tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post5926091101093191681..comments2023-11-14T23:15:05.189-08:00Comments on ORBIS CATHOLICVS: Koreans in Rome: strong Catholic culture...John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-13313418215824972252008-09-08T16:56:00.000-07:002008-09-08T16:56:00.000-07:00Before WW II, Korea was nearly 100% Buddhist, and ...Before WW II, Korea was nearly 100% Buddhist, and had been for centuries. Just like Japan and China.<BR/>After WW II, the Catholic Church really began to grow..<BR/>Unfortunatly the Korean War distruted this growth, and people of the North, technically with no religion and probably still mostly Buddhist at heart.<BR/>But in the South, unfortunatly there has been a pernicious infestation of Protestant fundamentalist evangelical sects which have competed with the Roman Catholic Church, and have unfortunatly also won thousands of converts from Buddhism.<BR/>It is sad to note that Buddhism is now down to about 40% of South Korea, the remainder divided between the Portestant sects, cults, and lunatic groups (about 30 of the South), and the Roman Catholic Church (about 18%). The remainer are Confucian, animist etc.<BR/>But it is indeed unfortunate that there has been such a proliferation of Protestant cults and groups, at the expense of the Roman Catholic Faith, and also the noble Buddhist traditions which are worthy of a positive note at least for cultural reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com