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November 15, 2013 12:15 PM

The Fall of the House of Moon
posted by dortmunder (18 comments total)

Jesus, Buddha, Hitler, and Stalin had been “reborn as new persons” through his teachings

If they didn't promptly walk into a bar, that wastes a potentially epic joke.
posted by graymouser at 12:28 PM on November 15, 2013 [6 favorites]

hahahahahahahah oh wait, was that the wrong reaction?
posted by petrilli at 12:31 PM on November 15, 2013 [2 favorites]

Wow, what a strange story.
posted by rcraniac at 12:33 PM on November 15, 2013

A self-aggrandizing anti-communist wife-beater? Somewhere there's a universe where Moon and Ayn Rand joined forces. I'm staying far the hell away from it.
posted by Iridic at 12:34 PM on November 15, 2013 [2 favorites]

As a sidebar, there was an interesting episode of Strangers recently about a young couple who were raised in the Unification Church.

Bias note: I'm the show's music supervisor.
posted by mykescipark at 12:41 PM on November 15, 2013

Fascinating article, thanks for posting it.
posted by Diablevert at 12:50 PM on November 15, 2013

Her father [Moon] had come to the United States from Korea nearly 40 years earlier, aiming to “subjugate” America as the first phase in a plan to establish a new world order. Moon had gone on to amass extraordinary political influence, building a vast network of powerful right-wing organizations and forging alliances with every Republican presidential administration since Ronald Reagan’s.

America's Family Values and America First Crowd ought to be proud of what they helped Moon accomplish. What could be more patriotic than cozying up to foreign billionaires who openly plot to subjugate America?

America, love it or subjugate it, I always say.
posted by saulgoodman at 12:55 PM on November 15, 2013 [2 favorites]

Kind of shitty how they put the Bidens in the title like there's some big conspiracy to be revealed. Then it turns out that it was little more than a poorly made business decision and had basically nothing to do with the cult, while Dennis Hastert giving a speech at that loontastic "kingdom kickoff" barely gets a WTF. Anything to pull in the eyeballs, I guess.
posted by kjs3 at 1:26 PM on November 15, 2013 [4 favorites]

This video is something. Mrs Moon makes a grand entrance around 1:10 (that's one hour and ten minutes, mind.)
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed at 1:44 PM on November 15, 2013

Everything i know about Moon I learned from Bloom County.
posted by chapps at 1:57 PM on November 15, 2013 [3 favorites]

Bias note: I'm the show's music supervisor.

Bias note: I'm the Grand Unification Church's music supervisor.
posted by infinitywaltz at 2:21 PM on November 15, 2013

Bias note: I'm the Grand Unification Church's music supervisor.

As someone who had to wade through every recording of the Unification hymns, I must say I don't envy you...
posted by mykescipark at 2:47 PM on November 15, 2013 [1 favorite]

Interesting read.
posted by ph00dz at 3:32 PM on November 15, 2013

Mefi's own John Goren is responsible for breaking the senate office crowning ceremony story.
posted by hortense at 3:40 PM on November 15, 2013 [3 favorites]

Shared the glory here.
posted by hortense at 3:52 PM on November 15, 2013 [1 favorite]

I'm somewhat disappointed that the anthem wasn't written by Credence.
posted by arcticseal at 4:21 PM on November 15, 2013

Bit rot has hit the original MeFi article, at least the link to the first important picture, which is not now available at
gorenfeld.net/blog//2004_05_01_barchive.html#108362997653753669

(Moderators please note, the above is not a link. It wouldn't be even if it were hidden behind a clickable word; it's in clear text in hope someone will recognize it and know how to find what should be there)
posted by hank at 9:22 PM on November 15, 2013

This is one of the most captivating things I've read in a very long time. The whole article is completely fascinating.
posted by Auden at 2:48 AM on November 16, 2013