Responses to Questions on
Unificationism on the Internet - Volume 39
Nov 5, 1996
On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, GR wrote:
> Hello Damian,
>
> I was looking over this posting on the net. I do have a question or
> two for you.
>
> Who do you say is this Messiah?
Jesus came as the Messiah 2000 years ago, but the Messianic mission was
not fulfilled for a variety of reasons, mostly because those who were
prepared to receive and believe in him did not. So in this age, Rev. Sun
Myung Moon has been called on by Jesus to complete the work that Jesus
left unfinished, to eradicate evil and build God's sovereignty on the
Earth.
> I notes you quoted from a number of different religious sources. These
> religions are by nature against each other in teachings. How do you
> place such writings as if they are in agreement, when they are not?
The teachings are more in agreement than they are in disagreement. That is
one of the great contributions of the World Scripture.
Sincerely,
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Nov 5, 1996
From damian@unification.net Mon Nov 4 10:09:52 1996
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 01:56:56 -0500
From: "Damian J. Anderson"
Reply-To: damian@cais.cais.com
To: Unification Texts
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Subject: A back-handed thank-you
On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, SF wrote:
> hey Damian!
>
> i have decided that i will no longer need you to mail me all your
> information anymore...i thiank you for the time that you invested in me
> but i have made a decision about your movement and i do not like what it
> is all about! I have done extensive research regarding your movement and
> i do not agree with almost everything that you stand for! please refrain
> from sending me anything as i am no longer interested! by know means is
> this to be taken personally i am sure that you are a firm believer in
> what you are doing but maybe one day your eyes will open to the truth!
My eyes, ears and heart are always open to the truth and I earnestly pray
daily to God to guide me. You have made a decision that almost everything
the Unification Church stands for is wrong. Somehow, if you do that, you
most certainly oppose scripture. Do you oppose chastity before marriage,
fidelity within marriage, putting God first in our lives, putting the
public purpose before the private purpose, tithing one tenth of all we
have to God, serving the community, raising our children to love God,
putting God at the center of our marriage and family, and so on?
> Good luck!
> SF
No, good luck to you. You are going to need it more than me.
Sincerely,
In the name of the True Parents who come with the mission of Christ to
restore God's Kingdom,
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Nov 5, 1996
On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, mg wrote:
> from your quotes, are you saying that we all worship the same god?
No. Some people worship the god of money. Some people worship the god of
drugs, sex and rock and roll.
But among those who profess to believe in the One God, the absolute,
unchanging, eternal, unique, ultimate reality, the God of True Love, the
Father of us all, yes, it is one and only one God.
Sincerely,
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Nov 5, 1996
Subject: God's worldview and Satan's worldview
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On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, SF wrote:
> Damain...
>
> I am young. My attitudes are not those of someone a generation ahead of
> me! I believe in doing what makes me happy. Not all think that this the
> route to follow through life, however that is what i believe. I do not
> believe in serving a God i believe in serving myself.
This is the philosophy of selfish individualism, the worldview that is
destroying America. This is Satan's worldview.
> I feel sorry for those who dedicate their entire lives to that of
> someone they will never meet or get any rewards from. That to me is
> what you and your movement are doing. You are not concentrating on what
> really makes you happy...you are concentrating on what you are told will
> make you happy. That is wrong.
Better to live for something transcendent of oneself than to live a
worthless life and then die.
> This is the '90's and if you talk to anyone of my generation they will
> say that sex before marriage isn't a crime anymore. Things will never
> remain the same as they were before and anyone who thinks this is living
> in a bubble which will soon be popped and they will surely be shocked as
> to the way that the world has changed while they have been asleep. I
> pity people like this.
You may think that I am asleep because I do not agree with the worldview
of the popular culture: "If it feels good, do it." This is the culture of
free sex, homosexuality, divorce and abortion on demand, euthanasia,
neglect and abuse of the weak, children and elders, the age of denial of
the value of life and family, the age of suicide, the age of nihilism. You
can keep your nihilistic worldview. I want no part of it. It is the broad
road that leads directly to hell, both on this earth and in the next
world.
Those who have promulgated this worldview, with Bill Clinton being its
poster child, value nothing and nobody more highly than their own carnal
desires, money, power, greed, authority, yet God can never be found in
such a place. No lasting value can be found there. God can only be found
in the place of humility, self-sacrifice and self-denial. Only when we
recognize that without God, we are nothing and nobody, can we discover the
true value and purpose of our lives. I came into this world, not by my
will, but by the will of God. I did not have a purpose for my coming here
into this life, but God had a purpose for me. To be happy, truly happy,
you must discover your purpose and mission in life, and pursue it with all
your heart and soul.
