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[howwelldoyouknowyourmoon]

Thomas Cromwell has disconnected from Hak Ja Han and all the Moon sons, but still believes in Sun Myung Moon and original sin.

THE BETRAYAL OF SUN MYUNG MOON AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT

Memorial Day, May 27, 2024

As they have every year for over five decades, tens of millions of Americans on this Memorial Day are remembering and honoring the heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and the freedoms it represents and upholds. These sacrifices hold particular meaning because they were most often made in foreign lands on behalf of people of other nationalities who were victims of unjust aggression or oppression.

Earlier this year, hundreds of millions of Christians around the world paused to remember and commemorate a similar but more universally significant sacrifice by Jesus, who gave his life to save the world from evil. His goodness and life of selfless service to humanity have from the earliest days of the church inspired Christians to honor him every year at Easter.

Why is Sun Myung Moon not Honored in a Similar Way?

It’s not quite 12 years since Sun Myung Moon passed into the Spirit World, on September 3, 2012. He was honored by his followers at a massive funeral, and for several years his death was commemorated by his widow, Hak Ja Han, together with other leaders and members of the Unification Church. However, already that tradition has largely been diminished to irrelevance as faithful Unificationist hearts and minds have been re-educated by Hak Ja Han to focus on her as the central figure of God’s providence, to learn her new theology of the Only Begotten Daughter (OBD), and to accept her claims of God-like status and accomplishments. She now insists that all members be absolutely obedient to her.

This is a stunning and disturbing development. After all, Unificationists always looked up to her as the female representative of True Parents, such that all she had to do to be their temporal leader was to build on the incredible foundation laid by her husband through his life of sacrificial service and immense suffering. Instead, she has taken brick after brick from his foundation to build an edifice in her own honor, while step by step diminishing his importance in the eyes of members and the world.

The truth is that everything she claims as her own legacy was earned through the shedding of blood, sweat and tears by her husband in his life of service to God and humanity. It was he who defeated Satan in spirit and gave us the profound insights of the Divine Principle, the core teaching of the movement; it was he who won over hundreds of thousands of dedicated members in countries around the world; and it was the sacrificial efforts of these members that provided the funds to build the global movement.

She has tampered with core Divine Principle scriptures to give herself a central providential role above that of her husband’s; she has renamed many of the organizations he founded to make them part of her legacy; she has sold off providential properties to raise funds for her own pet projects; and she has sought to secure her legacy by erecting two massive statues of herself standing alone surrounded by adoring little people.

All of this has been carried out under cover of a clever deception, a grooming of Unificationists into believing she has always known the Principle and seen the errors of her husband. She ungratefully omits to remind members that it was he who made her his spouse in 1960, when she was a mere 17 years old (she was 11 when he founded the Unification Church as HSA-UWC in 1954), or that through their marriage she was elevated to the position of True Mother while still a teenager.

Full text as PDF HERE

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Adam and Eve were married before the Fall, so the interpretations Sun Myung Moon borrowed from other new religious groups in Korea make no sense except as a means to manipulate people. Original sin was invented hundreds of years after Jesus. LINK

Sun Myung Moon’s explanation of the Fall of Man is based on his Confucian ideas of lineage, and his belief in shaman sex rituals.

In the 1952 Divine Principle, Jesus was married.

‘The whole thing about the messiah is a human construct’

The Divine Principle: Questions to consider about Old Testament figures

[wariowaretrans]

The year is 2400. The Romulan Star has collapsed,

and taken with it the Romulan Star Empire. The great boogeymen of the Alpha Quadrant have been scattered to the winds, and their formerly iron borders are now segmented into three interplanetary states:

- The Romulan Republic, nestled a ways into Romulan space, a quasi-Federation Council government of Unificationists and progressives who are more than happy to work with the Federation and Starfleet.

- The Romulan Free State, a loose alliance of supernova survivors, colony worlds, and border states. They keep to themselves, and generally expect the Federation to do the same, but as long as you aren't waging war in their borders you're free to do as you please. The Federation is happy to exploit this policy grey areaa...as is what remains of the Tal Shiar.

-the "Romulan Empire", highly conservative isolationists. They have made more explicit the fascism of the empire, and patrol their section of the former Neutral Zone with a rigor bordering on bloodthirst.

Into this tangled web of intrigue, uncharted space, and sworn enemies, Starfleet has sent the U.S.S. Saraswati- a gorgeous Sagan class cruiser, fully equipped with colony support replicators, a vehicle fabricator, and....four completely empty decks.

The official explanation is that space has been reserved for oncomers during the expedition. The rumor around the dry dock is that Starfleet can't find a full thousand people willing to serve under the Saraswati's new Captain- the last member of the Maquis to be repatriated into Starfleet, the woman the Cardassians call the Butcher of Volnar, alleged war criminal Captain Clementine V Hind.

Exploring the uncharted areas of the Neutral Zone, bringing resources to neglected colonies, boldly going in the backyard of the Alpha Quadrant...it's the explorer's dream job. But is the Starfleet rank and file willing to face down Romulan supremacists under the command of a woman who spent the last three years in mandatory treatment for a shot at that dream job?

