(December 27, 2012 at 10:22 pm)Aractus Wrote: I'm sure if you go to North Korea and ask, they will emphatically tell you that they don't believe their leader is a deity.
What they "believe" is almost irrelevant. They are told what to say and, frankly, throughout most of history that has been the aim of most religions.
Conformity.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16336991
Quote:Every night, North Korea's news bulletin begins with a song about the mythical qualities of the country's leader Kim Jong-il and the mountain where he is said to have been born.
North Koreans are used to the hyperbole of their state media, with a constant stream of stories about Kim Jong-il's economic guidance and benevolent care.
And since the death of the Dear Leader on 17 December, the media have focused their attention on a series of strange, natural phenomena being reported across the country - a giant lake of ice cracking in half, a red glow covering the mountain where their leader was born and, most recently, magpies gathering by the dozens in a single tree, in grief, according to one party official.
Kim Saves and, since he actually existed, he was probably a lot better at it than jesus.