> Sure once i am married i hope that my husband is faithful however if he
> chooses to stray then it wasn't true love in the first place. I don't
> feel i will be damned to hell if this happens.
You will already be in hell. No need to wait for the afterlife.
> It is pretty obvious that you do not understand what is going on around
> you or you wouldn't preach at someone for not believing exactly what you
> and your movement do. Think about this...
I understand very well what is happening in our world. I have a little
more life experience than you do, and have seen great joy and great
heartbreak in my life. I do not condemn people who do not believe exactly
as I do, but it pains me when people have no concept of the value of love,
life, marriage, family, God. Such people are blind, deaf and dumb. They
have no concept how lost they are. America must wake up, and you must too.
We are rapidly heading for an abyss, and you will go partying to your doom
unless you open your eyes.
Don't cry for me, cry for yourself, and your wasted life.
Sincerely,
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Nov 5, 1996
From damian@unification.net Tue Nov 5 03:52:18 1996
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 03:52:03 -0500 (EST)
From: "Damian J. Anderson"
Reply-To: damian@cais.cais.com
To: Unification Texts
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Subject: One God
On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, MG wrote:
> sorry, but i never heard of a god of money. can't he be a god of something
> else too? yes, there is only one god, and that is the god of the true
> christian bible. the god of abraham, issac and jacob. the god who, through
> christ, came to this earth to reconcil man to him and paid the price for us.
> is this the god you know, or is it the only other one--the god of your
> imagination...for there can only be one or the other...right?
Yes, you are right, there is only one God, the God of the Bible, the
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. All other gods are false gods. However,
all the monotheistic religions, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, they all
serve the same one true God. That was my point.
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Nov 11, 1996
Subject: Re: false gods
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On 6 Nov 1996 03:57:03 GMT dfeff@aol.com wrote:
> I've lost the original, but I think Damian may have misspoken recently
> when he said something to the effect that only the God of Abraham Isaac
> and Jacob is the true God and all others are false gods. Divine Principle
> teaches that God worked centrally through Judaism (and Christianity) to
> accoomplish God's providence, but that God is also present and revealing
> himself constantly through other cultures and religions.
Hi Dan, what I said was:
| Yes, you are right, there is only one God, the God of the Bible, the
| God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. All other gods are false gods. However,
| all the monotheistic religions, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, they all
| serve the same one true God. That was my point.
I meant that there is ONLY ONE GOD, as in, "one God, multiple interfaces"
of the apocryphal Bill Gates religion. I did not mean to imply that
the faith of other religions is invalid. I was emphasizing the oneness
of God who is the Ultimate Reality. In a circle of people, each person
looking inwards, each sees the center, but each is facing a different
direction. Likewise, each religion faces the same God but from a different
direction. In religions which do not believe in the One God, they still
face Him but do not necessarily acknowledge Him.
> The spirit of the World Scriptures project, which Damian posts here daily,
> is ample evidence of this. So is the Inter Religious Foundation and World
> Assembly of Religions, both founded by Rev. Moon, in which all major
> religions and most minor religions are affirmed as having been inspired by
> God. True, there may be some religions or gods which are evil, but these
> are the exceptions rather than the rule.
I agree.
> Dan
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Nov 11, 1996
On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, TLG wrote:
> DAMIAN,
>
> He will come like a theif in the night.
>
> TLG
When he came as a baby born on Earth, nobody noticed. Now that he is a
man, people do not want to know, but his influence is growing, until
nobody can deny it. Such was his coming like a thief in the night.
ITPN,
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Nov 11, 1996
Subject: Re: World Scripture - THE TRUTH IN MANY PATHS
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On Thu, 07 Nov 1996 11:40:35 +0000 Pacificus (cjplace@batnet.com) wrote:
> Damian J. Anderson wrote:
> >
> > THE TRUTH IN MANY PATHS
> >
> > This section gathers passages from various scriptures which affirm
> > that others who do not share the faith of that scripture are also
> > following the way of Truth.
> Tell us of the scriptures that affirm that those who
> follow the path of no-path are also following the way of truth.
Sorry, I don't think I can do that. What is the path
of no-path? Is that not the path of ignorance and being lost?
> Tell us of the scriptures that affirm that those whose
> scripture is the universe are also following the way of truth.
Those who follow the way of the animals and the plants and the trees
and mountains are better off than those who do harm to their fellow
creatures. But man is called to a higher path than that of nature. God
send his sunlight and rain on the just and the unjust. That is a way of
learning unconditional love from nature.
> Those are the scriptures that are worthy of our attention.
> Pacificus
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