Chinese Communist Party members warned against believing in 'ghosts and supernatural beings'

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BY SHANGHAIIST IN NEWS ON DEC 5, 2016 7:35 PM

China's top graft buster is warning all members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to cease their superstitious beliefs, or else face the consequences.

In an undated speech republished in a Party journal, Wang Qishan, Politburo Standing Committee member and Secretary of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), told CCP members to stop engaging in practices that are "diametrically opposed" to the Party.

"At present, some party members and officials don't believe in Marxism-Leninism and believe in ghosts and supernatural beings. They don't believe in the organization but believe in 'masters,'" Wang said, referring to individuals thought of as religious leaders, according to Reuters.

Although all Chinese citizens have the freedom to practice religion, China is officially an atheist state. CCP members are expected not to be religious or practice superstitious beliefs. Recently, they have been reminded more and more of that expectation.

http://shanghaiist.com/2016/12/05/ccp_vs_ghosts.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Commission_for_Discipline_Inspection

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1. "They don't believe in the organization but believe in 'masters'"

Apparently the state believes these individuals are focused on the wrong masters...as an atheist state the party is their religion and all must pay homage and tribute.

It's still a religion but the worst kind, the kind where being an infidel can lead to your demise.