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Baptist theology is somewhat more complicated than that, and the theology is inextricably intertwined with the movement's history. Its basic beliefs-a personal involvement with Christ, the supreme authority of the infallible Scripture, and voluntary baptism, usually by full immersion-grew out of the nonconformist Puritanism of the 17th century. John Bunyan was a Baptist and "preached what I felt and what I smartingly did feel, even under that which my poor soul did groan and tremble to astonishment." The first Baptist church in America was founded in Providence in 1639 by Roger Williams, who had been recently...
...primary doctrine of the Moon organization, which held rallies in 1974 to oppose the impeachment of former President Nixon, is that Moon is a prophet of Christ and that the second coming of the Messiah--whom the Church hints is Moon himself--is imminent...
Heretics' Insights. The Moonies become infused with the "Divine Principle," Moon's doctrine as spelled out in his book, the movement's bible. Many converts come to believe that Moon is a second Messiah who will exceed Jesus Christ in glory. They also learn Moon's law of indemnity. Both their sins and their ancestors' must be atoned for through nonstop exertion. Many of them turn over their bank accounts to the movement, and willingly cut themselves off from their own families. They honor, even pray to, Moon and his wife, as their "true parents...
Fervent Moon disciples merely compare their setbacks and the antagonism they encounter to the persecution of Christ, and their leaders are far from discouraged. Unfazed by the halfhearted turnout at Yankee Stadium, they plan another, even more ambitious Bicentennial rally in Washington, D.C. this fall, and as for real estate, they continue to think big. Last week the U.S. leader of the Unification Church, Neil Salonen, declared: "It is our view that the first and the best of things should be dedicated to God." Next major projected purchase: the Empire State Building...
Starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, a group of about 15 of us heard lectures lasting all day long. That night we were told that the end of the world was at hand, but before this, the Second Coming of Christ would occur. We were also told that the person who had brought these new truths to the world was Sun Myung Moon, a Korean. When I wanted to leave, I was told that Satan would try to pull me away from God because I had been chosen to build the kingdom of heaven. I felt that someone had placed...