War on Christmas hits Korea
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North Korea on Sunday made unspecified threats against plans by Christians in the South to illuminate giant steel Christmas “trees” near the world’s most heavily armed border, warning of “unexpected consequences” resulting from what the Stalinist regime views as a propaganda stunt.
The South Korean government has given permission for evangelical groups to light three of the structures for 15 days, beginning just before Christmas, in locations where they will potentially be seen by hundreds of thousands of North Koreans.
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I really hope the S. Koreans don’t back down on this.
The Communist-built TV tower in Berlin is still talked about today, 25 years after it was relevant—in that its ball-shaped metal surface inadvertently creates a cross of light when the sun hits it (they call it “the Pope’s revenge” among other things). This was a major embarrassment to the DDR communist rulers…and a great encouragement to the struggling church there.
See a photo here.
[1] Posted by banned4Life on 12-13-2011 at 12:55 AM · [top]
Kind of lends some perspective to our own culture, where we get annoyed because people wish us “Happy Holidays”, huh.
Well, MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!
P.S. Oh, THAT’s where the design of the Death Star came from…;-)
[2] Posted by B. Hunter on 12-13-2011 at 01:23 PM · [top]
Can I put a little history on this? Remember Kim Il Sung’s parents were Christians. In fact, Kim Il Sung himself, as a twenty-something was a Sunday School teacher. Most of the North Korean Juche philosophy is dependent on a communist-confucian rewriting of Christianity, which makes the truth of Jesus Christ very dangerous to the Northern way of life. Every meal in NK begins with saying “thank you dear leader, I will eat well” because the “dear leader” is said to be the source of all things. A proper Christian table blessing, Korean style (as “I will eat well” is a typical Korean thanksgiving for a meal on both sides of the DMZ) would simply substitute God for “Dear Leader.” Get it? So Christmas lights (and a notable church cross) visible from the North are indeed philosophically dangerous. They’re also economically dangerous, as the North simply does not have the energy to waste on such decoration. Light “pollution” from the South is a constant sign, in the midst of rolling power outages and shortages in the North, of the fact that the South is more prosperous, a chink in the propaganda armor.
[3] Posted by Free Range Anglican on 12-13-2011 at 03:07 PM · [top]
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