*blog updated March 2, 2018*

Both Have Missions to Recruit True Believers to Take Over the World

Having exited the Moonies in 1976, following an intervention performed at the request of my family, I have been so grateful to regain my life. I refer to the group as “the Moonies,” because when I was a member, the term was initially coined and Sun Myung Moon loved the term. We even wore tee-shirts and had mugs made with “I Heart the Moonies.” When Moon was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the Federal government and filing false income taxes, resulting in 13 months jail time, a PR campaign ensued costing, from my recollection, an estimated 30 million dollars. This branded Moon as a persecuted preacher from Korea. They started criticizing anyone who used the term Moonies and referred to the term as the “n” word used with African-Americans. Not. I do not wish to play by their propaganda rules.

Last year, I blogged about the group, but recent events motivate me to write this blog about Hyung Jin Moon and his mission to take over the world using guns. Moon’s new www.rodofironministry.org is hosting a “thank you” dinner for Trump, who they claim they helped to elect as U.S. President. It was difficult but I listened to “the King’s” sermon and learned that the old mission–to take over the world–is still being espoused. But the big difference was the repeated showing of a graphic of America composed of images of guns-something that Moon wanted to keep low key back in the 1970s. The talk was pretty pathetic and would never recruit anyone new. It seemed clear that it was aimed at people who were still indoctrinated, reinforcing the belief that Sun Myung Moon was the Messiah. Sad.