Recently, on the zalo platform, many people have received shares and invitations to click on the link http://youto.be/B3UbbSiME48 with the content "Introducing the Church of God, Evangelical Missionary Association" of the zalo page Celina Quynh Hoa. The introduction content stimulates and intrigues users. Specifically: "Have you heard about the Church of God? Maybe you have heard it once or heard it many times but the information is one-sided so you do not know exactly about the church. Take 5 minutes to completely eliminate your prejudiced thinking about the Church of God, you will clearly and completely understand the difference with more than 10,000 churches in the world".

People need to be vigilant against the temptation of the Church of God on social media platforms.

According to the reflection of many social network users, especially Zalo, the activities of this association have recently begun to flourish. Many social network users, after being shared, are quite cautious. However, there are also some people who, due to insufficient awareness and lack of courage, blindly believe in the empty enticements about optimism, awakening one's own potential, life values, energy resonating from heaven and earth, other universes of this evil religion, even enticing and leading relatives and friends to access and join the association. The approach of the subjects is very sophisticated, not using offensive spiritual images, extreme worship, but using scientific terms, philosophy of life, good stories, logic to entice, fascinate... With tricks, activities both secretive and public in different forms, the Church of God has caused many negative impacts on political security, social order in the province in particular, cyberspace in general.

A victim of this cult reported to the police. Photo: Dinh Hop

The Church of God's official and full name is "World Mission Society Church of God (WMSCOG). This church organization also has other names: "God the Mother", "Church of God that testifies to Jesus", "Church of God the Mother", founded by Ahn Sahng Hong (commonly known as Anh Xang Hong) in 1964, in Korea. The basic doctrine is taken from the Bible (66 books) of Protestantism. However, this organization is boycotted, not recognized, and even considered a "heresy" by Protestants because of its changes in the interpretation of doctrine and practice. Especially the belief in "God the Mother", or the belief in "God the Trinity" incarnated in Mr. Anh Xang Hong and "God the Mother" incarnated in Mrs. Jang Gin Ja (his wife). In religious activities, it is easy to recognize that believers do not use crosses, statues of Jesus, women, or other objects. then cover white lace scarf.

In our country, the Church of God entered Vietnam around 2001 through the entry of Koreans to Vietnam and some Vietnamese workers returning from Korea. Around 2005-2006, the first group was formed in Ho Chi Minh City. They operated peacefully among Koreans and a small number of Vietnamese workers returning from Korea. However, in recent years, some leaders have advocated extreme development, regardless of Vietnamese law. These have revealed negative effects, contrary to Vietnamese traditions and ethics, such as forcing and inciting followers to abandon the custom of worshipping grandparents and ancestors, being unfilial to parents, using superstition and theocracy to oppress followers...

Vietnam always respects the freedom of belief and religion of every citizen; strives to ensure that religions can operate normally within the framework of the law. Individuals have the right to follow or not to follow a religion; there is no discrimination on the basis of religion or belief; the activities of religious organizations are protected by law. At the same time, Vietnamese law also stipulates that no one is allowed to violate the freedom of belief and religion or take advantage of belief and religion to violate the law. However, the importation and illegal operation of evil religions, their transformation on cyberspace and in real life, is a violation of both law and morality, goes against good customs and traditions, offends cultural traditions, ethics, and genuine religions, and is a factor causing instability in security and order. Being drawn into and participating in evil religious activities in any form leaves many consequences for the individual, family, and society.

To protect themselves and their loved ones, everyone must always be vigilant against the tricks of evil cults, especially in cyberspace today.

Article and photos: Le Phuong