My personal experience with the Moonies was with the Creative Community Project which was a front for the Moonies in 1979. This experience was only one weekend from Friday night to Sunday night then. I didn't find out that the Creative Community Project was the Moonies until months later and realized how lucky I was to get away from them.
They wanted me to be a programmer of people (of new converts) because of my experience growing up in a cult and surviving that. However, I had turned against all formal religions after almost having died by suicide from what happened to me. So, I wasn't going to help people brainwash other people for ANY purpose after what I had been through already. IF anything I was going to warn all people of what can happen to someone like what had almost happened to me in an early untimely death.
The people susceptible the most to cults of all kinds are lonely, depressed, suicidal and/or young(15 to 20) although anyone in some kind of major life transition might be vulnerable like graduating high school or college, divorce, a breakup, a death in the family, any of these things or more.
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The
New Yorker Hotel, purchased by the Unification Church of the United States in 1976 and now the site of national church headquarters offices.
The
Unification Church of the United States is a
new religious movement in the
United States of America. It began in the 1950s and 1960s when missionaries from
Japan and
South Korea were sent to the United States by the international
Unification Church's founder and leader
Sun Myung Moon.
It expanded in the 1970s and then became involved in controversy due to
its theology, its political activism, and the life style of its
members. Since then it has been involved in many areas of American
society and has itself gone through substantial changes.
Early history
In the late 1950s and early 1960s Unification Church
missionaries were sent from
South Korea and
Japan to the United States in order to establish the church there. Among them were
Young Oon Kim,
Sang Ik-Choi,
Bo Hi Pak,
David S. C. Kim, and
Yun Soo Lim. Missionary work took place in
Washington D.C.,
New York,
Oregon, and
California.
[1] The church first came to public notice in the United States after
sociology student John Lofland studied Young Oon Kim's group and published his findings as a doctoral thesis entitled:
The World Savers: A Field Study of Cult Processes, which was published in 1966 in book form by
Prentice-Hall as
Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith. This book is considered to be one of the most important and widely cited studies of the process of
religious conversion, and one of the first modern sociological studies of a new religious movement.
[2][3][4]
In 1965 Moon visited the United States and established what he called "holy grounds" in each of the 48 contiguous states.
[5]
By 1971 the Unification Church of the United States had about 500
members. By the end of the 1970s it had expanded to about 5,000 members,
with most of them being in their early 20s. In the 1980s and 1990s
membership remained at about the same number.
[6][7][8] Scholars have attributed the Unification Church's relative success in the United States, as compared to other
Western nations, to its support of
patriotism and
capitalist values, and to its
multi-racial membership.
[9][10][11][12] Some commentators have also noted that this period of Unification Church growth in the United States took place just as the "
hippie"
era of the late 1960s and early 1970s was ending, when many American
young people were looking for a sense of higher purpose or community in
their lives.
[13][14][15][16] Among the converts were many who had been active in leftist causes.
[17]
In 1971 Moon decided to move to the United States. He then asked
church members to help him in a series of outreach campaigns in which he
spoke to public audiences in all 50 states, ending with a 1976 rally in
Washington D.C. in which he spoke on the grounds of the
Washington Monument
to around 300,000 people. During this time many church members left
school and careers to devote their full-time to church work.
Mobile fundraising teams were set up to raise money for church projects, often giving candy or flowers in exchange for donations.
[18] Moon also brought members from
Europe and
Japan to work in the United States. Church buildings were purchased around the nation. In
New York State the Belvedere Estate, the
Unification Theological Seminary, and the
New Yorker Hotel were purchased. The national headquarters of the church was established in
New York City.
[19] In
Washington D.C. the church purchased a church building from
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
[20] and in
Seattle the historic
Rolland Denny mansion for $175,000 in 1977.
[21][22]
Political involvement
Moon had long been an advocate for
anti-communism; both
because of personal experience[citation needed], he was born in what is now
North Korea and had been imprisoned by the North Korean
communist government during the
Korean War, and because he believed that the defeat of communism by
democracy was a necessary step in
God's
providence to establish the
Kingdom of God on earth.
[23][24] In 1974 he asked church members to support President
Richard Nixon during the
Watergate scandal
when Nixon was being pressured to resign his office. Church members
prayed and fasted in support of Nixon for three days in front of the
United States Capitol,
under the motto: "Forgive, Love and Unite." On February 1, 1974 Nixon
publicly thanked them for their support and officially received Moon.
