#Black Heung Jin

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Confession in the Unification Church

MUST LISTEN: The "Cult of Confession" episode of Blessed Child podcast

One Twitter user @kijinosu describes this episode and its content: 

"In this podcast, Renee describes a feature of thought reform that I hadn't seen elsewhere in my yet brief studies. Let me label it the Big Brother effect and put it out for discussion. Listen to ‘Cult of Confession with Renee'. I call it the Big Brother effect because, as I understand it, UC's incessant report-contact-consult practice combined with group confession causes the believer to feel that they are always being watched. In response to this feeling of always being watched, the believer creates a god that covers all of the demands of the collective. Because satisfying this god then satisifes all of the collective's demands, the believer focuses just on this god. The end result is self-reinforcing thought reform that is less dependent of the collective for maintenance.”

Confession in the Unification Church

Moon and Kwak on repentance, October 1989: 

Each one of us needs heavenly wisdom to solve the problem of our own burden. To be able to live a lifestyle in which we can confess and report things to a central figure can only bring us great fortune.

Hyo Nam Kim (Dae Mo Nim) on March 9, 2002:

In the Divine Principle, is there anything written about the removal of Original sin? In the first, original Blessings, to qualify we had to confess all of our sins and repent and accept pardon as part of the condition to receive the Blessing. Yet, from 6000 Couples Blessing on, our sins were forgiven upon easier and easier conditions. Father would say, subsequently, "I will not ask about your past... just repent and recommit..."

Sun Myung Moon on April 26, 1992:

"Even now you sometimes sneak a drink. Father understands this very well, these secret drinks taste the best. Raise your hands if you sneak a drink sometimes. If you do not confess, it will carry over to the Spirit World."

From the Interview and Confession Form for BC Matching/Blessing Applicants:

It is the responsibility of your District Director (or the designated church leader or STF Director), representing the Continental Director and True Parents, to make sure that you understand the value of the Blessing and that you are prepared and qualified to attend. This confidential meeting is also your opportunity to confess any sins and perhaps receive guidance so that you can go into the Blessing with a clean conscience, free from accusation. Sin came into this world through the fall and cut us off from God, therefore it is important to confess your sins. Do not try to hide your mistakes because they will eventually come out and cause even more pain. The confession pages will stay confidentially with a representative of the Blessing Department. All three pages must be submitted to the Blessing Department.

Conference with [Black] Heung Jin Nim - Takeru Kamiyama (1987)

Before he came to New York in November 1987, I had heard many stories about his new existence in the body of a black African young man, traveling around and hearing confessions. I wondered, how can this brother really be [Black] Heung Jin Nim? Members all over the world are claiming that [Black] Heung Jin Nim has spoken through them, but how can we know if he really did?

Black Heung Jin Nim in DC by Damian Anderson

"With my own eyes, I saw this man in the Washington DC church knock people’s heads together, hit them viciously with a baseball bat, smack them around the head, punch them, and handcuff them with golden handcuffs. I had seen enough. Todd Lindsay was the first to leave. His wife was due to have a baby any day. My wife was six months pregnant at the time, and we were next in line for “confession” to the heavy-handed inquisitor."

Heung Jin Nim’s Spiritual Work by Michael Mickler:

These lectures, punctuated by songs and testimonies or sometimes lively jumping and marching, also took hours, and there was no provision for sleep during the three days. Food also was not a problem since most members were placed on fasting conditions following their confessions. Heung Jin Nim showed special concern for infertile couples and called for couples willing to give birth to a child for them to adopt. There were “tears streaming from many eyes” as “the giving and receiving couples embraced with deep emotion.” At the close of each conference, “participants were given a detailed schedule for their…lives of devotion and attendance,” including time for morning and evening prayers and for study and discussion of the Principle. Many members experienced personal liberation. Public confession or confession with one’s spouse was a prominent feature of “Black” Heung Jin Nim’s conferences. They could unburden themselves of deeply held secrets and “separate from Satan.” Within an intensely supportive environment, they could repent, make restitution as needed, and have a “second chance” to become pure. Others achieved levels of spiritual intimacy, which had been lacking.

On the MRA’s use of confession

Encyclopedia.com on Frank Buchman’s use of confession in the Oxford Group Movement:

He organized his followers into small groups where participants could confess their sins and share their religious experiences in an intimate setting; members would then seek to convert others through one-onone evangelism. Buchman's followers listened for God's plans for their lives, and measured their behavior through a moral code centered on absolute honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love (the Four Absolutes). During the 1920s Buchman developed an international network of these small groups that became known as the Oxford Group Movement.

Encyclopedia.com on Frank Buchman’s use of confession in the Moral Re-Armament Movement:

In 1938 he announced the campaign for Moral Rearmament (MRA), offering Christianity as an alternative to both communism and fascism. In the late 1930s MRA sought to prevent war by calling individuals on each side to confess their sins to the other and adhere to the Four Absolutes. During World War II it turned its energies to morale building, especially in industrial relations. MRA saw Christianity and communism as the world's two competing ideologies; during the Cold War it sought to defend the West, primarily by focusing on labor peace, strong families, and moral values. Through the 1950s the movement held international rallies and used the media skillfully; it achieved prominence by publicizing the involvement of world leaders, especially from the United States, the British Commonwealth, and Asia. 

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from the book of Sun Myung Moon’s words, Blessing and Ideal Family, part 2

“If one family in a trinity cannot give birth to a child, another family should give a child to the family.”

There is info available on Black Heung Jin Nim, aka Cleopas from Zimbabwe: Black Heung Jin Nim – Violence in the Moon church

Click on the Black Heung Jin Nim tag below for 9 past posts on HWDYKYM

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S4 E4 – Unconditional Love: Becca Spies, Part 2

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The most loved advertising model in 2022 is IU…

Singer and actress IU (29, real name Lee Ji-eun) was selected as the '2022 Advertising Model Loved by Consumers' and boasted the most search volume.

According to a consumer survey conducted by the Korea Broadcasting Advertising Promotion Corporation this year, 9.4% of all respondents ranked IU as their favorite advertising model.

After that, “Queen of figure skating” Kim Yuna (6%) came in second, followed by broadcaster Yoo Jae-seok (5%), soccer player Son Heung-min (4.5%), and actor Jeon Ji-hyun (4.3%).

IU is currently working as a model for a number of brands, including Lotte Chilsung Beverage (Pepsi), Woori Financial Group, Kakao Entertainment, Hite Jinro (Chamisul), New Balance, Black Yak, Jeju Samdasoo, and Gucci Global Ambassador.

Meanwhile, IU also took the lead in terms of search volume for advertisement models.

TDI (TDI, CEO Lee Seung-joo), a big data company, searched for IU, Kim Yuna, Yoo Jae-seok, Son Heung-min, and Jeon Ji-hyun, who ranked in the top 5 of the 2022 advertising models from January 1 to December 26 this year through its analysis platform Data Dragon. I analyzed

As a result, IU, the number one advertising model in 2022, totaled 23.4 million searches this year. In particular, the total number of searches in May was 4,653,000, showing the largest distribution. In May, IU was invited to domestic and international film festivals as the lead role in the movie 'Broker'.

The number of searches for Yuna Kim in second place was 9.61 million. In May, when her search volume was the highest (1.167 million), Kim Yu-na was invited to a Dior fashion show held in Korea, and she also presented her music collaboration with Ahn Yu-jin of the girl group Ive. Yuna Kim is currently working as a model for 'Maxim White Gold' and 'New Balance' of Dongseo Food, which was imprinted with 'Yeona Coffee'.

The number of searches for Yoo Jae-seok in third place was 6,566,000. In July (2,255,000), when he was most searched for, Yoo Jae-seok played an active role as Yoo Pal-bong, the representative of WSG Wannabe Gaya G, in MBC's 'What Do You Do When You Play', and also dominated the music charts. Yoo Jae-seok also stood out as a model for ‘Ellie High’, Nongshim’s ‘Bae Hong-dong’, Korea Eundan’s ‘Vitamin C1000’, and Coway’s ‘Lulu Bidet’ created by Megastudy Education.

The number of searches for Son Heung-min in fourth place was 4,638,000. In April, when the search volume was high (656,000), British media’Sports Kidda’ listed Son Heung-min on the 26th as one of the five wingers who showed the most outstanding skills in the 2021-22 season of the English Professional Football First Division Premier League. Son Heung-min worked as an advertising model for products such as low-cost coffee brand ‘Mega Coffee’, Nongshim’s ‘Shin Ramyun’, ‘Mega Coffee’, Lotte GRS’s ‘Lotteria’, Binggrae ‘Super Corn’, and CheongKwanJang’s ‘Everytime’.

5th place Jeon Ji-hyeon's search volume was 1,513,000, and in February (172,000), which was the highest search volume this year, he presented a spring advertising campaign for the jewelry brand Stonehenge, which is active as an advertising model. Currently, Jeon Ji-hyun is in charge of advertising models for bhc chicken 'Red King Pork Lip' and Lotte 'Gana'.

