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When a national emergency comes, a soldier leaves his wife and children behind temporarily and goes out to defend his country.
The '''Unification Church''' was founded in 1954 by [[Sun Myung Moon]], a religious minister who was raised in a [[Christian]] household. Moon was originally from northern [[Korea]] and founded ''The [[Washington Times]]'', a conservative newspaper. The church's adherents were known colloquially as "Moonies" until the late 1980s or early 1990s. The church preaches a [[universalist]] doctrine of [[salvation]] based on a doctrine called the Unification Principle.<ref>The church's teachings are written in Korean, and were re-translated in 1996 as ''Exposition of the Divine Principle'' [http://www.unification.net/dp96/] </ref> Rev. Moon, calling himself the Lord of the Second Advent, believes he is the new [[messiah]], sent to complete the elimination of evil, the establishment of a perfect society on earth and the cleansing of mankind of [[original sin]].
The '''Unification Church''' was founded in 1954 by [[Sun Myung Moon]], a religious minister who was raised in a [[Christian]] household. Moon was originally from northern [[Korea]] and founded ''The [[Washington Times]]'', a conservative newspaper. The church's adherents were known colloquially as "Moonies" until the late 1980s or early 1990s. The church preaches a [[universalist]] doctrine of [[salvation]] based on a doctrine called the Unification Principle.<ref>The church's teachings are written in Korean, and were re-translated in 1996 as ''Exposition of the Divine Principle'' [http://www.unification.net/dp96/] </ref> Rev. Moon, calling himself the Lord of the Second Advent, believes he is the new [[messiah]], sent to complete the elimination of evil, the establishment of a perfect society on earth and the cleansing of mankind of [[original sin]].
==Mass suicide rumor==
==Complaints about the church==
===Separating families===
Rev. Moon said,
:It truly is an irony. However, from the spiritual point of view, a great blessing is coming to those families because their sons and daughters are working for this new messianic mission of the Unification Church. Furthermore, this is a heavenly emergency on a worldwide scale. When a national emergency comes, a soldier leaves his wife and children behind temporarily and goes out to defend his country. From God's point of view, these children have been summoned for the greatest heavenly emergency and a most glorious mission. The incredible grievances and complaints come only because people do not see this spiritual aspect.
I have never divided families or broken homes. Actually, in many cases, I have restored families and united them in happiness. I have received numerous thank-you letters from grateful parents. In some other cases, families are trying to blame me for damage that was done long before.<ref>[http://www.euro-tongil.org/swedish/english/esontag.htm Interview conducted by Frederick Sontag]</ref>
===Mass suicide rumor===
In the aftermath of the [[Jonestown Massacre]], rumors circulated that Unification Church members were of like mind to members of the [[People's Temple]]. However, basic differences include a prohibition on [[suicide]] (classed by the church as a worse sin than [[murder]]), an international base (as opposed to one large, local community); minimal pressure to maintain membership, resulting in a 94% voluntary dropout rate in the years 1975 to 1995, a repudiation of the doctrine of [[Reincarnation]], and an God-centered ideological opposition to [[Marxism]].<ref>The church published ''Communism: A critique and counterproposal'' in the 1970s</ref>
In the aftermath of the [[Jonestown Massacre]], rumors circulated that Unification Church members were of like mind to members of the [[People's Temple]]. However, basic differences include a prohibition on [[suicide]] (classed by the church as a worse sin than [[murder]]), an international base (as opposed to one large, local community); minimal pressure to maintain membership, resulting in a 94% voluntary dropout rate in the years 1975 to 1995, a repudiation of the doctrine of [[Reincarnation]], and an God-centered ideological opposition to [[Marxism]].<ref>The church published ''Communism: A critique and counterproposal'' in the 1970s</ref>
==Anti-semitism charge==
===Anti-semitism charge===
Despite its large percentage of Jewish members, the Church has been dogged by charges of [[anti-Semitism]] for many years, and in 1976 the American Jewish Committee published the report "Jews and Judaism in Rev. Moon's Divine Principle", asserting that "every time Rev. Moon mentions Jews or Israelites he portrays them collectively as reprobate, with evil intentions."
Despite its large percentage of Jewish members, the Church has been dogged by charges of [[anti-Semitism]] for many years, and in 1976 the American Jewish Committee published the report "Jews and Judaism in Rev. Moon's Divine Principle", asserting that "every time Rev. Moon mentions Jews or Israelites he portrays them collectively as reprobate, with evil intentions."