Amos, how on earth does any of that make them sinners in the eyes of God?
We do know that South Korea has a highly militarized enemy that tried to wipe it out to its north. Many have family members who they would dearly love to have come across the border to be with them, but all North Korea has generally allowed is to let a very few of them drive into North Korea and spend a few minutes with them. Otherwise, North Koreans are basically kept in North Korea.
South Korea, just this week, is yet again seeking to appease the North Koreans, this time by going against President Bush's request for inspections of North Korea. Remember, North Korea was not to have created any nuclear bombs to date, but they have been proven very untrustworthy.
If we were talking about Christian brothers and sisters in Christian-based countries, you would have more to stand on. However, do you even realize that Jesus demands we DO NOT FORGIVE THE BROTHER WHO OFFENDED US UNTIL TRUE REPENTANCE OCCURS? OTHERWISE WE ARE TO REBUKE THE BROTHER UNTIL HE REPENTS!
You are way off base here, Amos. Please open your Bible and spend some time reading it.
I am with you up to the offended part. How have the slaves in North Korea offended anyone? It seems to me that they have been sinned against. My concern is for people who are oppressed to the point of death. How is this their fault? The government of South Korea is so steeped in liberal dogma that it does not allow the people of its own nation to reach out to help their own people to the North. Token gestures are no solution to the crisis that engulfs these desperate people.
Your opinion that the Bible teaches salvation to the exclusion of caring for the poor and broken is not consistent with Christian ethics as taught by Jesus.
When I said that your comments do not differ from those of Muslim fanatics I meant just that. Their attitude is Muslim or death. You seem to be saying the same.
The oppression of North Korea is an infamous evil. The unwillingness of the South Korean government to assimilate escapees from that tyranny is unacceptable.
Why, do you suppose, is the South Korean government so bitterly opposed to Bush's doctrine? It is because they refuse to accept responsibility for the desperate people of North Korea. They take the position that the North is a benevolent Marxist state that should remain forever divided from the South. They refuse to acknowledge the murdurous humanitarian crisis in the North.
All of this is dictated by a media and a bureaucracy guided by the humanistic liberal philosophy of moral equivalency. This should be anathema to the Christian in the South.
Just as is the case here in the US, Christians in South Korea are silent in the face of the moral darkness of their government and its elites.