Religious Figure
The Resume
(February 25, 1920- )
Cult leader (The Moonies) who's members married each other in huge mass wedding ceremonies
Claims to be God
Wrote the Divine Principle (1952)
Owns the Washington Times newspaper.
Why he might be annoying
He assigns marriage partners to his members.
Members of his church live in a commune where they are given a bed, meals and usually a spouse.
Members are expected to tend all lectures, work non-stop and be available for any fund raising activity.
Married couples are separated from their children.
Before any marriage, the members are to confess all sexual sins to reverend Moon and beg for forgiveness.
He performs mass marriage ceremonies (124 couples-July 24, 1963; 430 couples-February 25, 1968; 777 couples-January 2, 1970; 1800 couples-February 8, 1975) all those were in Korea.
He also performed many other mass weddings in Korea, Germany, England and New York City.
His biggest mass wedding out of Korea was 2,200 couples in Madison Square Garden in New York City (May 18, 1982).
He then topped his biggest mass wedding, marrying 6,000 couples in Korea (October 14, 1982).
He charges a fee when they get married.
He considers marriage the most important thing a person can do.
He was divorced three times.
He was in Hung Nam Prison (1950).
He was in prison in Seoul (1955).
He was convicted of tax fraud in the United States (May 18, 1982).
He was sentence to 18 months in prison for fraud (May 16, 1982).
He said: 'God is now throwing Christianity away and is now establishing a new religion, and this new religion is the Unification Church.'
He claimed: 'All the Christians in the world are destined to be absorbed by our movement.'
He warned: 'He [God] is living in me and I am the incarnation of Himself. . . . The whole world is in my hand, and I will conquer and subjugate the world.'
The New York Times reported: 'While church members accept Moon's theology as revealed truth, non-members generally find it a mind-boggling mixture of Pentecostal Christianity, Eastern mysticism, anti-Communism, pop psychology, and metaphysics.'
Why he might not be annoying
He takes care of all the needs (food, clothing, shelter and sexual partner) of his members (but no dental plan that we are aware of, but we'll keep you posted).
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