This brought the church into widespread public and media attention.
[25]
The Unification Church of the United States sponsored other
anti-communist activities during the 1970s and 1980s, including the
multi-national organization
CAUSA International.
[26][27] In 1982 Moon founded the conservative newspaper
The Washington Times, in
Washington D.C., as part of
News World Communications,
an international news media conglomerate which also publishes
newspapers in South Korea, Japan, and South America. Although never a
financial success, the
Times was well-read in conservative and anti-communist circles and was credited by President
Ronald Reagan with helping to win the
Cold War.
[28]
In 1983 church members publicly protested against the
Soviet Union over its shooting down of
Korean Airlines Flight 007.
[29] In 1984, church member
Dan Fefferman founded the International Coalition for Religious Freedom in
Virginia, which is active in protesting what it considers to be threats to
religious freedom by governmental agencies.
[30] In 1986 conservative author
William Rusher wrote: "The members the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, now almost universally referred to as '
Moonies,'
constitute a fascinating problem for outsiders--and perhaps above all
for conservatives, because they are so unabashedly anti-Communist and
pro-American."
[31]
Criticism, opposition, and controversy
The Unification Church of the United States was met with widespread
criticism beginning in the early 1970s. The main points of criticism
were the church's unorthodox theology, especially its belief that Moon
is the
second coming of Christ;
the church's political involvement; and the extreme lifestyle of most
members, which involved full-time dedication to church activities often
at the neglect of family, school, and career. During this time, hundreds
of parents of members used the services of
deprogrammers
to remove their children from church membership and the activities of
the church were widely reported in the media, most often in a negative
light.
[32] In 1975
Steven Hassan
left the church and later became an outspoken critic. He is the author
of two books on his experiences and his theories on cult mind control.
[33] The political activities of the church were opposed by some leftists. In 1976 members of the
Youth International Party staged a marijuana "smoke-in" in the middle of a UC sponsored rally in Washington D.C.
[34]
In 1976 church president
Neil Albert Salonen met with Senator
Bob Dole to defend the Unification Church against charges made by its critics, including parents of some members.
[35] In 1977, church member
Jonathan Wells, who later became well known as the author of the popular
Intelligent Design book
Icons of Evolution, defended Unification Church theology against what he said were unfair criticisms by the
National Council of Churches.
[36] That same year
Frederick Sontag, a professor of philosophy at
Pomona College and a minister in the
United Church of Christ,
[37] published
Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church which gave an overview of the church and urged Christians to take it more seriously.
[38][39][40]
In 1978 and 1979, the church's support for the
South Korean government was investigated by
a Congressional subcommittee led by
Democratic Representative
Donald M. Fraser of
Minnesota.
[41] (see also:
Koreagate,
Fraser Committee) In 1982 the
United States Supreme Court
struck down a Minnesota law which had imposed registration and
reporting requirements on those religions that receive more than half of
their contributions from nonmembers as being contrary to the
First Amendment of the United States Constitution's
protection of religious freedom and prohibition of state establishment
of religion. The law was seen as especially targeting the Unification
Church.
[42][43]
In 1982, Moon was convicted in
United States federal court of willfully filing false Federal
income tax returns and
conspiracy. In 1984 and 1985, while he was serving his sentence in
Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury,
Connecticut,
American Unification Church members launched a public-relations
campaign claiming that the charges against him were unjust and
politically motivated. Booklets, letters and videotapes were mailed to
approximately 300,000
Christian leaders. Many signed petitions protesting the government's case.
[44] Among the American Christian leaders who spoke out in defense of Moon were conservative
Jerry Falwell, head of
Moral Majority, and liberal
Joseph Lowery, head of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
[45] Michael Tori, a professor at
Marist College (
Poughkeepsie, New York)
suggested that Moon's conviction helped the Unification Church gain
more acceptance in mainstream American society, since it showed that he
was financially accountable to the government and the public.
[46](see also:
United States vs. Sun Myung Moon)
"Moonie"
In the 1970s the American news media began using the word "Moonie" to refer to Unification Church members.
[47][48][49] This was widely considered to be derogatory.
[50][51] In the 1980s and 1990s the church undertook an extensive
public relations campaign against the use of the word by the news media.
[52] In 1989 the
Chicago Tribune was picketed after referring to members as "Moonies".
[53][54] Minister and civil rights leader
James Bevel handed out fliers at the protest which said: "Are the Moonies our new
niggers?"