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In the Shadow of the Moons  - Selected Quotes

Selected quotes from In the Shadow of the Moons by Nansook Hong (first wife of Hyo Jin Moon, Rev. Moon’s eldest son from his marriage with Hak Ja Han)

Table of Contents

Nansook Hong reflecting on why she was chosen as Hyo Jin’s wife Sun Myung Moon Gambling Verbal abuse from Hak Ja Han - part 1 Verbal Abuse from Hak Ja Han - part 2 Physical abuse from Sun Myung Moon Verbal abuse from Sun Myung Moon Moons’ use of fortune-tellers Racist theology Reflecting on Heung Jin Moon’s death Black Heung Jin Unethical fundraising in Japan Moons’ admission of Sun Myung Moon’s infidelity

Nansook Hong reflecting on why she was chosen as Hyo Jin’s wife

“I have never known exactly why Sun Myung Moon chose me to marry his eldest son. Maybe he thought I was pretty, a good student from a good family. At the time, that was explanation enough for me. As the years went on, I came to believe that my youth and naivete were the central reasons for my selection. I was younger than Hak Ja Han was when the Messiah married her.” page 72-73

Nansook Hong was 15 at the time of the wedding, as shown in the following passage:

“I brightened a little when we arrived in Florida and Peter Kim suggested taking me to Disney World [for the honeymoon]. I was a fifteen-year-old girl.” page 92

Sun Myung Moon Gambling

“Gambling is strictly prohibited by the Unification Church. Betting of any kind is seen as a social ill that undermines the family and contributes to the moral decline of civilization. Why was Sun Myung Moon, the Lord of the Second Advent, the divine successor to the man who threw the money changers out of the temple, spending hours at the blackjack table? The Reverend Moon was eager to explain our presence in a place I had been taught was a den of sin. As the Lord of the Second Advent, he said, it was his duty to mingle with sinners in order to save them. He had to understand their sin in order to dissuade them from it. Peter Kim sat there for him and placed the bets as the Reverend Moon instructed from his position behind Peter Kim’s shoulder. ‘So you see, I am not actually gambling, myself,’ he told me. Even at age fifteen, even from the mouth of the Messiah, I recognized a rationalization when I heard one.” page 93

Verbal abuse from Hak Ja Han - part 1

“My knees were raw with carpet burns early the next morning when Mother summoned me to her room. Hyo Jin and the others still were not home. Where were they she wanted to know. Why wasn’t I with them? Prostrate before her on the floor, I wept as I recounted the events of the previous evening. It was a relief to share this awful burden with Mother. Maybe now something would change. Mrs. Moon was very angry, but not at Hyo Jin, as I had expected. She was furious with me. I was a stupid girl. Why did I think I had been brought to America? It was my mission to change Hyo Jin. I was failing God and Sun Myung Moon. It was up to me to make Hyo Jin want to stay home.” page 97

Verbal Abuse from Hak Ja Han - part 2

“Hyo Jin did not return to East Garden until summer. Our daughter, a tiny newborn when he left, was by then a bright-eyed babbling baby. He seemed just as indifferent to her as he was when he went to Korea. I was at a loss, fearful for our future. That summer the Moons decided I could not return to Irvington High School. They worried that public school officials could get too curious about the cause of my extended leave of absence, that there would be rumors about the baby. I was still below the age of consent in New York when she was conceived. They did not need their son accused of child abuse or even rape.

I was admitted to the Masters School, a private school for girls in Dobbs Ferry, New York…

One morning the Moons called me to their room. I was alarmed. When they sent for me, it usually meant I had done something wrong in their eyes. I never knew which one of them would be angry with me. Both of them had horrible, raging tempers, but they rarely were angry at the same time. This time it was Mrs. Moon who began shouting as soon as I fell to my knees to bow to them.

Did I know how much the tuition was at the Masters School? Did I have any idea how much money it would take to educate me? Why should they be burdened with this expense? I was not their daughter. They already had to pay to feed and clothe and house me. How much more did I want? She could barely speak, she was so furious. The Reverend Moon said nothing while she ranted. I kept my head bowed, bit my lip, and began to cry. I thought I had done everything the Moons wanted. I married their wayward son. I stood by him even when he left me, pregnant, for his girlfriend. I had given them a beautiful granddaughter. Why was Mother screaming at me?

Mrs. Moon said that Bo Hi Pak’s daughter had received her high school diploma through a correspondence course. I could do the same… I was stunned…

I was so grateful when the Reverend Moon finally spoke up. Those correspondence courses are no good, he told Mother quietly; we have to send Nansook to school.

The two of them discussed the options as if I were not there, on my knees sobbing before them. They made every important decision about my life and then blamed me for the repercussions…When she had fully vented her rage, Mrs. Moon suddenly remembered I was still there. “Get out!” she shouted.” page 128-130

Physical abuse from Sun Myung Moon

“In Jin disapproved of my friendship with her sister [Un Jin] but she could be nice to me herself when it suited her purpose. She came to me once, asking to borrow some clothes so she could sneak out that night. Her own room was next to her parents’ suite in the mansion and she did not want to risk running into Father. Why not? I asked. She told me that recently she had come into her room on tiptoe about 4:00 A.M. It was still dark. She thought she was in the clear, when she saw Father’s shadow in a chair across the room.

As Sun Myung Moon struck her over and over again, his daughter told me, he insisted he was hitting her out of love. It was not her first beating at Father’s hands. She said she wished she had the courage to go to the police and have Sun Myung Moon arrested for child abuse. I lent her my best blue jeans and a white angora sweater and tried to hide how shocked I was by her story.” page 101

“The Reverend Moon would become enraged if our efforts to shush them [the young Moon children] did not succeed immediately. I remember recoiling the first of so many times that I saw Sun Myung Moon slap his children to silence them. Of course, his slaps only made them cry more.” pages 101-102

Verbal abuse from Sun Myung Moon

“I had no idea where he [Hyo Jin] was. It was not until later that I would learn that he had used the money we were given as wedding presents to pay for his “fiancee’s” airfare to the United States and to rent an apartment for the two of them in Manhattan. On his return to East Garden from Korea, he had told the Reverend and Mrs. Moon that he intended to live with the woman he chose. Neither parent made any attempt to stop him. I always believed that the Moons were afraid of their son. Hyo Jin’s temper was so volatile, his moods so irrational, that the Reverend and Mrs. Moon would go to any lengths to avoid a confrontation with him.

Instead, True Parents sent for me. I bowed before them, remaining on my knees, my eyes downcast. I hoped they would embrace me; I prayed they would reassure me. On the contrary, Reverend Moon lashed out at me. I had never seen him so angry; his face was twisted and red with rage. How could I have let this happen? What had I done to so displease Hyo Jin? Why couldn’t I make him happy? I did not lift my head for fear Sun Myung Moon would strike me. Mrs. Moon tried to calm him, but Father would not be appeased. I had failed as a wife. I had failed as a woman. It was my own fault Hyo Jin had left me. Why hadn’t I told Hyo Jin that I would go with him?

My own thoughts made little sense. How could I go with him? To live with him and his girlfriend? I had high school to finish. I was frightened by the Reverend Moon’s fury but I was also hurt at being wrongly accused. Why was it my fault that Hyo Jin had taken a lover? Why was I to blame because the Reverend Moon’s son did not obey his father? I knew better than to voice these thoughts, but I had them just the same. It was my lot to humble myself before them, to take their abuse, and to speak only when spoken to. Tears burned my cheeks. I stayed on my knees, silent before the Lord of the Second Advent, but I seethed inside at the injustice of his attack on me. ‘Get out,’ he finally screamed, and I scrambled to my feet. I ran all the way back to Cottage House, blinded by my tears.” page 107-108

Moons’ use of fortune-tellers

“One morning soon after Hyo Jin’s return, I came to greet True Parents at their breakfast table. I was surprised to see that they had been joined by the Buddha Lady, the Buddhist fortune-teller who had blessed my match to Hyo Jin the previous fall in Seoul. Mrs. Moon urged her to tell us what the future held for Hyo Jin and me. ‘Nansook is a winged white horse. Hyo Jin is a tiger. This is a good match,’ she said. ‘Nansook will have a difficult time in life but her fortune is very good. Hyo Jin’s fortune is tied to hers. He can be great only if he sits on Nansook’s back and together they fly.’

Mrs. Moon was so pleased by the Buddha Lady’s optimistic forecast that she went out and bought me a diamond-and-emerald ring — the fortune-teller had told her that green was my lucky color…” page 110-111

Racist theology

“On March 7 we held such a ceremony [the Eight Day Ceremony for Nansook’s first child, a girl named] Shin June. My diary records the event: ‘...Father said her [Shin June’s] eyes were like those of a mystical bird and that this meant that she would be witty. Westerners have round eyes that show what they are thinking. Easterners’ eyes are dark pools that can’t be penetrated. Father said this means we have a bigger, deeper heart.’” page 124

Reflecting on Heung Jin Moon’s death

“Father walked to the front of the room [this was at Heung Jin’s funeral] and instantly all sounds of weeping ceased. He told the funeral gathering that Heung Jin was now the leader of the spirit world. His death had been a sacrificial one. Satan was attacking the Reverend Moon for his anti-Communist crusade by claiming the life of his second son. Like Abel before him, Heung Jin had been the good son. Hyo Jin looked wounded by his Father’s comparison, but he knew himself that he bore more of a resemblance to the Biblical Cain.

