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Moon
"Messiah" Coronation Attendants Run for Cover
(News for 6/28/04)
Summary: "The Messiah
Chronicles" continue with new revelations from Congressman
Chris Cannon and Sen. Howard Stephenson, including his public
apology for the Trail of Tears. We have also located fresh
Internet sources for many of the pictures and video that were
taken down by event sponsors — and much more.
Topics:
1. New Internet
Links for Coronation Pictures & Video
2. Cannon &
Stephenson Claim Shock & Ignorance
3. Moon Has
Openly Claimed Messiahship Since 1993
4. Senator
Stephenson Apologizes on Behalf of White Man for Trail of
Tears
1. New Internet Links for Coronation Pictures & Video
As we reported in our
June 16 article,
a bizarre March 24, 2004 coronation event was held in the
Dirksen Senate Office Building of Washington DC.
Reverend Sun Myung Moon, leader of the "Family Federation for
World Peace and Unification," (also referred to as the
"Unification Church" — followers are often referred to as
"Moonies") there
publicly announced his supreme Messianic role.
Most of the links cited in our
June 16 article were predictably pulled from their host
Websites. Since our article, however, there have been a flurry
of additional news pieces on this story. For example,
see the
Deseret News, the
Salt Lake Tribune, a
Salon.com article, a
TheHill.com article, and a
Politics1.com article.
Here are several links that are
still operable via independent news sources:
Video of the coronation
(requires a couple steps to
view)
Pictures of the event.
More pictures of the event.
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2. Cannon & Stephenson Claim Shock & Ignorance
According to the
Deseret News and
Salt Lake Tribune, Cannon and Stephenson both claim that
their names were used without their permission or
foreknowledge on the
coronation program.
Deseret News staff also
interviewed Stephenson and reported the following:
He said when Moon talked "and
things took a turn into religion," he became uncomfortable.
He said he left after Moon's speech — and missed his
"coronation" — because he did not want to imply that he
endorsed any of that.
Yet, Stephenson had no problem
sitting through other portions of the event, including the
picture shown to the audience of world terrorist and dictator
Moammar Quadaffi receiving an "Ambassador of Peace" award.
According to the video, prior to Moon's speech, Moon was
praised by various speakers as both the Messianic fulfillment
foretold by scripture and the "Prince of Peace" returned.
These apparently were not enough to motivate Stephenson to
leave.
As we reported in our
June 16 article,
Stephenson has long been an admirer of Moon, comparing
Unification Church leadership meetings to "[LDS] General
Conference for politicians," and describing Moon as "a true
latter-day saint."
And as for Cannon,
as we previously
reported, on February 4, 2004, he also received an
"Ambassador of Peace" award. Other controversial
characters have received this award, such as William Baker,
whose writings, speeches, and former chairmanship of the
Populist Party appear consistent with that of a white
supremacist.
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3. Moon Has Openly Claimed Messiahship Since 1993
As we also reported in our
June 16 article,
Moon and his followers have openly touted his Messiahship for
many years. In the same Salt Lake Tribune article
in which Stephenson renders him praise, Moon's followers are
reported to believe that he is the "third Adam."
Source: "Unification's
Moon Offers Social Message: 'Time for America to awaken,' he
tells SLC crowd Sunday," Peggy Fletcher, Salt Lake
Tribune, March 11, 2001.
Moon publicly claimed to be the
new world Messiah at least as far back as January 1993.
Read his speech, "Proclamation
of the Messiah." Is it really plausible that Cannon,
Stephenson, and others could have been so connected to Moon
and his organization, and yet be completely unaware of his
most public and controversial teachings?
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4. Senator Stephenson Apologizes on Behalf of White Man
for Trail of Tears
The
Deseret news story reported that:
Stephenson said he was asked
to be a last-minute replacement to present an award about
Native American peace and was moved from a back table to the
front to make that easier. He said he doesn't remember what
he said, although Internet reports said he apologized for
U.S. misdeeds against Native Americans that led to a trail
of tears.
The actual quote from the movie
is as follows:
"As an ancestor of the white
settlers, the pioneers, the pilgrims, and those who moved
westward, pushing out the native Americans, I stand here as
a representative of my people in the spirit of repentance
for the trail of tears which we imposed upon the native
Americans of this country."
Are we expected to believe that
Stephenson also failed to read the
host section of the
full-color program wherein he was listed as "The Honorable
Howard Stephenson, State Senator, Utah"? It is one thing
to assume to privately represent the posterity of the white
settlers. It is another to do so in one's official capacity.
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