[54]
On an October 6, 1994 broadcast of
Nightline, host
Ted Koppel
stated: "On last night's program ...I used the term 'Moonies'. This is a
label which members of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church
find demeaning and offensive, and I'd like to apologize for its use."
[55] Journalistic authorities, including the
New York Times and
Reuters, now discourage its use in news reporting.
[56][57]
Changes in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s
On July 1, 1982 a large number of the members of the Unification
Church of the United States were married by Rev. and Mrs. Moon in a
Blessing ceremony (sometimes called a "mass wedding") in
Madison Square Garden
in New York City. The total number of couples who took part was 2075,
some coming from other countries. Soon after other American members were
married in ceremonies in South Korea. Most who took part were matched
with their future spouses by Moon. Many couples were international or
interracial. Before this most American church members had been single
and living
celibately.
[58]
Also in the 1980s Moon instructed church members to take part in a
program called "Home Church" in which they reached out to neighbors and
community members through public service.
[59]
Unification Church business interests, which had begun in the 1960s,
expanded in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s (decade). Church owned
businesses in the United States include media and entertainment, fishing
and sea food distribution, hotels and real estate, and many others.
Many church members found employment in church owned businesses while
others pursued careers outside of the church community.
[60][61][62][63] Also expanding were church sponsored interdenominational and cultural projects.
[64][65]
In 1984
Eileen Barker, a British sociologist specializing in religious topics, published
The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing? which disputed much of the negative characterization of church members by the news media.
[66][67][68] In 1991
Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon by investigative journalist
Carlton Sherwood criticized the federal government's prosecution of Moon in the 1980s.
[69][70]
After the
dissolution of the Soviet Union, Moon made anti-communism much less of a priority for church members.
[71] In 1991 Moon announced that members should return to their hometowns in order to undertake apostolic work there.
Massimo Introvigne, who has studied the Unification Church and other
new religious movements, has said that this confirms that full-time membership is no longer considered crucial to church members.
[72]
In 1997 Dr. Sontag commented: "There's no question their numbers are
way down. The older members complain to me that they have a lot of
captains but no foot soldiers."
[13][73] While Dr. Barker reported that Unificationists had undergone a transformation in their
world view from
millennialism to
utopianism.
[74]
On May 1, 1994 (the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Unification Church in
Seoul,
South Korea), Moon declared that the era of the Unification Church had ended and inaugurated a new organization: the
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
(FFWPU) would include Unification Church members and members of other
religious organizations working toward common goals, especially on
issues of sexual morality and reconciliation between people of different
religions, nations, and races (see
Unification Movement). The FFWPU co-sponsored the
Million Family March in 2000, the
Global Peace Festival in the late 2000s (decade), and
blessing ceremonies
in which thousands of non–Unification Church married couples were given
the marriage blessing previously given only to Unification Church
members.
[73][75][76]
In 2009 Sun Myung Moon appointed his daughter
In Jin Moon
president of the Unification Church of the United States. She worked to
modernise the church's worship style in an effort to involve younger
members.
[77]
In 2014 the church sponsored a 43-day bus tour of the United States for
its members which included visits to each of Moon's original holy
grounds.
[5]
Church presidents
Military service
In 2001 the
United States Army, in a handbook for
chaplains, reported: "The Unification Church emphasizes the responsibility of
citizenship but sets no official rules as to
military service."
It added that church members have no restrictions on diet, uniform
appearance, medical treatment, or other factors which might conflict
with military requirements.
[86]
Neologisms
The Unification Church of the United States has introduced a number of
neologisms into the English language, directly or indirectly. These include the derogatory term "
Moonies",
[87][88] a special use of the word "
indemnity",
[89][90][91][92][93] and the expressions "
True Parents",
[94][95] "
heartistic",
[96][97] "
doomsday cult",
[98] "
love bombing",
[99] and "
crazy for God"
[100]—the last coined by Moon himself.
[101]
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A History of the Unification Church in America, 1959–1974: Emergence of a National Movement, Michael L. Mickler, 1987, New York: Garland, ISBN 0-8153-1138-9.
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Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America: African diaspora traditions and other American innovations, Volume 5 of Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America, W. Michael Ashcraft, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006 ISBN 0-275-98717-5, ISBN 978-0-275-98717-6, page 180
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New York: The Pilgrim Press (1984 [3rd printing; 1st printing 1982]);
pg. 8. "...audiences are surprised to learn that the Unification Church
has less than 5,000 members in the U.S., because the press often gives
the impression of far larger numbers." Melton is a leading expert on new
religious movements.
