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Official Unification Church letter bends the truth to suit its purpose.

You may think that it’s a ridiculously small issue to quibble about the wording in the recent letter from the Unification Church headquarters (especially with the bombshell of the recent video by Sam Park, Sun Myung Moon’s secret love child, conceived after being married to the “True Mother,” Hakja Han Moon), but it illustrates so clearly the habit of mind in Unification Church culture--of which there are thousands of similar examples--which is to bend the truth when it suits you. 

“Sanctuary’s...continuously speaking against True Parents is misleading....” Anyone familiar with the situation knows that Sanctuary Church leader Hyung Jin Moon has been speaking against “True Mother,” claiming she is not following the decisions of “True Father” and creating new theology which delegitimizes him. What is misleading is for an official letter of the Unification Church to claim that Hyung Jin Moon is “speaking against True Parents” rather than against “True Mother.” It’s just a lie like so many others. The ends (showing that “True Mother” is right, and her son, Sanctuary Church leader Hyung Jin Moon, is wrong) justify the means (stating something which is clearly untrue). It’s a habit of mind in Unification Church culture. Feel free to give examples in the comments below.

The vast majority of American and European members had a higher standard of truth-telling when they joined the church, but they could not reform the lower standard of what the Principle calls a “Formation Stage” culture.

How can you build the Ideal World / Kingdom of Heaven / Cheon Il Guk when you can’t even tell the truth (whether it’s about the “True Father” having sex with another woman while married to the “True Mother” or about something simple and straightforward like this)?

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I haven’t heard Unification Church members explain the Sam Park Affair adequately. Was this sexual union required by God? If not, why did Rev. Moon engage in it while married to the “True Mother,” Hakja Han Moon? If so, why wasn't this part of the "Father's Life Course" lecture? How can it be that this information was kept secret from the vast majority of members--for decades? The easy answer is to say that if people who were deciding whether to join knew about this, they would not have joined. Wouldn't that qualify as deception? Is hiding this fact denying people their “5% Portion of Responsibility”? How can the Kingdom of Heaven be built with methods that go against the Principle? I really would like to hear a current member try to make sense of this.

The 1973 translation of the Principle says this: “In consequence, today the truth must appear with a higher standard and with a scientific method of expression in order to enable intelligent modern man to understand it.” The 1996 translation is looser but says something very similar. Where is the logical explanation of why Rev. Moon had sex with another woman (beginning when she was 17) while married to True Mother? Why was this explanation withheld from the vast majority of members while they were giving their lives for a cause they were not able to evaluate properly?

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Rev. Moon’s secret son (conceived while married to the “True Mother” Hakja Han Moon) talks about his life. A must-see for everyone connected to Unificationism. Earphones recommended. There is a link to a transcript, if you prefer, but I found it helpful to listen to the original presentation.

Sam Park video Note: The audio is a bit scratchy in the first part of this video, but it does improve vastly after about 5 minutes. Also, Sam forgets to speak into the mic at some points; listening to the video with headphones solves most of the audio quality issues. The cards passed Sam throughout the video are warning him of how much time he has left in his presentation.

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True love and harmony

If true love is supposed to be at the center of the ideal, you would think that a "true" family would exemplify that, or at least work out their differences. Who should do the most to show this and bring harmony? (Obviously it should be the mother of true love, the example of motherly love, who more than anyone brings harmony to a family.) There sure do seem to be a lot of accusations of failure and excommunications for a family and a movement centered on true love.

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"This terrible reality of their marriage: the Six Marys, the Sam [Pak]...."

Hyung Jin Moon, in his sermon on March 15, 2015, mentions "this terrible reality of their [True Parents'] marriage: the Six Marys, the Sam [Pak]...."

