, because we obey the regulations and
laws, we enjoy more freedom.
"I'm very happy, I enjoy my service as a pastor. I sometimes encourage people
who work for the so-called house churches to come to this kind of church to
worship," said Pastor Wu.
Those house churches - the unregistered, or underground churches, which were
the only place to worship during the repression of the Cultural Revolution -
remain a significant part of the Chinese Christian landscape.
But both the Catholic and Protestant churches sanctioned by the state are now
also seeing levels of growth that few predicted in the 1980s.
Two students I met at an evening service of prayer and praise at Haidian church
summed up the optimism felt by growing numbers of young Chinese Christians.
"We truly hope [that in] our country there will be more Christians, and God's
word will spread everywhere in our country", said Daniel.
His fellow student Jesse added, "I think this nation will change, and I think
God is doing great things in China."
There is no doubting the confidence of these Christians.
But there is also no guarantee about the sort of future the communist
government will allow the churches it is currently keen to support.
To hear more about state-sanctioned Christianity in China, tune in to this
week's Heart and Soul on the BBC World Service at 1230 GMT on Wednesday 25
August.
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