![]() ![]() “You see him praying on the glass bridge. Professor Lee says the character is an exaggeration of “prosperity theology” - a religious belief that financial gains and physical well-being are the will of God and strengthening one’s faith will increase one’s material wealth. “I pray to the Lord on behalf of all us sinners,” the character said after his team won a game of tug of war. In “Squid Game,” Player 244 brings a religious element to the show, a pastor who relies on his faith throughout the survival game. The show has been widely characterized as “anti-Christianity” but some popular Christian YouTubers have taken it as a call for self-reflection. That is a hard pill to swallow for Christians,” he told The Korea Herald. “(In the show,) God is not seen a figure that distinguishes good from evil or clearly defines what justice is. Religious, or anti-religious, elements in K-dramasĪs the title suggests, “Hellbound” has core elements drawn from Christianity.īut its depiction of God and divine justice goes against what the Bible stands for, according to Professor Lee Jung-hoon at the Department of Law at the University of Ulsan who has studied theology and written books on Christianity. “Bashing Christianity appears to have become a cliché in K-culture,” according to a column that appeared on Kukmin Ilbo on Tuesday, a local newspaper affiliated with one of the biggest Protestant churches in the country. The series takes on the theme of death, something a global audience can watch and ponder, a Netflix representative explained.īut at a time when the public’s confidence in religion is dwindling, the depiction of the New Truth Society, a powerful yet cruel cult in the show, is giving the jitters to religious groups in real life. The dystopian show, which centers on a religious group that cultivates its power by capitalizing on chaos in society caused by demonic creatures purportedly sent by God, has quickly topped the streaming giant’s non-English TV show chart, even outpacing “Squid Game” - Netflix’s biggest show to date. The sermon was about the six-part dark fantasy series “Hellbound,” directed by Yeon Sang-ho, a churchgoer himself whose previous works include the megahit zombie thriller “Train to Busan.” ![]() The messages and symbols in the show are “anti-Christ,” he warned. During a recent Sunday service at a church in the suburbs of Seoul, a pastor cautioned churchgoers to not watch a new Netflix series. ![]()
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