Juche as 10th Largest Religion in World

So argues adherents.com. Analysis here in AsianTimes.

Juche is the "religion" or if you prefer national ideology of North Korea. Loosely translated "self-reliance." It involves the deification of Kim Il Seung and Kim Jong-Il, the beloved Father/leaders of their country.

On juche:

The juche philosophy gradually emerged as a systematic ideological doctrine in North Korea while it was witnessing the China-Soviet split in the 1960s. Kim Il-sung outlined the three fundamental principles of juche in 1965. They were "independence in politics", "self-sustenance in the economy", and "self-defense of the national security".

Further proof that every being follows through the basic stages of values/faith development. Atheism eventually becomes its own religion and at the red level of hero-cult worship along with blue dogmatism. Just as with Mao in China or "orthodox" Marxism in Soviet Russia.

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