11-11-2013, 07:26 PM
Last week, I read about an American Christian pastor based in South Korea who, along with his wife, arranges to drop Bibles in rural parts of North Korea using make shift big balloons and GPS technology. They've dropped over 500k or somewhere near that volume so far, IIRC.
Since possessing Bibles and practicing Christianity in NK is illegal and will result in imprisonment for the offender and his/her family, it kinda pissed me off to read that story. The pastor, on the other hand, thinks he's some kind of savior.
I'm all for freedom to recruit and freedom of religion, etc... But, it just struck me as very selfish to be recruiting (or supplying secretly practicing Christians) in a fashion that could cost the recipients so much. It's not a stretch that some unsuspecting North Korean kid could pick one up outta the field and end up causing himself and his family a whole lotta grief.
Maybe I should ask Dennis Rodman to go reason with the Bible-dumper.
Since possessing Bibles and practicing Christianity in NK is illegal and will result in imprisonment for the offender and his/her family, it kinda pissed me off to read that story. The pastor, on the other hand, thinks he's some kind of savior.
I'm all for freedom to recruit and freedom of religion, etc... But, it just struck me as very selfish to be recruiting (or supplying secretly practicing Christians) in a fashion that could cost the recipients so much. It's not a stretch that some unsuspecting North Korean kid could pick one up outta the field and end up causing himself and his family a whole lotta grief.
Maybe I should ask Dennis Rodman to go reason with the Bible-dumper.