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Title:Discussions from a Christian Perspective
Notice:Prostitutes and tax collectors welcome!
Moderator:CSC32::J_CHRISTIE
Created:Mon Sep 17 1990
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1362
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395.0. "Sun Myung Moon/Unification Church" by NYTP07::LAM () Tue Jan 21 1992 18:34

    The PBS news program Frontline is doing a piece on Sun Myung Moon and
    the Unification Church tonight.  It will broadcast here in New York on
    channel 13 at 9 PM.  It will talk about what Moon has been up to since
    his release from prison.
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395.1Cross-posted here with author's permissionCSC32::J_CHRISTIEPeace: the Final FrontierFri Jan 24 1992 17:3780
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    	Reverand Sun Young Moon is in the news again.  On the way into
    work today, NPR was advertising an upcoming special on PBS entitled
    "The Resurrection of Reverand Moon" which sounded very interesting.

    	Apparently, according to the review, the show documents Moon's
    backing of the Gulf War via various propaganda channels in the U.S.
    including direct editorial control of the Washington Times newspaper
    staff.  Apparently the show (which is to air either tonight or tomorrow
    night) uncovers a link between the Unification church and a large
    group of American politicians via front campaigns that pawn themselves
    off as being American conservative groups.  One such front organization,
    known as the "American Freedom Coalition" (AFC) is described by one of
    the members as being neither American, about freedom, nor a coalition.
    I think the report also said that the Washington Times was owned by
    the AFC (in other words, the Washington Times is owned by Reverand Moon).

    	The Unification church, which is based in South Korea, and
    which has many powerful adherents in both South Korea and Japan, is
    said to view the third world war as one which is fought in the mind.
    In other words, the third world war is a psychological war in which
    the battlefields are our own souls.  A very interesting concept.
    Furthermore, the Unification church also does not believe in democracy.
    Moon's people apparently view democracy as a "weak" form of government,
    and they instead prefer autocracy.  The moonies seek to form a single
    world government based on such an autocracy.  Perhaps this is the true
    meaning of George Bush's phrase "the new world order"?
    
				    -davo

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    	It turns out the show I mentioned was broadcast on last night's
    "Frontline" edition.  It was shocking to watch the Frontline reporters
    trace trails of money from these ultra conservative so-called American
    causes all the way to The Unification church and Reverand Moon.  It
    turns out the Unification church (via the AFC, and various other front
    organizations) was also one of the original backers of money to the
    Contras as well.

    	Even more scandalous was the conclusion of the show when it was
    revealed that the Unification church is itself a front organization!
    The real money source was traced all the way to one of the richest
    Japanese men in the world named Sasakawa (sp?).  Sasakawa is a fascist
    who trained with Musolini in Italy during the 30's, and who later was
    one of three of the primary Japanese proponents of war against the U.S.
    Sasakawa is now the head of the Japanese speed boat racing syndicate
    and is a very powerful man in Japan.  Sasakawa has supported every
    conservative movement in the U.S. since WWII through his series of
    front organizations, including (but hardly limited to) the recent
    Gulf War.  He has also supported the campaigns of conservative U.S.
    presidents such as Reagan and Bush.  Bush recently pardoned Reverand
    Moon (who was in federal U.S. prison on tax evasion or some such).

    	This is only the tip of the iceberg on what looks to be one of
    the biggest scandals regarding Japanese manipulation of American
    government officials I've ever seen.  I expect an immense cover-up
    to ensue now that this show has aired as politicians scramble to
    erase any evidence of this Japanese money trail.  This could also
    blow the lid off of the conservative stranglehold which has gripped
    this country for so long.

    	For video cassettes of last night's Frontline broadcast 
    entitled "The Resurrection of Reverand Moon" call 1-800-328-PBS1
    or write to the following address:

				PBS VIDEO
				1320 Braddock Place
				Alexandria, VA 22314

395.2Pardon?SHALOT::TWITTYFri Jan 24 1992 18:2311
    Hello,
    
    Are you sure about the pardon? I watched the show and I thought it
    said that Moon was trying to get a pardon from Bush but so far
    Bush has been ignoring him or something. In other words, Bush has
    not pardoned him. 
    
    Thanks,
    
    Danny T.
    
395.3Crossposted with permissionCSC32::J_CHRISTIEPeace: the Final FrontierTue Jan 28 1992 17:2524
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re: .21,

>    The way Ch 2 has been programming lately, FRONTLINE will most likely be
>    rebroadcast at least three times this week.  Check the directory.

    	I saw the show again Sunday night.  This time I noticed that I
    may have been misled about Moon being pardoned.  Apparently Moon is
    still in prison.  The reason I was confused was due to the fact that
    midway through the show they were talking about Moon's pardon (as if
    he had already been pardoned).  Later they showed where both Bush and
    Reagan had considered pardoning him, but towards the end, it was implied
    that his pardon has yet to go through.

    	In any case, it turns out that Moon is but one of many such pawns
    of super rich Japanese Fascists anyway (Sasakawa, etc.), so it is
    unclear what effect his imprisonment really has on the underlying
    Japanese manipulation of American conservative movements.

    				  -davo