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Re: Figuring Out Religion

Post by Mountaineer » Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:36 pm

dualstow wrote:
Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:25 pm
Mountaineer said Gramsci wrote:
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Socialism is precisely the religion that must overwhelm Christianity...
I’m reading a weighty tome on North Korea. It’s very interesting to learn that Kim Il-sung, Dear Leader #1 and grandpa of the current Dear Leader, had a Christian background. Both he and his wife came from observant Christian families. He even played the organ for his church.

Most of this info is swept under the rug for the sake of propaganda and K.I.S. downplayed it in his own memoirs, but enough credible documentation survives. Before the cult of the Kim’s, Christianity was popular, as it remains in South Korea to this day.

In the U.S. we have separation of Church and State. In totalitarian regimes, there is of course no room for both.
Very interesting, I did not know that about Dear Leader #1. We have a healthy South Korean Christian presence in our area; our last two church organists were South Korean, and quite talented. FWIW, my wife helps teach Sunday School to little kids. A 7 year old South Korean boy is in her class; he recently came to the US from South Korea. He is extremely smart, reads and speaks English fluently, and knows math and his Bible.
DNA has its own language (code), and language requires intelligence. There is no known mechanism by which matter can give birth to information, let alone language. It is unreasonable to believe the world could have happened by chance.
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Re: Figuring Out Religion

Post by dualstow » Tue Nov 07, 2023 6:21 am

David Suchet has the perfect voice for the New Testament
https://youtu.be/PKiAXVxOm6o
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Re: Figuring Out Religion

Post by Mountaineer » Tue Nov 07, 2023 6:49 am

dualstow wrote:
Tue Nov 07, 2023 6:21 am
David Suchet has the perfect voice for the New Testament
https://youtu.be/PKiAXVxOm6o
Indeed he does. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏼
DNA has its own language (code), and language requires intelligence. There is no known mechanism by which matter can give birth to information, let alone language. It is unreasonable to believe the world could have happened by chance.
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