Conspiracy Theory “If you get a vaccine, you become a slave”

Intercorp A representative preaching last July. [유튜브 캡쳐]

The spread of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) from BTJ World Center in Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, a religious facility of the International Mission Group (InterCP), a Christian missionary organization, is spreading nationwide. Here, after the first corona19 confirmed in November last year, 505 people were confirmed in nine cities and provinces nationwide, including Gyeonggi-do, until the 9th.

The bigger problem is that those who visited the Nation Center are confusing the quarantine work by violating the administrative order of the local government’s diagnostic tests. According to the quarantine authorities, about 70% of the participants have not yet been tested for Corona 19. The list of participants was also barely submitted. Sangju also accused the representative of Intercorp three times when the ban on gatherings posted at the center entrance was damaged.

The quarantine authorities and others are grasping the reason they avoid corona19 testing as the influence of the’conspiracy theory’ advocated by Intercorp. Mr. A, the CEO of Intercorp, insisted, “If you get a vaccine, you become a slave”.

Earlier, in a lecture held at a church in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi-do in July of last year, Mr. A said, “Bill Gates insisted on developing a vaccine, saying that we should prepare for the Corona 19 virus at an international conference in 2015.” They gave me a fund and asked me to develop a vaccine.” Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft (MS), is supporting the development of a vaccine to combat COVID-19.

A view of BTJ Heating Center in Sangju, Gyeongbuk. [사진 열방센터 홈페이지]

Mr. A said, “But the vaccine we developed is different from other vaccines. The vaccine changes the structure of human DNA. “This vaccine was tested by the United States during the Iraq War. When I lightly gave the soldiers drugs to the rice, the fear disappeared. He insisted that he was at war while he was whistling.

He said, “(If you get a vaccine), you only obey. By changing the DNA, there is no fear and no fear.” “What will the world be with this vaccine? Become their slaves.”

Experts point out that this claim by Intercorp’s representative can be an opportunity for his followers to be reluctant to get vaccinations or corona19 diagnostic tests. Eui-jong Hwang, head of the Yeongnam Counseling Center of the Korean Christian Heresy Counseling Center, said, “The argument of Intercorp’s representative cannot be found related to the Bible,” he said. “It seems to be an unfounded argument by an individual or group.”

According to experts, the religious ideology that Intercorp is based on is the eschatological evangelicalism of’Back To Jerusalem’. ‘BTJ’ of BTJ World Center, which Intercorp uses as a training center or prayer center, is also a word after the initial of Back To Jerusalem. The nations (列邦) is a biblical term referring to the nations of the world and all nations. Together, it means that it is a missionary facility to bring people around the world back to Jerusalem, the source of the world.

According to a research paper “Religious militarism in Korean Protestant overseas missions” written by Professor Jin-gu Lee of Honam Theological University, the Back-to-Jerusalem movement starts with the premise that the Gospel begins in Jerusalem and goes around the globe and returns to Jerusalem.

The central axis of the Gospel moves according to the times, and it is a theory that Jerusalem → Europe → North America → East Asia → Jerusalem. When the regression movement according to the Gospel’s book is over, the Second Coming of Christ and the end of the universe are considered to be realized. Experts say that Intercorp sees the era as the last.

A notice on prohibition of gatherings posted in front of BTJ Nation Center in Hwaseo-myeon, Sangju-si, Gyeongbuk. [사진 상주시]

Meanwhile, Sangju City, where the Center for the Nations is located, took measures to prevent the spread of Corona 19, such as closing the Center for the Nations on the 7th, but the spread of religious facilities continues.

As of 0 o’clock on the 11th, 3 out of 4 new corona19 confirmed patients in Gyeongbuk area came out of Sangju. 2 people related to Sangju Vision Church and 1 person related to Sangju Seomun Church. The rest is one of the Gumi Springs Church. In Daegu, 11 people were newly confirmed on that day.

In this regard, Intercorp said in an appeal posted on the website that day, “Intercorp has sent a text message urging visitors to the World Center from November to December last year to undergo a corona 19 diagnostic test. He said, “We have been running a guide service team at public health centers and screening clinics to guide diagnostic tests, and on our website, we are constantly posting information on our website recommending that we undergo Corona 19 tests in cooperation with the government’s infection prevention and spread prevention measures.

Intercorp also announced, “Please, if any of the participants and visitors of the Nation Center meeting have not undergone diagnostic testing until now, I sincerely ask you to visit the nearest public health center, screening clinic, temporary screening center, etc. to receive the COVID-19 diagnostic test.” .

Sangju = Reporter Kim Jeong-seok
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