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Ideology can be seen from different perspectives of how people think. Some people think ideology is bad, while others think it is good. Ideology takes a very harmful path in Christianity; Pope Francis explains to Christians that ideology distances the Church and the people. In his mental perspective, ideology is a “serious disease”. (Dolan) In some other places like North Korea, ideology is a “dangerous belief system.” North Korean ideology is commonly called "Juche", this ideology is harmful to people because most people would like to praise people who do good things, but in North Korea people have to pray to a dictator who is capable of killing, torturing, and kill his own people. Juche has two parts; “Ju” means “master” or “principal element,” while “che” means to be “whole.” (James) North Korea began using Juche on December 6, 1967 when Kim Il Sung used Juche for a speech. (Ilpyong) Juche consists of philosophy, loyalty and devotion towards leaders such as Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong-Eun. This ideology is also like a tool through which these leaders can propose ideas on how to govern North Korea. North Koreans must show respect by hanging their leader portraits on their "best walls", they must also clean these portraits every day, negligence towards the portraits will be considered a capital crime that could result in concentration camps. (Juche Religion) North Koreans show respect to their leaders by bowing to them every day, people who save portraits from burning houses are praised across the country. North Koreans pray to Kim IL Sung every day and this is a routine activity, they also have to thank him for their achievements over the years. Based on the Ju...... middle of paper ...... the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Jon Woronoff. Lanham: Scarecrow, 2012. 191-194. Print.“Overview of Juche”. Faithology. Np, nd Web. November 12, 2013. “Juche Religion.” Billions of Bibles. Np, nd Web.November 12, 2013..Lee, Grace. Juche's Political Philosophy Vol 3. 2003: 105-112. Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs. Print.Lim C. Timothy. "North Korea". Governments of the world. C. Neal Tate. Vol 3. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2006. 54-56. Print.Piskunov, Egor. “Of Russian Origin: Marxism-Leninism” Russiapedia. Np, nd Web. 25 November 2013.< http://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian-origin/marxism-leninism/>.Selinger, Bernhard “Juche”. Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. David Levinson, Karen Christenson. Vol.3.New York: Thompson Gale, 2002. 282-283. Press.