After talking about 'pure lineage' ('undefiled' by not repeating the Fall), and that he had fulfilled it (confirmed by Father and Mother) he goes on (from about minute 40 to minute 43): "But this is what people don't understand about True Parents. They don't understand how much torment was in their marriage. Because, you see, we want them to be the example. We're talking about 'ideal families'...'blessed marriages'...and they're the True Parents, so naturally we feel they have to be the example of how we should live our marriages. And when we actually know the reality of their Blessing--of their marriage, we immediately feel ashamed, and we immediately feel this is not marketable, and we immediately feel that this will not be presentable to society, and so we are ashamed. We are ashamed. So instead of understanding what the actual purpose of True Parents is--it's not to be a John Grey, it's not to be some marriage counsellors to help everybody have a happy marriage--True Parents must go on the way of the ten thousand living crosses to pay the indemnity of the entire human history. That is why they suffer in their marriage. You see, this is what the archangels [Peter Kim, etc.] don't want the people of God to realize. Because they feel, if they can keep this little secret, well, Mother will be indebted to them because they're protecting her, and they're guarding her from this terrible reality of their marriage: the Six Marys, the Sam...whatever it is.... They're guarding her, they're not letting people know about it, they're keeping that little secret, so that she is indebted to them. So that she believes they are the ones that truly love her. But [points into camera, presumably at the archangels] you are the ones who are using her and exploiting her. Pitiful, pitiful satans."

-'The King Reigns Forever, 만왕의 왕 억만세!' March 15th, 2015, sermon by Hyung Jin Moon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MljXewZmIgc

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A church member defends Hyo Jin against the (somewhat inaccurate) assertion that Nan Sook made Hyo Jin Nim out to be a person who detested his Father, and discusses the application of the principle of Cain and Abel as embodied in church culture.

January 7, 1999

Question: Nan Sook made Hyo Jin Nim out to be a person who detested his Father.

No, that was never the problem. At least not to my experience. But I wasn’t in the most inner circle of his members. They were Joe Longo (who led the band Ancestors) and others who were dealing...

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The culture clash on display below could be predicted from the Divine Principle. In the second-to-last chapter, "The Period of Preparation for the Second Advent of the Messiah," the case is made for a Growth Stage culture based on Protestant Christian values and Abel-type Enlightenment thinkers (i.e., Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel), which supported ideals such as freedom (freedom of conscience, freedom of mind and spirit, freedom of the will), personal and direct spiritual relationship with God, the ethical life, self-consciousness or self-awareness, equality, openness, access, honesty, the inherent worth of the individual, etc. 

These Growth Stage cultural values are a part of modern Western cultures, but are much less a part of traditional Korean culture, which according to the Principle definitions in this chapter would be Formation Stage culture.

Which one—Formation Stage cultural values or Growth Stage cultural values—will characterize Unificationism going forward?

Will there indeed be a "high noon" culture? (This is definitely not the traditional Korean way.) Will there be a culture in which the person in the "object position" will be treated with respect, with those in power caring about what they think? Will it be a culture based on two-way communication or one-way communication?

What will Unificationists build on the foundation they have?

Dear blank,

I put ‘blank’ because no one in your dept. in Seoul ever puts a name to the emails you send out (well almost never.) Instead you put a red Korean stamp. The stamp doesn’t mean much outside of Korea. Don’t know if you realised that. You do mention at the start of your memo that: “The content below is based on a paper prepared by the FFWPU Korea Headquarters.” But you/they are anonymous. I think very few people have any idea who you are, who is in your department, how decisions are made, and what processes are in place to evaluate and decide how to disseminate information to the masses. You could at least set up a website with your pictures on it describing your different roles and functions. That would be a start.

I am writing this as a pastor who regularly emails his congregation and gets a lot of generally positive feedback on my approach to communication from the congregation and wider afield. Sometimes I get constructively critical feedback, and I am always grateful for it, as it gives me a chance to change, develop, and improve when I fall short. How we communicate as human beings says a lot about who we are. 

Here is some feedback for you, from me, as someone who reads your emails.I hope that you are interested in the people who read your emails and what they think. That would imply good give and take.  ...

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Five of the Many Ways in Which the Principle View of the Fall Is Nonsensical

The Divine Principle explanation for the fall is not just wrong but entirely nonsensical.

  1. The Principle interpretation is biblically nonsensical. When God gives the commandment to be fruitful we must assume that God knows the meaning of the words he is using. From a botanical standpoint, an organism can only be fruitful after sexual reproduction has taken place. If God were to use the phrase “be fruitful” in the context of a commandment to not have sex until after attaining perfection then God would be demonstrating a fundamental ignorance of basic botany.

Eve says the Tree of Knowledge is “in the middle of the garden.” If she herself were the tree, why would she speak of the tree as being located in the middle of the garden?

Divine Principle says that Lucifer seduced Eve and Eve then seduced Adam. However, the Bible says (Gen 3:6) that Adam was with Eve at the time she first tasted the fruit. Adam then tasted the fruit immediately afterwards. This makes nonsense of the Principle’s claim that Eve repented after “eating the fruit” with Lucifer and then later had sex with Adam from a desire to return to her original place.

