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[nomad-ish]

vanislander, i was kidding.

[jajdude]

Victimhood and self-pity, "Han," conformity, acceptance and fear of authority, love of groups, belonging, and desire to maintain an image of respectability and be seen as a good person in your community, reputation, all make fine ingredients for religious fervor and speaking in tongues. I shudder when I hear them.

[pdx]

[TheChickenLover]

The image that has never left my mind when it comes to Christianity in Korea is this one



To me, this image is one of the reasons my hatred towards evengelical religions is nearly absolute. This monk is doing his own thing in peace while this idiot mocks the poor monk. It's disgusting & not uncommon here.

I was dragged to a few chuches, was disgusted with what I saw. It's seemed more a cult than anything. That immediate reminder of paying 10% to your church was also insulting. As if, I'll choose what I will donate thank you very much (& I'm not religious at all).

Avoid religion here, it's nearly complete nonsense unless you're looking for the peaceful & spiritual type as in buddhism. Christianity is just slavery for your soul.

Chicken

[TheChickenLover]

The image that has never left my mind when it comes to Christianity in Korea is this one



To me, this image is one of the reasons my hatred towards evengelical religions is nearly absolute. This monk is doing his own thing in peace while this idiot mocks the poor monk. It's disgusting & not uncommon here.

I was dragged to a few chuches, was disgusted with what I saw. It's seemed more a cult than anything. That immediate reminder of paying 10% to your church was also insulting. As if, I'll choose what I will donate thank you very much (& I'm not religious at all).

Avoid religion here, it's nearly complete nonsense unless you're looking for the peaceful & spiritual type as in buddhism. Christianity is just slavery for your soul.

Chicken

[Omkara]

That photo looks as though it is from Busan, in Seomyon, just outside of the Lotte Department Store. Is it?

[exit86]

I've always firmly believed that Korea needs MORE religion, particularly
to help instill the notion of universal absolutes in terms of "Law."
The Judeo-Christian and Muslim faiths all help to keep believers
keep themselves in line with the idea that the Divine has made
certain laws which are not to be broken. Though most cultures have the
big laws in this class (i.e. "Killing is wrong" "Don't steal" "Don't screw your
neighbor's wife or husband"), it is the minor Divine Laws which might help
Korea a bit (i.e. "Don't lie" "Don't kill unborn children because they are females" "Don't cheat on your husband or wife with someone at the love hotel" "Prostitution is not a good thing and in no way, shape, or form should it be socially acceptable" etc) When Westerners with such a religious background do bad things (example--killing your unborn child because
it is a girl) most of us--even those ardent atheists out there--usually know or feel that some Divine Being is watching us and we are gonna be in deep sh_t after we kick the bucket. Following this, many Western societies make civil laws to further uphold the Divine Law (i.e. the American Southern States). We feel bad--GUILT--for our actions.

Here in North-East Asia, you are guilty only if you get caught, then comes
the SHAME as the dip-sh_ts on the evening news in the cop shop put their jackets over their heads to hide their faces so nobody knows it was them who raped the three school children or whatever.

I think it would be nice to see more religion in this country.

[ella]

It doesn't matter what someone says they believe. Confucianism trumps all religion in Korea.

[Pink Freud]

[exit86]

My point is that Western ideas of Law come from these ancient
religious ideas. The Judeo-Christian laws from JHWH (not all 613 of them from the Bible, but the major ones like JHWH's 10 Commandments
which He delivered to the Israelites via Moses) as well as Greco-Roman laws which were in many cases Divinely commanded and/or upheld
(Zeus' laws of "Xenos" which dictated how guests and hosts must
behave as well as all the punishments for any type of trangressions
committed under the auspices of the host/guest relationship).
As a further example "lex talionis." Where does this come from?
Straight from the Judeo-Christian JHWH's "An eye for an eye"
proclamation.

Due to these Divine Laws--seen as something very real and very
believable in the pre-modern era--civic laws have often been put in place.
Accordingly, this Western system often has multiple levels of prohibitions and punishments. (Ex.: Not only will you go to jail for perjury in most
states in the US, but there is also the added punishment--be it in the forefront or back of one's mind--of punishment from above for having sworn an untrue oath in the name of the Divine. It may sound medieval, but it is a verifiable sociological phenomenon in the West)

Korea lacks and always has lacked such Absolutes.
(Example: Killing is wrong, but, it is okay if your fetus is a girl.
Perjury is wrong, unless you really are ashamed and are attempting to save face.
Running a red light is wrong, unless you are in a big hurry.
(I don't think any god has gone on record to prohibit this one,
but it is the willing violation of a law set in place for the overall welfare
of one's fellow citizens which gives us the guilt--"I endangered the lives
of others and myself just because I am a selfish a-hole")
Cheating on your husband is wrong, unless he is always working late, he doesn't give you enough spending money and his mother is bit_h. [this is a real one here])

Law cannot be situation-based in a society of 50 million people.

[Omkara]

[ED209]

[jajdude]

[Ukon]

[Ukon]