Atheism is a lot bigger in Asia then any religion and keeps growing strong because non existing god cannot help you, only you can and your friends can help you and your familly. Prayers do nothing while actions does everything! This is why religion is dying.
@@natanduarte5273 Buddhism don't belive in after life but in present movement. all pain is result of desire.. Petrey much rational to me than beliving in hell and heaven which has no evidence
As a korean, I would like to add sth. Since korea still practice conscription policy, currently 95% of every male population should go through military service. In boots camp, military give only three options for religion activity. Since meals in boots camp is awful and they intentionally regulate all kind of sugar. but if you attend church, church offers you free snacks, which is only opportunity to get some free time and suger, everyone voluntarily rush to church and chapel....churches in boots camp are massive and you guys really should watch how magnificent that thousand of troops just lining up on church to get some bits of sugar. Military really plays major roll on spreading Christianity.
@@arolemaprarath6615 No. China will be majority Christian in 30 years. Both Christianity and Islam are still growing at a faster rate than atheism. It's the birth rates.
@Gentrit Çitaku Christianity creates a social support network and a certain kind of cross-class interconnectedness that in Europe is handled by the state, whereas the stratification in Asia mirrors Roman society. It obviously appeals to the poor in underdeveloped societies too, but in developed ones it spreads as well by way of being an attempt to level out socio-economic differences.
@@arolemaprarath6615 the more you persecuted them, the more the faith will spread, things happened in middle east as well but not covered much by the media
@DJ RJ The fact? How do you know? Allah the moon god? Khrisna? a daity of Hinduism. Buda the spiritual teacher? None came proclaiming "I am the one, the only one", but Jesus. You might don't believe in him or like him or whatever but he came saying that.
@@liars6495 Those buddhist ancestors were a shame for their Animist Pagan Ancestors. Your point being? Blind Ancestral worship is terrible and disingenuous.
@@datoda3593 everybodies anchestors were pagan once, buddhism is what they have become because its a culture that was given over centuries from one to next generation if you look at buddhist countries they are mostly east asian so its their thing , christianity is new there and a product of americans , christianity has absolutely nothing to do with their anchestors its european imperialist missionary work , you europeans think you are so great that everybody has to follow your way of life , this is what makes the world to a boring place .
@@liars6495 Buddhism was also new to the locals when it was first introduced centuries earlier. Only after mixing with native customs did it become "korean". Same mixing of local traditions and aesthetics will happen with Christianity, as it did with many other Christian countries. It is only a matter of time till christianity in Korea will be "Korean"
Before Muslims even existed and before "white men" started the colonial era, Christianity dominated North Africa. Even Ethiopia was a Jewish state that turned to Eastern Orthodox Christian and still is to this day. Africans used to be animist. Point is Africans can choose whatever they want to be.
TheAnimalNewb YT No so weird. It is one country, not two. My understanding is that a great many Christians fled south during the war. I have known some personally who did. Under the Kim dynastic regime, it is illegal to practice the faith, and those caught are sent to concentration camps or executed for disloyalty.
South Korea loves Christianity the U.S helped a lot when it comes to this. Christianity is born from love and the death of martyrs. It never attacks it just grows because it is the truth! Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants are all christian brothers.
@@TheBucketSkill hmm its true that the catholics still had some sort of influence since most of the people who were already catholic had more willingness to be a protestant...
Halllujah! Jesus Christ is Lord, God bless Korea and all my Christian brothers and sisters in Korea, continue praying and stay strong in the Lord, love from Srilanka 🇱🇰❤
My story begins like this, I see the Lord's hand from the time of my conception in my life, My Mom wanted to abort me, I was saved due to the efforts of a Doctor who is a Catholic Nun, All my childhood memories are flooded with how I searched for God, I was very much involved in all religious activities but I still did not have the real peace in his heart. I often wondered, “After all these religious ceremonies which I am performing every day, am I in right relationship with God? Is he drawing closer to me? My earliest encounter with Christ was big image of the Sacred Heart, I always felt called by Him, During classes and even at break I used to look at Him, the day His eyes met mine, He never left me, I still was a stauch Hindu, I wanted to overcome my karma by performing devotional rituals, but fear of death and reincarnation had overcome me, the words of Christ to Martha has set me free " I am the Resurrection", I followed Jesus right from I was 11, I was hated by my family and relatives for my faith in Him, but the Lord was gracious enough to take me into His fold when I was 16, I was baptized along with my Mom and maternal Grandmother into the Church. Jesus my Savior, my King my all in all changed my life, there is no meaning to life without Him.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful conversion story. Indeed, God finds us, His lost sheep in the darkest times of our lives and we find solace and comfort in Him. Keep the faith! Persecutions and trials will come in but persevere, so that in the end, we will be glorious and be with God in heaven for eternity! God bless you brother in Christ
@@mehuongchi2297 I don't defend the evils of in the churches, but the Bible says that wolf are hiding inside a sheep skin... that applies to anti-Christs that is acting as a religious official.