2. The Principle interpretation is historically nonsensical. Even if the Divine Principle account were a solid interpretation of the Genesis story the latter would still be only a story and not an actual historical event. Let’s look at the two explanations that Unificationists give of how the story came to be: 1) it is an ancient oral tradition that has been passed down from Adam and Eve’s family; 2) it is a revelation received directly from God at a later date.

It is impossible for an ancient oral tradition to have been preserved from the time of Adam and Eve for the simple reason that any original ancestors would have had to have lived at least 125,000 years ago, and probably over 400,000 years ago. We know that because control of fire by early humans was already prevalent 125,000 years ago and seems to have existed for several hundred thousand years before that. Control of fire is not something that animals are capable of, not even the most intelligent animals. In fact even today most educated people would not be able to successfully create and control fire if they were dropped alone into a remote wilderness. Could you? Unless you have been in the armed forces, or at least the Scouts, you probably could not. The control of fire is a complex set of behaviors that has to be learned. If there were such a thing as the human spirit then it would have to go back at least to the time when humans first learned to control fire. Can you imagine an oral history remaining intact for 125,000 years in the absence of any sort of writing? It is preposterous. And then, who decided to pass it on in a symbolic form? Perhaps Adam and Eve decided that the whole tale was too shameful to be explained clearly and yet realized that it would some day be needed by Divine Principle lecturers and so they cleverly disguised it with symbols. Not likely is it?

Neither is the Genesis account a revelation. If God were going to give the Divine Principle story by revelation in symbolic form he would surely get the order of events correct, make the symbols clear, and not mistakes about basic botany that could be spotted by an intelligent ten year old. And why would God talk about himself walking in the garden as if he were a human? Moreover, according to the documentary hypothesis (look that up!), Bible scholars have found that the Genesis story was not originally a single story but two, three, or more earlier stories that have been somewhat haphazardly edited together. This is why, for instance, Genesis repeats the story of creation of man in Genesis 1: 26-28 and then in Genesis 2: 5. Notice how there are no plants in Genesis 2: 5 despite the fact that God has already created them in Genesis 1: 11. Why would God give mutually contradictory revelations and then leave it to a tribe of uneducated ancient Israelites to create a coherent narrative out of the parts?

3. The Principle interpretation is nonsense from the standpoint of science. There are literally millions of pieces of evidence that creatures evolved gradually over hundreds of millions of years. Why all the dinosaur bones? There never were such people as Adam and Eve. That is a fact, not an opinion.

Would it make any sense for God to create all the different life forms by evolution and then cap it off by creating Adam and Eve as special creations? Why not use special creation for all the animals if that were the case? But let’s say that God did use special creation for humans only, then why did he also create so many transitional forms between the ape and man? Why Australopithecus? Why the Neanderthals? Why the Denisovans? Why would God create humans as special creations and then leave a long trail of evidence to make it seem as if they had evolved? And if God was just practicing when he made the earlier hominins, as some Divine Principle lecturers say, then why does Unification Thought declare that God already had the perfect image of Adam and Eve in mind before he began the creation?

Then there is this whole problem of angels. How exactly did they help God create the world? What do they do today? Do they help the True Children with their homework? Have you ever seen one? How do they get on with the pixies and the fairies? Why do spiritualists disagree on basic facts such as what sex the angels are and whether or not they really have wings? Are you so sure about these angels?

4. The Principle interpretation is nonsense from the standpoint of psychology. Would you make the whole success of your global master plan contingent on the ability of a sixteen-year-old girl to outsmart the brilliant archangel who co-created the universe? That’s what the Divine Principle God, Hananim, did.

Apparently, Hananim didn’t think through the relationships he was setting up at all carefully, and he didn’t even have any back-up plan. He just figured that he could leave a really hot teen-age girl alone with a very lonely male caretaker, who had no other sexual or romantic outlet, and that nothing could possibly go wrong. Even the worst parents in today’s world tend to be at least a little bit careful whom they leave their children with. But not Hananim, apparently. Not only did Hananim skip Botany but he flunked Common Sense 101 too.

Remember, all Eve had to go with was the commandment. The punishment for failure was the creation of hell, plus tens of thousands of years of suffering for the whole human race. And yet Divine Principle mocks Christians for saying that God threatened his children with death. The punishment in Divine Principle is far worse than the mere death of an individual. By its own standards, doesn’t the Principle deserve far greater mockery?

