Moonies use Washington Times as
Front Group to Gain Power and Legitimacy
On Tuesday, May 21st 2002, controversial religious figurehead,
alleged cult leader and self-proclaimed Messiah Sun Myung Moon,
is to sponsoring a banquet celebrating the newspaper's 20th
anniversary. A substantial list of
host Senators, Representatives and other politicians think
they are supporting just a conservative newspaper, but are unwittingly
endorsing the Moon agenda. Mr. Moon has used the newspaper along
with U.P.I. to develop his power base for his ambitionsto establish
and "automatic theocracy" in which he runs the world. Despite
a politically conservative pro-family slant, the Times has also
been the paper of choice for several Christian groups who are
apparently unaware of Moon's true theology.
"The public thinks that the Moonies have gone away. They haven't.
They have been quite busy in recent years, focusing their recruitment
efforts to politicians, business people and even Christian clergy,"
says Steven Hassan, former Moonie, author, licensed counselor
and mind control expert. "They are still deceptive and quite
dangerous," Hassan says, "Back in 1974-1976, Moon talked about
setting up a global infrastructure so that when the world economy
faltered, we would be there to feed people and give them jobs."
Moon's stated ambitions include the establishment of a one-world
government run as an automatic theocracy by Moon and his leaders.
"Bush's faith-based initiative seems to be ideal to help them
in their quest for a one world theocratic government," Hassan
says, "I am sure President Bush is not aware that Moon has repeatedly
said that America (and democracy) is Satanic." Moon's vision
of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth includes the absorption of
all the world religions into Unificationism as well as the abolishment
of all languages except Korean. Core Moonie members do a ritual
pledge service every Sunday morning, bowing before an altar
with Moon's picture on it and promising to fight for the Fatherland
(Korea).
Moon is an 82-year old Korean billionaire and convicted felon
who served 13 months in federal prison for income tax evasion
and conspiracy in the mid-1980s. Moon owns the Washington Times
newspaper, U.P.I., Insight magazine, The University of Bridgeport
(CT) and The New Yorker Hotel. His empire was part of a 1977-78
congressional investigation which looked at Korean CIA activities
in the United States (list of front groups and report is on
Freedomofmind.com).
Tens of thousands of families have suffered because of the
deceptive, mind control practices of the Moon organization.
Members are told their parents are Satanic and are kept, sometimes
for years, from visiting their families. While the Moonies have
only several thousand dedicated American members now, there
are an estimated 70,000 former members in the United States
alone. Many of these people are still suffering from their involvement
with the cult. The Moonies are actively recruiting in Africa,
South America, China and the former Communist countries and
have an estimated 100,000 members worldwide.
While Moon professes upholding high family values to others,
he is a hypocrite with major family problems of his own. His
"blessed" eldest son, Hyo Jin (by second wife) are long divorced.
According to ex-wife Nansook Hong's book, "In
the Shadow of the Moons," Hyo Jin was physically violent,
emotionally abusive, had a cocaine problem and has been arrested
several times. In 1999, Moon's son, Youngjin P. Moon, then 21,
committed suicide by jumping out of a Reno hotel window.
Sun Myung Moon and his wife are considered to be "sinless"
and are called the "True Parents" of humankind. He claims to
be the new Christ and is fulfilling what Jesus failed to accomplish.
In fact, Moon believes that until he married Jesus to a Korean
church member, Jesus was unable to enter "Heaven". "I am certain
that people are not aware of the real theology of Moon, says
Hassan. "What people have to understand is that destructive
cults use deception. Back in 1974, I was told that The One World
Crusade, was "not religious at all." As a Jew, I would
never have agreed to be involved if I had known what the group
was really about.
Throughout its history, the Moon organization has been involved
with many questionable activities. The 1977-78 congressional
investigation into KCIA activities in the United States stated
it had found evidence that the group had systematically violated
numerous federal and state laws. Moon eventually was convicted
and spent thirteen months in jail for conspiracy to evade taxes.
In Japan, his church has been the subject of the largest consumer
fraud scam in Japanese history in which tens of thousands of
people were manipulated into giving large sums of money to "liberate
their suffering ancestors." "Moon has not changed his desire
to convert the world," warns Hassan. "Responsible people need
to stand up for the principles of freedom and democracy, and
not be deceived and manipulated like I was."
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