Finke, Roger & Stark, Rodney. The Churching of America, 1776–1990.
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997);
pg. 241. "...after more than thirty years of missionizing, it is
estimated that there have never been more than 5,000 followers of the
Unification Church... in the United States, some of whom are from
abroad."
The Market for Martyrs, Laurence Iannaccone, George Mason University, 2006, "One of the most comprehensive and influential studies was The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing? by Eileen Barker
(1984). Barker could find no evidence that Moonie recruits were ever
kidnapped, confined, or coerced. Participants at Moonie retreats were
not deprived of sleep;
the lectures were not “trance-inducing”; and there was not much
chanting, no drugs or alcohol, and little that could be termed “frenzy”
or “ecstatic” experience. People were free to leave, and leave they did.
Barker’s extensive enumerations showed that among the recruits who went
so far as to attend two-day retreats (claimed to be the Moonie’s most
effective means of “brainwashing”), fewer than 25% joined the group
formore than a week and only 5% remained full-time members one year
later. And, of course, most contacts dropped out before attending a
retreat. Of all those who visited a Moonie centre at least once, not one
in two-hundred remained in the movement two years later. With failure
rates exceeding 99.5%, it comes as no surprise that full-time Moonie membership in the U.S. never exceeded a few thousand. And this was one of the most successful New Religious Movements of the era!"
Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the Globe (Google eBook), James T. Richardson, page 57
New
Religions and the Theological Imagination in America, Mary Farrell
Bednarowski, Indiana University Press, 1989, pages 101-105
Introvigne, Massimo, 2000, The Unification Church Studies in Contemporary Religion, Signature Books, Salt Lake City, Utah, ISBN 1-56085-145-7, excerpt page 12
Korean Moon: Waxing of Waning?, Leo Sandon Jr., Theology Today,
Vol 35, No 2, July 1978, "Thousands of young American adults (probably
3,000-5,000) have joined the Unification Church. Many of these members
are attractive, well-educated graduates from some of our finest colleges
and universities. Their membership in the movement should remind us
that for the young adult (18–25 years of age) conversion has a highly
ideological and vocational dimension."
Moon at Twilight, The New Yorker
September 14, 1998, "David Bromley, a professor of sociology and
religious studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, who has
co-written a book about the Unification Church, believes that the bulk
of Moon's remaining followers were recruited in the seventies, when both
the establishment and the counterculture were falling apart. Bromley
says that the sense of joining a close, purposeful community was
crucial, and that it is no coincidence that church members refer to each
other as "brother" and "sister" or that Moon is called Father."
Irving Louis Horowitz, Science, Sin, and Society: The Politics of Reverend Moon and the Unification Church, 1980, MIT Press
Finding
and Seeking; Born in affluence, the baby-boomers were driven to ask Big
Questions about fulfillment and the meaning of life. How their legacy
has changed us., Jerry Adler & Julie Scelfo, Newsweek, September 18, 2006
In 1980, Craig Sheffer, before becoming a Hollywood actor, under some inconvenient circumstances in his life, "slept under the marble staircase in Grand Central Terminal for weeks while living off Unification Church spaghetti dinners." Up and coming Craig Sheffer off the streets into the movies, New York Times, October 10, 1992
From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam War Era, Stephen A. Kent, Syracuse University Press, 2001, page 116
Moon-struck, Time,
October 15, 1973, "The core members—most in their 20s, many of them
converts from other spiritual, psychological or political trips—display a
dogged devotion that makes even Jehovah's Witnesses look like
backsliders. They are enthusiastic capitalists who rise at dawn to hit
the streets with wares to exchange for "donations": flowers, votive
light candles, even peanuts. Last year, when Master Moon moved his
international headquarters to Tarrytown, N.Y., members sold candles
across the U.S. for seven weeks to meet the down payment of $300,000 on
an $850,000 estate."
Introvigne 2000 pages 13–16
Friends Forever gather to remember the Washington Ward, Deseret News, November 27, 2011
A Seattle jewel shines again, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 22, 2007
Architect Data Base
[1] Divine Principle,
Introduction. "Nonetheless, one final and inescapable conflict remains
before us, the war between democracy and communism. Although each side
has equipped itself with fearsome weapons and is pitted against the
other in readiness for battle, the core of their conflict is internal
and ideological. Which side will triumph in this final ideological
conflict? Anyone who believes in the reality of God will surely answer
that democracy will win."
