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	<title>Comments on: Korea: Moving on from Afghanistan</title>
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		<title>By: Adam</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/03/korea-moving-on-from-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1197154</link>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The first and most important virtue of the church is mission (helping non-Christians step into the Christian world).” Hmm. Growing up in Christian Europe, I&#039;ve never heard this worrying twist on Christian beliefs. 

The pastor himself if not the problem. The problem is the aggressive missionary aid work (with strings attached) that this pastor represents. Re-electing him simply says that the missionary zeal of Korean churches will continue unabated.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The first and most important virtue of the church is mission (helping non-Christians step into the Christian world).” Hmm. Growing up in Christian Europe, I&#8217;ve never heard this worrying twist on Christian beliefs. </p>
<p>The pastor himself if not the problem. The problem is the aggressive missionary aid work (with strings attached) that this pastor represents. Re-electing him simply says that the missionary zeal of Korean churches will continue unabated.</p>
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		<title>By: mahathir_fan</title>
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		<dc:creator>mahathir_fan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The comparison between Church and Communism is nothing new. I have made this comparison myself.

However, I would not say that the re-election of a paster is &quot;Communism&quot;. Communism is a Democratic system, and as a democratic system, it is important to have change of leaders every few years. Just look at China and Russia. Re-election of a paster on the other hand is simply to re-confirm his job. It is impractical for a paster to move from one church to another every few years.

Also, I think Koreans should focus more on spreading Christianity to North Korea instead of going to some faraway nation. At least in North Korea, we speak the same language. And traveling there would promote more cultural exchanges which would help us in reuniting under the Republic of Koryo. There is nothing for Korea in places like Afghanistan. And converting more Christians in places like Afghanistan only helps to recruit more soldiers for the next Crusade war. Besides, if more Afghans become Christians, there will likely be more religious conflict next in a few generations.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The comparison between Church and Communism is nothing new. I have made this comparison myself.</p>
<p>However, I would not say that the re-election of a paster is &#8220;Communism&#8221;. Communism is a Democratic system, and as a democratic system, it is important to have change of leaders every few years. Just look at China and Russia. Re-election of a paster on the other hand is simply to re-confirm his job. It is impractical for a paster to move from one church to another every few years.</p>
<p>Also, I think Koreans should focus more on spreading Christianity to North Korea instead of going to some faraway nation. At least in North Korea, we speak the same language. And traveling there would promote more cultural exchanges which would help us in reuniting under the Republic of Koryo. There is nothing for Korea in places like Afghanistan. And converting more Christians in places like Afghanistan only helps to recruit more soldiers for the next Crusade war. Besides, if more Afghans become Christians, there will likely be more religious conflict next in a few generations.</p>
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