Currently the Saraswati has a Captain, an XO, and Chiefs for Engineering, Science, and Security. There are loads of postings still to fill- Helm, Ops, Tactical, Head Chef, Medical, Ensign Who's At All The Bridge Meetings For Some Reason...

Well, are you?

The U.S.S. Saraswati

is a discord RP using a combination of live sim and logs. The live sim format means every two weeks or so, everyone in the sim (who can make it) is in a thread in the sim for about two hours or so, roleplaying their hearts out, moving the plot forward.

In between those two weeks, feel free to log like crazy in whatever format you want. Script, trading paragraphs with a crewmate, weird poetry, go at it.

All that is required of you is this: be 17 or older and bring your best self! Join the Saraswati today, and explore the unexplored at your leisure!

https://discord.com/invite/M7XsYXnvXV

[moonchild-diaries]

blog entry, god's hope for america tour, 7/16/2014, age 21

Author's Note: I'm going to structure this post a bit differently. I'm going to have the original journal entry interspersed with commentary from my present (2025, age 31) self--because, hoo boy, there's a lot to comment on.

This was the first proper day of the bus tour. This entry captures the intense euphoria cults tend to specialize in--a euphoria I had felt many times before, growing up in the cult, but these five days were a concentrated experience. It was euphoria brought on by sleep deprivation, prayer, singing, constant closeness with other people as we were packed into buses, hotel rooms, churches, and dining halls. Few, if any, opportunities for solitary reflection. By design, of course.

For ease of reading, my present commentary will be formatted in smaller, blue text like this.

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Trenton, NJ

Wow, what a morning! The rain thankfully cleared up. After a pleasant sleep at the hotel, the morning dawned, forty or so of us piled into the bus, and we were off. The tour staff roused us with worship songs, followed by hoon dok hae and prayer. And as I'm writing this at 1:22 pm, I realize I've never prayed so much in one day--at every location it seems we'll be extending our group prayer power, in a spiritual effort to bring hope to America.

For context: "hoon dok hae" (훈독회) meant reading scripture, or from Rev. Moon's speeches. I'm honestly not sure if it's a term that means much to Koreans outside the Unification Church, because all I could find from googling "hoon dok hae" was related to the church.

Also, here's as good a place as any to question the very meaning of "God's Hope for America." In light of 2025 and the jingoistic rhetoric of the Trump administration, the phrase hits my ear in a pretty ominous way. It calls to mind slogans like "Make America Great Again," or "Take America Back." "God's Hope for America" carries a similar meaning, only highlighting the religious undertone.

What exactly was wrong with America, back in 2014, according to the Unification Church? What exactly is meant by phrases like "America has strayed away from God's design"? As far as I can tell, it means that America wasn't religious enough, not conservative enough, and not Unificationist enough for their liking. And we needed to save it.

Arriving at Trenton, NJ, there was an absolutely charming, heartfelt welcome from the New Jersey church members gathered there on the green. [...]

There was stirring talk of reviving America's original values, values which were reflected in the inscription at the base of the monument at Trenton: "Loyalty, Patriotism, Valor." Loyalty to God, Patriotism to believe in the seeds of faith planted in this nation, and Valor to heal the suffering of the world. All these are also values Father Moon cherished, for it's been said that he loved America most of all.

I hope it doesn't need to be said that "America being called on by God to heal the suffering of the world" is an extremely colonialist idea, and has absolutely been utilized to justify violent colonization and subjugation of other cultures.

Also noting the irony of Rev. Moon "loving America most of all." There's a grain of truth in that: he most likely saw the US as the massive world power that it is, and knew that "taking over America" would mean gaining a huge amount of influence and wealth. That said, we'll probably never know if he believed in his own mythology. We don't know how sincere this "love" was, and how much it was conscious, self-serving greed. Either way, America loved him back enough to give him at least a few mansions and a devoted congregation.

This morning I was struck by the tremendous faith and commitment of all gathered there. One older member, a Japanese gentleman, offered his testimony of meeting Father Moon for the first time, and of joining the church in 1962. A young woman offered her heart of gratitude in a beautiful acapella ballad, the words of which were echoed by the congregation. [Name redacted] led a prayer in the words of the book of Isaiah, the well-known passage speaking of "beating our swords into plowshares" for the sake of peace.

Lastly, [Name redacted] spoke of the Korean soils and stones Father Moon buried at the base of that ginkgo tree (and at every holy ground in America), and of the metaphorical bomb of love he placed there, which he hoped would someday explode and shower kindness and brotherhood throughout America; an analogy recalling the hippie-era idea of bullets turning into flowers. This tour, in some ways, is reminiscent of that period of spiritual revival and exploration; but in my opinion, I would say that the work of this church today has more purpose and power.

Man, I'm gritting my teeth reading through a lot of this stuff. This kid was just swept away, his heart full of wonder and awe. Also, the "bomb of love" comment that that church leader made at every single holy ground was comically out of touch, and even other church members were saying to him "Hey, uh, maybe don't say the words 'THERE'S A BOMB IN THE GROUND HERE' super loud in this public space, people might freak out."