Beyond the Dark Side of the Moonies, Andrew Brown, The Independent,
November 2, 1995, "The Moonies were - and remain - intent on halting
communism. Moon founded the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification
of World Christianity in Korea in 1954. The first missionaries were sent
out in the Fifties, but only after Moon moved to the US in the
Seventies did the movement start to become visible in the West. Moon's
followers believe he is the Messiah who can lead the way to establishing
the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. Their beliefs are set out in the Divine
Principle, which contains interpretations of the Old and New Testaments
with further revelations from Moon himself. Devotees believe God's
victory over Satan requires the defeat of atheistic communism. To this
end they have sponsored large numbers of conferences for journalists,
theologians, academics, politicians and anyone else they think might
contribute to establishing a God-centred world."
Introvigne, 2000 page 16
Introvigne, 2000, page 18
Sun Myung Moon's Followers Recruit Christians to Assist in Battle Against Communism Christianity Today June 15, 1985
Gorenfeld, John, Dear Leader's Paper Moon The American Prospect
2005-09-19 "The American people know the truth. You, my friends at The
Washington Times, have told it to them. It wasn't always the popular
thing to do. But you were a loud and powerful voice. Like me, you
arrived in Washington at the beginning of the most momentous decade of
the century. Together, we rolled up our sleeves and got to work. And --
oh, yes -- we won the Cold War." -Reagan, 1997
[2] San Francisco Chronicle
September 3, 1983 "For a second day, the Soviet Consulate in Pacific
Heights was the scene of emotional protests against the shooting down of
a Korean Air Lines jumbo jet. About 300 people held demonstration
yesterday morning. Among them were members of the Unification Church, or
"Moonies," whose founder is the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the controversial
South Korean who has melded a fierce anti-communism into his ideology.
Eldridge Cleaver, the onetime black radical who recently has had ties
with the Moonies, spoke at the rally. Many pickets carried signs
accusing the Soviet Union of murdering the 269 passengers and crew
aboard the airliner. In another development, San Francisco attorney
Melvin Belli filed a $109 billion lawsuit against the Soviet Union on
behalf of the 269 victims."
Ribadeneira, Diego (August 21, 1999). "Ire at school Star of David ruling unites ACLU, Pat Robertson". The Boston Globe (The New York Times Company). p. B2.
Review of The Making of a Moonie, William Rusher, National Review, December 19, 1986.
Introvigne, 2000, pages 16–17
Steven Hassan Biography
From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam War Era, Stephen A. Kent, Syracuse University Press, 2001, page 168
Dole meeting with Moon aide called cordial, Lawrence Journal-World, February 24, 1976
New Hope for Dialogue with National Council of Churches of Christ, Chris Antal, February, 2000
Frederick E. Sontag dies at 84; Pomona College philosophy professor, Los Angeles Times, June 20, 2009
Who is this Pied Piper of Religion?, St. Petersburg Times, February 4, 1978
Moon: an objective look at his theology, Boca Raton News, 1977-11-25
Sontag, Frederick, Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church, (Abingdon Press,
1977; Korean translation, Pacific Publishing Company, 1981; Japanese
translation, Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc., 1977; German translation,
SINUS-Verlag, Krefeld, 1981) ISBN 0-687-40622-6"
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A crumbling wall between CHURCH and STATE?, Christian Science Monitor, June 2, 1982
Equal rights for Moonies, Time, May 3, 1982
Why Are Pastors Flying to Moon? Christianity Today August 1, 2001.
Introvigne, 2000, pages 23–25
Church urges Christian unity: Valley seminary open since 1975 Poughkeepsie Journal,
2003-12-11"Michael Tori, a professor in Marist College's religious
studies program, said the Unification Church has gained more acceptance
in mainstream society for several reasons. One reason was Rev. Moon's
indictment in the early 1980s for tax evasion. The indictment showed
Moon was financially accountable to the government and to the public,
Tori said. Another reason the church has gained greater acceptance is
that it has taken on several universally accepted causes such as the
importance of family values in society and the formation of the
Interreligious and International Peace Council. The church has also
given financial support to institutions such as the University of
Bridgeport in Connecticut and made acquisitions such as the purchase of
the Washington Times."
