How North Korea Brainwashes Children To Conform to “Kimism”

When conservative believers jeer and jab at atheism, they frequentlypoint to North Korea as an example of what a perfect atheist state looks like.

Next time that happens, just send them a link to this article from yesterday’s Washington Post.

Author Anna Fifieldexplains howthe country’s schoolchildren are force-fed the idea thattheir leaders are divine beings. “Kimism” isa religion in all but name.

The personality cult that permeates every aspect of North Korean life has become an ideology in it...