The government has taken the prudent and well-timed step to intervene and chastise anyone who disturbs the very fabric of peace and prosperity in Singapore by advancing a facetious and simplistic lop-sided debate.

People like Pastor Rony should be removed from the national discourse on important issues for the nation as he has nothing to contribute save bigotry and small-mindedness

Why would ppl be non-christians if they thought Christanity wasn’t a hoax anyway? Anyway christians are Christians precisely the same way they view a non christian view being a hoax. You have no control over the opinion of others, you and I have the right to believe what we want to believe to be true or what we believe to be false.

Rubbish! There are definitely books, novels or whatever that question the other faiths in Singapore. It just happens that Christians make the most noise when their faith is criticised or misrepresented. Ironically the popularity of such ”anti-christian” media is due to the free publicity christians create over a little book. Anyway Christian media is so widespread that I can safely say every general and specialised bookstore in Singapore has a Christian corner. Why do the Muslims, Buddhists, Taoist, Hindus or Freethinkers not have their special corner? Oppression? Due to the exclusively of Christianity (as we most other faiths), I can safely say many Christians books would be otherwise critical or somewhat offensive to other faiths. Shall we then ban them all? Can I demand the Bible/Quran/Tao De Jing to be banned for being ”blasphemous” or against my beliefs? Of course not! Its like saying we should ban the Origin of Species just because it contradicts Genesis, the existence of Adam and Eve or orignal sin.

I think you are using the Christian double standard here. There is no religion as vocal as Christianity in Singapore which makes a fuss over every little thing. No other religion does their evaganelising as forciful and outspoken as Christianity does in Singapore. Calling yourselves more tolerant, less volatile than other faiths has to be a joke. If a Buddhist evangeliser (if one even exist) ever makes fun of Christianity, I seriously doubt christians would just stand there and offer their other cheeks. Fortunately the Buddhist and Taoist communites here are Christ-like enough to forgive and forget.

And here comes Rony Tan again bashing any group of people….

While I agree that there is no necessity to mock other religions when you preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, I can’t help but think that a double standard exists in Singapore. I am referring to the recent and ongoing uproar caused by Pastor Rony Tan of Lighthouse Evangelism church in Singapore. His video-recorded interviews cum testimonies of ex-Buddhists and Taoists have angered many Singaporeans and landed him in trouble with the authorities.

Why do I say that a double standard exists in Singapore? Well, I recall that when the Da Vinci Code movie and book were popular here, it upset many Christians like myself and caused many of us to question our faith. It also caused many non-Christians to believe that the whole Christian faith was a hoax. Yet, the authorities did nothing about it, though I am sure many Christians voiced their concerns and hoped that the movie and book would be banned.

To make matters worse, well-watched documentary TV channels took advantage of the movie’s popularity and aired documentaries (such as the Gospel Of Judas) here that further undermined the Christian faith. These documentaries, the movie and similar publications said many things which Christians regard as blasphemous. For example, they disputed the death and resurrection of Jesus, a fundamental truth of Christianity, and said that He had sex and hence children with Mary Magdalene.

So I can’t help but think that it is somehow okay to “mock” or “test” Christians here, but not believers of other faiths. (Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying that it is right to mock other religions.) No one doubts that such movies and books would never be allowed in Singapore if they were undermining, say, Islam. Can you imagine what would happen if a Da Vinci Code type of movie and book about the Muslim faith were to be screened and sold here?

So why do the other faiths here seem to enjoy more protection than the Christian faith? Were the movie, documentaries and books permitted to be shown and sold in Singapore because Christians here were not vocal enough, that is, we did not protest in the streets or call for the death of Dan Brown? Must it come to that before we are heard? Didn’t the religious harmony bill speak loud enough for us?

Perhaps we are seen as more tolerant, less volatile — hence it’s okay to push the boundaries when it comes to content that undermines and mocks the Christian faith.

I really hope that in future, Christians here can enjoy the same amount of protection the other faiths here enjoy. Let’s be fair.

They used the Buddhst life many years, then now they go to believe the other religions, after that they compalainted Buddhist is not good or Buddhist fake of religion.

All of us can see in fact, this two ex as evil. This two ex very danger human and may be they can’t sleep well because bad things will disturbing them because of silly.

Perter Cheng

Mr Rony Tan, human like tiger, (which you commented in your video) kills when they are hungry. Human kills for food, greed, pride, ego and when annoyed. You tried killing other religion & our country’s harmony with your inability to think of consequences (or you don’t care about the consequences).

I trust Jesus doesn’t mean to have his teaching taught this way. I believe all religion teaches people to be good, just that the successor/s distaught the truth somewhere.

Spend more time learning Mr Rony Tan. I believe you made Jesus cry with your ignorance.