I love all of this.
We are picking up speed real good.

Fractelle.
I wont flame you.
In principle communism has quite a few strengths. Everyone treated equal and everyone loving and respecting each other.
Sad thing was that it was satans conterfeit against Christianity. See Ukraine thread. Communism ended up killing millions because those at the top wouldnt remain truthful to the vision and expunged all who opposed them...then it got real paranoid and they started killing everyone.
No wonder we had a drawn out Cold War. Commie leadership was insane.

TRTL.
In truth I dont know all that much about China.
I read the papers and go on the net and I see their persecution of much that moves.
As a christian I know where their worship lies (mostly) and who is in control of their evil government.
You dont run over your kids with tanks without being slaves to the devil.
I know the Bible and what it says about the worlds final great army, the kings of the east, and where its going (a small southern movement of the 200 million soldiers will probably land here too...enough prophecies about it amongst the committed christians).
I dont have to spend years finely observing their history and their inventions to see what is obvious to me.

*You know...if they invade down this far, one of the things on their minds will be on is the Australian women...thanks to their one child policy creating a nation of mostly men.

StG.
Im not greatly opposed to feminism. They do what they do and to some degree I wish them well. Women are poorly treated because men abuse their positions as real men.
The Bible position is man first, then woman, man looking after the woman and not hanging out with abuse or lust towards her all of the time. Be good to see the guys put the porn away. What a crippling weakness it is.
Ive got nothing against the Jews. They are Gods people are blessed as a nation in Israel as such.

Gibo: "Im not greatly opposed to feminism."

That's great Gibo. That leaves Muslims, Homo-cough-sexuals, Communists, Lefties, Emo's, under 50's, Women, Foreign-cough-cough-ers, and Catholics you've got issue with. As long as we've cleared that up.

Gibo,as you admit that you 'dont know all that much about China', I don't know why you started all this with an unfounded fear of Communism spreading here from China.

As far as I can see, the recent years of economic development and increases in personal freedoms will eventually lead to a more democratic China that could be more of a friend than a foe.

The younger generation there desire the same lifestyle of the West and they are the future leaders. You don't see them waving Chairman Mao's 'Little Red Book' anymore.

The days of 'reds under beds' are gone.

STG - Too funny

Gibo: "I'm not greatly opposed to feminism."

Except where it means women are equal. Oh dear.

Gibo, I think you mean well, in fact, I'm sure you mean well. But mate, could you just take in the occasional Harry Potter book or the latest Indiana Jones movie? I'm not suggesting that you fully embrace atheism, but you need to go about things a little more laterally - there is a diverse and wonderful world out there. ENJOY.

I thought governments were like little dominos that would fall over, one-by-one, until we were all taken over by the Reds.

Many Aussies died for this theory in Vietnam but nothing else seems to have toppled so far.

Actually Im a true believer in prophecy from The Lord.
This comes of many years in the pentecostal christian churches (would be about 23 or so years now) and having seen (eyewitnessing) how The Holy Spirit operates amongst committed christian men and women as He Touches their lives.
It comes from hearing of so many visions and "Words of Knowledge" (prophecies) given to christian believers related to future world events that it becomes impossible NOT to believe them, especially the string of visions and prophecies related to an asian invader.

It became impossible NOT to believe they were not true.

Remember this is a world of Christian believers that few here know anything of because few if any of our readers have gone into that world with child-likeness in their hearts...i.e. able to receive what God Gives to His people as genuine-from- God Communication.

The benchmark of all revelations in the string is Pastor Jack Burrells' book "What will become of Australia" 1975 about enemy soldiers on OZ soil; and the loss of about half of the continent.
In Jacks book, remember its revelation from The Lord, Jack says page 24..."and the invaders will keep the Northern half of Australia, and populate it with people of their own choice. The Southern part of Australia will be governed by a communist-style government, and all land, and all property will be owned by the state".
For a communist-style government to exist out there, in the future, there has to be a seeding somewhere in this age.
I think the move to become friendly with communist China is that seeding and I would like someone to be willing to investigate the seeding... so the people are aware.
Many Australians died in the Cold War (thousands of fine men and women all over the world).
Do we want to honour them?... and be ever so careful who we do a spiritual dance with?
Do we really want communist governments anywhere?
Id like K.Rudds dream of "friends with China" looked at.
Theres been too many deaths because of communism already.