Although our church is new, I feel its roots are strong. The enormous ginkgo tree that we gathered under was once a slim sapling, when Father Moon came to speak there in the 1970s. Over the years, it has grown to grace the Trenton Holy Ground with its symbolic strength and endurance. I saw more than a few come alone to touch the tree that had seen so much, and pray at its feet. One man was so moved he lay prostrate at the tree's base, absorbed in prayer. I saw faces streaked with tears around me as we sang, sharing our spirit and common love of God.

Elizabeth Family Church, NJ

It seems plans changed a little bit, for when we pulled in to Elizabeth, we weren't able to spend as much time as we would have liked with the local church. But when we came in, there was a beautiful spread prepared, replete with bouquets of flowers and pristine white tablecloths, and rousing music from the song team. I really felt that they had worked so hard to prepare this place for us, this wonderful music, this passionate spirit--and I felt so honored to be part of their community, even for just a small moment.

The prayers and testimonies given were the most heartfelt I've heard yet, the highlight for me being the opening prayer from [Name redacted], which was so ardent, so rich with life and firm belief. The speeches were tearful--I could just feel, from their every word and smile, how much they loved us, how much hope they had for this tour. Words cannot describe how moved I felt.

Again, the almost delirious levels of euphoria I was feeling at this point are a little frightening to read about now. After I left the cult in 2018, I had the realization that I would never again feel that overwhelming, thought-obliterating euphoria. I'll be honest, I kind of miss it. At times it bordered on mania, seeing the world in explosive color and endless happiness. The cult was both heaven and hell. It gave me a home and a family, at the cost of my individual selfhood and agency.

How ironic, then, when we drove out of Elizabeth, still bathed in the afterglow of the church's hospitality and familial atmosphere, that there was a large sign beside the road advertising a divorce consultant--"spouse's signature not needed." That really brought me back to earth, you might say--and made me realize how important the mission of this tour, and this church, is--how much the world needs to have healthy, happy families, something I so often take for granted in my own family.

The whole world is not like this--it isn't like a huge extended family. So many people have to manage living on their own, without good home lives or responsible parents or supportive surroundings. We must, in the words of the Elizabeth church leaders, make "God's dream come true." I pray that, in some way, we can help in that mission.

Hooooooo boy oh boy oh boy, this bit is extra tough to read. Big ol' yikes. I want to break down and analyze a few things here. First, the fact that I was so disturbed by a sign 1. mentioning divorce, and 2. mentioning divorce consultations that didn't require the spouse's signature.

In my perspective now, I understand that divorce is a part of life, and many people go through it, traumatic and difficult as it might be. It's bizarre to me now that I could be so appalled at the mere existence of divorce. Of course, in the cult, divorce was something that did not happen, and when it did, it was a great tragedy and a shameful act. The sign of a broken family, a broken "blessing," a grave failure and sin.

I also understand now that, being able to approach a divorce consultant without requiring the spouse's signature is a sign of agency. Being offered the ability to approach separation without having to get someone else's permission. Allowances like this have probably helped people fleeing domestic violence. It's hardly something to be bummed out about.

It also frightens me how deeply I bought into the church's propaganda, this grand mission to save the world. How next to no critical thinking was involved in these vague platitudes of "healing God's heart" and "creating happy, healthy families." What exactly, specifically did those things entail? How were we going to build this ideal world, precisely? The point of propaganda is to obscure the answers to these questions--obscure whatever ugliness would be involved in making the whole world exactly like the Unification Church.

Clifton Holy Ground and Church, NJ

Though we were a bit behind schedule, our next stop was Clifton, NJ. For a short time we visited their holy ground, which we learned later had not yet been officially sanctified--but in the words of one of my fellow travelers, "I'm sure God doesn't mind." It was a rocky cliff located at the Clifton Park, an amazing spot overlooking New York City. The broad vista was nothing short of incredible.

Yeah, it's not bad.

As at every other site, we joined together to sing worship songs, immerse our spirits in prayer, and participate in a group Eog Mansei (for the readers who aren't familiar, Eog Mansei is a group cheer, where each person lifts their arms up, shouting in jubilation, "Eog Mansei!", which in Korean means "victory for ten thousand years."). And even though it may not have been an "official" holy ground, it was there that I prayed more deeply than I have in a long while--strongly and with feeling in every word, during the unison prayer. It was an experience that fills me with hope.

After a cursory search on Google, "mansei" has some meaning beyond just its context in the Unification Church. I think it was a phrase drawn from Rev. Moon's experiences growing up in what is now North Korea, while it was occupied by Imperial Japan: for instance, the "Mansei Movement" of 1919 was a resistance movement against Japanese occupation.

It's probably obvious, but I have a lot more enthusiasm for resistance against colonialism than I do the expansion of one shitty man's empire of influence.

[...]

In the late evening we came together in the chapel to sing stirring songs of praise--"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "Higher Ground," among others. As we had to leave earlier than anticipated, the program in Clifton was cut short. But as a parting gift, the Clifton Church offered us all boxes of crystal jewelry from their local business. I couldn't help but be absolutely amazed by their generosity, their abundant kindness extended to us, though many of us travelers are complete strangers to the New Jersey community--it's an expression of love that is as sweet as it is inspiring.

