Christianity's version of OSAMA BIN LADEN

[Born_a_Democrat]

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/09/24/moon/print.html


The way it SHOULD (and will) BE according to Sun Myung Moon




Who am I? HOW DARE YOU ASK THAT? (but here's a small bio anyway)

A man who once inspired considerable public horror in the 1970s when his church faced a congressional inquiry and battled accusations of coercive recruitment and mind control, not to mention his own criminal conviction for tax fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice, now goes about his business generally unnoticed. (The Unification Church would not return calls for this story.) Along the way, he has been able to gain acceptance by the most powerful people in the country, surely with the help of his media mini-empire -- including the UPI wire service and the right-wing newspapers Tiempos del Mundo, in South America, and the Washington Times, which he runs at losses well into the tens of millions every year. His exorbitant spending on politicians, largely conservative, hasn't hurt either; his Washington Times foundation gave $1 million to the George H.W. Bush presidential library and has paid the former president untold amounts in speaking fees.



What Separation of Church and State?

"The separation between religion and politics," he has observed on many occasions, "is what Satan likes most."





Holocaust? Not so bad

Moon claims that the Holocaust was payback for the crucifixion of Christ: "Through the principle of indemnity, Hitler killed 6 million Jews."



The proper way to have Sex

According to Moon, in order to restore blood purity, very specific practices are prescribed. Sex before marriage is out of the question, and when sexual consummation does happen, it must adhere to very specific instructions. First, a photograph of Moon must be nearby, so that everything occurs under the reverend's watchful eye. After two nights of woman-on-top sex, the couple reverse positions, whereupon the man, according to Moon, restores dominion over Eve, via the proper missionary position. Then, according to the instructions attributed to the U.C.'s American Blessed Family Department, "after the act of love, both spouses should wipe their sexual areas with the Holy Handkerchief" --referring to the church-supplied washcloth -- which must "be kept individually labeled and should never be laundered or mixed up."



Who do we know? IMPORTANT PEOPLE

...in December of last year, Bush appointed David Caprara, a top official for Moon in Washington, to head the War on Poverty program AmeriCorps VISTA. Caprara had been director of Moon's American Family Coalition and was one of the Unification Church's top political operatives.

A former aide to Jack Kemp, Caprara founded a pro-faith policy group called the Empowerment Network. It claimed Sens. Rick Santorum and Joseph Lieberman as leaders, though their names recently disappeared from the site.



Avoid being Impure (raped)

Within his church, his entreaties to cherish and punish your "love organ" (with pliers if necessary, he suggested in 2001) manage to find an audience. On Blessed Children World, an online message board for kids of Unification families, there is much discussion of church beliefs. "I hate gay people," one B.C. observes. Other B.C.'s ask whether it's a sin to go to the prom and debate a church doctrine that rape victims are considered impure. "Kill yourself before you ARE raped," one posts. "Bite out your tongue and choke on your own blood if you need to. (No joke, that was in Father's speech from some time ago). Anyhow, I know it sounds totally NAZI of us to say/think/believe such things..."

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

1. Moon and the Unification Church are not Christian

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[TreasonousBastard]

4. Christian or not...

that Holy Handkerchief grosses me out.

Think of it after a few years.

(no, better not)

[Blue_Chill]

5. agreed

that is the most disgusting thing I've read in a while. Aack!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. If it's any consolation

most Christians, even most fundamentalists, consider Sun Myung Moon to be a free-lance fruitcake, and not a Christian.

The reason is that he says that Jesus failed in his divine mission and that he (Moon) needed to come along and set things right.

Back when my father was on all sorts of religious mailing lists, he used to get unsolicited subscriptions to fundie magazines, and even they contained articles with titles like, "How to Keep Your Child from Being Taken in by the Moonies."

I have no doubt, however, that nefarious forces in the political establishment find Moon to be a useful ally.

[sangh0]

3. Religious ignorance

on the part of the poster who doesn't seem to realize that Moonies aren't Christian

[liberalhistorian]

6. The Unification Church is NOT

Christian, even the fundies have a lot of problems with him and consider him to be, as someone else said, a "free-lance fruitcake." Yes, Moon is a dangerous nutball, but he is not a dangerous Christian nutball.

[Blue_Chill]

7. Holy Handkerchief, photograph of Moon nearby, restore blood purity?

Either this guy is not a christian or I have a bible that's missing a few chapters.

also "never be laundered" is absolutely disgusting.

[DBoon]

8. I was only kidding!!

When I made the comment about Scientology going after "faith based funding"!!

Reality has surpassed satire once again

[Caution]

9. Ever hear of Narconon? or Criminon

These are both $cientology "programs" which regularly receive government funding. I'm quite sure $cientology will attempt to get some of the faith-based money Bush is putting out there.