On July 8, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was stabbed (shot) to death.
The motive for the assassination of Abe suspect, 41-year-old former Maritime Self-Defense Force member Tetsuya Yamagami, was further revealed. The Japanese police revealed to the media that Yamagami's resentment against a "religious group" turned into a killing intention against Abe.
On the afternoon of July 11, the Japanese branch of South Korea's "Unification Religion" held a press conference, acknowledging that the "Unification Church" was related to the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, saying that Tetsuya Yama's mother was indeed a believer.
So is the "unification religion", the "religious group" in the mouth of the Japanese media, really a religious group? What is its true face?
The sinful act of the "Unification Church"
"Unification Religion", formerly known as the "World Association of Christian Unity Deities", later renamed "World Federation of Peaceful and Unified Families", originated in South Korea, headquartered in the United States, the founder is Wen Mingming.
In his youth, the text was distinct
Born on February 25, 1920 in Dingju County, PyonganBuk-do, North Korea, to a peasant family, At the age of 10, the family embraced the "Christian Presbyterian Church".
- Deifying images and covering up sins
Wen Mingming claimed that when he climbed a hill at the age of 15, he was inspired by the so-called "Jesus" and was determined to save all mankind. Wen Mingming also changed his name from "Long Ming" to "Ming Ming", claiming that he would make the world "distinct".
Since then, Wen Ming has become the "messenger of Christ", and later, claiming to be the embodiment of Jesus, has come to earth again, and has said with great shame: "I am greater than Jesus himself." ”
It was this married "messenger of Christ" who forcibly married a female believer Kim in Pyongyang, North Korea, and was denounced by Kim's husband and sentenced to five and a half years in prison for bigamy. In 1950, the Korean War broke out, and Moon fled to South Korea. On May 1, 1954, Moon Established the "Unification Church" in South Korea, initially hanging up the sign of "Striving for the Unification of the World's Christian Churches".
In 1960, the 40-year-old Wen Mingming married 17-year-old Han Hezi and called himself a "holy marriage".
Wen Ming couple
Mr. and Mrs. Wen Mingming are called "true fathers of the universe" and "true mothers of the universe" by believers in the "Unification Religion" and accept the worship of believers.
- "Group wedding", absurd farce
Wen Mingming often used the "72-hour preaching method" to lock beautiful female believers in their own rooms under the guise of teaching doctrine and force them to seize the virginity of female believers. He claimed that if a person were to be saved, he would have to accept the distinctly pure blood of the Coming of Christ, i.e., to undergo a "blood conversion" with him through sexual relations; Whoever maintains a physical relationship with him can give birth to a savior, and Wen Ming also carries the believers to the collective fornication, saying that sexual intercourse with those of pure blood is the great duty of the individual to save and save mankind.
The most notorious of the "Unification Church" is the "group wedding", that is, the "matching marriage". The combination of these brides and grooms is all randomly designated by Wen Ming. They married not for love, but to have children of the so-called "unaltered sin" and to accomplish the mission of expanding the "world of God."
"Group Wedding" held by "Unification Church"
On June 5, 2017, the Washington Post published an article by Carla Jones, reporting that she had been designated by Wen Mingming to "marry", participate in the "Unification Church" group wedding, and spend 16 years in a loveless marriage.
Carla Jones stands in the middle, filmed at a wedding in Seoul in 1995
Makeup artist Lani Barry grew up in a family that embraced the "Unification Church", and her parents were deeply influenced by the main text and were appointed by Wen Ming to marry through "mating". This combination did not bring happiness and joy to the family and children, Lane Barry was deeply distressed and tired of the harm caused by the "Unification Church" to herself and her family very early on, and she hated Wen Clearly from the bottom of her heart, determined to get rid of the "Unity Religion", and then she wrote her own mental journey into an article and published it on a women's voice website.
- Seducing believers, bad deeds
Founded in 1972, Xianwen University, which has specialized disciplines such as theology, humanities, and electronics, has deliberately infiltrated mainland colleges and universities under the cover of carrying out cooperation in college education, and has lured Chinese teenagers into education.
What is particularly frightening is that some believers have embarked on a dead end under the deception of their fallacious reasoning and heresy. On the afternoon of August 22, 2013, three Japanese "Unification Church" believers set themselves on fire in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, causing the serious consequences of killing one person on the spot and seriously injuring two others. Two days later, August 24 is the 18th day of the lunar calendar, which is the first anniversary of Wen Mingming's death.
Three Japanese "Unification Church" believers at the scene of self-immolation in South Korea
During the 2020 new crown pneumonia epidemic, the "Unified Education" media "Washington Times" hyped the rumor that "the new crown virus leaked from the Wuhan laboratory", which had a bad impact.
- Frenzied enrichment, squeezing believers
Wen Mingming told believers that new people must bring more than three people to join the "Unification Church" in order to become "devotees." The "devotees" have to donate money and materials, work without compensation, and are also forced to sell the task of selling flowers, ginseng tea, honey, etc., at several times or even ten times the price of their value.
The "Unification Church" also made fraudulent donations, under the pretext of allowing believers to contribute money and labor. Some powerful believers also use their personal resources to help Wen Ming open up the international market.
In addition to the above methods of extraction, believers are required to hand over all income from the first three years of their accession to the church, and after three years they pay tithes. The "Unification Church" tells believers that they can atone for their sins by paying money or helping the church raise funds.