(I fear I am running out of words to describe the incredible nature of the events--I suppose there are only so many synonyms for "amazing"! But it really is difficult to truly express the deep love and soul of God I've experienced on this journey. It is truly all so wonderful, and there's honestly little more I can say.)

The ecstatic levels of euphoria here are getting pretty irritating, I won't lie. But I want to be kinder to my younger self. I think part of me was so swept away by the euphoria of it all, because I was so starved of affection and acceptance in my own family. To go from the desolate feeling of my home, to the joyful, familial atmosphere of the bus tour, was intoxicating. I felt like I needed it.

I've also always been prone to the "fawn" response (as compared to the "fight," "flight," or "freeze" responses). I still am. I find myself being effusively grateful when shown even basic attention and concern from others. In the context of writing and publishing church propaganda that people I respected were going to read, it makes sense that I was dialing up the fawning even higher than usual. I desperately wanted to be loved and approved of.

At every church and community we come to, I find myself dearly wanting to stay. The glimpses I see of the people there are so precious--every person is like a gemstone to me, and I feel I want to get to know them well, to have a chance to know them like family; for they expressed themselves in this short time, through their prayers and the effusive joy of their spirit, to be beautiful souls full of life.

At the end of the day, as I turn in, I'm looking forward to another day full of new experiences, new faces, and new inspiration.

To bring this all back down to earth: I think it's clear how easily a person can be caught up in the intoxicating power of cults. It's clear from my writing that I had sold my devotion, my creativity, every atom of my being, to this cult. And I saw that as good.

There is a particular intensity I've noticed in Korean culture, at least from what contact I've had with it through the Unification Church. An intensity of discipline and industry. Whether that came from Korean culture or just the twisted mind of Rev. Moon, that intensity bled into everything we did as a church.

That total surrender of self for the sake of our great mission, as members of the Unification Church, was as beautiful as it was exploitable. In my writing, I talk of tears, fervent prayer, deep conviction, sacrifice and labor.

I feel exhausted now just thinking about it. How can one rest, when the world needs saving? How can you take a moment to yourself? We were told a story--probably untrue--of how Rev. Moon would only sleep two hours every night, because he needed to be awake to work to bring about the Kingdom of Heaven. Somehow the man lived to ninety-two while subsisting on this almost superhuman sleep schedule.

Either he was powered by God himself, or he was full of shit. Regardless of its veracity, the story was instructional, aspirational: this was how he wanted, no, demanded his followers to live.

Exhaustion by sleep deprivation, needless to say, is well-documented as a tool to make humans more suggestible, more easily influenced: whether it's used by cults, or as a torture method.

It's easy to see how all this, the compounding of fatigue, love-bombing, constant worship and song, and lack of privacy worked so well on a vulnerable kid like me.

[unificationism]

John Testifies About Jesus

John 1:29-34

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”

32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”

Matthew 11:2-3

2 When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples 3 to ask him, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

Questions

1. What happened to John The Baptist, he ended up contradicting himself towards Jesus?

2. Did he fulfil his purpose of preparing the way for Christ?

3. Is he a saint or not?

4. Why his death not seen as a martyr like that of Stephen in the book of Acts 7:54-8:2

Unificationist

[sereneceramics]

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[whilereadingandwalking]

In this electrifying fantasy novel, The City & the City by China Miéville, Inspector Tyador Borlú is a top notch detective on a murder case in a world where two cities overlap. While walking through his city, the decaying, dreary Beszél, he must unsee anything he glimpses of the modern, vibrant Ul Qoma. He must not acknowledge the Qoman train that passes by his apartment window. He must not interact with any Qoman cars or enter any total Qoman space. Doing so would bring Breach onto his head, a shadowy unknown terror that keeps the cities from accidentally crossing. But Tyador's new case seems to involve both cities, the nationalists and the unificationists and the conspiracy theorists besides that straddle both worlds, and it promises to bring him into dangerous territory. 

Mieville's crime novel is equal parts a superb suspenseful mystery noir and an eerie, strange fantasy classic rooted heavily in the uncanny. What would it mean to live in two cities, but force yourself, train your mind, to only live in one? What would it mean to have tourists or foreign investment or archaeology in such a world? What would it mean to live in two cities, one old, traditional, all spires and markets, another new, booming, all new buildings and subway systems?

Among other things, Mieville's book is an astounding metaphor for what it is like to live in a history that survived history yet now is being overtaken by Western influence, capitalism, and globalization, a city with corners you do not recognize, with places that are crosshatched, that overlap, with others that are only new or only old. When your maps don't match between the two, when your own familiar world doesn't match up to the one you're walking in now. 

The fantasy is excellent, but of course the suspense is also rich, and between the two, you have an intricate noir that's difficult to put down. It deserves all the awards it received—Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, and the list goes on. So happy to have finally read this one! 

Content warnings for murder, xenophobia. 

[quasi-normalcy]

Oh, also, I'm tired of the simplistic Vulcans Good, Romulans Bad dichotomy, so I'm going to have a Vulcan character who's a complete bastard; like, he'll be the mole, or one of the higher ups in Section 31. And he'll expect the First Officer to be on board with the Unificationist cause because he believes that the fact that the Romulan Empire couldn't react to the supernova proves the inferiority of their culture (even though maybe he, personally, was instrumental in the decision not to continue the Romulan evacuation effort); and the First Officer will be absolutely livid.

