Comments on: Bibles Banned From Beijing Olympic Village (Updated)

By: solomon Duodu

solomon Duodu — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:41:29 +0000

box 379,akim oda.e/r,Ghana.please i need a bible to study,because i dont have a bible for church,THANKS.

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By: ebenezer oware

ebenezer oware — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:37:52 +0000

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By: prince

prince — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:58:59 +0000

i dont think is surpriseing to hear that chinese ban bibles in the olympics village cos im liven here i knew what the china people can do is not new to then chinese gov can come out say anything they feel why did they allower koren in the frist place cos they are afraid of been bomb by the islim at the games the world most come togther to know wat to do about it

By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:40:14 +0000

This story was proven to be an outright lie. The “update” remark makes it sound like China backed down from their original statement. The problem is, the original statement was fabricated by an Italian newspaper. China never announced a ban on Bibles in the Olympic Village. In fact, free Bibles will be available upon request.

By: michael

michael — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:56:11 +0000

as much as i hate saying this the fact is, if a country wants to ban any religious sings, bibles and prayers well it is the law of that country and it should be respected. If this law of the country affects you or in any way you feel like you are being discriminated then boycot the place and all its products. we are all from different places in this world and we all have laws in our country that would some how offend, discriminate and/or affect someone in one way or another. In the end it comes down to you choise if you want to go there, if you do then do what the law states if “no”, well then!! IN NO WAY DO I AGREE OR SUPPORT THE BAN OF THE BIBLE, JUST IN CASE SOMEONE OUT THERE MISS-UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THIS LETTER. i WILL BE STAYING AT HOME IN MY COUNTRY AND I WILL NOT LOOK AT THE OLYMPICS THIS YEAR I CAN WAIT ANOTHER 4 YEARS. BUT THE LAW IS THE LAW (IN THAT COUNTRY)

By: Kkachi

Kkachi — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:16:53 +0000

“In allowing the Koran, but not the Bible, the Chinese government is smiling on Islam while slapping Christianity and Judaism in the face.”

The Chinese, apparently unlike you, Dancing from Genesis, are smart enough to realize that Muslims won’t go around singing the praises of Allah and trying to convert everyone to their religion. It has nothing to do with smiling on Islam, no matter how hard you try to spin it.

P.S. I know the story is not true, but that doesn’t erase the idiocy of DFG’s comments, and he is too much of a coward to allow comments on his site.

By: angloirishslav

angloirishslav — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:38 +0000

This is a false rumour, as your update indicates. Bibles are not going to be banned at the Olympic Village; they are not banned anywhere in China; Christianity is the fastest-growing religion in China now, churches are being built everywhere and Bibles in both Chinese and English can be purchased just about anywhere. A Chinese Olympic official stated at a press conference yesterday that the Bible-banning report was absolutely false. So why does your headline still say “Bibles banned” when it is not true? Not that I want to come to China’s defense; it does have a very restrictive religious policy still, and don’t even get me started on human rights, but it is nothing like it once was. Spreading false rumours without stringent fact-checking is irresponsible journalism.

By: China Mike

China Mike — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:35:59 +0000

In reading about this story, I emailed the U.
S. Olympic Committee to find out what they knew. Here is their response:

We have received confirmation from both the International Olympic Committee and the Beijing Organizing Committee that Bible and other religious materials will be permitted in the Athletes Village for personal use.

The news reports that the Beijing Organizing Committee was considering a prohibition were completely incorrect and stemmed from a miscommunication between a journalist form Italy and a representative of the organizing committee.

In addition, there will be an area in the Athletes village where athletes, coaches and officials can worship – as is always the case at the Olympic Games.

By: David

David — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:35:41 +0000

The “separation of church and state” mantra is just Leftwing cover for separation of society from christianity. Jefferson never intended it that, and no amount of repeating that mantra makes it so.