@@kimthor3903 If you are Korean -as I assume from the name Kim- go study the relationship between the Ottoman empire and the Japanese empire which was excellent and later the relationship between Turkey and Japan. I know that after the Korean War you developed close ties with Turkey. However, not only the Turks fought in the Korean War, but also the Greeks. In addition, see the work of the Greek Orthodox Church in Korea and you will realise who was real from the beginning not out of convenience
@@mehuongchi2297 I bet you have no idea what happened you just repeat what you hear. Catholic priests are less likely to molest children than school teachers, and the controversy you're speaking about wasn't that every priest is a pedo it was a couple pedo priests and the church didn't want the story to get out. Your children are safer with a father of the church than your local teacher teaching your kids.
christianity ruined my childhood. fuck that bullshit. it's all lies and complete child abuse. there is no hell. you should not tell kids that there is. especially when you don't have a clear answer nor does the bible have a clear answer for salvation. scripture contradicts itself and doesn't lay it out clearly. some denomination say salvation by works, others say salvation by faith, others say salvation by indulgences. you should be able to go to the bible and get a clear answer, but the 4 gospels contradict the book of James on this matter - the literally most important matter for humans, since eternal torture vs not eternal torture depends on it. it's also just all made up bullshit. that should become clear from studying history and science, but it takes a certain amount of ignorance to keep believing.
The real code of Christianity is to obey Jesus in all He taught in the 4 gospels, including forsaking all in the start. Luke 9, 11, 12, 14, 18. Matthew 7.
This is one of the reasons why I love Korea. I’ve encountered Koreans in New York and at college, and on both occasions they’re just the sweetest people ever. I went to college at a Christian university that had an exchange program with a Korean university so there was always a lot of Koreans on campus
Can all of you guys relax, Vincent is great, Shirvan is great, this collab is nothing but quality content. Shirvan will still narrate plenty of videos, and Vincent's doing an excellent job here as well.
I like the topic, narration is good, only complaint is it feels a little like a fact dump in the early part of the video, rather than an analysis. Date, time place, numbers, date, time, place numbers, ect. Would like some discussion on why the Korean culture was more warm to the spread of Christianity, a bit more on how resistant the elite were, and maybe just taking more of a relaxed pace talking about it all. The later segments of the video that moved towards our current time got smoother. Otherwise, I'm a fan, and I did like the topic of interest
Nice video as always. On the topic of Chriatianity, you could talk about Christianity in Armenia, they have their own church and there are almost no videos available on this topic.
Except Presbyterians are a branch off the "downright absurd" branch of Christianity, Calvinism in Geneva. Asian branches typically stem from Jesuit teachings.
@thorskjelver8564 That isn't true at all. Presbyterianism is the biggest Christian denomination in South Korea, where catholics are outnumbered by protestants over 20-1.
I have watched many episodes from the Caspian report. The breadth of your topics is stunning and seems to come with a real understanding of the local issues
😋I thank you western Christians as a Korean Christian. Your ancestors sent many missionaries. Many of them sacrificed their life for us. I don”t believe south Korea could have done this growth without Korean Christian. Our ancestors worshiped ghosts of ancestors, buddha, shamanism, etc but they commonly believed heavenly God. So even in modern days many non-christians are aware of God the creator.
Matthew 24:13-14 : But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
@@luanab.6414 who also killed people who insulted him had and traded black African slaves Ordered the execution of all non Muslims in Arabia yea that muhammad I would like to recommend the channel acts17apologetics if you like to know about the filth of Islam and the greatness of Christianity
And the disciples exalted Him: , Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” He answered, “I tell you, if these (all Christians) were silent, the very stones would cry out.” Luke 19:40
Thank you for dealing with this subject.^^ But there is an error. 1:02 Joseon offered tribute to Ming and respected Ming, but Joseon was NOT a vassal kingdom or subordinate country of Ming. Tribute was a form of international order in East Asia at the time. Ancient Japan paid tribute to Joseon. However, historians do not say that Japan was a vassal country of Joseon. Although they exchanged tribute depending on the relationship of power, they were completely different and independent countries. This is a very sensitive issue. Because the Chinese Communist Party falsely claims that ancient Korean history is subordinate to Chinese history. But this is not true. China is distorting history because they have a political purpose to justify influencing North Korea. But we Koreans have different ethnic roots from Chinese and we have kept our identity for thousands of years.. I ask you to correct this error.
