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http://toogoodreports.com/column/general/kincaid/20020930.htm Washington Times Owner Thinks The U.N. Is Relevant By Cliff Kincaid [Monday, September 30, 2002; 12:01 a.m. EST] Is the United Nations relevant? Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church and the Washington Times, thinks so. That´s why he´s putting so much effort into making the U.N. a world power. Consider a report by U.N. reporter Betsy Pisik in the Washington Times on September 23: "A group of religious leaders and political figures are exploring the possibility of adding a new council to the United Nations, one that would add a spiritual dimension to the economic, political and social prisms of U.N. problem solving. At the end of the article, she disclosed: "The IIFWP was created in 1999 by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church." Times editor Wesley Pruden always insists that Moon has nothing to do with the journalistic content of the paper. Yet here is Pisik plugging a Moon operation. In a September 21 speech entitled, "G-d's Fatherland and the One World," Moon spoke to "renowned diplomats and leaders of the United Nations" In New York and said that G-d´s new Kingdom "will recognize democracy and communism as failed systems." "Because Jesus died prematurely, however, this world was established only spiritually," Moon went on to say. He explained, "Jesus came to establish a nation, one nation. He was not able to establish this nation both in spirit and flesh; he established it only in spirit. That is why Christianity today does not have a substantial nation on the earth." Directly denying the divinity of Jesus Christ, Moon declared: "Even Jesus is waiting in Paradise. We need to know that he has not yet gone before Heaven's throne." So Jesus Christ was a failure. That´s Moon´s theology. Moon spouts this nonsense because he, Moon, believes he is the true Christ. And a reunified Korea is supposed to be the "Fatherland." At the May 21 Washington Times 20th anniversary celebration, where Dr. Laura delivered a keynote speech, Moon said he hoped "that The Washington Times, UPI, and other major media will accept this lofty command from Heaven and take up the task of educating humankind, taking a stance beyond religion and ideology." It appears that the Times is complying. Also consider a September 17, 2002, story by George Archibald on 10 "Ambassadors for peace" being recognized. The first two paragraphs of the story said:
One of the "Ambassadors" was Angela Sailor, associate director, White House office of public liaison. In an August 12, 2002, article in the International Herald Tribune, Barry James noted another Moon effort at the U.N. He reported: "Three organizations affiliated with the Unification Church, Which is headed by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, have been granted NGO status by the United Nations. Another Moon group, the World Association of Non-Government Organizations, falsely poses as the world voice of the voluntary associations." UPI is the latest edition to Moon´s media empire. On September 25, UPI announced that Dr. Chung Hwan Kwak has been named chairman, chief executive officer and president of the wire service. He was identified as chairman of the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. and Sun Moon University in Seoul, South Korea. It said, "He chairs a number of non-profit and international charitable organizations, including the Inter Religious and International Federation for World Peace, the Professors World Peace Academy, the International Cultural Foundation, the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, and the World Culture and Sports Festival among others." All of these are Moon fronts. I used to tell my conservative friends that Sun Myung Moon didn´t control the news and editorial coverage of the Times. I told them that several top editors and reporters are NOT members of Moon's Unification Church. The paper runs many good stories and editorials. But these and recent developments have now convinced me that Moon's ideology/theology is being propagated through the pages of "America's newspaper." For other examples please go to Latest News. Since the end of the Cold War, there has been an ominous turn in Moon's activities, away from perceived anti-communism to a pro-United Nations view of the world. This shows up regularly in the Washington Times. Moon received a "Universal Peace Award" at the U.N. and has declared, "As long as America sticks with its nationalistic pride it will never be able to embrace the world." Moon even conducted one of his notorious "mass weddings" at the United Nations itself on January 27, 2001. The event was covered by Larry Witham, religion correspondent of the Times and identified member of the Unification Church, in a story the next day. This is when Moon called the U.N. a "temple of peace." Moon's turn toward the U.N. could reflect a belief that the U.N. could help protect his global business dealings. He does business in China, North Korea and Vietnam. The Moon connection to North Korea is most striking. Moon met with and was extremely close to North Korean dictator Kim Il-Sung, whose successor and son, Kim Jong-Il, gave Moon a birthday gift. One can be certain Moon´s media empire won´t report on the new book by Emmanuel Milingo, the African archbishop who shocked Catholics by marrying a Korean bride in one of Moon's mass weddings. In the book, he says, "Maybe I was the object of a type of brainwashing." He adds, "I didn't realize what I was getting myself into. I only understood later that it (the wedding) was a way of them getting total control over me." In the book, written by Milingo with Italian journalist Michele Zanzucchi, Milingo says the Unification Church wanted to use him to set up a "parallel Catholic Church" in Africa, autonomous from Rome, in which he would have been the head. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om |
