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2/26/2004

Money and the Moon Missionary

As a follow-up to the post below on the Center for Disease Control giving money to something called the "International Federation for World Peace," here are some of the IIFWP expenses your tax dollars will be helping to offset -- or would have.

Why, for starters...well, have you any idea how expensive it is to ship Moon's religious texts to Africa? You're looking at $2,900, the Moonists say, for the IIFWP to ship a single 20-foot container of "Level 4 Principle Books." Furthermore, there will be 40-day "Divine Principle and Unification Thought" lessons to pay for. (Credit is due for their use of Linux, of course.)

The IIFWP is also involved in Moon's ceremonies to tear down the Christian cross, the idea being that this would expedite worship of the Rev. as the Messiah. I didn't make this up.

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"John Gorenfeld: The first man on the Moon"
-- Ana Marie Cox ("Wonkette," Time.com Washington editor)

"Thanks to the superb reporting of John Gorenfeld on Salon.com and his indispensable Web page, Moon's shenanigans are routinely scrutinized. Maybe some of Gorenfeld's discernment will rub off on preachers and politicians."
-- Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist

"The scene summoned the moment in Robert Graves's "I, Claudius" when Emperor Caligula declares himself a god in the Roman Senate; a fawning solon instantly offers a prayer."
-- New York Times editorial on the Crown of Peace scandal

"I am happy that our work is being challenged and improved in consistency, openness and coordination, by the accountability your spotlight demands. I am not talking about simply removing stuff from websites..."
-- Moon spokesman the Rev. Phil Schanker

"Instead of welcoming Reverend Moon, this government put me into prison. History will reveal the truth in the future and the American government and people will realize what an evil thing they did. What will they do then? They will bow down. Again, that is the way of natural subjugation." -- Moon in 1987

"A political movement basing its appeal on old fashioned patriotism and family values simply cannot justify an alliance with a cult that preys on the disintegration of the American family and advocates allegiance to an international social order operating with cell-like secrecy."
-- Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA)

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