Church in China

[YOhio]

Progress is being made.

http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/...hina#continued

[Clark Addison]

You're welcome.

[Coach McGuirk]

I've been proselytizing there for years.

[Moliere]

This should spark some good discussion in High Priest Groups. Too bad I'm not a High Priest so I can't participate.

[Indy Coug]

That's what you get for abiding by the 12th AofF.

[CardiacCoug]

16 years ago when I was in Ukraine, there were no LDS-owned Church buildings of any type except for the mission home -- I never would have thought there would be an LDS Temple there -- pretty cool to see news about the dedication this past week and to think I played a small role in that.

I'm sure as China becomes more Westernized there will eventually be Church members and LDS Temples there as well.

[SoonerCoug]

I think the Church could have overwhelming success among the rural Chinese.

[CardiacCoug]

That's what you get for abiding by the 12th AofF.

Is that sarcastic? I was on a "humanitarian aid worker" visa for part of my proselytizing mission. I think there is plenty of law-bending that takes place when the Church is initially trying to establish itself in new countries.

[SoonerCoug]

Is that sarcastic? I was on a "humanitarian aid worker" visa for part of my proselytizing mission. I think there is plenty of law-bending that takes place when the Church is initially trying to establish itself in new countries.

Not just any humanitarian aid worker, but a humanitarian aid worker of the "Society of Sofia."

Yes, the Church smuggled its missionaries into certain former soviet republics under the name of a fictitious society.

[beefytee]

I think the Church could have overwhelming success among the rural Chinese.

I don't know about that.

I know you're going for the less-educated meme, but I imagine the rural folks are much more traditional (not as open to new ideas) and more likely to stick with their roots, whether that is Buddhism or whatever the communists have beat into them.

[Colly Wolly]

田地已經白得可以收穫了

Edit: WTF? When did they change the translation?

[Clark Addison]

田地已經白得可以收穫了

Edit: WTF? When did they change the translation?

What did it used to be? I am embarrassed to admit I no longer have D&C 4 memorized. I still have Moroni 10:4-5 though!

[Colly Wolly]

What did it used to be? I am embarrassed to admit I no longer have D&C 4 memorized. I still have Moroni 10:4-5 though!

該 instead of 可以. I like 該 better.

[Levin]

The Jehovah's witnesses, evangelical groups, and others are licking their chops. When the doors open to proselytization, it's going to be a free for all.

[All-American]

I don't know about that.

I know you're going for the less-educated meme, but I imagine the rural folks are much more traditional (not as open to new ideas) and more likely to stick with their roots, whether that is Buddhism or whatever the communists have beat into them.

Hence the term "pagan." When Christianity took hold in the Roman empire, the farmers (latin: "paganus") were the last to get the word and/or comply. Thus the "pagan" religion retained the polytheistic Roman dieties even while Rome adopted monotheistic Catholicism.