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Rev. Moon Sun-myung, the founder of the Unification Church, a business and media mogul, died today in a hospital in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi. He was 92. The religious leader passed away shortly before 2 a.m. at the Cheongshim International Medical Center, Unification Church-affiliated hospital, due to complication from pneumonia.
Moon was initially admitted to the intensive care unit at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Aug. 14 for symptoms of colds and pneumonia. After doctors stated that his condition was “not treatable with current medicine,” he was transferred to Cheongshim on Friday.
The head of a multibillion-dollar business empire, which included a media corporation that founded the Washington Times in 1982, was born January 6, 1920 in the North Korean province of North Pyongan and after enduring prison camp there, moved to the South in 1950.
In 1954, Moon founded the controversial Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity in Seoul, known as the Unification Church, which eventually spread in popularity in the United States and across the world.
The church, most known for its mass weddings, claims to have millions of followers in 194 countries around the world. The funeral is scheduled to take place on Sept. 15 at the Cheongshim Peace World Center in Gapyeong after a 13-day mourning period.
The burial will be at Mt. Cheonseung, in Gyeonggi, said the Church. A memorial altar will be set up for the religious leader on Thursday, who has faced imprisonment six times in his life. Moon’s youngest son Rev. Moon Hyung-jin took over the leadership of the church in 2008.
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Date: 2012-09-03 02:38 pm (UTC)But sometimes I really wish they could clone Onew, so that I can get one too! XDD
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Date: 2012-09-03 04:30 pm (UTC)i wonder if they're getting along
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Date: 2012-09-03 06:10 am (UTC)*shrug* and the service is on a mountain? if they put him in a cave and roll a boulder into the mouth, I'm done.
thoughts are with his family though. death is never easy on the ones left behind:\
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Date: 2012-09-03 06:14 am (UTC)maybe his church isn't that popular here, i don't know
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Date: 2012-09-03 06:32 am (UTC)Me and friends were on a korean language scholarship and the government chose SunMoon Unv. so we ended up living there for a year. They would make us participate in events and stuff from the church. so freaking weird.
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Date: 2012-09-03 08:15 am (UTC)Also, Rev. Moon's family promoted the image of an ideal family for all followers to emulate, yet his own children have had many issues with drugs, adultery, etc. They basically let their children grow up in the US doing anything and everything they please, while the parents instituted marriages to random strangers they've recruited, sometimes splitting up families in the process, and having their followers so brainwashed.
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Date: 2012-09-03 08:42 am (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2012-09-03 08:07 am (UTC)I actually had to go look this up.
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Date: 2012-09-03 05:53 pm (UTC)Perhaps you know by now, but Korea has tons of Christian missionaries, extremists, and loons. I've always felt a little out of the loop here in the US because most of the Koreans I know are Christian, while my family's Buddhist and I'm agnostic.
Some crazy videos:
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Date: 2012-09-03 06:43 pm (UTC)Like someone said above, I remember Moonies being almost like a shorthand for mad religious cult, pretty much like Scientology is today.
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