In what case is religion more important than government?

[Fire Walk With Me]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3604968.stm

"There's an overall deterioration in human rights in Tibet, certainly over the last few years," said Anne Callaghan from the Free Tibet Campaign.

"It's part of an overall pattern of targeting religious institutions, increasing patriotic re-education campaigns and the like, because China sees religious expression in Tibet as being a threat to its legitimacy."

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The event may have attracted many tourists, but for the 300,000 Tibetans attending the festival, it was more about expressing their distinct Tibetan identity.

China may be hoping that its strategy of combining hard control with soft tourist dollars will win loyalty in Tibet, eroding its religious fervour.

[ThomWV]

1. Some Difference

There Religion is threatened by Government and here our Government is threatened by Religion.

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. A single juxtaposition is worth a thousand words :-)

I fail to find the phrase "take over the government" in the Bible... Yet a peaceful people are being destroyed for their pursuit of peace.

[tocqueville]

2. never

at least in a democratic society

[havocmom]

3. About the time one dies, religion probably has an edge over government

[gratuitous]

4. Well, when my government orders me to kill people

I'd have to say that my Christian faith would be a lot more important than anything the government could say or do to me, including tossing me in the clink.