The dead dictator of North Korea, Il sung Kim a god?
It is in fact very interesting for a historian to write about gods in North Korea. The reason for this bold statement is because North Korea is obviously a well known communist nation, which means that there isn’t any freedom of religion.
After the Korean war of 1950, the Christian beliefs rapidly spread over South Korea. But in other hand North Korea, being under the Soviet Union, refused to grant freedom of religion to their citizens.
Recently I have heard very astonishing news. The news about a man who become a god in North Korea and of course this god/man who I’m referring to is the famous dictator of North Korea, Il sung Kim.
There is a famous saying that the history repeats itself. Mircea Eliade obviously is emphasizing this view through his masterpiece, “Cosmos and History.” In this book, Eliade says that history is mythesized to follow mythic archetypes, to follow these archetypal heroes. The main theory of Eliade is that the history repeats itself and the leaders will try to use archetypal heroes for political purposes.
Going back to Il sung Kim, he became the absolute leader, savior, and dictator/king for the North Koreans after the Korean War. According to my research, there is a specific constitutional law that still exists in North Korea and these laws are not only enacted upon the citizens but are also being educated to primary and secondary students of North Korea.
The articles below are the interpreted constitutional articles of North Korea regarding the deification of Il sung Kim.
Article 1
North Korea is based on the concepts and leadership of Il Sung Kim.
Il Sung Kim is the establisher and the founder, and the origin of communist party of North Korea.
Article 2
Il Sung Kim established the concept of eternal life.
Under this basis concept, he has established political, economical, cultural enhancement making a strong and glorious North Korea.
Article 3
Il Sung Kim gave his life to the people of North Korea.
He is the sun and the primary source of unity and peace of North Korea.
These stated articles sound truly astonishing and absurd. But we can’t deny the fact that the North Koreans are being brain washed to believe these absurd articles. The deification of Il sung Kim and his successor Jung il Kim is still an ongoing process.
They are referring to themselves as a god, and they have succeeded to convince and manipulate the minds of innocent citizens to believe in an archypal being according to Mircea Eliade.
It is in fact very interesting for a historian to write about gods in North Korea. The reason for this bold statement is because North Korea is obviously a well known communist nation, which means that there isn’t any freedom of religion.
After the Korean war of 1950, the Christian beliefs rapidly spread over South Korea. But in other hand North Korea, being under the Soviet Union, refused to grant freedom of religion to their citizens.
Recently I have heard very astonishing news. The news about a man who become a god in North Korea and of course this god/man who I’m referring to is the famous dictator of North Korea, Il sung Kim.
There is a famous saying that the history repeats itself. Mircea Eliade obviously is emphasizing this view through his masterpiece, “Cosmos and History.” In this book, Eliade says that history is mythesized to follow mythic archetypes, to follow these archetypal heroes. The main theory of Eliade is that the history repeats itself and the leaders will try to use archetypal heroes for political purposes.
Going back to Il sung Kim, he became the absolute leader, savior, and dictator/king for the North Koreans after the Korean War. According to my research, there is a specific constitutional law that still exists in North Korea and these laws are not only enacted upon the citizens but are also being educated to primary and secondary students of North Korea.
The articles below are the interpreted constitutional articles of North Korea regarding the deification of Il sung Kim.
Article 1
North Korea is based on the concepts and leadership of Il Sung Kim.
Il Sung Kim is the establisher and the founder, and the origin of communist party of North Korea.
Article 2
Il Sung Kim established the concept of eternal life.
Under this basis concept, he has established political, economical, cultural enhancement making a strong and glorious North Korea.
Article 3
Il Sung Kim gave his life to the people of North Korea.
He is the sun and the primary source of unity and peace of North Korea.
These stated articles sound truly astonishing and absurd. But we can’t deny the fact that the North Koreans are being brain washed to believe these absurd articles. The deification of Il sung Kim and his successor Jung il Kim is still an ongoing process.
They are referring to themselves as a god, and they have succeeded to convince and manipulate the minds of innocent citizens to believe in an archypal being according to Mircea Eliade.
The Deification of Kim Il Sung
Retrieved on September 9, 2008
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