For example, the 21st Century Friends Association, a spin-off of the Unification Church, is made up of about 30 adherents. Within the organization, believers are required to live together according to certain rules, and fines are compulsorily paid, and corporal punishment is imposed on believers. Believers are not only mentally controlled, but also squeezed out of money and subjected to violence for a long time.
According to Japan's "Nikkan Cult News" network (やや日刊カルト新聞) on December 15, 2015, the top brass of the "Unification Church" frantically amassed wealth, and believers "have been donating money to the church since childhood, even if they borrow money." A Korean-American "Unification Church" believer was arrested by the Japanese police by mailing threatening packages to the top "Unification Church" leaders in Seoul, South Korea.
Through various names, the "Unification Church" amassed huge wealth; Wen Mingxing invested this money in the fields of industry and commerce and finance, providing a steady stream of ill-gotten wealth for himself to maintain a luxurious life.
According to the New York Times, Wen Mingming's children spend up to $9,000 per month in pocket money; And they can get $40,000 a month after marriage. One of Wen's daughters loves to ride horses, so he spent tens of millions of dollars to build an equestrian center in Britain for her to play.
It was this "unification religion" that deceived Yamayama's mother's life savings and rich family property, resulting in family breakdown and difficulties in life, and Yamagami also felt hatred.
Moon died in South Korea in September 2012, and the group is currently divided into several factions.
Is the "Unification Church" a religious group?
The status of the so-called "religious community" of the "Unification Church" has been questioned. As early as January 9, 1976, Robert Doyle, a member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, wrote to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, exposing that the "Unification Church" was not a purely religious organization, but a mind-controlling institution whose main purpose was to seize wealth and power; Wen Ming personally lived a lavish life on the wealth donated by believers. Therefore, the "Unification Church" should not be granted tax exemption rights from religious groups. The IRS conducted an investigation into the Unification Church. In 1981, the U.S. Department of Justice convicted Mr. Wen and his gang of tax evasion, conspiracy to perjury, and obstruction of justice, and sentenced them to 18 months in prison and a $25,000 fine, while denying that the "Unification Church" was a religious group.
The Japanese Christian circles believe that the "Unification Church" is a cult organization. In May 2017, the Japanese Christian News website published a feature article titled "How to Deal with Heresies and Cults?" 》。 According to the report, the "unification church" doctrine has content such as forced service, compulsory donations, and the absolute power of pastors, which are all characteristics of cult groups. In the interview, two pastors, including Mitsuki Meio, believe that the "Unification Church" is a cult organization with a certain anti-ideological and anti-social movement nature.
The "unification religion" has been cracked down and investigated by many governments. In the late 1970s, some local governments in the United States began to investigate and deal with the illegal acts of the "Unification Church", and in 1981 and 1982, they twice accused Wen Ming of tax evasion and the manufacture of fake documents. In 1982, the French police acted simultaneously in eight major cities, including Paris, arresting more than 60 key members of the church, and the British, German, Norwegian and other governments also took vigilance measures against the church. On August 7, 2013, the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan upheld the first instance and retrial judgment prohibiting the "United Religion of Unity" from operating in Kyrgyzstan, and the Supreme Court also issued a judgment banning the "World Peace Family Alliance", a hidden branch of the "Unity Religion".
On July 12, China Anti-Cult Network interviewed Wu Weiqing, member of the Standing Committee of the Two Churches of China, director general and vice president of the Beijing Municipal Church of Christ, and senior pastor of the Haidian Church of Christ, regarding the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and related to the "Unification Church."
Pastor Wu believes that although the members of the "Unification Church" call themselves "Christians" and carry the banner of religion, in fact, what its leader Wen Ming clearly preaches is not in line with the basic teachings of Christianity. For example, the "Unification Religion" enshrines the "Doctrine of Principles" (a collection of wenming remarks) as a classic, and replaces the status of the Bible, denies the belief in the "Trinity", distorts the "Trinity" as only "God's plan", and Wen Mingming fabricates that the plan is a combination of God and Wen Mingming (true father) and "true mother" (Wen Mingming's wife Han Hezi). These are gross distortions of the fundamental teachings of Christianity. The "Unification Church" requires believers to give a large amount of money, which is a means of strengthening its control over believers and swindling money to accumulate wealth; Christian churches do not force believers to donate, believers donate completely voluntarily, the church will also remind believers to do what they can, and the donation income received by the church is fully used for the church's own operation and social welfare activities. The so-called "unification religion" founded by Wen Mingming is not a religious organization of righteous faith, still less a Christian group, but an out-and-out cult organization. It is hoped that the ordinary people in society and the broad masses of religious believers will be vigilant and pay attention to discernment.
It can be seen from this that although the "Unification Church" is under the banner of Christianity, its various acts and the crimes behind it have been recognized by more and more people, and many governments have also cracked down on its illegal acts.
This time, with the continuous fermentation of the assassination of Shinzo Abe, the cult organization of the "Unification Sect" has been pushed to the world and has become the focus of attention, believing that its original appearance and past bad deeds will be further discovered and exposed. It is hoped that the broad masses of the people will be able to recognize it in a timely manner and heighten their vigilance.
Some sources: Global Network, CCTV Network, China Anti-Cult Network, Kaifeng Network, etc.