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Line 23: − − ===Driksen building coronation=== − − In the Driksen building of the U.S. Senate in March 2004, Sun Myung Moon and his wife were clothed with kingly robes and crowned with golden crowns. Moon took the title ''King of Peace'' and made a long speech, in which he stated, − − <blockquote>Emperors, kings and presidents... have declared to all Heaven and Earth that Reverend Sun Myung Moon is none other than humanity's Savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent.</blockquote> − − <blockquote>The founders of five great religions and many other leaders in the spirit world, including even [[Communist]] leaders such as [[Marx]] and [[Lenin]]... and dictators such as [[Hitler]] and [[Stalin]], have found strength in my teachings, mended their ways and been reborn as new persons.</blockquote> − − <blockquote>In the context of heaven's providence, I am God's ambassador, sent to earth with His full authority. I am sent to accomplish His command to save the world's 6 billion people, restoring them to heaven with the original goodness in which they were created.</blockquote> − − Certain prominent politicians took part in the ceremony, stating afterwards that they were misled into participating.<ref>The Washington Post, Wednesday, June 23, 2004; Page A01</ref><ref> http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38947</ref> Line 142:
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move down "coronation" controversy
The Unification Church is estimated to own or have a substantial interest in approximately 300 financial institutions all over the world, including publishers, jewellers, and clothing stores,<ref>[http://www.carm.org/religious-movements/-religions-list/unification-church CARM, ''The Unification Church'']</ref> as well as substantial influence in Bridgeport Academy and University of Bridgeport.
The Unification Church is estimated to own or have a substantial interest in approximately 300 financial institutions all over the world, including publishers, jewellers, and clothing stores,<ref>[http://www.carm.org/religious-movements/-religions-list/unification-church CARM, ''The Unification Church'']</ref> as well as substantial influence in Bridgeport Academy and University of Bridgeport.
==Theological development and doctrine==
==Theological development and doctrine==
In 2003, a Unification organization, American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC) implemented a program designed to persuade Christian churches to remove the cross in their buildings and to replace them with the crown, which is Moon’s preferred symbol. "This campaign, called Tear Down the Cross, culminated in Moon’s high priests holding a ceremony outside Jerusalem in which they buried a 4-foot cross wrapped in Moon’s flag, declaring it to be 'the symbol of Satan’s victory in the Church.”<ref>http://michiganmessenger.com/1129/moon-cults-awards-banquet-disguised-as-innocuous</ref>
In 2003, a Unification organization, American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC) implemented a program designed to persuade Christian churches to remove the cross in their buildings and to replace them with the crown, which is Moon’s preferred symbol. "This campaign, called Tear Down the Cross, culminated in Moon’s high priests holding a ceremony outside Jerusalem in which they buried a 4-foot cross wrapped in Moon’s flag, declaring it to be 'the symbol of Satan’s victory in the Church.”<ref>http://michiganmessenger.com/1129/moon-cults-awards-banquet-disguised-as-innocuous</ref>
===Driksen building coronation===
In the Driksen building of the U.S. Senate in March 2004, Sun Myung Moon and his wife were clothed with kingly robes and crowned with golden crowns. Moon took the title ''King of Peace'' and made a long speech, in which he stated,
<blockquote>Emperors, kings and presidents... have declared to all Heaven and Earth that Reverend Sun Myung Moon is none other than humanity's Savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent.</blockquote>
<blockquote>The founders of five great religions and many other leaders in the spirit world, including even [[Communist]] leaders such as [[Marx]] and [[Lenin]]... and dictators such as [[Hitler]] and [[Stalin]], have found strength in my teachings, mended their ways and been reborn as new persons.</blockquote>
<blockquote>In the context of heaven's providence, I am God's ambassador, sent to earth with His full authority. I am sent to accomplish His command to save the world's 6 billion people, restoring them to heaven with the original goodness in which they were created.</blockquote>
Certain prominent politicians took part in the ceremony, stating afterwards that they were misled into participating.<ref>The Washington Post, Wednesday, June 23, 2004; Page A01</ref><ref> http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38947</ref>
==References==
==References==