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Don't trust a god who tells you to do stupid shit like this.

Post by FBM » Sun Dec 27, 2009 5:34 am

:doh:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/na ... 57982.html
US Christian Activist Enters N. Korea

A 29-year-old American Christian, claiming God showed him a vision of North Korea's liberation and redemption, has entered the communist country to urge leader Kim Jong-il to repent, AFP reported Saturday quoting activists.

Robert Park, a U.S. citizen of Korean ancestry, crossed the frozen Tumen River from China and walked into the North without permission on Christmas Day, they said.

"While crossing the frozen river in a snowstorm, Park shouted loud, saying 'I'm a U.S. citizen, I came here to proclaim God's love,'" a colleague of Park's told AFP.

"But all were silent on the other side of the river. We assume he was arrested by North Korean border guards there. But we don't know about his fate," he said on condition of anonymity.

Park, a self-proclaimed seer and activist, is a leader of an international campaign for North Korean human rights called "Freedom and Life for All North Koreans: 2009," his colleague said.

The group describes itself as a worldwide coalition of Christian ministries and activists working to promote human rights in the North.

Park reportedly carried a letter addressed to Kim and other leaders calling on them to repent.

"I proclaim Christ's love and forgiveness toward you today. God promises mercy and clemency for those who repent," Park said in the letter, which was made public Saturday.

"He loves you and wants to save you and all of North Korea today," he said.

U.S. embassy officials said they had no information on the reported incident.
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Post by Faithfree » Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:21 am

I hope he doesn't expect god to bail him out over the Xmas break - way too busy wallowing in all the praise emanating from his brain-fried flock. :coffee:
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Post by Deep Sea Isopod » Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:53 am

leader of an international campaign for North Korean human rights
So he's not one of those christians who takes every word of the bible as the litteral word of dog, then?
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:07 am

I just got an image of a guy standing in front of a lion's den and yelling, "Hey, Daniel, watch THIS!" :funny:
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Post by FBM » Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:23 pm

Deep Sea Isopod wrote:
leader of an international campaign for North Korean human rights
So he's not one of those christians who takes every word of the bible as the litteral word of dog, then?
:think: Am I the only one who slid off into the ditch at this turn?
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Post by Deep Sea Isopod » Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:30 am

notFBM wrote:
Deep Sea Isopod wrote:
leader of an international campaign for North Korean human rights
So he's not one of those christians who takes every word of the bible as the litteral word of dog, then?
:think: Am I the only one who slid off into the ditch at this turn?
The bible is full of human rights abuses. This guy is campaigning for human rights in NK. So he's one of those who picks out the bad parts and the rest is interpreted in a different way.
It's not to be taken as the litteral word of god. ;)
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Post by FBM » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:26 am

:tup: Thanks for pulling me out of that ditch. :cheers:

Yeah, they do tend to pick and choose which of "God's words" are to be acted upon and which are to be swept under the rug, eh?
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