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PaperTiger
Joined: 31 May 2005
Location: Ulaanbataar
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| I guarantee you'll meet fewer Christians if you hang out at Buddhist temples. |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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From what I've seen, there are plenty of non-Christians out there. What do you call drunks and room salon visitors? Surely, they aren't Christians.
going to church doesn't make one a true Christian either. Satan can go to church. |
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gaffe
Joined: 06 Aug 2009
Location: N.C.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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| princess wrote: |
From what I've seen, there are plenty of non-Christians out there. What do you call drunks and room salon visitors? Surely, they aren't Christians.
going to church doesn't make one a true Christian either. Satan can go to church. |
Is there a Church of Satan in Korea? |
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monkeyteacher
Joined: 05 Jan 2008
Location: near the magic mountain
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:07 pm Post subject: Maybe |
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| lots of the non-Christians are out doing what the so-called Christians are NOT doing......like volunteering to help the truly needy (i.e. most all the elderly and disabled in Korea), cleaning up the environment, stopping discrimination(age, race, nationality, etc.) Ya think? |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| princess wrote: |
From what I've seen, there are plenty of non-Christians out there. What do you call drunks and room salon visitors? Surely, they aren't Christians.
going to church doesn't make one a true Christian either. Satan can go to church. |
You hang out in room salons? As for drunks
http://koreabeat.com/?p=10368
Yes, being a Christian keeps you sober and keeps IT in your pants. |
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Not Korea
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:39 am Post subject: Re: Maybe |
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How can you possibly qualify that statement?
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| lots of the non-Christians are out doing what the so-called Christians are NOT doing......like volunteering to help the truly needy (i.e. most all the elderly and disabled in Korea), cleaning up the environment, stopping discrimination(age, race, nationality, etc.) Ya think? |
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andz22
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Location: Wales
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:59 pm Post subject: Re: why can't I meet any non-Christian Koreans? |
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I'm a friendly person and I like it when people talk to me on the street.
Usually people who approach and speak to me (whether in Korean or in English) are older folks, or perhaps mostly elderly. I like old timers, they can recall all sorts of history and interesting stuff.
However, what I don't like is that almost all of the adults I meet and chat with at some length at some point bring up their religious affiliation and question me about mine.
I would like to make some Korean friends or acqaintances who are either Christian or non-Christian, but for whom religion is just a private issue. Why is it so important for people to only relate to other Christians? How come these holy rollers just ooze out of the woodwork?
I totally respect people who go to church and that's fine, but why do people have the temerity to ask me on Sunday morning why I don't go to church? It's really nobody's bloody business, is it? |
I could ask the same question about americans, I have met many americans, all they same to do is ask what my beliefs are.. why?
And when I mention that I'm a muslim they look at me like i just murdered all of their loved ones. |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:17 am Post subject: |
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| Many Koreans will just assume that we're Christian because we are white. |
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drkalbi
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:25 am Post subject: |
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| When someone asks me my religion I tell them I'm a "Free Thinker". |
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adjective_noun
Joined: 30 Jun 2009
Location: down in the back and around the corner
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:17 am Post subject: |
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| gaffe wrote: |
| Is there a Church of Satan in Korea? |
That has given me a great idea!
The next time I'm asked to go to someone's church, I'll suggest we do a swap for the sake of open-mindedness: I go to your sermon, if you come to my blood sacrifice orgy. |
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DAC
Joined: 14 Aug 2009
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:27 am Post subject: |
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As a Christian myself (who also doesn't claim to be better than anyone else) I find the "subway Christians" annoying too. What better way to turn people off of God then by putting the "holy" spotlight on them? They need to spend more time in real relationships with non-churched people...Having said all of that, I hope it's understood that there are a lot of us Christians out there who are not out to embarrass, annoy, or stalk non-Christians!
My (Korean) wife gets a kick out of the shock on the faces of those who approach her, or have "tricked" her into attending a Bible study ("Oh, we're getting together for lunch this weekend. Will you join us?") when they ask her detailed Q's about the Bible, and she knows more than they do. It's almost like "Wha- why didn't you say something before I made an ass of myself?" |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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When someone from Korea asks me "Do you go to church-ee?" I warmly respond "Yes, I am Presbyterian."
When someone from America asks me "Are you some crazy Christian?" I warmly respond "Presbyterian".
I prefer the way people ask #1. More polite and less irrational. |
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E_athlete
Joined: 09 Jun 2009
Location: Korea sparkling
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| without a doubt though, internet christians are the most annoying. They don't ever turn the other cheek and judge/criticise everyone when they are really supposed to lay down according to their own scripture. They aren't exactly Christ-like at all either. It just goes to show how seriously they take the prospect of being poked in the butt with a pitchfork for eternity. I sometimes wonder whether they even really believe their own faith. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Well the amusing thing about the internet is that you get people on one thread accusing Christians of being terrified of Hell and it causing mental disorders and then you get other people accusing Christians about not following their own beliefs or really believing in things.
Yes, Christians are not perfect. We do not always practice what we preach. That is part of being human.
Besides I think my post at least WAS about turning the other cheek.
But I must confess, and this may be somewhat judgemental, internet atheists often claim to be these pillars of rationality and then you read their posts and there are loads of deep-seeded emotional issues and irrational judgements of people.
The joys of the internet. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Korean Catholics tend to be more fun and don't push their belief's on others. In that way they are similar to Korean Buddhists. Both Korean Catholics and Buddhists are fun to go out with and will quite literally drink you under the table |
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