Anyways, I've been thinking about it, and if I were to create a Star Trek, the captain would just be a fictionalized version of Jack Layton, and his first officer would be a sarcastic Romulan goth sword lesbian.

[howwelldoyouknowyourmoon]

Shaman suspected of facilitating gift of diamond jewelry from Unificationist to Yoon’s wife

Posted on : 2025-04-24 17:09 KST Modified on : 2025-04-24 17:09 KST

Prosecutors summoned the shadowy figure known as “Geonjin” for questioning about a diamond necklace from a high-ranking Unification Church official that he allegedly passed along to the former first lady

<photo> Kim Keon-hee and the shaman Jeon Seong-bae. (Yonhap)

Prosecutors are investigating a shaman who went by the name “Geonjin” for allegedly receiving a diamond necklace from a Unification Church official to gift to former first lady Kim Keon-hee. 

The virtual asset crime investigation unit at Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office summoned Jeon Seong-bae, 64, as a suspect on Sunday. Prosecutors reportedly interrogated Jeon about evidence found during a forensic examination of his cell phone showing that Jeon received a diamond necklace meant as a gift for the first lady from a figure who formerly served as a high-ranking official in the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification — better known as the Unification Church.

During questioning, Jeon reportedly maintained that he had lost the necklace. The person who allegedly gave Jeon the necklace served as the head of the Unification Church’s international affairs department. He claimed to have met former President Yoon Suk-yeol at a Unification Church event and held a private, hour-long meeting with him on March 22, 2022 — less than two weeks after Yoon was elected.

Prosecutors are investigating the circumstances behind Jeon’s involvement in the nomination and appointments of candidates in his time as an adviser to the People Power Party (PPP) election headquarters’ networking group during the 2022 presidential election.

On Dec. 17, 2024, prosecutors raided Jeon’s temple in Yeoksam, Gangnam District, and his residence in Yangjae, Seocho District, and secured 165 million won (US$115,400) in cash.

Yoon Han-hong, a PPP lawmaker also suspected of soliciting favors, said on social media on March 18 that he had not been “in a position to act on Jeon’s requests for nominations or appointments.”

Jeon was sent to trial for allegedly receiving 100 million won in illegal political funds in January 2018, just ahead of that year’s provincial and local council elections, from a Liberal Korea Party (the forerunner of the PPP) candidate for mayor of Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province after promising the candidate the official party nomination.

Jeon and his representatives are denying the charges, saying that he “was not politically active in 2018.”

By Lim Jae-hee, staff reporter

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[Editorial] All the former president’s shamans

Hankyoreh

Posted on : 2025-04-24 17:11 KST Modified on : 2025-04-24 17:11 KST

Why was the former president surrounded by so many individuals connected to shamanism and fraud?

...

Alleged to have had a shadowy shamanic influence over former President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife, Jeon faces suspicion of involvement in a number of other matters, including requesting election nominations and various other appointments since the 2022 presidential election. These new revelations come mere months after the explosive Myung Tae-kyun scandal. Why was the former president surrounded by so many individuals connected to shamanism and fraud?

A team investigating virtual asset crimes at Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office learned that in 2022, Jeon received a diamond necklace as a gift for Kim Keon-hee from a Unification Church official surnamed Yoon.

... There is ongoing suspicion over whether Jeon received bribes in return for arranging meetings with the president or favors in relation to Unification Church projects, as well as where such bribes ended up.

Prosecutors discovered piles of cash amounting to 165 million won along with hundreds of business cards of prominent politicians, corporate executives, judicial offices and police chiefs at Jeon’s private home and temple. Jeon’s so-called “monk phone” is alleged to contain evidence that after the 2022 election, he made personnel requests to pro-Yoon Suk-yeol lawmakers, including Yoon Han-hong, and contacted these lawmakers again in June to recommend candidates for mayor, governor and provincial assembly members in local elections. Two of the four recommended individuals were nominated and elected. Yoon Han-hong has denied any involvement, stating , “I was not in a position to grant any requests for election nominations or personnel appointments.”

It is difficult to see Jeon’s actions in any other context than his relationship with the former president and first lady. Jeon’s name was listed as an adviser of the “networking headquarters,” an organization under Yoon Suk-yeol’s campaign headquarters during the 2022 election. Footage has recently come out of Jeon wrapping his arms around Yoon Suk-yeol, flaunting his apparent closeness with the then-candidate for president. Moreover, Jeon acted as an adviser to Covana Contents, the exhibition company that Kim Keon-hee once ran. Call records also show that he spoke over the phone with Kim’s mother, Choi Eun-sun, 10 times between September and December of last year. 

No doubt, many Koreans can still recall the voices of Yoon Suk-yeol and Kim Keon-hee on phone calls with political broker Myung Tae-kyun that showed that they had used him to interfere in the 2022 by-election nomination process. These new revelations could be the next big scandal. 

Investigators must uncover exactly what kinds of deals were going down between Jeon, the former president and first lady, and former ruling camp figures. 

