Religion of Korean
Religion
South Korea is characterized by freedom of expression on religious trends, in this country nobody criticizes anybody in matter of religious inclination, half of the population (48% to be exact) does not profess any religion and they auto-consider agnostics, 52 % remaining is divided between a 29.2% and 22.8%; 29.2% of the population is Christian (18.3% Protestants and 10.9% Catholics) and the other 22.8% of the population practices Buddhism; in South Korea there are approx. 15 million Christians and approx. 10 million Buddhists.
Christianity
As previously said in South Korea there are 15 million Christians, most are Protestant, but the rest are Catholics, Seoul has the church more big country, the Yoido full Gospel Church founded in 1968 by David Yonggi Cho, with more than 200 " thousand members and a million followers, at the beginning of the founder which is pastor began with a campaign door to door, praying for the sick, in 2008 the founder to step his position as Senior Pastor Young Hoon Lee.
This country was previously practically incompetent, they are currently on the street neon crosses and Evangelical preaching from House to House; comments like "Vemos to Korea as the second jerusalen" or "Es pretty amazing how enthusiasts are Christians coreanos" heard of several famous Korean, even Buddhism was previously the most practiced religion in Korea and is now more the quantity, by more than five million people who practice Christianity.
Buddhism
Buddhism has a long history, previously came to Korea as a simple foreign religion, but quickly the monks in the country were in disagreement with a religion brought by countries Korean for this reason adapted Buddhism to the idiosyncrasy Korean taking measures holistic and created the Tongbulgyo which translates as interpreted Buddhism, a religion based on Buddhism but following the lineage of Seon a variant of the Chan Buddhism (also known by its Japanese variant Zen like)
When Buddhism was integral to Korea around the year 372 ad or 800 years after the death of Buddha still beliefs related to shamanism, so it only was achieved a mixture of beliefs Buddhists and Shamanists, then over the years when it I implement the Christian beliefs, Buddhism took vengeance on shamanism thus becoming for a long period the religion and belief more practiced, a few years after Christianity took an unpredictable quickly up to force across the country.
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| Yoido full Gospel Church |
This country was previously practically incompetent, they are currently on the street neon crosses and Evangelical preaching from House to House; comments like "Vemos to Korea as the second jerusalen" or "Es pretty amazing how enthusiasts are Christians coreanos" heard of several famous Korean, even Buddhism was previously the most practiced religion in Korea and is now more the quantity, by more than five million people who practice Christianity.
Buddhism
When Buddhism was integral to Korea around the year 372 ad or 800 years after the death of Buddha still beliefs related to shamanism, so it only was achieved a mixture of beliefs Buddhists and Shamanists, then over the years when it I implement the Christian beliefs, Buddhism took vengeance on shamanism thus becoming for a long period the religion and belief more practiced, a few years after Christianity took an unpredictable quickly up to force across the country.
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