If you see this, then God Bless you ✝️ May good fortune follow you indeed I’m half Korean and half Anglo American and almost my whole Korean side are in ministry as well
@israel the leg kick decision cringe bender Adesanya we believe jesus and he spoke Aramaic and his name is Aisa in Aramaic and Arabic not jesus this a mistranslation and if his name is mistranslated what do you think about the bible over 500+ pages?
@israel the leg kick decision cringe bender Adesanya my friend claims are claims you say this without criteria and don't jump to conclusions quickly it's foolishness
So glad to see that SK is one of the biggest Christian nations in Asia! PRAISE GOD, PRAISE THE LORD AND PRAISE THE HOLY SPIRIT, FOR THEY ARE SO AMAZINGLY GOOD, HALLELUJAH, AMEN!!! ✝️💖🙌🏼🙏🏼🕊☺️
3,000 years ago, there was King Dan, who founded Korea, and his stone was found with ancient Hebrew on it and is kept in the National Museum. I think Korea itself has to do with Christianity
Love to Korean Christian brothers and sisters. From India -an inheritor of Apostolic tradition of St Thomas and St Francis Xavier. God bring all Koreans to Jesus.
As a Malaysian Catholic,I loving learning about Catholic History at Asia. Malaysia and Japan receiving Catholic Church during Portuguese conquest of Asia and spread by Saint Francis Xavier. But we received 50 year earlier that Japan(in the year 1509). We feel very long suppression by the medieval government it self, but now we can enjoying religious freedom in our country. But now, I already know not only my nation have a religion suppression!!🇲🇾❤️🇯🇵❤️🇰🇷
@@elkingoh4543 I can't see the other comments but you are correct. Non-Catholics are not Christians. However vatican 2 is a fake council and we've had several heretic 'Popes' since then. Pope Eugene IV, “Cantate Domino", Council of Florence "It firmly believes, professes, and proclaims that those not living within the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics cannot become participants in eternal life, but will depart “into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels”, unless before the end of life the same have been added to the flock; and that the unity of the ecclesiastical body is so strong that only to those remaining in it are the sacraments of the Church of benefit for salvation, and do fastings, almsgiving, and other functions of piety and exercises of Christian service produce eternal reward, and that no one, whatever almsgiving he has practiced, even if he has shed blood for the name of Christ, can be saved, unless he has remained in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church."
The first East Asian Cardinal of the Catholic church was also Korean ============EDIT=================== Sorry but I misremembered Tien Ken Sin who was actually Chinese and now I just failed my school report......FUCK!!!
I'm sorry, really sorry. We Korean really like to achieve something first in the world, but the first Asian Cardinal of the Catholic church was Chinese. Google about His Eminence Thomas Tien Ken-sin.
That is interesting! Yeah Christians from east Asia seem to be pretty rare. Phillipines is another one too. When I first met Catholics from Korea, I couldn't believe my eyes. After spending time in China I guess I took it for granted that east asian people were not Christian. I wondered how that happened but now I know. Thanks for sharing. It is pretty interesting that the conversion was self initiated in this case.
Tom Kelly Seriously, how many Asians have you met? Outside the PRC, in the diaspora, there are quite a few Chinese Christians as well, and the 'underground' church on the mainland might be bigger than we expect. But Xi's tyrannical government is trying to tighten the screws. However missionaries are desperately needed throughout the far East, as indeed they are in the secular West. I've read that South Korea sends out more missionaries in proportion to their own population than any other country.
Great Vid! Considering patreon after this one, geopolitical takes on the various religious make up's of different nations are really valuable and rare hope you do more like this!
Christianity is a religion for warriors. Many of these early Christians died horrific waves. Yet they did not yield. The spirit of the holy Spirit strengthens us in immeasurable ways.
@@ireallycant4416 There are no conversations from Islam to Christianity. Ex-muslims are usually Atheists and the vast majority of Christians are leaving their religion especially in the West mostly to atheism and Islam.
@Allah is Satan The proof is 1. He had his program on TBN, and 2. TBN includes many false prophets telling people to send them money so God will bless them, when that is not how God operates. They're greedy and materialistic, when Jesus said to sell your stuff. I have a computer for work and research and preaching, and communication with those far away, so it's the greater good.
The picture on video position 3:09 is very beautiful. It shows people with Korean Gat Hat and also with the Jesus Cross of Christianity on the front of the robes. And that beautifully shows the harmonious merging fusion of Korean culture with Christian culture. This is shown on that picture in a brilliant way. And I myself are a Bible faithful Christian and I love also the country South Korea and its culture very much. Therefore I am very happy to see all this.