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Allegation Unification Church bribed former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee with a $42,000 diamond necklace.

[사설]‘김건희 선물용’ 다이아 목걸이는 또 뭔가

건진법사 전성배(64)씨가 통일교 고위 간부로부터 ‘김건희 여사에 대한 선물’이라며 다이아몬드 목걸이를 받은 정황을 검찰이 포착했다고 한다. 윤석열 전 대통령 부부의 ‘무속 비선’ 의혹을 받고 있는 전씨는 이밖에도 지난 대선 뒤 선거 공천 등 각종 인사 청탁에 관여한 정황들이 잇따르고 있다. ‘명태균 게이트’가 터진 게 불과 몇달 전이다. 윤 전 대통령 주변에는 왜 이토록 무속·사기 관련자들이 많은지, 개탄스럽다.

[gotinterest]

A Libertarian Walks Into A Bear is good so far I'm like a 1/4 of the way through the book. You can tell that this was written by a journalist... it has that sort of tone to it. Not too long ago I watched Fundie Friday's video on the Unification Church so it was really interesting to read the parts where he was interviewing a former Unificationist.

Like, knowing what I know about the Unification Church, Reverend 문선명, and his children put her words into a bit of a different perspective than what would have been given by the book alone.

I am also now THOROUGHLY terrified of bears holy shit. They are cute in pictures and from a distance but I have a newfound respect for their intelligence and physical power.

[moonchild-diaries]

blog entry, god's hope for america tour, 7/15/2014, age 21

Author's Note: In the summer of 2014, the US American church did this 43-day bus tour called (deep, beleaguered sigh) "God's Hope for America." I joined the tour for about 5 days, from July 15th - 20th. The church offered to sponsor my participation in this tour, in exchange for live-blogging the journey in photos and writing.

I deleted all traces of the original blog, out of sheer cringe--and also no longer wanting to have a piece of church propaganda out there with my name on it. Because that's basically what it was: church propaganda.

The people sponsoring me and accompanying me on the bus tour seemed particularly thrilled they had a young voice representing them. The presence of young people on this tour was especially important to them. Every time the tourists would gather for a group photo, the church leaders present would shout how they wanted "young people in the front". They wanted desperately to put a young face on a dying movement.

Looking back, this all feels exploitative as fuck. Just an extension of how I felt used for my youth and energy.

I also briefly mention "Barrytown College". That's a story for another day. Basically, the Unification Church in the US wanted a college to indoctrinate its young people, and young people outside the church if it could. The problem was, the "college" wasn't federally accredited. It was funded entirely by the church, and crashed and burned after two years of existence.

The church leaders decided to shift their funding priorities elsewhere, regardless of the well-being of the twenty or so "Barrytown College" students left with an incomplete education. To give the church a modicum of credit, they tried to transition us out of "Barrytown College" and over to other colleges, offering us stipends for a few years to smooth things over. It was really the least they could do, for their young people.

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This isn't by any means an official post--just some background on how I managed to get together with this tour. For those of you who don't know, I'm a young Unificationist student of Barrytown College, and it's my privilege to tell you, day by day, all about my experience with the God's Hope for America Tour. I'm not going to be blogging about every single day of the tour, but the days I managed to tag along: July 16th through the 20th. Hopefully, through writing, photographs, and maybe video, I'll be able to capture the spirit of the events--adventurous, fun, or poignant as they may be.

But the journey hasn't really started yet, to be honest. Today, the 15th, was just a day of straight travel down from my hometown in New Hampshire. It's been nine hours, morning to evening, on a sleek Greyhound bus running through the rain. Vermont to Springfield, Massachusetts; Springfield to New York City; New York to a little corner of Philadelphia called Mt. Laurel, which is where I am now. It's funny--I guess today's trip has been a bit like the tour in reverse--same locations. The tour will travel through those same states, backwards, until I wind up again in good old New Hampshire. But instead of skimming through the cities and towns, the tour will take me to linger over the most significant locales of the northeast coast, to observe America at its heart--in a way I've never seen before.

As for the practical concerns of today, I chose to travel as light as was realistic--just an overstuffed backpack, a bag of food, a water bottle, and a pillow (thought of last-minute). Not really Spartan, but then again I usually bring my house on my back every other time I travel. I realized this time I couldn't afford to be a snail and hope to keep up with the hectic schedule of the tour.

[...]

At the moment, it seems I'm in a strange new place, with not a familiar face in sight. (Boy that was cheesy.) But really, I do feel odd right now. I'm alone in Mt. Laurel, NJ at the moment, a place I've never been before and only saw yesterday in pictures. I've taken refuge in Starbucks from the downpour outside. I'm very close to the Super 8 hotel where the tour will be staying tonight--it's only a few blocks away, but it'll be at least an hour before the tour-bus actually gets there.