5. The Principle interpretation is nonsense from the standpoint of theology. The glaring problem here is that it does not explain how sin comes into the world or how it is passed from generation to generation. In the Unification Church there are as many different explanations for how sin is transmitted as there are members who are willing to venture a suggestion. Some people think sin is passed on socially. Others think it has something to do with the sung sang of the blood. Some think it is more of a legal predicament resulting from Satan’s claim over humankind – a bit like if you accidentally sign up with AOL and then find it impossible to cancel your membership. And then there are those who think it is connected with being deprived of the life element from God. Moon was never able to clearly explain it in spite of having over sixty years and tens of thousands of hours of sermonizing during which to do so. He left it up to the members because he didn’t actually have an answer. It’s like a criminal who gives a different account of his actions every time he is questioned; then, when he is put up for trial and asked which version is the truth, he shrugs his shoulders and suggests that the jury pick whichever story they find most believable.

If sin is simply passed on socially then why do we need a wine ceremony (with those special ingredients!) to change the lineage? Why did infertile couples always have to adopt from other blessed couples? Why did we have a True Family? Why all that sex in the early days of the movement? Clearly the view that sin is merely passed on socially cannot be considered an orthodox Unificationist position.

The notion of sin as a legal predicament certainly has some roots in Christian theology, where Christ is our advocate and God is our judge, and where Christ takes our punishment upon himself. But sin cannot only be a legal formality. There is certainly an element of inner corruption, of falling short of the glory, of concupiscence, too. Take away the devil and all his works and we are still sinners, from a Christian standpoint. There must be more to it.

What about deprivation of the life element inhibiting our spiritual growth? That sort of leaves it up to God. We are like an engine that doesn’t have enough gas. Hananim has the gas but he won’t put enough in the tank, or he can’t because Satan won’t let him, or something. How do we get to the point where Hananim is going to allow us enough gas? We go to the blessing but our gas allowance remains the same as before; perhaps it goes down a little. If we can’t get the gas how can we be blamed for not going the extra miles?

Most Unificationists would deny that sin is a material thing like a disease that is passed down from generation to generation. They would reject the notion that we ought to be able to identify it substantially in the blood, even if we had a really good microscope. Some would say that sin is a collection of “evil elements” that stained Eve’s spirit in some way. But are fear and jealousy transferable from one object to another in the same way that energy is? Is there a conservation of depravity that works like the conservation of momentum? Perhaps we can imagine ways that these emotions could have been transferred between individuals, but how do they then get into the “blood” and affect future generations?

I think the most common belief among Unificationists who even attempt to make sense of their own teachings is that sin is a corruption of some invisible inner essence (sung sang) of the blood, or the DNA — a spiritual condition that has a material effect in terms of our failure to unite mind and body. But, how did this come about? Can we really believe that it was somehow passed from Lucifer to Eve through his sperm, which was entirely spiritual, and then passed to Adam through Eve’s kisses or whatever, and then passed to the children through the blood? How did it go from the Luciferian sperm to the human blood? No answer. Perhaps we can think of a drop of ink spreading in a container of pure water. No, that is an analogy not an explanation. There is no real explanation, just a bunch of vague mumbo jumbo that every Divine Principle lecturer is free to make up as he goes along. Really, how does any of this work? What is the mechanism? It is not that the Unification Church has a poor explanation for sin: it has no explanation whatsoever. And yet its Messiah has already come and gone, and the removal of sin was supposed to be his main mission.

Graham C. Lester

(reproduced with permission)

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Dr. Ben, Is this a real petition?

"Skeptical" asks: "Dr. Ben, Is this a real petition?"

RECOGNITION OF INJUSTICE AND APOLOGY

This is an appeal to recognize and apologize for an injustice that was carried out by the Founder of the Unification Church, Rev. Sun Myung Moon. For over sixty years, “Rev.” Moon unjustly persecuted and imprisoned young, vulnerable men and women in a web of lies and deception. His conviction in his own delusions was a culmination of a life of megalomania and hiding key information about his actions. The vast majority of those who joined his church left in bitter disappointment.

However, despite this departure of support and exposure of the facts, there has never been a public recognition or apology for this injustice.