Interesting history! Regarding South Korea, I must say that Samsung and Hyundai are two of the greatest companies in the World. They single-handedly developed South Korea from a completely poor agrarian society to a rich industrial powerhouse. Imagine a few companies having such a significance for an entire nation. Icon conglomerates!
@John Doe Yes, that's what makes it more impressive. Prior to state funding they were minor family businesses with limited experience being put in such a precarious situation by a desperate state where the entire future of your nation relies on a few family companies. They managed to create a highly competitive and diversified industrial output at an insanely rapid pace against the odds. That's really impressive considering the circumstances. As you said the entire nation are still heavily reliant on these companies to this day. Between them, they pretty much employ 25-35% of the population if I'm not mistaken. That's extremely impressive anywhere in the World.
@@chanpasadopolska Not really. Its the government that adopts socialism. But the economy is guided capitalism. Singapore, Nordic European countries uses variation of such system. Communist China is the biggest example of such system.
There is an economic model called 'japanese model'. Not everything is a binary of socialist and capitalist. Do people think people don't have economic models before these two were born???
한국에서 12살에 예수님 영접하고 21년간 예수님을 사랑하고 사는 33세 대한민국 국적 남성입니다. 이런 좋은 영상 감사합니다. 동아시아 3국에서 가장 늦게 예수님의 복음이 들어온 나라지만, 기독교(천주교, 개신교 도합)비율만큼은 중국과 일본을 압도합니다(참고로 중국은 지하교회 포함 모든기독교인이 2억5천만에 육박). 동아시아에서 가장 무신론자들이 많지만, 그에 못지않게 종교성이 짙은 민족이 한민족입니다. 대한민국의 치안상승에는 기독교의 전파도 큰 몫을 했죠. 앞으로도 좋은 영상 부탁드립니다. 축복합니다
South Korea is my biggest example and counterargument to those who argue that christianity is bad for the world. Horace Underwood, a presbyterian missionary dedicated his life to South Korea, and he founded Yonsei University, one of the most prestigious schools that modernized Korea. Jesus is love.
You don't to go a completely foreign country (of little political importance relative to China and Japan) with hardly any resources, learn the language, and suffer persecution if you didn't think it was a good idea. People will call you mad, and perhaps they're right: madly in love with God!
Many people don't realize most of the things we know about science or medicine were discovered by Christians. People always want to blame God or Christianity for the bad, yet always want to take glory for the good. They've got a mixed world view.
I have to say as an atheist I do enjoy reading up on the history of Christian priests and monks promoting education and having people voluntarily drawn to the religion as a result, like the Korean nobleman in this video. Buddhism has had a similar affect to Westerners who voluntarily flock to the religion since it seems to make sense to them and offers hidden insight.
If you die today are you sure you're going to heaven? Humble yourself Ask the Lord Jesus Christ To help you And Mostly importantly to Forgive you For being a sinner and save you from hell And accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior Dear Lord I know im a sinner Please forgive me I believe Jesus is God and that He was crucified died buried and rose again for my sins.Now accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. IN Jesus name.i pray. AMEN Romans 3:23 Were all sinners Romans 6:23 Revelation 21:8 The punishment is Hell Only Jesus Christ can save you Believe in the Gospel 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Romans 10:9 Ephesians 2:8-9 John 3:16
Joseon was never a vassal of Ming. Short time for Qing and after mongol invasion for Yuan, yes we were in the state of vassal for a period but throughout history, Korea was never a vassal.
@nigel mackiel "It was at this time that he (Jesus) went off to the mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God." Luke 6:12 I don`t asked what you think, i was asking for verses from the Bible. I clearly know that Jesus was a prophet like Moses and Abraham and all the other prophets from God. Your are just deceiving yourself for God knows what reasons.
@nigel mackiel you the follower of the teachings of Jesus just called me loser, that are indeed rotten fruits. "Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to MY FATHER; but go to my brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to MY FATHER and YOUR FATHER, and to MY GOD and YOUR GOD.’” John 20:17 Goodbye pagan
The Gospel of salvation of our souls: 💜💕💞💜💕For what I received I passed on to you as of [first importance]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time,
Roland Deschain Muslim don’t hate Christians. We believe that we 2 religions will unite in the future because of the fight of non-religious against these 2 religions. Plus we believe in Antichrist and coming of Jesus Christ. We shall always focus on our similarities not differences for the sake of peaceful 🌍.
It was. Actually the way how kim il sung organized the juche ideology was heavily influenced by christianity. Kim il sungs father was also friends with the pastor
Not surprisingly. Bible already Prophecy that the gospel will be spread in every corner in the earth. From the 12 desciple of Jesus to the 4 corner on the earth.
