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Korea's ugly churches
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Sister Ray



Joined: 25 Mar 2006
Location: Fukuoka

PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jcd wrote:
Long gone are the days where slaves of the church paid for and helped to build Notre Dame etc...; and where churches demanded all your time and lots of your money with serious consequences if you refuse. Thank God.


Actually Korea is probably one of the few places remaining in the modern World where the church often does still demand all your time and lots of your money.
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talentedcrayon



Joined: 27 Aug 2013
Location: Why do you even care?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 6:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In Gangnam I attended Chunghyun Church for a year. It is a beautiful building made mostly from granite.

In Ansan I attended Dongsan Church. It is a modern building, but also very beautiful and well built.

From what I remember the Myeongdong Catholic Cathedral isn't bad.

Not every church in Korea is ugly. But, I do agree to some degree!

Personally, it's never been what draws me to a place anyway. Nice building + [insert-negative-adjective], [insert-negative-adjective],[insert-negative adjective] religious people isn't a nice combo. I recall something about people washing the outside of the cup... or being like whitewashed tombs...
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