[GSlob]

"Greed is their byword and poverty will be their reward."
To him who has much, even more will be given. Unless devastated by a war, they will not end in poverty. And even if devastated, they will pick themselves up.

[madison10]

So I take it you are pro illegal immigrant in the U.S.? There is a world of difference between being cruel and self-defense/protecting one's nation.

Defending one's self, family, nation, or property, for that matter, does NOT make a person a non-Christian.

[Larry Lucido]

With all due respect, this ranks up there with the worst vanity ever.

[ikka]

So Amos the Prophet, when was the last time you were actually in Korea?

[ConservativeMind]

Amos, I must beg to differ with your interpretation.

First, they aren't frightened about letting North Koreans into their country. They are frightened about letting soldiers and an influx of desperate people along side pillaging everything in sight.

Second, North Koreans are not necessarily "brothers" in Christ. Christians are just supposed to give everything over to everyone. Paul reprimanded one church for having done just that in preparation for the coming of Christ. Did Paul, the Apostles, or Christ say for everyone to give everything away? No. But Christ did tell us to be willing to offer help to others when prompted. But this does not necessarily mean to the detriment of your other responsibilities, such as your family and your commitment to your church.

South Korea may have spiritual issues, but you've targeted their situation in a truly bizarre, and I believe wrong, way.

[padre35]

Pablum or meat? milk or solid food?

[SirAllen]

It's not greed, it's self preservation.

[AmericaUnited]

Actually, there have been several words from real prophets saying that after Pajama Boy is gone, the next leader will seek reunification with the South and they will open up there arms and help big time.

[Tax-chick]

How weird.

[bad company]

[jude24]

The most basic Christian impulse is to care for one's neighbor and to love one's brothers and sisters. South Korea is absolutely paranoid about a sudden influx of North Koreans into their society. They are not willing to threaten the comfort and wealth they have developed for the sake of desperately poor cousins to the north. This is NOT a Christian response. It is selfish and profoundly immoral.

Sorta like the anti-illegal immigration types around here?

[stripes1776]

You are mixing your yang with your yin. The devil never gets a share of heaven.

[JustDoItAlways]

The North Koreans have been used, abused, starved, tortured and brainwashed by the Kim family mafia/psychotic enterprise.

I don't blame the South Koreans for being scared of what will happen when the Kim psychos are finally brought down. They will either go out with a bang (if you know what I mean) or there will be hoards of starving brainwashed lunatics crashing through Soeul.

While it is painful to let the Kim nutjobs continue with torturing and starving your fellow cousins, the other choice is to help keep the Kims in power even longer.

[Between the Lines]

By any chance do you write for Lark?

[aimhigh]

South Korea is absolutely paranoid about a sudden influx of North Koreans into their society.

Since when does North Korea let their people go south. What a dumb post.

[betty boop]

South Koreans will lose their precious comforts because they are not willing to share them. [If] Greed is their byword ... [then] poverty will be their reward. They will reap the whirlwind of their failure to be genuine Christians.

There is great wisdom in what you say here, Amos. [Please forgive my tiny edits.] Let them who have the ears to hear the word of God understand your testimony, and through them, others as well.

May God ever bless you.

[P-Marlowe]

Have you opened your home to illegal aliens?

[pavo]

Above and beyond all the other rhetorical feces that has spewed forth from the sphincter of your mind, your whole premise - “They are, by all appearances, a great Christian nation …” is totally incorrect. The Christian population of South Korea is slightly more than a quarter of the population (roughly 27%). The laws and social mores of South Korea are not historically rooted in the Christian faith, but rather in the Koreans own unique traditions, exposure to outside cultural influences and the adaptations and modification of Western jurisprudence.

Also, it is quite apparent that you are completely ignorant of the situation, past and present, which exists on the peninsula - get a clue before you comment! While you’re at it, seek some professional help. You seem to be a very misguided person and potentially a danger to yourself and others.

[VOA]

South Korea is absolutely paranoid about a sudden influx of
North Koreans into their society.

Paranoid?
About an influx that would be used to inject maybe hundreds of
North Korean spies and saboteurs (sp?).

If the South Koreans are "paranoid", it's because the record of
North Korea over more than half of a century has taught them
very hard lessons.

[napscoordinator]

The country is mostly buddist. What a stupid article. I can you fail at something you never were.