Episode 15 - The Moonies

Click the link below if you want to support our podcast. Thanks Cult Fam! https://anchor.fm/theculturepod/support Anna and Mark discuss Sun Myung Moon's group who originated under the name of the Unification Church in South Korea. Moon hears from God as a youth and must finish the work that Jesus started. This group takes a lot from other spiritual beliefs in South East Asia, but is probably most well-known for their large "blessing ceremonies" that peaked in 2009 with 20,000 people attending. Although this group was at its height in the 1960-80s, it still exists today and Mark thinks it wont be the last we hear about this group. Thanks for listening cult fam, and remember not to drink the kool-aid. Follow us on instagram for images for this episode @The.Cult.ure Sources for this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_Church http://familyfed.org/about-us/ https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/9-things-know-unification-church/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/03/moonie-cult-leader https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/30/archives/the-pull-of-sun-moon-thousands-of-young-americans-believe-he-has.html https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/authors/sun-myung-moon-net-worth/ https://www.ozy.com/news-and-politics/meet-the-billionaire-holy-mother-of-the-unification-church/80841/ http://www.cs.cornell.edu/info/people/kreitz/Christian/Cults/6.moon.pdf https://www.britannica.com/topic/Confucianism