The founder of this prototypical cult has adversely affected hundreds of thousands including children injured by a culture of neglect and exploitation for the Moon family’s aggrandizement and enrichment. Our effort today is to collect signatures and offer them to his widow as a belated but very significant request for apology and restitution.

  Hmmm, it looks pretty similar to this one:

RECOGNITION OF INJUSTICE AND APOLOGY

This is an appeal to recognize and apologize for an injustice that was carried against the Founder of our Church, Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Thirty years ago, Rev. Moon was unjustly prosecuted and imprisoned. His conviction was a culmination of persecution of our faith and our members based on prejudice and misunderstanding. After Rev. Moon’s conviction, more than 30 civic and religious groups stood up for his defense.

However, despite this outpouring of support, there has never been a public recognition or apology for this injustice.

Our Founder has passed away almost 2 years ago, and his funeral was attended by hundreds of thousands including heads of states and governments. Our effort today is to collect the signatures and offer them to his widow as a belated but very significant expression of apology and regret.

  http://familyfed.org/danburyapology/

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[눈TV] 통일교 3남 문현진, 故문선명 총재 빈소 참배 잇단 불발

(서울=News1) 정윤경 기자=故문선명 통일교 총재의 3남 문현진 통일교세계재단(UCI)회장의 빈소 참배가 잇달아 불발됐다. 지난 11일 경기도 가평 청심평화월드센터를 찾은 문 회장은 자신을 지지하는 사람들과 함께...

News report (in Korean) at Sun Myung Moon Funeral

The Hyun Jin (H1) camp and the Mainstream camp playing politics with the actions of the other side. Each is more concerned with saying the other side is wrong than with reconciliation. Intra Religious-Family Feuding for World Peace.

Hyun Jin's representative is told Hyun Jin can go in by himself (without any supporters or bodyguards), and he chooses not to do so: Also exemplified here is that the Heavenly Culture (Korean culture) is a low-trust culture (which I suppose would fit with the Divine Principle analysis that would categorize Korean culture as a "Formation Stage" culture).

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The "model course" of Jacob

The core of the "model course" of Jacob is the loving generosity, in the shoes of a humble servant, that Jacob exemplified as a true Abel when he offered everything to Esau after his elder brother (in the position of Cain) felt justifiable jealousy and resentment. This is why Hyun Jin's younger brothers Hyung Jin and Kook Jin and younger sister In Jin spoke nothing ill of Hyun Jin, but rather, humbly and generously, came and offered everything—all their position, power, money, all of it—to Hyun Jin. This was facilitated—as the Principle says is so important in this situation—by "mother-son cooperation" in the form of True Mother's acting in the role of the holy spirit, dampening the controversy, suggesting loving words of reconciliation, and encouraging them to humbly go to Hyun Jin and offer everything. This helped Hyun Jin overcome the sense that his inheritance was being stolen and dissolved his resentment, which is why he embraced his siblings and followed True Father's requests. Oh wait, that's not what happened at all. In fact it seems they all acted roughly opposite to what would be considered the "Principle" response.

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This is not only one of the most famous studies of obedience in psychology, it's one of the most famous studies in the history of all psychology.

Why UC leaders do what they do: let Stanley Milgram show you.

One of the most famous studies of obedience in psychology was carried out by Stanley Milgram.

As you watch this video and read this study of obedience in psychology I hope you can determine which represents those who stay in the Unification Church from those who leave it.

Watch here

Read here

http://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html

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A Study in the Nature of Obedience

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Is Mother Jones magazine lying because they're "negative toward Father"?

Mother Jones magazine reports:

"Bo Hi Pak traveled from his home in South Korea for the hearing. According to sealed transcripts, which were obtained by Mother Jones, he admitted under oath that he was not Park's father, even though his name is listed on Park's birth certificate."

Is Mother Jones magazine lying about Sam Park's real father because they're "negative toward Father" (Sun Myung Moon)?

That's a hard argument to make, since Mother Jones magazine produced the court documents (see link above).

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Operation: Save Barrytown College & UTS

Facebook has just recommended I join the group "Operation: Save Barrytown College & UTS."

