North Korea 'executes Christians'

[Akvod]

Kasz216 said:

Akvod said:

Kasz216 said:

Akvod said:
It's fascinating how Christianity became so successful in Korea (to the point that Asian religions like Buddhism has been persecuted in South Korea).

I don't understand how it managed to get to North Korea though... I wonder what methods South Korea used to get so many converts.

I can see why North Korean officials are so afraid and upset about Christianity though, since it's not only connected to the US, but also South Korea, and how they want to maintain the people's belief that their leader is some divine figure.

Fucked up world =/ And I enjoy the comfort of only reading about these things online then see them first hand. I wonder if people in first world nations are only getting soft, or if people in these horrible places are having their minds broken by the world's horrors.

Christianity is just an inherently successful religion for some reason.  There are a lot of countries where christanity was riding a huge wave of covnersion before it was shut down by the government.

Like Japan, China, etc.

I know how Japan, like in the 1700-1800's banned Christianity (stomp on a picture of Christ and all), but I don't think the government... especially when America was occupying Japan and was trying to Americanize it after WWII, shut down Christianity... again that's why I thought it was fascinating that despite the failure in Japan (no, Western weddings and Christmas doesn't count as Christianity making leaps into Japan), it succeeded in South Korea.

It failed in Japan because it was already shut down earlier on.

Back when it first came around it was ridiculiously popular. 

Then it got shut down... but those christians didn't go away.  They formed there own christian like religion... it wasn't quite as popular as it was a combination of local religions into a christian LIKE religion... but it was similar.

So when christianity came back... it was seen as like that religion which was generally less successful.

 

=/

I dunno... so you're saying it's just all mommentum? I dunno... I don't like your explanation... granted I haven't studied it at all, but it just seems like such an... unprofessional? explanation.

I'll look up some articles... ok actually not, lol, I don't care anymore, I'm not going to change the world, and I'm happy with being ignorant and happy. The most that'll happen is that I'll think that I know everything in the world, especially about the pain and sufferings of people so far away, and just throw cash around like a idiot, and join causes for the hell of it.

 

I hate movements and causes because it turns out to be a fad for the most part =/ How many hippies do you still see today? How many more protestors would we have gotten for the Iraq "war" if kids were forced to put their own neck on the line. What happened to all those yellow armbands?

 

I see fucking Lays potato chip using Arial font and "green movement" aesthetics to make their chips look more healthy. The news jumps on one story like the reporters in North Korea, and now you don't hear about it because it's all about Black America 2.

 

And don't get me wrong, I DON't stay up to date with all the events and whatever genocide that some snobby college kid comes up to me to tell about. That's why I exactly don't want to join those movement and causes, because I don't follow them, I don't care about them, and I don't want to pretend that I do. I fucking hate people who just do these things as a fad, and for self gratification, and then look down upon others who don't...

 

... Ok I went way off topic there