Religion can do good or become weird we all know that ....look what is happening in America, how some religions are turning a blind eye while supporting those with no moral compass .some people have made their religion fit what they want either for Ego, power or money and in some places even kill nonbelievers to their egocentric believes . Without their believe they feel as nothing .their power and sense of self diminished unless they push their belief on others.
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I am amazed that these glaring examples of the insanity and irrationality of religion fail to resonate with the millions of American Christians. Running your life, or a nation, on the basis of absurd religious concepts will have to cease at some time in the world's evolution.
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Whatever one may think of Lee Man-hee and Shincheongji church, the solution to this problem seems simple enough: if ge church has anything close to the number of members Lee claims, then there must surely be a number of doctors among that membership. If so, let them go to members’ homes and test them for the coronavirus; those who test positive will be sent to hospital. At that point it becomes irrelevant as to who is or is not a church member, as all infected people must be treated.
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Unless I missed it, no explanation of how or why the church supposedly has contributed to the epidemic or impeded the public health effort. Anyone?
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@Jim Terr
No. 31 Patient is a member of Shincheonji church and she is the one who made people in Daegu be infected and the South Korean government decides to change its strategy to contain the virus.
She refused to take a test while doctors suggested her to do it at least more than two times and it was too late to track her past activities when she was found to be infected because she had attended the service at Shincheonji church, participated in the funeral of the leader's brother of Shincheonji church in Cheongdo, etc.
She is the one who made South Korea, especially in Daegu, to be a new hotspot of coronavirus.
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This is what happens when a cult-like and outwardly looking credible religious sect has a distorted view of reality and an extremist ideology. But the greatest danger sign is the incapability of groups like this one to distinguish facts from fantasies or worse, promoting misinformation to that justifies their ideology.
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If he were an angel, why would he need to wear a surgical mask ? Like Trump, he can simply wait for a miracle!
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@ml
You got it wrong Trump thinks he is a miracle, here due to divine intervention...his actions and those of his evangelical supporters are proof that there is no god. Christ ism’t going to be rising from the dead after Trump. Atheists are moral and consider ethical behavior Christians are politically expedient greedy guts. The “angel” in Korea isn’t an angel, he is just another version of greed.
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Yet he isn’t even wearing his mask correctly! It goes over the nose.
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This sounds familiar. An old man whom thinks he is God and that the evil govt and media is out to make him look bad, complete with followers who believe everything that comes out of his mouth. Amazing how there is no shortage of charlatans or con men with willing participants falling for their hoaxes.
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Religionists, from Scientologists to Christians to Wikkens cannot help any of us - they are lost in their own worlds and cannot be counted on for rational thought.
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Sounds like a comment that would come from the Trump White House!
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As Plato once said, praying is a risky business, if you don't use your intelligence!
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Please call this group what it is - a cult.
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"We are all grown-ups."
I think the "Be quiet! Order!" and the need for "followers" to usher him out speaks a lot more to this "religious leader's" character than an appeal to be treated as a peer.
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It certainly doesn’t give any evidence of his “charisma”.
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I have spent time in Korea and familiar with the culture and language. Although the general population mostly avoids the religious offshoots, the cult of personality is still a major player in Korea. In the North Kim Ill Sung became a God and Rev. Sung Mung Moon has millions of followers all over the globe. This thinking has no logic and like most cults its members blindly follow the leader. I've read in the Korean press that Lee Man he may be brought up on murder charges.
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Yes the evil can easily be identified, the leader just needs to look in the mirror. For heavens sake grow up and work with authorities to correct the situation.
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