Japan's government has asked a court to revoke the legal status of the Japan branch of the Unification Church, the controversial group founded in South Korea.
this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2023
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Is that a Pope Burger King hat?
Ha, I wonder who stole what that there might be a trademark/copyright infringement.
That being said I did a little digging here's what I found: The crown represents the ideal of a united humanity living in harmony with God. It is also a symbol of the authority of the Unification Church's leadership, which claims to represent God's will on earth.
With all that said from what I can tell it borders on the line of cult while doing everything it can to look legitimate. I know it's not fair to compare but think scientologists. They get tax write offs and special protections because they are considered a religion.
Maybe they're closer to the Mormons. They basically run the state of Utah. They also trawled the literature world and did everything they could to rewrite the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories. The Mormons were the villains in A Study in Scarlet.
I see. That being said at one time they ran Las Vegas because no one wanted to do business with gangsters. Also, if you are into history check this out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838_Mormon_War . I do like their ideals of self-reliance but I do not like their off the record child abuse archives which are supposedly massive. I did not know that about Doyle. I have to wonder what happened to make him view them in that light.
They were founded by a serial conman so that might have a bit to do with it.