Just happened to stumble on Jack’s question. I am not a seminary grad, the following is my answer and doesn’t represent Unificationists as a whole:
Rev. Moon’s family converted to Christianity. Even in his youth he was intensely serious about understanding the Bible. Prayer, study and spiritual conditions lead to revelations culminating in the “Divine Principle (Unification theology) very much based on the Bible. While there is a great deal of overlap with traditional Christian teaching it basically rejects the Nicene Creed, the main Christian statement of belief.
Other faiths i.e. Mormonism, Jehovah Whiteness, similarly reject the creed but insist that they are Christian. As a faithful Unificationist myself it’s a non-issue whether I’m considered Christian or not. The important thing is that we have ‘Judeo-Christian values’. In some respects our theology has more in common with Judaism, especially say with Christology.
Left out of the movie list were “Flatliners” (1990) starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt. It was a bit scary dealing with the afterlife in an interesting way. The previous year had “Always”. More of a romantic drama. Directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss. I’m sure I could think of more in time.
However, while many people believe, what explanation is there that makes sense in relation to the scientific understanding of the universe? I don’t see much interest in discussion of this, even within Unification Thought seminars.
Jack
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Are you Bible believing Christians.
My understanding is that Moon had been a Christian pastor at first.
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Scott Dolfay
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Just happened to stumble on Jack’s question. I am not a seminary grad, the following is my answer and doesn’t represent Unificationists as a whole:
Rev. Moon’s family converted to Christianity. Even in his youth he was intensely serious about understanding the Bible. Prayer, study and spiritual conditions lead to revelations culminating in the “Divine Principle (Unification theology) very much based on the Bible. While there is a great deal of overlap with traditional Christian teaching it basically rejects the Nicene Creed, the main Christian statement of belief.
Other faiths i.e. Mormonism, Jehovah Whiteness, similarly reject the creed but insist that they are Christian. As a faithful Unificationist myself it’s a non-issue whether I’m considered Christian or not. The important thing is that we have ‘Judeo-Christian values’. In some respects our theology has more in common with Judaism, especially say with Christology.
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Scott Dolfay
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Left out of the movie list were “Flatliners” (1990) starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt. It was a bit scary dealing with the afterlife in an interesting way. The previous year had “Always”. More of a romantic drama. Directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss. I’m sure I could think of more in time.
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Frank Bell
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However, while many people believe, what explanation is there that makes sense in relation to the scientific understanding of the universe? I don’t see much interest in discussion of this, even within Unification Thought seminars.
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