Sun Myung Moon, who crowned himself “humanity’s savior,” has died at the age of 92. The cause of death was complications related to pneumonia.
Can the Unification Church survive without the all-powerful Moon at the helm? Moon seems irreplaceable. I mean who else can claim, as he did at a congressional reception in 2004, to have connections to Hitler and Marx in the spirit world:
Many other leaders in the spirit world, including even Communist leaders such as Marx and Lenin, who committed all manner of barbarity and murders on earth, and dictators such as Hitler and Stalin, have found strength in my teachings, mended their ways and been reborn as new persons,” Moon told the crowd. “Emperors, kings and presidents who enjoyed opulence and power on earth, and even journalists who had worldwide fame, have now placed themselves at the forefront of the column of the true love revolution…. They have declared to all Heaven and Earth that Reverend Sun Myung Moon is none other than humanity’s Savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent.”
Here’s a fascinating documentary on Moon and his disciples. It originally aired on Channel 4 in Britain earlier this year. Moon believed that producing a race of sinless children was part of restoring a Christ-like consciousness to planet Earth. Arranged marriages among his followers was a path toward the realization of his vision.
This revealing film takes us inside the world of the Unification Church, the religious movement nick-named the Moonies and branded a brain-washing cult.
We follow three British youngsters as they travel to Korea to be blessed by their Messiah Reverend Moon at one of the world’s biggest and most controversial mass weddings.
If you want to read a lengthy fawning obituary check out The Washington Times, the conservative newspaper that Moon founded.