Heung Jin, Father said, was already teaching those in the spirit world the Divine Principle. Jesus himself was so impressed by Heung Jin that he had stepped down from his position and proclaimed the son of Sun Myung Moon the King of Heaven. Father explained that Heung Jin’s status was that of a regent. He would sit on the throne of Heaven until the arrival of the Messiah, Sun Myung Moon.

I was stunned by the instant deification of this teenage boy. I knew Heung Jin was a True Child, the son of the Lord of the Second Advent, so I was ready to believe that he had a special place in Heaven. But displacing Jesus? The boy I had helped search for a lost kitten in the attic of the mansion at East Garden, he was the King of Heaven? It was too much, even for a true believer like myself. I looked around me, though, and the assembled relatives and guests were nodding gravely at this imparted revelation. I was ashamed of my skepticism but powerless to deny it.” page 136-137

Black Heung Jin

“The Reverend Moon was thrilled with the news [of a Zimbabwean man in 1987 who claimed to have Heung Jin speaking through him] from Africa. The Unification Church had been concentrating its recruitment efforts in Latin America and Africa. Clearly a Black Heung Jin could not hurt the cause. Without even meeting the man who claimed to be possessed by the spirit of his dead child, Sun Myung Moon authorized the Black Heung Jin to travel the world, preaching and hearing the confessions of Unification Church members who had gone astray.

Confessions soon became central to the Black Heung Jin’s mission. He went to Europe, to Korea, to Japan, everywhere administering beatings to those who had violated church teachings by using alcohol and drugs or engaging in premarital or extramarital sex. The Black Heung Jin spent a year on the road, dispensing physical punishment as penance for those who wished to repent, before Sun Myung Moon summoned him to East Garden.

We all gathered to greet him at Father’s breakfast table. He was a thin black man of average height who spoke English better than Sun Myung Moon. He seemed to me intent on charming the True Family, in much the way a snake encircles and then swallows its prey. I was anxious to hear some concrete evidence that his man possessed the spirit of the boy I once knew. I was not to hear it. The Reverend Moon asked him standard theological questions that any member who had studied the Divine Principle could have answered. He offered no startling revelations or religious insights. Maybe what most impressed Father was his ability to quote from the speeches of Sun Myung Moon.

The Reverend and Mrs. Moon suggested that we children meet with the Black Heung Jin privately and report back to them on our impressions. It was an amazing meeting. Hyun Jin, Kook Jin, and Hyo Jin kept asking the stranger questions about their childhood. He could not answer any of them. He did not remember anything about his life on earth, he told us. Instead of inspiring skepticism, the Black Heung Jin’s convenient memory lapse was interpreted as a sign of his having left earthly concerns behind when he entered the Kingdom of Heaven. Everyone in the household embraced him and called him by their dead brother’s name. I avoided him and found myself thinking that I was living with either the stupidest or the most gullible people on earth. There was a third alternative I did not consider at the time: the Reverend Moon was using the Black Heung Jin for his own ends, just as he had used the American civil liberties community before him.

Sun Myung Moon seemed to take pleasure in the reports that filtered back to East Garden of the beatings being administered by the Black Heung Jin. He would laugh raucously if someone out of favor had been dealt an especially hard blow. No one outside the True Family was immune from the beatings. Leaders around the world tried to use their influence to be exempted from the Black Heung Jin’s confessional. My own father appealed in vain to the Reverend Kwak to avoid having to attend such a session.

The Black Heung Jin was a passing phenomenon in the Unification Church. Soon the mistresses he acquired were so numerous and the beatings he administered so severe that members began to complain. Mrs. Moon’s maid, Won Ju McDevitt, a Korean who married an American church member, appeared one morning with a blackened eye and covered with purple bruises. The Black Heung Jin had beaten her with a chair. He beat Bo Hi Pak - a man in his sixties - so badly that he was hospitalized for a week in Georgetown Hospital. He told doctors he had fallen down a flight of stairs. He later needed surgery to repair a blood vessel in his head.

Sun Myung Moon knew when to cut his losses. When you are the Messiah, it is easy to make a course correction. Once it became clear that he had to disassociate himself from the violence he had let loose on the membership, Sun Myung Moon simply announced that Heung Jin’s spirit had left the Zimbabwean’s body and ascended into Heaven. The Zimbabwean was not quite so ready to get off the gravy train. At last sighting, he had established a breakaway cult in Africa with himself in the role of Messiah.” page 151-153

Unethical fundraising in Japan

“...Japan was fertile fund-raising ground for a messianic leader like Sun Myung Moon. Eager young Unification Church members found elderly people anxious to ensure that their loved ones came to a peaceful rest in the spirit world. To that end, they fleeced thousands of people out of millions of dollars for religious vases, prayer beads, and religious pictures to guarantee that their deceased family members entered the Kingdom of Heaven. [Click here for an article by the Washington Post which further explores this phenomenon.] A small jade pagoda could sell for as much as fifty thousand dollars. Wealthy widows were conned into donating all of their assets to the Unification Church to guarantee that their loved ones would not languish in hell with Satan.

Members of the Moon family were thoroughly scrutinized by customs agents whenever leaving Korea or entering the United States. This trip [in which Nansook accompanied Hak Ja Han Moon to Japan for a ten-city speaking tour] was no exception. One benefit of her enormous entourage was that Mrs. Moon had plenty of traveling companions with whom to enter the country. I was given twenty thousand dollars in two packs of crisp new bills…

I knew that smuggling was illegal, but I believed the followers of Sun Myung Moon answered to higher laws...I was so grateful to God that they didn’t find the money. In the distorted lens through which I viewed the world, God actually had thwarted the customs agents...” page 171-173

Personal Note: This seems to be evidence that Moon was truly guilty in the famous tax evasion case that put him in Danbury. If you don’t fully and accurately record your finances, doesn’t that inevitably lead to tax evasion?

Moons’ admission of Sun Myung Moon’s infidelity

“I went directly to Mrs. Moon with Hyo Jin’s claims [that Hyo Jin’s affairs were providential]. She was both furious and tearful. She had hoped that such pain would end with her, that it would not be passed on to the next generation, she told me. No one knows the pain of a straying husband like True Mother, she assured me. I was stunned. We had all heard rumors for years about Sun Myung Moon’s affairs and the children he sired out of wedlock, but here was True Mother confirming the truth of those stories.

I told her that Hyo Jin said his sleeping around was “providential,” and inspired by God, just as Father’s affairs were. “No. Father is the Messiah, not Hyo Jin. What Father did was in God’s plan.” His infidelity was part of her course to suffer to become the True Mother. “There is no excuse for Hyo Jin to do this,” she said.

Mrs. Moon told Father what Hyo Jin was claiming and the Reverend Moon summoned me to his room. What happened in his past was “providential,” Father reiterated. It has nothing to do with Hyo Jin. I was embarrassed to be hearing this admission from him directly. I was also confused. If Hak Ja Han Moon was the True Mother, if he had found the perfect partner on earth, how could he justify his infidelity theologically?

I did not ask, of course, but I left that room with a new understanding of the relationship between the Reverend and Mrs. Moon. It was no wonder she wielded so much influence; he was indebted to her for not exposing him all these years. Perhaps all the money, the world travel, the public adulation, were compensation enough for her.” page 196-197

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gun blessing pictures has thrown me into a weird space and i made an fb status about this and i know moonies follow me on here too so...

seen pictures/videos/stories about that AR-15 blessing ceremony? basically everybody has, and it's thrown me into a weird headspace tbh.

this church isn't just a bunch of quirky right-wing nuts. they're dangerous. really, really dangerous.

over a year ago i wrote a tumblr post about this church with excerpts from talks by the two sons of rev. moon (self-proclaimed messiah and founder of the unification church) who run sanctuary church - one who is considered "the king" and inheritor of the senior Moon's mission and the other an owner of the gun company Kahr Arms (http://howwelldoyouknowyourmoon.tumblr.com/…/kook-jin-moon-…). these talks made it clear that their intention was to murder their own mother, hak ja han. their mother, they believe, has betrayed the legacy and theology of their father and because of her heresy and "fall" deserves the death of a traitor.

there's a ton more to say about their ideology and practices that reveals that they're really fucked. but i guess i'm mostly really annoyed because i am friends on facebook w/ a lot of people who are still moonies, or members of the unification church/ffwpu, the church that Sanctuary split from. people who are, in this moment, doing all they can do to say "look, we're not like those whack jobs!" but as another 2nd gen ex-member i know has pointed out, those whackjobs have come to these theological conclusions for a reason. they're not grounded in nothing.

in korea, there are countless stories of people who have experienced violence at the hand of the unification church. reporters have received death threats. christian pastors and anti-church activists have been beaten. some even abducted by the church. for those who grew up in the church, we all know "kooky" stories of violence that we've grown numb to. many of our parents were locked in rooms w/ "black heung jin nim" and physically forced to confess their sins. some were handcuffed. many were beaten. bo hi pak even had brain damage from the beating. we know stories of the moon kids, and how they'd torture other 2nd gen. that includes sanctuary church founder, who many older 2nd gen believe is a sociopath. i've met some people who counted it as an honor to be hit by hyun jin (another son, running a different sect) and of course hyo jin's abuse, of both members and his wife. we know our parents had to beat each other's bare asses with sticks.

and of course, we know moon loved guns. his first major business was a gun company. he owned several. he wanted all second generation to learn how to use a gun, just in case the communists came to kill them.

but w or w/o the physical violence, the unification church is violent.

the church keeps people in poverty so the moons can live in luxury. any and every members know this means so many things. we know about the mandatory donations for moon to build a palace, or for our sins to be paid for, or to get married - or themandatory workshops that were to secure ur family's placement in the kingdom of heaven. we know about the shitty jobs our parents were forced to work, and how for years they labored and labored, fundraising, preaching, campaigning, making zero dollars.

and we know about the filipino members who came to the US w/ a mission, finding out that simply means living w/ a Korean leader's family, cooking, cleaning, doing childcare - making, again, zero dollars. some of them had their passports taken away from the church, and were cut off completely from the world. (this is slavery.)

the violence goes in so many directions. it may not be with a gun or physical beatings, but it is still violent. outrageously violent. it all goes back to rev. moon.

as a queer person, i was always deeply aware of how wrong my existence was. i was 12 or so when i stumbled upon the speech where moon called gay people dung-eating dogs and his prophecy on their - my - destruction. i wasn't much older when i saw moon speak in real life, starting at 5am or so and on and on into the afternoon, and where he talked for hours about the anger and disgust god had towards those practiced immoral sex, namely gay-stuff of course. i was told that gay people, even if they remained celibate, could never inherit the kingdom of heaven because they could never receive the blessing ceremony. my salvation was impossible.

my self-hatred was dangerous. i had no place in this bizarre community of moonies, and i had no place in the outside world. suicide was something i prayerfully considered throughout my teen years, for my sake and my family's sake. i knew salvation was familial, i knew living a "gay lifestyle" was far worse than committing suicide. all sexual sin was, really - that's why "purity knives" were a thing for young women in the church... just in case they were in a situation where they could potentially be sexually assaulted, they could just kill themselves before something happened that could taint their purity.

all this to say that sanctuary church SUCKS, and i pray that whole thing falls apart before people are KILLED... but also, the unification church has always been dangerous. it has always been toxic. it has always been evil. and that's because rev. moon, the so-called second coming of christ, was not the messiah, but a violent, narcissistic anti-christ. frankly, i'm glad he's dead.

and if you're defending this piece of shit church, and this piece of shit messiah, please, please, please, i need you to realize that you are complicit. and i am more than willing to forgive you, and i realize you are in a difficult position because you gave your life to moon, and to realize you were wrong is to question everything, every decision you made, and how you, in many ways, have always been complicit to violence. but, you can live a different way. you can be free from this. and people will forgive you. and i believe you will be able to forgive yourself.

i want to believe the first generation of moonies were good-hearted and taken advantage of. i know that it's more complicated than that, but i think this is for the most part true. i believe there is something good in you that led you to the church. i pray that something good also leads you out.

[daycattocgiare]

Soán ngôi Black Pink, BTS dẫn đầu top 40 ngôi sao quyền lực nhất năm 2020

Mới đây, dựa trên các dữ liệu khảo sát ở 4 lĩnh vực là truyền thông, phát thanh truyền hình, thu nhập và mạng xã hội, tạp chí Forbes Hàn Quốc công bố danh sách top 40 người nổi tiếng quyền lực nhất năm 2020.

BTS dẫn đầu danh sách 40 người nổi tiếng quyền lực nhất năm 2020.

Dẫn đầu bảng xếp hạng này là nhóm nhạc toàn cầu BTS. Với thành tích nổi bật về âm nhạc lẫn tầm ảnh hưởng trên thế giới trong năm qua, BTS soán ngôi Black Pink năm ngoái để nắm giữ vị trí đầu bảng những nhân vật có tầm ảnh hưởng nhất Hàn Quốc. Xếp thứ 2 sau BTS là cầu thủ bóng chày, Ryu Hyun Jin.

Cầu thủ bóng chày Ryu Hyun Jin.

Vị trí thứ 3 thuộc về nhóm nhạc nữ Black Pink. Tuy không có quá nhiều hoạt động về âm nhạc trong năm vừa rồi nhưng 4 cô gái nhà YG vẫn là những nhân vật được nhắc đến nhiều và được các chuyên gia đánh giá có sức ảnh hưởng lớn.

4 cô gái nhà YG xếp ở vị trí thứ 3.

Nếu năm ngoái, số lượng các nhóm nhạc góp mặt trong danh sách này khá đông đảo thì năm nay chỉ có BTS, Black Pink và TWICE lọt danh sách này. Tuy nhiên đại diện nhà JYP lại có thành tích khá khiêm tốn khi xếp thứ 9 trong bảng xếp hạng. 

Đạo diễn Bong Joon Ho giành tượng vàng Oscar với bộ phim "Ký sinh trùng".

Cầu thủ đắt giá Son Heung Min xếp hạng thứ 4 trong danh sách. Xếp ở vị trí thứ 5 là đạo diễn bộ phim đoạt giải Oscar "Ký sinh trùng" Bong Joon Ho. Sau khi càn quét hàng loạt giải thưởng danh giá, niềm tự hào của điện ảnh Hàn Quốc đã vượt qua tám đề cử khác ở hạng mục và giành chiến thắng ở giải thưởng cao nhất tại Oscar. Đặc biệt, với cá nhân Bong Joon Ho đã làm nên kỳ tích khi thắng giải Đạo diễn xuất sắc nhất ở đường đua Oscar năm nay. 

Danh hài Park Na Rae tiếp tục góp mặt trong danh sách này. 

Tiếp tục góp mặt trong danh sách này, nữ danh hài Park Na Rae xếp ở vị trí thứ 7 sau MC Jun Hyun Moo. Bám sát nữ danh hài là nghệ sĩ hài Lee Soo Geun. Thành viên Super Junior Kim Hee Chul xếp ở vị trí thứ 10 trong bảng xếp hạng. 

Thành viên Super Junior giữ vị trí thứ 10.

Ở lĩnh vực âm nhạc, ngoài các nhóm nhạc nổi tiếng cũng ghi nhận sự góp mặt của các nghệ sĩ solo trong danh sách này như IU, Song Ga In (ca sĩ nhạc trot), Hong Jin Young,...

Cặp đôi "Hạ cánh nơi anh" Hyun Bin - Son Ye Jin cũng có mặt trong top 40 người nổi tiếng quyền lực nhất Hàn Quốc 2020.

Năm nay, với bộ phim truyền hình đình đám "Hạ cánh nơi anh" gây sốt châu Á thời gian qua, cặp đôi Hyun Bin - Son Ye Jin cũng góp mặt trong danh sách này. Bên cạnh đó, danh sách còn có sự xuất hiện của ngôi sao series phim "Kingdom", Joo Ji Hoon; nam diễn viên Kim Nam Gil, Jung Hae In, "chị đại" Gong Hyo Jin, Lee Seung Gi, mỹ nam Park Bo Gum,...Lĩnh vực thể thao cũng ghi nhận sự xuất hiện của huấn luyện viên Park Hang Seo./.

[you-did-well-my-love]

Drama Review: Hwarang

The biggest disappointment of 2016 and probably 2017, screw you writers.

Rating: 2/5. If I’m being generous, 2.5.

OST: I wasn’t the biggest fan, but that might have just been my hatred for the drama boiling over onto everything else. When you listen to the album, there are some good songs. But they kept playing the same two bland songs over and over again. I personally recommend It’s Definitely You by V and Jin, and Memories of a Miracle by Jeon Woosung. Hyungsik’s song is really nice too.

Genre: Romantic Comedy, Historical

Synopsis: History is often made on the backs of truly passionate, talented young people. During the Kingdom of Silla, a group of elite youth known as Hwarang (literally "Flowering Knights") would wield great influence. These dashing, talented knights – Moo Myung, Sam Maek Jong, Soo Ho, Ban Ryu, Yeo Wool, Han Sung, and maiden Ah Ro – could outsmart and outfight anyone as they pushed for justice in Seorabeol, the capital city. One of them would become King Jin Heung of Silla and change the course of history.

Thoughts/Review: (spoilers)

This drama was a mess, and I’m going to rip into it. If you don’t want to hear what I believe are legitimate reasons this drama was bad, then don’t read further. 

I’ll get what I liked out of the way in the beginning because there’s not much. The actors were all great. I thought the actors who played the Hwarang embodied their characters to the T and you could really feel the bromance and how well they got along off set. When their was comedy, it was great. I loved how Ah Ro called Sam Maek Jong out after the forced kiss. “If kissing me against my will wasn’t a mistake, then was it a childish tantrum?” was the best line of the entire drama. Plot-wise: I loved the romance between Ban Ryu and Soo Yeon. 

That’s about it.

This drama was an overwhelming disappointment. I waited so damn long because they kept pushing the air date back, which only built up the hype more. Then they had all these promotions with the six boys, and I was SO excited.

That is my first complaint. The synopsis is bullshit. The drama is not about our lovely “dashing, talented knights” rather it is about a pathetic love triangle with a female lead who does nothing but get into trouble and cry.

This drama was about the Hwarang. It was called Hwarang. There was not enough Hwarang.

It started out very promising, and with a great cameo from Lee Kwang Soo, and the comedy was pretty great. But the more you watch, the more it goes to shit. The reason I kept watching is because I wanted to see how things turned out. I’ve been a fan of Hyungsik’s since High Society and enjoy watching his dramas. Minho and V are my babies. And I fell in love with Do Ji Han and Ban Ryu’s character.

The first mistake was making Ah Ro think Moo Myung was her brother. The two of them did not have chemistry, and I think that just sort of killed anything that could have bloomed between them. There was no development in their romance, there was a weak attempt at internal conflict with Ah Ro and her feelings, and then they were all of the sudden in love with each other.

Also, there was literally no point for them to lie to her. This wasn’t like That Winter the Wind Blows when he was trying to scam her. They should have just told her “Hey, your brother died, this is his friend and I want to take care of him out of respect for your brother.” and then given her her right to mourn her brother’s death. Looking back, that was the first sign to get out while I could.

Their romance wasn’t the only romance I had a problem with. It was Soo Ho’s crush on the queen. If they had cast someone else as the queen, it might have been tolerable. But I could not stand the queen. Could not stand her. The actress was expressionless and emotionless unless she was screaming over something stupid.

Second thing I disliked, the first being the romance lines, was the editing. It was really jumpy, and made the whole thing seem weird. For example that one scene in like episode 7 or 8 where Moo Myung fell off the horse. He hadn’t shown signs of any problem for the past like five episodes and all of the sudden he blacked out and fell off his horse with no pulse, and suddenly Ah Ro regrets all of the terrible things she yelled at him literally three seconds before in a different scene. SPEAKING OF WHICH did they ever explain why he passed out? I don’t think they did? Add that to the list of problems...

The third thing I disliked was Ah Ro. She was so boring. I don’t blame Go Ara (entirely... some things she did and certain lines she delivered annoyed me) but the character was really poorly written. She was really shallow with barely any background or personality. All the writers had her do was run around between the two boys and cry. Her most interesting scenes were when she was acting as a physician, and there were hardly any. When they did happen, they lasted for merely seconds. Then she went back to crying and moping about Moo Myung.

It was so damn repetitive. Moo Myung gets his dumb ass injured and Ah Ro cried about it. Or Ah Ro got her dumb ass in trouble, and cried about it.

Which leads me to my next problem.

My biggest issue with the drama: terrible writing.

Such poor writing. It took them forever to set up the story, the Hwarang weren’t formed until episode four. A drama that was supposed to center around them didn’t. We got to episode fifteen and the plot hadn’t progressed one bit. Episode 19 was literally a waste of time. And boy did they twist history.

First, I want to talk about Han Sung’s death and how it showcases the terrible writing. I remember before the episode aired, a ton of articles came out saying “BTS’s V’s character revealed to play a key part in setting the final conflict into motion.” 

It’s a common trope when you have a group of friends; killing off the youngest, the purest, the last person who deserved to die. It’s used to really rip into that raw emotion of the main characters, and as the Hwarang writers were trying to do, set the final conflict into motion.

But they fell so flat. They spent less than half an episode killing him off, spent half the episode talking about him. Yeah I cried, but it was because of the emotion delivered by the actors. Taehyung did so well and so did Yoon Woo with his tears, but the second they opened up their mouths and delivered the dialogue + the editing of the scenes absolutely killed the suspense.

And his death was supposedly so important, but then they don’t even mention him again save for that one line by Yeo Wool in episode 19. Nobody even told Ah Ro that her precious friend died.

Now, about how badly they twisted history:

Someone on twitter explained this better, and I’m sorry if I butcher the facts, but the main thing is that they twisted history too much. I know that it’s necessary to do in historical dramas, but this was too much. History should be used as a guideline. 

To explain: the Bone Rank system was a very real thing, and the writers twisted it to give Moo Myung a fictional character an illegitimate claim to the throne. As the person on twitter explained it, when the queen’s brother gave up the throne (i believe it was because of his illness) he gave up his entire family’s line to the throne. Meaning Moo Myung was not a sacred bone and had no right to the throne. 

The pathetic two-episode “battle” for the throne was the worst thing they could have done for the drama. It was weak in intensity, dialogue, and emotion. And it was just plain stupid. Especially when you look at how historically significant King Jinheung was/is.

History aside, it’s still stupid. The writers spent 85% of the drama pushing Sam Maek Jong’s struggle against the queen and pushing that he is the rightful king, and then all of the sudden Moo Myung, who is supposed to be his friend, comes along and tries to steal the throne from him? Moo Myung is the main character, and the viewers are supposed to support him, but after all of the build-up behind Sam Maek Jong’s struggle to claim the throne, all I felt was sympathy towards Sam Maek Jong and resentmore towards Moo Myung for betraying his friend. That is not what I want to be feeling as a viewer.

Seriously, that is not how you sell a product to a consumer. That’s what dramas are: a product. The viewers watch dramas and support them with their money because they are captivating and enjoyable, not because it makes them feel like shit. 

Did they not have editors? Did nobody really stop and think, “Hey this concept here doesn’t push the plot forward, rather it drives it backwards”???

You could tell through the OST the mood they were trying to set. They were trying to make Jinheung the enemy, but they absolutely failed.

And the ending.

I liked the swearing of the allegiance to Jinheung. It delivered the emotion it was supposed to and was exciting. That’s the only thing I liked.

The montage basically proved that Sam Maek Jong was the real main character.

And then, oh get this, they NEVER TOLD ANYBODY ELSE THEY WEREN’T RELATED. I get that everyone probably made the connection on their own but like the viewer has to assume since nobody ever actually put it into words and it’s like jesus you can’t just drop a plotline like that. SUCH. MESSY. WRITING.

And what pisses me off the most:

Ban Ryu and Soo Yeon’s had a half-assed resolution.

Soo Ho had no resolution

BAN RYU AND SOO HO HAD NO RESOLUTION

LITERALLY THE LAST THING SAID BETWEEN THE TWO WAS SOO HO TELLING BAN RYU TO STAY AWAY FROM SOO YEON OR SOMETHING STUPID

where the fuck was Yeo Wool

And then they had a riding into the sunset, THEY RODE INTO THE FUCKING SUNSET, without Soo Ho.

I mean I understand if Minho had SHINee activities and couldn’t make it, but like they could have done something different to include him. At least say that he left and went of to travel or something.

This drama was pathetic and I’m glad it’s over. I feel bad for the actors whose hard work was wasted in bad writing, editing, and directing. I look forward to seeing them in other projects, but I am never watching anything from this writer again.

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Finished 02/21/17

[jknerd]

Snow White Chapter 40 (Epilogue): Once Upon a Dream

[Epilogue; modern AU. Twelve years old Seol is an only child of Wang So-Ho and Go Ha-Jin, beloved by her uncles. Five years ago, she met reincarnated Wang Ju, who is now named as Hwang Ju-Oh and has developed a big crush on her since he saw her singing. The episode ends with Seol introducing her parents and uncles her new friend much to their shock and dismay. Reincarnation!!]

“Seol, wake up.”

Twelve years old Seol blinked her eyes, still dizzy from her sleep. She opened her eyes and saw her mother Go Ha-Jin waking her up. She has long hair, fair skin, and her face was wearing with natural-styled make-up, bringing more beauty from her. Her mother was wearing simple but elegant white blouse, long black pants and her left hand as a ring on the fourth finger.

“Time to get up, young lady.” Ha-Jin said with smile.

Seol yawned loudly, rubbing her eyes with both of her hand. Today was her first day at the preschool and her mother prepared her clothes. After she prepared herself with clothing and backpack, she went down and began to eat breakfast. She was sitting between her mother and father, Wang So-Ho. Her uncles and cousins called her out and she greeted back with smile. Her grandmother Soo-Young prepared a lunch for her and put it inside Seol’s backpack, telling her to make sure she doesn’t get too picky with foods.

“By Seol~!”

Her cousins Heung-Gyu, Gyeong-Won, and Gyeong-Hwa left first, going to their high school. When Seol finished her breakfast, she grabbed her backpack and called her mother. Ha-Jin took her out and just in time, the bus arrived. Ha-Jin greeted the teachers as Seol bid her goodbye to her parents and hopped on the bus. The elementary school was actually connected to the international school of Korea and although it was small compare to other prestigious ones, it was good enough to let Seol attend since there are no school violence happened.

Seol get off from the bus and went inside the school building with other students, went to her classroom. She arrived and stored her backpack on her locker, pulling out books, notebooks and pencil case. She sat down and was greeted by her friends.

“Hi!” one girl with her hair tied in pony-tail, Hwang A-Ran greeted cheerfully.

She smiled as she greeted back. Cheon Jeon-Wu was among the most mischievous boy who likes to tease and play sports which was her favorite activity. A-Ran actually as two younger sister and one year older brother, but Seol didn’t see him. She remembered the first time she met A-Ran’s brother, it was five years ago.

It was a recess and children went outside the playground. Seol watched them screaming wildly as they were all playing together, her hand was holding a sketch book. One other thing she got from her father, is that when she’s in bad mood, she dislikes crowded place. So she went to the corner where there was a tree and flowers planted. Little Seol smiled at peace and began to sing the song her mother used to sang when she had a bad day. As she end the song, she heard a small twig broke and turned to see a boy around her age stood frozen. His eyes were wide in surprise, embarrassed to be seen caught.

“What are you doing?” Seol asked as she frowns.

The boy couldn’t say anything as she walked closer to her. Sensing that she might have scared the boy, her expression grew softened.

“Hey, I don’t bite,” Seol smiled widely, “I’m Wang Seol. What’s your name?”

The boy with timid demeanor looked at her. His eyes were staring at her large ones, feeling the sensation of a somewhat longing and nostalgia. Making a small smile, he answered.

“Hwang Ju-Oh.”

“Oh, so you’re A-Ran’s brother? Nice to meet ya!” She said.

They heard A-Ran and Jeon-Wu calling out for them. Seol grabbed Ju-Oh’s hand and ran towards them, unaware of a pink blush on his cheeks.

Seol heard someone tapping on her shoulder. She turned to see Ju-Oh smiling. The rest of day was great for both of them. After school, they sat beside together, along with A-Ran and Jeon-Wu inside the bus. When the it arrived at Seol’s house, Ha-Jin was waiting for her daughter. She noticed Seol bidding her goodbye to a boy who shyly waves his hand back.

“Who were you talking to?” Seol’s mother asked.

“My friend,” she replied, “mom, can I go to Lotte World with Ju-Oh?”

Ha-Jin blinked her eyes. Ju-Oh… ‘Oh…Yeon-Hee’s son!’ Hwang Yeon-Hee. Ha-Jin remembered the woman who was another incarnation of princess she met as Hae Soo. But in another world, Yeon-Hee was already married but divorced and managed to become the boss of Hwang Industry and they are forming a rather cordial relationship ever since they Yeon-Hee met her at the cosmetic shop Ha-Jin was working at. Seol’s mother smiled as she sent her daughter inside.

“Sure. I’ll prepare clothes tomorrow early morning.”

Saturday came fast and Seol couldn’t wait to see her friend coming over. Her giddy behavior didn’t go unnoticed by her father, uncles and cousins.

“What’s with giddy face, little princess Baek-Seol?”

So-Ho and Baek-Ah approached with grin.

“My friend’s coming here to visit today and we’re going on a date!”

As the word “date” come out, most of her uncles spat their drink.

“Aww, that’s great!” Eun-Hyuk came with his girlfriend Seon-Deok, “good thing we brought some cookies, chips and drinks after you come back!”

“Eun-Hyuk, I told you children under the age of thirteen are NOT supposed to drink beverages with high amount of caffeine and carbohydrates.” Yo-Sub came, scolding his brother.

“Oh come on! You’re being too strict! Give our niece some freedom.” Jae-Won said.

“So what’s your friend’s name?” Jung-In intervened with frown, asking Seol.

Speaking of…Seol heard a sound of doorbell rang. She was quick enough to run over the front door to greet her friend. When she opened the door, she let Ju-Oh in. She grabbed his hand and marched to the living room to introduce him. Some of Wang brothers’ smile faded slightly as they eyed the boy.

“Everyone! Meet my friend.” Seol said with smile.

Wang brothers didn’t expect Seol to bring the boy, for they predicted she was making friends with little girls. Jung-In, Baek-Ahn, and So-Ho’s eyes grew wide at the boy’s appearance.

“He is my friend, Hwang Ju-Oh.”

The Wang brothers’ eyes grew more wide.

‘Wang Ju?!’ Jung-In, Baek-Ahn, and So-Ho screamed in their thought.

Myung-Ha, Chae-Yung, Seon-Duk, Eun-Hyuk and Jin-Mu “aww”ed at the boy’s timid behavior. Yo-Sub’s eyebrows were raised but frowned still, bothering with the fact that his niece had brought a boy in the house. After all, Yo-Sub wasn’t immune with Seol’s cuteness. Sang-Wook’s eyes were furrowed for he also recognized the boy. Jae-Won whistled in amusement.

“Mom, me and Ju-Oh will be back before seven!” Seol told her mother.

“Alright, sweetie! Don’t forget to call if something happens.” Ha-Jin said as she went to the kitchen.

Most of Wang brothers—except Eun-Hyuk, Jin-Mu—glared, in unison, at the spot where Ha-Jin left. Seol dragged Ju-Oh to outside where Yeon-Hee was waiting for the children inside the car, while the girls giggled, already fan-girling over them.

“Did you see the boy’s face?” Chae-Yung asked Seon-Duk, “he was behaving so cute towards Seol!”

“I know, right?” Seon-Duk said, squealing, “I think Seol’s got herself a secret admirer~!”

Jin-Mu and Eun-Hyuk chuckled at the words, while rest of Wang uncles were glaring at outside. Looking at each other, Wang brothers smirked.

“You’re all thinking what I’m thinking?” Jung-In asked.

The “Protect Seol” club members nodded in unison. Ha-Jin face-palmed. All brothers went to their respective room, changing their clothes and went back down to get on their car, followed by the girls. Ha-Jin sighed and she decided to follow along, just to stop her husband from nearly tearing the couple apart.

“Oh, look at you two,” Yeon-Hee smiled as she drove, “such a cute pair!”

In all honesty, Yeon-Hee was surprised to learn that her son become friends with a daughter of her friend Ha-Jin. When the car arrived to the amusement park, Ju-Oh got off first and held Seol’s hand, in which she accepted with giggle.

“Oh, thank you gentlemen.” Seol said with smirk and Ju-Oh merely nodded. Little did they knew, her uncles in their black suit, sunglasses and hat were hiding to see them.

“Ohh, that punk…stealing my precious princess!” So-Ho growled.

“Easy, bro. They’re just kids.” Baek-Ahn said with nervous smile, bothered with So-Ho’s wolf-king aura.

“What are you doing?”

Wang brothers and Ha-Jin’s friends jumped in surprise as Yeon-Hee stood beside with questioning yet annoyed look.

“They are here to spy on our kids.” Ha-Jin replied on tired voice.

And Yeon-Hee found herself joining the group.

“Sheesh, our Seol’s too young to date! But they are so cute together.” Eun-Hyuk said.

“Oh Ju-Oh’s not the only one going gaga over your niece.” Yeon-Hee said in as-a-matter-of-fact tone.

“Excuse me?” So-Ho managed to speak.

“My nephew Chi-Yoon is in same class as Seol,” Ju-Oh’s mother replied, “and he once told me he has a crush on Seol.”

Wang brothers groaned as the girls were squealing.

“Ohh, someone’s popular~!” Seon-Duk screamed.

They were watching Seol and Ju-Oh rode on many rides. Most Wang brothers and So-Ho’s eyes grew darkened when they saw the couple was holding their hand. However, Ha-Jin and Yeon-Hee found a comparison within their kid. Compare to Seol’s cheerful attitude, Ju-Oh was considered to be less talkative. And his behavior somehow reminded all about a certain fourth prince when he was very young.

Ju-Oh and Seol was eating their ice-cream while sitting on the bench. The watchers all noticed Ju-Oh’s expression and Seol also become aware of it.

“What’s wrong?” Seol asked, concerned.

Ju-Oh seemed hesitant to say but he gathered his courage to tell.

“…I have been thinking…that ever since we met I have this feeling I know you long time ago…have we met before?” the boy asked, innocence filled in his voice.

Wang brothers were frozen. Unaware of them, the girls tried their best not to make any squealing sounds. So-Ho, Baek-Ahn, and Jung-In’s face tensed. Now that she think about it, Seol also had a same feeling when she met him for the first time.

“Well,…I have this crazy dream yesterday, about me got married to a prince…and this prince somehow looked just like you.”

Ju-Oh blushed. In honesty, he also had a same dream of him as a prince married to a beautiful girl who was strikingly resembled with Seol.

“Well…I know it’s weird but…it’s like my favorite fairytale my mom made for me,” Seol brought the book with pictures drawn and stories written by Ha-Jin, “here. We can read this all and keep out talk as a secret between us.”

He nodded his head. Then, two kids were on the small, squishy couch together and read a book together. Most of Wang brothers glared, dark aura of overprotectiveness looming over. Even Yo-Sub’s son Gyeong-Won grew this sister complex as he already formed a feeling of animosity towards the boy. All watchers noticed how Ju-Oh only focused on Seol as he was blushing.

“You know…, you don’t talk very much…,” Seol smiled widely then, “but I like ya!”

Jin-Mu and Eun-Hyuk “aww”ed as Myung-Ha and Yeon-Hee silently giggled. Chae-Yung and Seon-Duk almost squealed. Other Wang uncles and So-Ho’s face grew darkened, but a bit sorrowful.

“Oh noooo—!” Jung-In screamed, overreacting.

“Oh..kids…they grow up so fast…” Jae-Won sighed dramatically.

“Not fast enough though…” Sang-Wook corrected him.

Ju-Oh looked down, bashful at Seol’s words for he think he might have another dream again when he return to home and go to bed. The parade was about to begin and the small couple watched the show with sparkling eyes. The show was mainly about brave, beautiful girl become the prince’s bride, protecting her from evils. It was just like a same dream Ju-Oh and Seol dreamt.

