It's fascinating, too, how so many have forgotten how dangerous the Unification Church was considered in the 1970's.  They were looked upon as a hardcore cult, many of its young memebers kept in virtual slavery, not only brainwashed into against their parents, but also forced to sleep on floors and to peddle trinkets on the streets (esp. in NYC, where the church took over the abandoned New Yorker Hotel sometime in the late '70's-early '80s.  This was never widely publicised, as it was considered a "local" story and local problem due to the "Moonie" cult status.)

I'm not sure if they've ever been removed from the quasi-official list of religious cults, but there hasn't been a peep about them since the purchase of the Washington Times and, I think UPI also.

There's probably more to why there's never been much done about the Moonies that goes beyond their alliance with the Christian Right.  Proving this, however, is probably as difficult as flushing out the cruelties of Scientology.

by Tish Grier on Sat Sep 23, 2006 at 10:44:21 AM EST

I cannot see most Dominionists suddenly deciding that Jesus has returned as Moon,
or any  Moonies suddenly finding the error in their ways and adopting the Dominionist cult.

So after a Khmer Rouge style genocide across the country, that would leave only Moonies and Dominionists? No doubt there are many secret Moonies in the larger Dominionist camp, and no doubt more who would have it both ways, watching for a clear winner. But each knows well the heart of the other.

One is reminded of the joke about one cannibal inviting another over for dinner, each has a very different idea of the nature of the evening.

by FreeDem on Sat Sep 23, 2006 at 02:39:19 PM EST

Then the remaining "survivors" -  the moonies et. al - would, amidst the same sort of torturous and ever shifting series of allegiances, dispatch each other with atavistic zeal.

by Bruce Wilson on Sat Sep 23, 2006 at 06:47:37 PM EST

http://www.talk2action.org/comments/2006/9/14/22322/6980/2#2

I really don't see how people like Bauer, Lahaye and Falwell can work with Moon. I can see how Ralph Reed would because he is a full blown deceptive worm. IMO, he isn't a Christian but rather a power hungry political hack who uses religion as a tool.

But how does Falwell face his congregation? How does Lahaye write books about the horrors of false prophets and the evil anti christ and then hang out with Moon's organization?

How does a Cardinal in South America meet with reps of Moon's grand plan political front, the Universal Peace Federation? You would think someone pull him to the side and say "Hey fella, Moon is aiding - likley pushing - Milingo to subvert the preisthood as you know it, maybe this isn't such a good idea?"

Read about the Cardinal here:
http://www.peacefederation.org/upf/tour2006/nations/index.php?rep ort_id=814&event_id=195

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by Frederick Clarkson on Sun Sep 24, 2006 at 08:52:37 PM EST