The Church is a Fake

Many people are surprised when they heard what is being preached in Christian churches operating under an atheistic totalitarian regime. They are surprised that they couldn’t find anything wrong with it.  Their Bible seems the same as the ones used in a “normal” Christian church.  The preaching seems to make reference to familiar passages in the Bible: faith, suffering, joy, prayer, perseverance, walk in the way of God, love one another, do not get angry, submit to authority, personal conduct, spiritual training, …  The interpretations seem proper.  Churches seem free to gather, worship and preach the Bible.  Why do people say there is no religious freedom under the totalitarian regime? 

Little do they know that what is wrong is not in what is there.  It is in what is not there.  There is no teaching to put God above everything - truly everything, including all earthly powers.  There is no willingness to suffer for righteousness - God’s righteousness, not righteousness as defined by man.  There is no condemnation of injustice, exploitation, inequality, oppression, even though there is plenty of condemnation of people who are angry at perceived injustice.  Preachers are perfectly happy to preach personal spirituality.  But are silent when faced with the pervasive injustice in society.  No so in the Bible.  This is what is wrong.  

Come to think of it, it is happening in many churches in Hong Kong already, while we presumably still enjoy freedom of belief. Some of us are giving up our freedom voluntary.  Amazing.  Pathetically amazing.  While some preachers chastise those who get angry in the face of injustice, why is it that they say nothing about those who commit and allude with those who commit such injustice?  If some of these people are not Christians, hence out of their reach, how about those who claim to be Christians but yet serve their earthly masters?  It would seem that some of these preachers claim a higher level of noble standards than is actually the case.  Looking up a dictionary, it turns out to be the definition of hypocrisy.  It is laughable if it is not so sad.