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As we all know, North Korea is a totalitarian state dominated by a personality cult of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, etc.

But something I was curious about – is there any way to go even further than a Kim personality cult? Could an actual religion arise (either in the past or in future) based around the Kims? As in a religion with actual priests, doctrine and where people are encouraged to pray to divine Kim Il Sung/Kim Jong Il/etc. to answer their prayers?

(Yes, I heard about North Korean propaganda claiming that Kim Il Sung was born in a supernatural way and that birds sang songs in Korean to mark the occasion, but I think that is more like a North Korean equivalent of Teddy Roosevelt internet meme – in the end of the day everyone knows that Teddy and Kim were mortal)

POD for a Kim religion can’t be before Kim Il Sung’s birth on 15 April 1912.
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