U.S Christian rights activist crosses into North Korea

Voegelin · Dec 26, 2009

Reuters....."I don't want President Obama to come and pay to get me out. But I want the North Korean people to be free," Park said on Wednesday before departing for China.

"Until the concentration camps are liberated, I do not want to come out. If I have to die with them, I will. (For) these innocent men, women and children, as Christians, we need to take the cross for them. The cross means that we sacrifice our lives for the redemption of others," he said.

U.S. rights activist crosses into North Korea - reports - Yahoo!Xtra News

Cassandra · Dec 26, 2009

Wow. I wish I had the courage to do something like that. my Prayers go out to Robert Park, the other activists, and the people of North Korea.

revanneosl · Dec 26, 2009

Wow - here's what comes to mind when confronted with this man's courage.

John 11:16 Then Thomas (called Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."

Acts 5:41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

KarateCowboy · Dec 26, 2009

That's awesome. Not to split hairs, but when he talks about the concentration camps I think he means specific torture centers within the concentration camp that is known as North Korea.

nvxplorer · Dec 26, 2009

What are "Christian rights?"

Voegelin · Dec 27, 2009

Its a headline NV. Headlines are truncated. I wanted to include the orginal headline but include the word Christian to make it clear this man isn't a member of one of the many groups which have debased the word "rights".

lordbt · Dec 27, 2009

It strikes me that this man is a better spokesman for freedom, and could do more for the North Korean people from the outside than from within. More likely than not, the world will never hear from him again unless Kim sees some value in him as a pawn. So it might just be that his actions will only serve to strengthen the hand of the oppressor and do nothing for the oppressed.

Voegelin · Dec 27, 2009

lordbt said:
It strikes me that this man is a better spokesman for freedom, and could do more for the North Korean people from the outside than from within.

A decision Dietrich Bonhoeffer considered for years. He opposed Hitler in 1933, left Germany and the Confessing Church, then went back. Came out again and went to NYC. He returned to Germany in 1939 when the USA was still isolationist, he knew he was on the Gestapo hit list and he knew we would likely never see him in the west again. There have been many other cases. Christians go into the fire even if....

bigbadwilf · Dec 27, 2009

The first rule of first aid is "do not become another casualty". Aside from a brief flurry of publicity, which the North Koreans I can comfortably predict will ignore,and getting himself charged with entering illegally at best and espionage at worst. In a country with arguably one of the worst records on human rights in the world.

Brave, yes.
Bright, no.

TerranceL · Dec 27, 2009

Stupid is as stupid does.

allhart · Dec 27, 2009

TerranceL said:
Stupid is as stupid does.

Give up ones life is to gain life, hold on to life you lose it! Perspective!

TerranceL · Dec 27, 2009

allhart said:
Give up ones life is to gain your life hold on to your life you lose it! Perspective!

That's nice.

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