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New President for US Church, Peter Ross
Unification News for June 2000
Alexander, Delroy; Margaret Ramirez (2006-11-05). "Rev. Moon and the Black Clergy; Taking Down the Cross (and Taking Trips) Part of an Unlikely Alliance With Local Pastors". Chicago Tribune. p. 1. ISSN 1085-6706. Retrieved 2008-12-29. (registration required)
National Public Radio, 2-18-2010
Rev. Sun Myung Moon: His Family www.tparents.org 2014-05-20.
Religious
Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups: A Handbook for
Chaplains, By U. S. Department of the Army, Published by The Minerva
Group, Inc., 2001, ISBN 0-89875-607-3, ISBN 978-0-89875-607-4, pages 1–41 to 1-47. Google books listing
*Oxford English Dictionary
*WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University
Daske, D. and Ashcraft, W. 2005, New Religious Movements, New York: New York University Press, ISBN 0-8147-0702-5
"To restart the process toward perfection, God has sent messiahs to
earth who could restore the true state of humanity's relationship with
God. Before that can happen, however, humans must perform good deeds
that cancel the bad effects of sin. Unificationists call this
"indemnity". Showing love and devotion to one's fellow humans,
especially within families, helps pay this indemnity." p142
Yamamoto, J. 1995, Unification Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Press, ISBN 0-310-70381-6
"The doctrine of indemnity. Indemnity is that which people do to
restore themselves to God's kingdom. Young Oon Kim describes it this
way: 'We atone for our sins through specific acts of penance.' Kwang-Yol
Yoo, a Unification teacher, even goes so far as to say that by
following the Divine Principle, 'man's perfection must be
accomplished by his own effort without God's help.' God does most of the
work, but people must still do their part in order to achieve God's
plan of salvation: 'Five percent is only to say that man's
responsibility is extremely small compared to God's.' "p35 "The doctrine
of indemnity is not biblical. 'In simple language.' states Ruth Tucker,
'indemnity is salvation by works.' Bob Larson makes a distinction
between Moon's doctrine and biblical theology, saying, 'Moon's doctrine
of sinless perfection by "indemnity [forgiveness of sin by works on
Moon's behalf], which can apply even to deceased ancestors, is a denial
of the salvation by grace offering through Jesus Christ.' 'Farewell,'
said John Calvin. 'to the dream of those who think up a righteousness
flowing together out of faith and works.'" p40
Tingle, D. and Fordyce, R. 1979, The Phases and Faces of the Moon: A Critical Examination of the Unification Church and Its Principles,
Hicksville, New York: Exposition Press p53-55 "In short, indemnity is
anything you want to make it, since you establish the conditions. The
zeal and enthusiasm of the Unification Church members is not so much
based on love for God as it is compulsion to indemnify one's own sins."
THE POWER OF THE PRINCIPLE: WHENCE IT CAME; WHERE IT WENT
Richard Quebedeaux, "Rev. Moon calls such a mode of living, such a
lifestyle, "restoration through indemnity." With indemnity viewed as a
persistent pattern of behavior, not as a mere doctrine to be affirmed or
a rational list of rules, God's ideal for human relationships is
"restored" through restitution. Restitution-in the sense of a "natural
law"-assuages resentment, because it is the means by which the powerful
and enfranchised give the people who feel downtrodden and powerless what
they believe is rightly theirs. Indemnity means that "I'm here for
you."
Exposition of the Divine Principle 1996 Translation
Moon At Twilight: Amid scandal, the Unification Church has a strange new mission, Peter Maass New Yorker Magazine,
September 14, 1998. "Moon sees the essence of his own mission as
completing the one given to Jesus - establishing a 'true family'
untouched by Satan while teaching all people to lead a God-centered life
under his spiritual leadership."
Unifying or Dividing? Sun Myung Moon and the Origins of the Unification Church,
by George D. Chryssides, University of Wolverhampton, U.K. A paper
presented at the CESNUR 2003 Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania.
The Way of God's Will: Witnessing, Sun Myung Moon,
"Witnessing should be preceded by heart; to witness you should have so
strong an emotion that you become a heartistic magnet who can draw the
minds of all."
The Way of God's Will: Blessing, Sun Myung Moon, "These are the internal, heartistic stages which we must go through."
Exploring the climate of doom,
Rich Lowry, 2009-12-19 'The phrase “doomsday cult” entered our
collective vocabulary after John Lofland published his 1966 study, “Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith.” Lofland wrote about the Unification Church.'
Richardson, James T. (2004). Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the Globe. Springer. ISBN 0-306-47887-0. p. 479
Crazy for God
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_Church_of_the_United_States
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