But as this idle hour passes by, I'm in a reflective mood. Something I noticed today was how, just by virtue of sitting with strangers on a bus for hours over strange terrain, you start to get a glimpse of your fellow travelers, a vague sense of who these people really are. It may not be a very faithful or complete portrait, but you can't help but overhear snippets of their lives. The lady sitting next to me, an older African-American woman, showed me glimpses of emotional warmth, just by the way she smiled nonchalantly when I accidentally woke her from her nap. The little Japanese boys sitting in front of me bantered and giggled quietly, shushing each other like they might be caught. There was an endearing, fascinating quality to all of them--more patient than you'd expect, kinder than you'd think and always a little surprising.

I feel like I may have a similar experience on this tour: at each location, getting a colorful glimpse of the different states, experiencing the teardrops of joy, sorrow, and hope that history has left to water the earth of this young country. I may just get to become more acquainted with the character of America.

[christianapologeticsshow]

Christian Witnesses to a Unificationist This man on the street episode was recorded as part of our Halloween Outreach.

[deathropology]

Highlights + Updates!

Hello! It's been such a long time since I've posted because I am. Bad at social media :-). Either way, it is currently Rock the Clock, and there's some down time so I'll give you a highlight reel of what the rest of last term was like from episode 52-57.

Episode 52: Tokophobia - Tying back to the previous episode, we took the time to discuss the fear of pregnancy and giving birth.

Sources

Cleveland Clinic, 12 April 2022. Tokophobia (Fear of Childbirth)

Jomeen et al, 2020. Tokophobia and fear of birth: a workshop consensus statement on current issues and recommendations for future research

Kathy E. Greathouse, 2016. The "Nightmare" of Childbirth: The Prevalence and Predominant Predictor Variables for Tokophobia in American Women of Childbearing Age.

Kristina Hofberg and Ian Brockington, 2000. Tokophobia: an unreasoning dread of childbirth

Léa Poggi, 2018. When Fear of Childbirth is Pathological: The Fear Continuum

Manjeet Singh Bhatia, 2012. Tokophobia: A dread of pregnancy

Rebecca Webb et al, Sept 2021. Interventions to treat fear of childbirth in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Episode 53: The Unification Church - This episode connects back to the beginning of the school year, where we had previously discussed Shinzo Abe's death and his ties to the Unification Church. A brief unpacking of the political/religious organization.

Sources

Erin Snodgrass, 2022. Mass weddings and cult accusations: Who are the 'Moonies' and what is the Unification Church?

Alia Shoaib, 2021. A gun church that glorifies the AR-15 and is led by the son of the 'Moonies' church founder has been making alliances with far-right figures

Why I Joined, 2022. Dr. Thomas Ward: Leftist to Unificationist

Unification Thological Seminary, n.d.. Ward, Thomas J.

Yim Hyun-su, 2022. [KH Explains] What is Unification Church and why is it controversial?

John Gorenfeld, 2022. Bad Moon Rising

John Gorenfeld, 21 June 2004. Hail to the Moon king

Congressman Danny K. Davis, n.d..

Lisa Kohn, 20 August 2018. I grew up in a cult — and there is nothing more intoxicating than knowing you have the 'Truth'

Thisanka Siripala, 15 September 2022. Japan and the Controversial Unification Church

Episode 54: Midwestern Mormonism - Keeping to the topic of religion, I wanted to make sure we did an episode about Mormonism in between The Brobecks and IDKHOW episodes, lol. This episode is more specifically about how some Mormons are starting to move back to the midwest.

Sources

KBIA, 31 January 2012. Mormons returning to northwest Missouri, 174 years after 'extermination order'

Pew Research, n.d.. Mormons - Religion in America

Church of Jesus Christ Wikia, 2023. United States List of Stakes of the Church

History, 7 October 2021. Mormons

James T. Duke, n.d.. Eternal Marriage

Mormon Wiki, 28 April 2021. Eternal Progression

BBC, 8 October 2009. Baptism for the Dead

American Experience, n.d.. Polygamy and the Church: A History

Brooke Crum, 21 July 2013. Mormon church to end door-to-door missionary practice

Rachel McRady, 12 December 2022. 'Sister Wives' Guide: Everything to Know About Kody Brown's Wives, Children and Who Is Legally Married

Episode 55: Organ Donation - A more fundamental-style episode, Jeffrey and I talked about how Americans can sign up to have their organs donated as well as being sure to make your wishes known to your family, friends, or both. Communication is key! A few weeks after this episode came the fed's big investigation into UNOS, which is quite unfortunate timing on our end, but hopefully there can be more equity in our donation process moving forward.

Sources

UNOS, n.d.. The history of organ donation and transplantation

One Legacy, n.d.. Organ Donation Step by Step

ISOS, n.d.. Illinois Organ/Tissue Donor Registry

Iowa Donor Network

Maggie Koerth, 3 April 2019. Our Organ Donation System Is Unfair. The Solution Might Be Too.

A.P., 9 March 2022. A man who got the 1st pig heart transplant has died after 2 months

Hanae Armitage, 30 August 2022. Stanford Medicine researchers take early, critical step toward growing organs

Episode 56: The Long History of Fanfiction - This is Jeffrey's solo episode for the term! I hope tumblr can take to this one as well :-).

Sources - Waiting on Jeffrey, will amend this post ASAP!