Just like how they met.

Once upon a dream.

Note: One series complete! This chapter is directly involved with “Snow White and Seven Uncles”. Thank you for reading my “Snow White” everyone~! I love you all!!!

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Our first guest born and raised in Europe! Our first episode with a homework assignment! The second appearance of the psychopath Cleophas, a.k.a. "Black Heung Jin"! And a sibling's perspective on the "Offering Child" policy of coerced adoptions. Such a family-friendly place, the Unification Church!

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Côte d'Ivoire's Choong Mo Nim and Heung Jin Nim, and the FFWPU's Involvement in the Drug Trade

▲ IRFF volunteers in Côte d'Ivoire in the late 1980s

The mention of "Choo Mo Nim" brings back intense memories that marked a turning point in the great muddy water filled with falsehood in a virtual and imaginary providence in Ivory Coast. I am aware of all these events related by brother Houago Joël who thought he was Heung Jin Nim's return to earth. I am therefore an eyewitness to all these events and I was currently occupying important positions in the Unification Church in Côte d'Ivoire.

Sister Dago Suzanne also had spiritual problems, receiving messages from the spiritual world. I must recall that Sister Suzanne met the Unification Church in Bouaké in 1988 where I was the assistant pastor. It was I who introduced him to the “divine principle” in a three-day seminar. After this seminar, her spiritual problems started where she told me that Reverend Moon was coming to talk to her, she also told me that she saw a big light in the shape of a crown on my head. When she begins to pray, she can do about 10 to 15 hours of prayer. Her husband was very afraid of her because of her possession of evil spirits. But at the time, our Unification Church leaders thought she was communicating with the divine.

This situation resembled the phenomenon the church experienced in Zimbabwe with Brother Cleophas. The sister became authoritarian and she claimed the place of brother Emmanuel Kouassi's wife who had died of an attack of malaria. The strength of character of Sister Dago Suzanne was such that she forced Brother Emmanuel Kouassi to have sex with her. She abandoned her home to move in with the brother who had lost his Filipino wife to her. These unfortunate facts have divided the church into several groups.

Apart from Dago Suzanne's group, there was another group I was part of, that of black Heung Jin Nim. Brother Houango Joël saying he was the return to earth of Moon's son, Heung Jin Min. We went to their residence to praise and adore the black Heung Jin Nim in the person of Houango Joël. I was the one presenting the message of the Divine Principle, Sister Nobah Monique was the spiritualist prophet of the group, and Houango Joel was the embodiment of Heung Jin Moon.

The whole city was moving to go to this center of healing and prophecy named “Residence HEUNG JIN NIM”. Positionally, I was number 3 in the group. 

Thus the church was divided into three great groups, the main branch of the Unification Church, the branch of black Heung Jin Nim and that of Dago Suzanne.

The great church officials were hiding at night to go and meet the Black Heung Jin nim and the prophetess to predict the future. Great was my surprise to find that the black Heung Jin slept with the sisters who came for treatment. But long before, I had weird dreams and I saw the behavior of the prophetess sister who did not inspire me with confidence. She was involved in shady dealings with Korean missionary Hae Yong Kim.

I would like to specify that our group was infiltrated by the Ivorian secret service because it was informed that our church was involved in drug trafficking. The investigators whom we had received as patients or people who came to the Divine Principle seminary to discretely carry out their investigations for months, but they did not find any trace of drug trafficking in this group of the black Heung Jin Nim. So they explained to me the content of their mission and they asked me to help them infiltrate the group of the missionary of the Unification Church and the National President of the Church. I had to collaborate and it paid off.

It was established that the National President of the Unification Church in Côte d'Ivoire named Adama Doumbia, the Korean missionary Hae Yong Kim, Mr. Bakary Camara, the American missionary Kathy Rigney, and others were all involved in a large network of drug trafficking initiated by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. They paid a bond of $15,000 to the Ivorian state to hush up the case. I was the only inconvenient witness that they bought silence with greenbacks. After gathering enough evidence that I was on the wrong path, I decided to expose bad practices by stepping away from the Unification Church. This is the subject of my position in “Reverend Moon is an impostor” on Facebook. 

Ms. Dago Suzanne lived in Bouaké, a town 500 kilometers from Abidjan in central Côte d'Ivoire. When the religious leaders saw that she was restless and giving revelations from the spiritual world, they asked that she come to Abidjan. When she arrived, and after a test, she was turned away by the church and she found refuge with Nobah Monique where the black Heung Jin (Joel) lived. It was this group that could accept it. During his short stay with black Heung Jin Nim, they did not work together but these hosts gave way to him. She took control as the central figure and the others watched her act. Her hosts seemed to say that if Suzanne came to live with them, it was because they were in the truth. In the end, they did not last together and Suzanne found refuge with an older Moonist brother named Cisset Koné.

Suzanne started her own Unification Church group and did marriage blessings – but she's dead now.

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The Situation of “Providence” in Côte d'Ivoire

Black Heung Jin Nim – Violence in Sun Myung Moon’s church Choomonim Is Back Through An African Sister (2001)

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The 5 Standout Shows of Gallery Weekend Beijing

Installation view of Liang Shuo, “Scenery,” at Beijing Commune, 2019. Courtesy of Beijing Commune.

As collectors head to Art Basel in Hong Kong this week, the galleries and institutions of Gallery Weekend Beijing came together this past weekend hoping to persuade them to stop off at the Chinese capital en route, and to assert the city’s enduring importance in China’s art ecosystem.

Gallery Weekend Beijing is funded by the Sevenstar Group, which owns the 798 Art District, a creative park that feels, at times, like a fortress for contemporary art in Beijing. The event, which opened to VIPs on March 22nd and continues through the 29th, expanded its programming this year, furthering its ambition to transcend its boundaries.

“Although it comes out of the 798 Art District, the concept of Gallery Weekend Beijing goes beyond 798, and not even Beijing is the limit,” said Amber Wang, who has been director of the event for two of its three editions. “We’re doing a lot of exchanges with different districts, cities and countries, focusing on the pioneering role of Chinese contemporary art.”

Gallery Weekend Beijing includes a plethora of initiatives, ranging from an emerging artists exhibition, a VIP talks program, an exchange with Zurich Art Week, and a prize given to the best show, from which 798 Art District will acquire a work worth at least CNY100,000 (around $14,900). This year, they also added the inaugural Beijing Art Summit, an impressive program of talks curated by curators Colin Siyuan Chinnery and Mari Spirito.

With 798 providing some of the missing connective tissue, several galleries muscled up to assert Beijing’s vital role in China’s art ecosystem. And for many, that importance is at least in part historical.

“Foreign visitors were quite intrigued by artists from the ’85 New Wave,” Wang said, pointing to exhibitions of Wu Shanzhuan at Long March Space, Liu Heung Shing at Star Gallery, Wang Huanqing at Hive Center for Contemporary Art, and Gong Lilong at Platform China. Li Jin’s sumptuous “Flesh and Bone” show at INK Studio, showing works prior to 2000, similarly looked thoughtfully to the past.

Although there was significant nostalgia for Beijing art’s glory days, several galleries staked out space in the present, with one particular artist standing out.

“Among Chinese curators I’ve been talking to, the most frequently mentioned name was Wang Xingwei,” Wang said, a perspective reinforced by several others. Below, we share Wang’s show, and four other highlights of Beijing Gallery Weekend.

Wang Xingwei, “The Code of Physiognomy,” at Galerie Urs Meile

The Encounter of Life, 2018. Wang Xingwei Galerie Urs Meile

Four Seasons (Spring), 2016-2017. Wang Xingwei Galerie Urs Meile

Paintings by the Shenyang-born artist often feel like jokes between drinking buddies. Several works showed off his facility with portraying China’s performative, aspirational visual vernacular. People on Segway-esque scooters commuted home through a rainy park in one painting, while a man covered in an overcoat of bees formed a heart shape with his hands in another.

Behind an interior wall at the gallery, concealed like a speakeasy, were paintings of fallen Chinese political figures. The 2016–17 series depicts Ling Jihua, a former political advisor to Hu Jintao who was sentenced to life in prison after taking over CNY77 million in bribes; General Xu Caihou, who was dragged from his cancer bed to face charges of selling job promotions in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) before dying; Zhou Yongkang, the former Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, who was convicted of taking bribes; and Bo Xilai, the Chongqing rival to Xi Jinping, who’s pictured mopping the Chinese character for regret on the ground of his prison cell, his face impassive, after being charged with corruption and handed a life sentence behind bars.

Although each man’s wrongdoings were made public before they were punished by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), now they’re supposed to be forgotten, removed from history. Some Chinese gallery visitors seemed to enjoy the paintings like students watching a friend act up in class.

Liang Shuo, “Scenery,” at Beijing Commune

Installation view of Liang Shuo, “Scenery,” at Beijing Commune, 2019. Courtesy of Beijing Commune.

Liang Shuo’s ingenious exhibition design, a spiral that only ever lets the viewer see a small section of his scroll paintings at once, is true to the way such paintings were traditionally shared—intimately and little by little. It creates suspense for the viewer, who can never be sure of what will come next around the bend.