"About" description:

Hello brothers and sisters! This group was created in support of our school, Barrytown College, and the grounds it is located on at UTS (Unification Theological Seminary). After only three months of classes at Barrytown, it looks like we might not last even a year. Here I will post links to surveys and other ways which you can help out. I am not necessarily asking for financial help-- I am asking for your advocacy. The Board of Trustees determining the future of the property will have a meeting this coming Wednesday. Time is short--every voice helps. Our True Father invested so much in these 250 acres--let's do him proud! Despite the years of hard work behind this campus, the school and UTS property may be closed, sold, or have its funding greatly reduced after only three months of classes at Barrytown. This is heartbreaking for the students here, after they have invested so much in it, both financially and emotionally--not to mention the investment of the faculty, parents of students, and UTS graduates. As truly the first Unificationist college in America, Barrytown College has set a standard of excellence, and has proved in these three months to be an incredibly supportive, God-centered, loving, spiritually nurturing environment and community. It offers something rare and precious--a shining opportunity for our 2nd gen here in America, to educate the whole person: intellectually, emotionally, spiritually. Please support both UTS and Barrytown College.

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In the new Mariah Blake article for The New Republic, information on Sam Pak an Annie speaks out and it is revealed that both Sam and his mother are suing the Paks and the Moons for 20 million dollars. 

An excerpt from the story:

As it turns out, Moon didn’t always live up to his virtuous teachings, either. In April, I spoke by videophone with Annie Choi, a soft-spoken, 77-year-old Korean woman with ruddy cheeks and thick silver hair. Choi, who joined Moon’s church along with her mother and sister in the 1950s, alleges that she engaged in numerous sexual rituals—some involving as many as six women—beginning when she was 17 years old. Her story, which is consistent with the accounts of several early followers, supports the claim that Moon’s church started out as a sex cult, with Moon “purifying” female devotees through erotic rites.

By 1960, when he married Hak Ja Han, Moon was touting marital fidelity as his religion’s foundational ideal. But Choi maintains she stayed on as Moon’s mistress until 1964, when she moved to the United States. The following year, Moon made his inaugural visit to America. By the time he left, Choi says, she was carrying his child.  News like this could have sunk the fledgling American project. But Bo Hi Pak made sure that didn’t happen....

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Tax Authority to impose inheritance taxes after Sun Myung Moon's death? Launch of tax audit of Tongil Group

Below is an English translation of an article just published in Korea about the government's new tax investigation into the Unification Church.