Episode 57: IDKHOW and Reincarnation... - I know this one could probably use its own post, especially because it seems to be the most relevant to tumblr's interest, but it would be unfair to separate my solo work out again I think you know? This episode starts off where I ended The Brobecks episode from last term. It was recorded JUST BEFORE some of the recent drama, there was very little evidence at the time I had presented this. Oh how cruel time can be...

Sources

Ryan Seaman and Friends, May 2022. Anthony Purpura

Genius Lyrics, n.d.. I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

TELLEXX, n.d.. Stress Evaluation

iDKHOW LORE, n.d..

Twitter, 21 October 2018. SRCH PRTY

The Brobecks, 2012. Quiet Title

Instagram, n.d.. iDK HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

Instagram, n.d.. Dallon Weekes

Instagram, 18 February 2023. 2nd album recording announcement

P.S. Here's a thing I intended to have for the IDKHOW solo post before winter quarter killed my soul...

[regina-bithyniae]

Single issue pangean unificationist voter

just found the funniest stickers to put on my car

[sereneceramics]

Larger Than Life ...

Massive larger than life sculpture project. #peacestartswithme

www.sereneceramics.com

#hyojeong #sereneceramics #hj #jeongseong #jungsung #peace #peacesculpture #sculpture #figurativesculpture #fineart #art #korea #australianartist #unification #ceramics #seanjackson #gold #lustre #lustres #sunmyungmoon #hakjahanmoon #trueparents

[whatisonthemoon]

Young Oon Kim and Bo Hi Pak were both employed by the Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG)

The G-2 section of the Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG) was not formally assigned an intelligence collection and reporting mission until December 1949. From the moment of KMAG’s formation in June 1949 the organization’s G-2 section began forwarding to Tokyo and Washington intelligence information received from ROK Army sources. After December 1949, KMAG’s intelligence responsibilities grew, and the organization was required to submit daily and weekly intelligence summaries and estimates.

KMAG depended almost entirely on South Korean military intelligence. The KMAG’s G-2 officer was responsible for forwarding intelligence information provided to him by South Korean military intelligence to Tokyo, to MacArthur’s headquarters. Finally, KMAG acted as liaison for various American military and civilian covert agencies operating in Korea, principally Far East Command (FECOM) and the CIA, and acted as cover for these organizations.

– The Clandestine Cold War in Asia, 1945-65, Western Intelligence, Propaganda and Special Operations, Editors Richard J. Aldrich, Gary D. Rawnsley, Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley, Frank Cass, London, Portland, Or., 2000.

“HUMINT operations inside Korea were limited to the Korean Liaison Office (KLO) and the Korean Military Advisory Group."

– North Korean invasion and Chinese intervention in Korea: failures of intelligence

Near the KMAG office was the Army Chaplain's Office, where Young Oon Kim, once a professor at Ehwa University, worked. From the chaplain's office, she sent me an invitation to a philosophical lecture that I might be interested in.

– Bo Hi Pak’s testimony to Sun Myung Moon

Thus, in September 1957, fate led Me to the position of aide-de-camp to the KMAG leader within the U.N. Command. This marked the beginning of a new chapter in my military life. At the time, I had no idea just how important this would become for me in the future. The English that I had learned now became an indispensable tool for me to accomplish my mission. I was expected to be an interpreter for the KMAG leader -- in short, to be his mouth and ears. I would accompany him to official meetings with senior commanders of the Korean army and even to private functions where he would deepen personal relationships with these leaders.On one occasion, I accompanied Maj. Gen. Hamilton House (who replaced General Matthews as head of KMAG) to a conference where he was to address a group of Korean generals. 

–Bo Hi – Bo Hi Pak’s testimony to Sun Myung Moon

[wwwnewunificationchurchcom]

(via Saving Sanctuary Church: an Open Letter to Timothy Elder, Dr. Panzer; and Sean, (Hyung Jin) Moon | The Third Course of Restoration unto Canaan at the Global Level in Reality)

This is Christopher Witt Diamant.

Also known as Salvation Rose.  Also known as the Scribe of God.  Also known as the Lamb’s Wife.

If I wanted to keep going, we could probably go through a few dozen of his titles, mostly granted to him by some cosmic entity or names revealed through Bible prophecy. I have vaguely known of this obscure figure for some time.

I stumbled upon his website years ago, www.newunificationchurch.com , hoping that I was discovering a new Moonie sect. 

What I came across, though, seemed to not quite be a Moonie sect, but at the same time it seemed to be more than that. To be honest, I did not know what to think.  

Diamant seemed to be quite knowledgeable of Unification Church history and culture, but also seemed to have a much different spin on vital aspects of Unificationist doctrine.

And, well, I knew he had a different spin, but I did not quite understand how it was different. My attention got lost somewhere in the length of his exegesis and revelations. 

The Scribe himself will be the first to admit that he can be a bit wordy. His website was and is no exception. That being said, only recently has my interest in this figure been roused.

His name has been confronting me throughout the internet for years. He has been fervently preaching his message consistently all throughout the world wide web. 

You will find him posting on forums, social media sites, articles, etc., and his determination reveals something about his message… like maybe it is worth listening to.

So I decided to contact Mr. Diamant. We emailed back and forth, and he agreed to me posting the content of our emails online. Enjoy: