Christianity is a Political Tool
In the U.S., someone who converts to Christianity might be seen as extremely religious or weak for needing religion. In Laos, people have many misconceptions about Christianity and what it means to be a Christian. Here is a sample of what some Laotians think about Christianity, taken from a flyer posted in several villages recently.
What is Christianity? Please read below and it will be explained.
Christianity is a political tool belonging to the Americans that has the purpose to brainwash society. It has the purpose to get rid of other religions and other cultures opposing of Christianity. Every teaching of Jesus Christ is related to what the Americans teach one another to follow. Also, the religion of Jesus makes a person lose his or her self-identity. It is a political tool. The Christians look only for advantage and gain. They also are dependent on the Americans for support all the time.
The Christians are always making a plan of how to increase its numbers so that can report to the main leader. They also get a percentage of who they can lead to Christ. Whoever they led to Christ is being tricked and used by them.
The people who become Christians then are lost in the teachings of Jesus and have to “drink a water of promise.” They also have to drink each other’s blood to stand firm in Christ. They have to also throw away the culture they grew up with and throw away their tribe which they have been in their whole life. This is why the culture of Christianity is not good at all. Other Christians also marry within their own families, there is no dowry, and also all Christians are allowed to sleep with one another.
The people who have faith in Christ treat their faith as more important than their daily jobs, their future, and the future of their family members. People belonging to the Christian group are very stubborn people. They are enemies of people who want to live peacefully and enemies of the law of the nation.
If this were posted in your town, would you be ready to call yourself a Christian?