Liang refuses to paint idealized landscapes from his imagination, instead insisting on capturing what he sees firsthand, and in many Chinese theme parks. His subjects include the faux dinosaurs, ghouls, and serpents that have been introduced to increase tourism, reinforcing the feeling of being on an amusement park ride at Universal Studios.

anusman, “Market Street,” at Tabula Rasa

Installation view of anusman, “Market Street,” at Tabula Rasa, 2019. Courtesy of Tabula Rasa.

The traditional market setting for this solo show implies that the works will be traditional ink paintings. But the incredible anusman is less like an ancient literati than a graphic novelist getting his thoughts down on paper in a way that is diaristic, bordering on stream of consciousness. Indeed, anusman’s work is printed in popular books by Chinese zine publisher bananafish. The work in “Market Street” follows his protagonist, Mr. Men, along the strange new neural pathways Beijingers navigate using Mobikes and WeChat’s location-sharing service.

Leila Alaoui, “Ya Rayah,” at Galleria Continua

Installation view of Leila Alaoui, “Ya Rayah,” at Galleria Continua, 2019. Courtesy of Galleria Continua.

The single most impactful work at Beijing Gallery Weekend was the installation of portraits entitled “Les Marocains,” by French-Moroccan artist Leila Alaoui. Alaoui’s first solo show in China, spread across the gallery’s three floors, also included the photography series “No Pasara,” documenting Moroccan people seeking passage to Europe; “Crossings,” which shows Sub-Saharan migrants; and “L’Ile du Diable,” a video of immigrants in Paris who had worked at the Renault factory on Seguin Island, which they dubbed “the Devil’s Island,” due to the harsh conditions they endured there.

The works felt especially freighted with import and sadness, in part due to Alaoui’s death in Burkina Faso in 2016—she was killed in terrorist attacks while working on a commission for Amnesty International. But it’s also particularly poignant in light of the new Human Rights Watch report describing the tens of thousands of villagers fleeing Burkina Faso, and the violent deaths of 50 muslim worshippers—many of them immigrants and refugees—in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15th.

Shi Guowei, “A Walk in the Woods,” at Magician Space

A Dense Forest, 2018. Shi Guowei Magician Space

Caochangdi, 2018. Shi Guowei Magician Space

Born in Henan in 1977, Shi Guowei uses his imagination to meticulously hand-color black-and-white photographs. From even a short distance, the images—of lichen plants; trees; a sudsy ocean—look utterly convincing as color photographs. Up close, however, they reveal the artist’s choices, forcing the viewer to doubt their own knowledge of nature’s palette.

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I don't recall people leaving because they didn't support Reagan. Back in 1974, when TF came out for Nixon, there were definitely many members that found that hard to swallow. By the early 80s we had hit the wall in witnessing as young people weren't searching for God anymore so much as they were looking for money and good jobs. Plus a lot of us were getting fed up with Japanese and Korean leadership that was out of touch with western culture. In the late 80s members left because of Hyo Jin's foibles and the Black Heung Jin mess...

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Saving The World With Mass Marriages | TO THE MOON Part 1

This is the story of the Sun Myung Moon and the rise of the Unification Church. I first noticed them at the mass wedding in South Korea in early 2020. While doing research the story just became bigger and bigger and I knew I had to cover them. This is Part 1 of that story.

Chapters: 00:00 Prologue 06:10 The Early Life of Sun Myung Moon 09:08 Basic Practices and Theology of The Unification Church 13:37 Unification Church and KCIA 14:56 The 1970's, Nixon and Watergate 18:39 Koreagate 22:03 "Weak" Democrats 24:04 Bo Hi Pak Vs Donald Fraser 26:24 Koreagate Report 28:11 The Moon Organization 30:15 The Washington Times 33:02 Background Of The Washington Times 35:14 Inchon: The Worst Movie Of All Time 37:11 Reagan Loves Times 38:40 Pruden and Coombs Leadership 44:08 The Death of Heung Jin Moon 46:31 Black Heung Jim Nim 48:42 Moon's Pardon Denied and The Cold War 51:53 Moon and Nicaragua and The Contras 58:41 Moon and Bolivia and Klaus Barbie 01:06:54 End of The Cold War 01:08:09 Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) And American Freedom Coalition (AFC) 01:09:46 Moon And HW Bush 01:11:44 Moon In The 1990's And Chinagate 01:13:26 Moon and Korean Reunification 01:16:22 Nansook Hong In The Shadow Of The Moon 01:19:15 The Tragedy Of The Six Marys 01:22:31 Moon's Last Actions 01:25:00 Why Moon?

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Mass Marriages And World Control | TO THE MOON Part 1 17 Apr 2023 #unification #Cult #Religion

This is the story of the Sun Myung Moon and the rise of the Unification Church. I first noticed them at the mass wedding in South Korea in early 2020. While doing research the story just became bigger and bigger and I knew I had to cover them. This is Part 1 of that story. They are The Moonies

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Chapters: 00:00 Prologue 06:10 The Early Life of Sun Myung Moon 09:08 Basic Practices and Theology of The Unification Church 13:37 Unification Church and KCIA 14:56 The 1970's, Nixon and Watergate 18:39 Koreagate 22:03 “Weak” Democrats 24:04 Bo Hi Pak vs Donald Fraser 26:24 Koreagate Report 28:11 The Moon Organization 30:15 The Washington Times 33:02 Background Of The Washington Times 35:14 Inchon: The Worst Movie Of All Time 37:11 Reagan Loves the Times 38:40 Pruden and Coombs Leadership 44:08 The Death of Heung Jin Moon 46:31 Black Heung Jim Nim 48:42 Moon’s Pardon Denied and The Cold War 51:53 Moon and Nicaragua and The Contras 58:41 Moon and Bolivia and Klaus Barbie 01:06:54 End of The Cold War 01:08:09 Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) And American Freedom Coalition (AFC) 01:09:46 Moon And HW Bush 01:11:44 Moon In The 1990's And Chinagate 01:13:26 Moon and Korean Reunification 01:16:22 Nansook Hong In The Shadow Of The Moon 01:19:15 The Tragedy Of The Six Marys 01:22:31 Moon's Last Actions 01:25:00 Why Moon?

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Mose and Onni Durst – their legacy

I remember when the Dursts were a big deal, what with her being the notorious Onni, and him becoming the UC president in the U.S.

Dr. Durst used to be seen a lot on TV, and even when I was still in the church in the mid 80’s, I thought his TV manner was just a little too inauthentic to be believed by a lot of folks who might watch him. For example, his oft-repeated “If our eyes are glazed, they are glazed because we are crying for the world”, just came across as practiced and obvious. After the Oakland church was no longer the recruiting powerhouse it had been in the 70’s, it seems like its time had just sort of passed. It had been sort of a cult within a cult, with some of the older members, especially women, speaking in near-worshipful terms about “Omma and Oppa”. I always thought it was kind of weird, the level of admiration those members held, with the Dursts (and Kristina Morrison/Seher) being regarded as infallible. I wonder how the Dursts got along with all the later changes: becoming rather marginalized, the loony stuff like Black Heung Jin and the Hyo Jin revelations, the fractures in the so-called “True Family”, and the developments of the last year or so. I wonder what they think now? What is their relationship with the present and recent UC leadership really like? Do they (or Dr. Durst, anyway) see the deficiency of the Korean and Japanese leadership’s understanding of how to reach Americans? I wonder what they really think of the (ahem) “True Children”. They brought a lot of people into the church. They must know how many longtime members have left, and why. Do they ever wonder how it is that all their grand ideas for an “ideal city”, all the pie-in-the-sky they promised the members, all the statements of how things would be by now, have come to naught? Do they ever lie awake at night and wonder if drawing people in with big ideas and big words (and all the deception, dissembling, and subterfuge they used to retain recruits), was a mistake? That their lives have produced little of lasting substance? That they hurt people?

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“Onni Durst is a woman of guts. While she was at a slot machine in Las Vegas, she completely ran out of coins; she went to the next person, smiled, and borrowed some coins.”

Sun Myung Moon (May 19, 1980, New York City)

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Onni Durst’s trips to Las Vegas casinos, New York, and Seoul – and her luxurious lifestyle.

Childcare in the Unification Church of Oakland

$27,000 Mercedes for Onni Durst – “Take it back”, she said, “It’s the wrong color.”

Onni Durst lied under oath

Onni Durst is a supporter of the Woo group – led by another illegitimate son of Moon

The “sophisticated honey of 1960’s counterculture jargon” by Mose Durst

Boonville – “It was a very complex set of manipulations”

UC/FFWPU Recruitment – The Boonville Chicken Palace

Barbara Underwood and the Oakland Moonies

Ford Greene – the former Moonie became an attorney

Inside Look at a Boonville Moonie Training Session

Papasan Choi and Boonville’s Japanese origins

Moonwebs by Josh Freed (the book was made into a movie)

Crazy for God: The nightmare of cult life by Christopher Edwards

Camp K, aka Maacama Hill, Unification Church recruitment camp

The Social Organization of Recruitment in the Unification Church PDF  by David Frank Taylor, M.A., July 1978, Sociology