Re: Figuring Out Religion
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:36 pm
Very interesting, I did not know that about Dear Leader #1. We have a healthy South Korean Christian presence in our area; our last two church organists were South Korean, and quite talented. FWIW, my wife helps teach Sunday School to little kids. A 7 year old South Korean boy is in her class; he recently came to the US from South Korea. He is extremely smart, reads and speaks English fluently, and knows math and his Bible.dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:25 pmI’m reading a weighty tome on North Korea. It’s very interesting to learn that Kim Il-sung, Dear Leader #1 and grandpa of the current Dear Leader, had a Christian background. Both he and his wife came from observant Christian families. He even played the organ for his church.Mountaineer said Gramsci wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:05 am Socialism is precisely the religion that must overwhelm Christianity...
Most of this info is swept under the rug for the sake of propaganda and K.I.S. downplayed it in his own memoirs, but enough credible documentation survives. Before the cult of the Kim’s, Christianity was popular, as it remains in South Korea to this day.
In the U.S. we have separation of Church and State. In totalitarian regimes, there is of course no room for both.