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  Unification Church views of sexuality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The church regards any sexual contact between people other than that between husband and wife as sinful, a view at odds with much of the Western world since the sexual revolution of the 1960s.
The church opposes pre-marital sex, as well as adultery and homosexuality; it categorically rejects Same-sex marriage as an abomination.
While sex is often viewed from either the good side of the spectrum or the evil (Christianity’s perspective vs. Hinduism’s, for example) Unificationism, however, views it from both sides at once.
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 UNIFICATION CHURCH:
One of the main purposes of the Unification Church is to unite all of the fragments of Christianity into a single body.
The Unification Church is a profoundly family-centered Church.
During the early 1970's, at a time when the membership of the Unification Church was growing rapidly, it was attacked by the Counter-cult Movement.
www.religioustolerance.org /unificat.htm   (2438 words)

  
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True Christians view their fellow humans as potential disciples of Christ, treating them in a respectful and dignified manner." The United Methodist Church officially considers "the practice of homosexuality (to be) incompatible with Christian teaching" and states that "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" cannot be ordained as ministers.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is opposed to homosexual practices and relationships on the grounds that "sexual intimacy belongs only within the marital relationship of a man and a woman." It believes the Bible consistently affirms the pattern of heteromonogamy, and all sexual relations outside the scope of spousal intimacy are contrary to God's original plan.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran church body in the United States, is currently evaluating its policy on the ordination of homosexuals and a final report is expected at the 2005 Churchwide Assembly.
www.mirabilis.com /boards/view_messages.php?topic_id=575345&tid=11865   (3542 words)

  
 Cult of Unification Church
In May 1994, the Unification Church celebrated their 40th anniversary in Seoul, Korea.
They believe one of the main purposes of the Unification Church is to unite all of the fragments of Christianity into a single body.
Some members of the Unification Church regard Moon and his second (and current) wife Hak Ja Han as these parents, although the Church itself has never made this claim.
www.eaec.org /cults/unificationchurch.htm   (1136 words)

  
 Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance's Report
One of the main purposes of the Unification Church is to unite all of the fragments of
Their methods differ little from many Evangelical /Fundamentalist groups which are also dedicated to recruitment.(1) The rapid turnover in church membership is a good indication that the vast majority of members are not trapped in the organization.
Many Unificationists were kidnapped by counter-cult "deprogrammers", forcibly confined and manipulated to destroy their allegiance to the Unification Church.
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 How The Moon Became The Son: Unification Teachings
And also like these same groups, Unification apologists freely use the Bible to support their positions with a haphazard series of prooftexting and then cast it aside again when it doesn't, as Tom McDevitt, a Unification minister did in one of the 1985 videotape sets that the Unification Church distributed across the United States.
Throughout Unification thought, the cross of Christ is viewed as only one great form of indemnity that Jesus paid because he failed in his "first mission", while Moon's work is viewed as far superior a work of final indemnity that will decisively bring redemption to the world.
Despite the protests of the Unification movement to the contrary, the Bible's inspiration and supreme authority is impregnable from the vantage point of both history and Scriptural precept itself.
www.spiritwatch.org /moonteachng.htm   (2795 words)

  
 Making the Connection: Sexuality and Reproductive Health
The Unification Church has a history of teaching abstinence-only sexuality education in the United States.
It is another example of the importance of advocacy for comprehensive sexuality education.
I argued that the separation of church and state was a fundamental principle of modern civilization and that the government should not become a protagonist for any narrowly-focused interest group.
www.siecus.org /inter/connection/conn0017.html   (1018 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Unification Church views of sexuality
It symbolizes, according to the Unification Principle, the very nature of God himself.
Followers of the Unification faith are strongly discouraged from indulging in sex before marriage, but highly encouraged to enjoy its fruits once maturity is reached and union with an eternal spouse achieved.
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