To see the entire two hour debate go to: "DEBATE WITH REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON "UNIFICATION CHURCH" DISCIPLES #1: WAS JESUS CHRIST A FAILURE? at [ Ссылка ] & "DEBATE WITH REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON "UNIFICATION CHURCH" DISCIPLES #2: IS MOON BETTER THAN JESUS?" at [ Ссылка ] . Larry Wessels, director of Christian Answers (CANSWERSTV at [ Ссылка ] and Steve Morrison, Ph.D, director of Research (Steve is the creator of all 3 of our websites: [ Ссылка ] , [ Ссылка ] & [ Ссылка ] debate two official representatives of the "Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity" alias Sun Myung Moon's "Unification Church." Rev. Moon, who was born in Korea in 1920, wrote a book called "The Divine Principle" in which he claimed Jesus was a failure because he got himself crucified instead of getting married & having kids, the cross was "Satan's victory not God's," the Holy Spirit is a female spirit, the Trinity is false, Rev. Moon is "God's Messenger" & Messiah, that Jesus cannot save us physically, that Jesus is not God in the flesh, that Jesus Christ is not coming back literally, & on the list goes. Moonies call Moon "greater than Jesus" & "Lord of the Second Advent."

This debate is a direct result of a challenge made by the Unification Church to Christian Answers of Austin, Texas/ Christian Debater for a televised debate. Christian Answers had aired a four hour series on Austin's Public Access Channel going out to 300,000 households in the Austin, Texas & surrounding areas. The series was entitled, "Moonstruck" and covered the following topics: "Moonstruck: Rev. Moon's "Church" #1: History & Teachings of Moon's Cult" at [ Ссылка ] , "Moonstruck: Rev. Moon's "Church" #2: Divine Principle or Satanic Paradigm?" at [ Ссылка ] , "Moonstruck: Rev. Moon's "Church" #3: Moon's god vs. the Triune God" at [ Ссылка ] & "Moonstruck: Rev. Moon's "Church" #4: Semantic Deception - Moon is Not the Son" at [ Ссылка ] Moonies are particularly active around centers of higher learning such as universities and colleges. Austin has many such institutions so this series was helpful in reaching many students attending there by way of the public access TV channel.

For more about Reverend Moon & his Unification Church see our website at [ Ссылка ] . Also see our playlist called "Dealing with AntiChrist Cults, "New Age" & World Religions" with 73 videos at [ Ссылка ] .

The Unification Church is a cult founded by Rev. Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012), who started it in Seoul, Korea, in 1954. The official name of the Unification Church is the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (founded as the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity); it is currently led by Hak Ja Han, Moon’s widow.

Unificationism immediately became controversial, as Moon believed that the Bible could not be understood without the aid of his book Divine Teaching, which he claimed was divinely inspired. Moon amassed quite a fortune for himself as the leader of the Unification Church—by the time he died in 2012, he was worth millions. Moon led his followers, sometimes referred to as “Moonies,” to do many bizarre things. The Unification Church spent $48 million to produce an anti-communist movie. The movie flopped. Perhaps the movement is most notorious is for the mass wedding of 3,000 couples in 1992.

The Unification Church is a false church. First, let us compare what the Bible says about false teachers to the life of Sun Myung Moon. According to 1 Timothy 6:3, teaching that is from God leads to holy and righteous living. Moon was accused of sexual impurity on numerous occasions. Moon was also convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to prison. The apostle Jude warns the church about men who would turn grace into a license for ungodly behavior (Jude 1:4).

Second, the Unification Church is characterized by false, unbiblical theology. According to Moon’s teaching, man is visible God, and God is the invisible form of man (see Hebrews 2:6–8 for a clear refutation of this). In fact, Moon crowned himself the “King of Peace” in 2004 and claimed to be the Messiah and Savior of the world; he also claimed his wife was the Holy Spirit. The purported goal of Unificationism is world peace through the creation of “true families.” Rev. Moon and his wife presented themselves as the “True Parents” and the first to have children who were sinless. Unificationism teaches that dead people can return to earth for a second chance to atone for some of their sin.

Aside from being theologically dangerous to a person's soul Moon's "church" uses deceptive tactics and mind-control practices.

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