Adrianna Tan
Saw this terrifying video: How a cult took over Fiji
I was not surprised at all that it was a doomsday heretic Korean ‘Christian’ cult.
One of my first early memories of Seoul as a child was ‘wow, so many cults.’ People prostrating and wailing at subway stations in ways that even tongues-speaking evangelicals don’t
Adrianna Tan
@LinuxAndYarn there were a few other pre Graham East Asian Christina cults. Like the boxer rebellion people
Rachel Rawlings
@skinnylatte I took a course as an undergrad on Western religions in Asia. It was incredible to me how many Christian churches popped up in South Korea after Billy Graham had a revival where he made it sound like evangelical Christianity was the only thing that could defeat North Korea.
(Btw, https://wwnorton.com/books/Gods-Chinese-Son/ is a hell of a good book.)
Adrianna Tan
@LinuxAndYarn yep and Kim Il Sung has evangelical roots (his father I think), so it’s also no surprise that NK is.. like that
Adrianna Tan
@irene the anti woke, anti feminism message is very strong there and far more toxic
Irene Zhang
@skinnylatte I saw a Charlie Kirk memorial in a subway in Seoul and that was alarming.
Adrianna Tan
Irene Zhang
@skinnylatte yiiiikes
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