The greatest story ever distorted: China trying to rewrite the Bible?

From Jerry Newcombe on Christian Post.com (Aug. 4, 2023):

A powerful story of forgiveness is found in John 8, involving Jesus and the woman caught in adultery, wherein He famously said, “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.” Her accusers quietly leave, one after another.

Jesus then tells her that neither does He accuse her, “But go and sin no more” — a part often ignored today by our “tolerant” society.

But now, if the Chinese Communists have their way, the whole story of Jesus and the adulterous woman will be completely turned on its head.

In their version, Jesus Himself stones her to death!

U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, (R) Wisconsin, wrote an article for foxnews.com, in which he reports that the Chinese Communist Party is now busily at work rewriting the world’s best-selling book.

If they succeed in their venture, we’ll go from “the greatest story ever told” to “the greatest story ever distorted.”

It isn’t enough that the Chinese Communists have burned many Scriptures. It isn’t enough that they actively ban the Bible online through firewalls on social media outlets.

Now, apparently they dare to attempt to destroy it from within, by rewriting it.

Gallagher comments: “Across Henan province, local CCP officials forced Protestant churches to replace the Ten Commandments with Xi Jinping quotes. ‘Thou shalt have no other gods before Me,’ became diktats like: ‘Resolutely guard against the infiltration of Western ideology.’"

Today’s Chinese Communists are following in the footsteps of Chairman Mao, the worst mass-murderer in the history of the world, who called religion “poison.” And the Chinese Communists persecute all religions.

Gallagher adds, “In my work in Congress, I’ve heard unthinkable stories of religious oppression. But I’ve also listened to accounts of underground churches, brave clergy, and steadfast believers every bit as courageous as saints of the early Church.”

I reached out to Wendy Wright, the president of Christian Freedom International, for a comment on this story about the Chinese Communists attempt to rewrite portions of the Bible. [read more]

Making Jesus the antagonist? Make sense in an autocratic society. Christianity is a threat to the leader's religion or belief system. The powers-that-be will either ban the religion or corrupt it. Corrupting and distorting it is easier. That's what the Left is trying to do.