  "Tax Authority to impose inheritance taxes after Sun Myung Moon's death? Launch of tax audit of Tongil Group" Kim Dae Hyun | 2013/10/18 11:12 After some investigation Weekly Chosun has confirmed that in the beginning of October the National Tax Service (Korea's Internal Revenue Service) has launched a full-scale auditing of the Tongil Group and its subsidiaries. This tax investigation is being executed by a special branch of the (public) prosecutor called "Section 4" of the Seoul District National Tax Service. Because it is this specialized branch [that is undertaking the operation] it is understood that this is not just a regular scheduled tax audit over a few businesses, but an actual investigation of the overall flow of funds of the entire Tongil Group. The tax administration explains that it is the imposition of an inheritance tax that is the background of this special investigation being undertaken at this point--one year after Rev. Sun Myung Moon's death.  A person working in the National Tax Service who asked to remain anonymous said, "The Tongil Group did not pay almost any inheritance taxes at all. Some tried to encourage [the Tongil Group] to voluntarily report, but in the end they only paid a very small amount. Normally, whether the inheritance tax can be applied or not is investigated. You should think that the fact that Section 4, which is in charge of special audits, is being mobilized for this task means that they will strictly investigate in detail [to make their case]." It was made known that the amount that the Tongil Group's side reported as a target of inheritance taxes was an amount that was less than 1 billion won (less than $940,000 dollars). This special tax audit is raising a lot of interest from people within and out of the group due to it being the first of its kind after Rev. Sun Myung Moon's passing. There were some huge changes to the successor structure after the recent crack between mother Hak Ja Han and 4th son Kook Jin Moon and 7th son Hyung Jin Moon who were once thought to be the successors when Rev. Moon was alive. Mrs. Hak Ja Han is currently overseeing the entire Unification Church and Group. The main target focus of the tax audit will most likely be the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon's wife instead of his sons. In order to determine whether the inheritance tax applies or not the National Tax Service is planning an investigation of the real estate and all other assets that Rev. Sun Myung Moon left behind. Back in 1999 a tax audit done over the Tongil Group's subsidiary companies. At the time many of the subsidiary companies that were improperly run were charged billions of won in additional taxes and some other companies went bankrupt. The National Tax Service is auditing the entire Tongil Group for the first time in 14 years. There are over 20 affiliates and subsidiaries of the Tongil Group that are currently engaged in for-profit activities apart from mission (religious) and educational organizations. Some of the major representative affiliates include Segye Times, Sun Won Construction, Pyungil Planning, Saeilo, Yong Pyung Resort in the Kang Won province in the area of leisure, and Il Hwa in the manufacturing industry.  The Cheong Shim Group which is an affiliate of the Tongil Group has under its umbrella the Jin Hung Pineridge Leisure Resort, Cheong Shim IT, Elbon the Style, and other businesses in and outside of the country. Pyung Hwa Motors is an affiliate of Tongil Group but it is considered apart as a foreign investment company. Apart from the Tongil Group is the third son Hyun Jin Moon who manages Ilsung Construction, etc., and the fourth son Kook Jin Moon who operates KAHR Arms weapons manufacturing company in America. A Unification Church representative who asked to remain anonymous said, "You can consider that all of the [Tongil] Group's subsidiaries and affiliates were founded with money from the Church Foundation. Each company is attributed a type of role to fulfill for the Foundation. However, the current ownership structure is unclear and there are some instances where specific persons have actually become the owners. I am worried whether [the entities] will be able to uphold Rev. Sun Myung Moon's dying wishes." The religious sector of the Unification Church is under the Mission Foundation for the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (Chairman Hak Ja Han), and the business sector is overseen by the Maintenance Foundation of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. In Korea, the "Maintenance Foundation" is usually referred to as the Tongil Group. Before the financial crisis of 1998 the Tongil Group had a wide range of more than 30 national companies. At one point it had more than 40 domestic and overseas affiliates with sales of more than 1 trillion won and it was classified as a major conglomerate. One of the Tongil Group's flagship products was the soft drink known as "McCol" made by Il Hwa. However, the Tongil Group underwent a period of difficulties and poor management was revealed in several of its businesses. It also had to undergo painful restructuring processes to clean up non-performing companies such as Tongil Heave Industries, Ilsung Leisure Condo, etc. As a result, the Group's influence was greatly reduced. In addition, the Group's external size and appearance was reduced after fourth son Kook Jin Moon--who once was unofficially arranged to be one of the successors--was inaugurated as the president of the Tongil Group in 2005 and executed restructuring of the affiliates. In an early interview with the press after he was inaugurated, former president Kook Jin Moon expressed that the management situation wasn't good by mentioning that, "the total profit from the Group's companies is only about 10 billion won." Although the exact reason is unknown, in the beginning of this year former president Kook Jin Moon stepped down from his position as president and left to America. Some in the Tongil Group also gave the analysis that the restructuring done by Kook Jin Moon worked as a stepping stone for the businesses to go from being dysfunctional to a profitable structure.  Despite the National Tax Service's special investigation of the Tongil Group, it will not be easy to charge them with an inheritance tax. Although the majority of the Tongil Group's companies are operated as corporations the majority shareholder is not an individual, but the Foundation. Also, our tax authority's hands can't reach [the Tongil Group's] foreign-based businesses. One official from the tax authority said, "To be able impose the inheritance tax it has to be proven that the [asset] is private property, but in the case of most of the affiliate companies of the Tongil Group the majority shareholder is the Foundation or the companies established a loose partner relationship with the Foundation which makes it difficult to impose the tax on them." The reason the National Tax Service appointed Section 4 to carry out the audit is because they concluded that it will be very difficult for the tax authorities to do an analysis of all the tax-related information of the Unification Church... It is expected that many of the assets that were recently sold, but that were affiliates when Rev. Sun Myung Moon was alive will also be included in the investigation. The execution of the auditing of the Tongil Group is planned to carry on for three months. Ho Yeol Ahn, public relations representative of the Tongil Group, expressed to Weekly Chosun the position regarding the special tax investigation that, "there is no inheritance tax to be paid." Mr. Ahn said that the tax investigation is an "error by the National Tax Service." It is known that the current flow of funds of the Tongil Group is managed in general by Hyo Yul Kim (Peter Kim) who was the former secretary of Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Kim is now the vice-chairman of the Mission Foundation for the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. Ho Yeol Ahn--PR representative of the Tongil Group--who happens to be very close to Peter Kim explains the following: "We think that there is no point in discussing whether the inheritance tax applies to companies related to our entity. Currently we have some 15 affiliates, but they all belong to the Foundation. How can it make sense that [we] have to pay an inheritance tax if there's nothing owned by an individual? There almost aren't any companies among the subsidiaries that makes a profit." The Tongil Group said that, "the authority to operate the companies is with the majority shareholder which is the Foundation. And the chairman can be changed according to the resolution of the members of the board." Those words imply that the succession of the Foundation after Chairperson Hak Ja Han could follow a legal tradition rather than a lineage-based tradition. An individual related to the situation who was once a Unification Church member said, "The greatest legacy left by Rev. Moon are his children. However, the current lack of harmony between the mother and her children is such that they are not even talking to one another. It would be good if the issue regarding inheritance became clearer." Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Tongil Group: Yong Pyong Resort / Il Sang Marine Industry / Saeil Travel Agency / Il Hwa / Il Shin Stone / TIC (auto parts manufacturer) Special Vehicle Development / JC (chemical company) / Asian Marine / Segye Times / Sun Won Construction / Saeilo / Pyungil Planning / Onel Company / Elbon the style / Elbon the table / Cheongshim IT / Farmsco / Jin Heung Pineridge Leisure Resort / Pyungnong Il Sung Construction (third brother) / KAHR Arms (owned by fourth brother)

Original Korean article:  http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/10/18/2013101802116.html

[drbenandmoon-blog]

The new Adam nation is none other than New Zealand

Read the following and ask yourself how this is any different from the reasoning that purports to show Korea is the Adam nation and new chosen people.

Does everyone remember when Sun Myung Moon said that Japan was no longer the Eve nation, but was now united with Korea, and that they jointly are the new Adam nation? The U.S. became the Eve nation (and had to make more money). So the positions can change. This is the deep truth about  the unseen world, which is deeper, more profound, and more internal than horizontal scientific truth of the world we can experience with our senses.

The new Adam nation is none other than New Zealand. The record of this truth has been preserved by the hand of God. Of all the countries of the world, where would the New Age, the New Order, and the New World begin? There are 3 countries with the key word "New" in them: New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Papua New Guinea. Only one of these 3 has the zeal to usher in the New Age.  Do you remember when the year 2000 began, and there were celebrations around the world? New Zealand was the first major country to celebrate the coming of the new millennium, because it was the first to reach this landmark, ahead of other countries. Japan is called the land of the rising sun, but the rising sun greets New Zealand first each day. The bible teaches that the messiah will appear in the east. No major country is further east. This is Principle. Even the name of New Zealand's capital is providential: "Wellington." It begins with "well." All will be well. No country in the world more fully exemplifies unification than New Zealand. New Zealand symbolically represents the unity of north and south with its two main islands, which are actually named "North Island" and "South Island." It's people are predominantly European, representing the West, and Pacific Islanders, representing the East. These two also represent unification of "continent" and "island" as well. (This is why Australia, the only country to embody both island and continent in a single nation, is in the new Eve position.) So there is symbolic unification on many levels. Can a divided country be the country of the messiah who will usher in a New Order? Of course not. What about an ordinary country? No, only the Land of New Zeal possesses the true qualifications. It is the only major country completely contained in the Pacific Ocean. "Pacific" means peaceful. The Prince of Peace will usher in a New Era of Peace. The Maori name for New Zealand is "Land of the long white cloud." Again, this was foreshadowed in biblical prophecy:  "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the *clouds of heaven*." "And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the *clouds of heaven*, with power and great glory." "And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the *clouds of heaven*." New Zealand's population is 4.4 million, representing a perfected 4-position foundation on the individual level (First Blessing) and the level of family, clan, tribe, nation, and world (Second Blessing). Its natural beauty is unsurpassed throughout the world (Third Blessing); that is why it was the Chosen nation for the Lord of the Rings movies (a truly providential event).  Its calling code is 64 (8x8). Eight represents a New Beginning. The first Westerner to visit New Zealand was Abel Tasman. After an initial conflict between the Europeans, representing the West, in the Abel position (because of Christianity), and the Pacific Islanders, representing the East, in the Cain position (because of the formation-stage religions of East Asia), the two groups formed a united country. This laid the foundation for the Messiah. New Zealanders affectionately refer to their country as "Godzone." This is because it is God's chosen land.

  No one can deny this profound truth. Anyone who denies this profound truth is unwittingly doing the bidding of Satan, and is on Satan's side, which just shows even more clearly that this is the truth of God.