[tuckrdout]

I found a blog, by Ron Gunzberger, here: http://www.politics1.com/blog-0604a.htm#crown2

---6th story down, which describes this event in greater detail and provides photographs. I don't know anything about this Gunzberger, who is obviously a liberal from some of the stories on his page.

But, I checked Gunzberger's links late last night, and read the speech Moon gave, which was posted on the IIFWP website. Moon has since removed the speech! Everything Gunzberger reported seemed to check out.

Moon was crowned by Rep. Davis with a gold crown, and in his speech Moon declared himself: "humanity's Savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent".

I am totally appalled. Can anyone provide anymore information on this event?

[tuckrdout]

http://www.politics1.com/blog-0604a.htm#crown2

[BraveMan]

[Not A Snowbird]

Oh, my. Who allowed this?!

[lady lawyer]

The Moonies have put a lot of money into pro-family causes. And you can't deny what a good thing it is that the Washington Times exists. I have a colleague who attended a fully funded pro-family conference that was, overall, very good. Over the course of the conference, there was a few minutes devoted to Moonie proselyting. It bugged him because it wasn't part of the advertising, but the conference, he felt, was useful overall.

I have a sneaking hunch that the congressmen who turned up for this event did not know that Moon was going to called himself a savior.

This is kind of a conundrum, isn't it?

It is good to have someone with money on the side of traditional values. Do you reject the Moonies because of some of their beliefs, or do you accept them as part of a pro-family alliance with assets that they are willing to spend in a good cause, and just separate the wheat from the chaff in terms of their beliefs? I lean toward the latter.

[adam_az]

I love the Wash Times, but Moon is a total kook.

But I don't think it's correct to say he 'founded' it.

[BenLurkin]

This can't be real.

[Types_with_Fist]

I thought we decided this was a hoax?

[BraveMan]

-snip-

On the evening of March 23, a group of the Rev. Moon's associates gathered at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. There, the Rev. presided over a ceremony presenting "Crown of Peace" awards to a number of honored guests. Several U.S. Congressmen -- Democrats Sen. Mark Dayton of Minnesota, Rep. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr. of Georgia; Republicans Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett of Maryland, Rep. Christopher B. Cannon of Utah, and Rep. Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania -- received "Ambassadors for Peace" awards.

Decked-out in a campy floor-length cape, the Rev. Moon was presented with an ornate gold crown and a lifetime achievement award. Introduced by a shofar-blowing rabbi, the Rev. told the star-studded audience -- made up of congressional members and a number of religious leaders -- that a "new era" had come: "Open your hearts and receive the secrets that Heaven is disclosing in this age through me."

The Rev. Moon may have turned a few heads by pointing out that while he is as human as the next guy, "in the context of Heaven's providence, I am God's ambassador, sent to earth with His full authority. I am sent to accomplish His command to save the world's six billion people, restoring them to Heaven with the original goodness in which they were created."

-snip-

From The Rev. Moon's last stand? by Bill Berkowitz.

[Little Pig]

It's a wonder the rapture index hasn't noted this: Rapture Index Unless Moon is already considered one of the False Christs (I wish they had links to each category, so one could see what the site considers fulfilling each category).

[AmishDude]

Here's an article from the Chicago Tribune. According to this one there were around 6 members of Congress (81 is just absurd) and the one the Trib focuses on is Danny K. Davis (D-IL) probably becasue he's local.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Well, he seems to have escaped the owl that showed up for Herod Agrippa. Would a spotted owl have shown up were Gore to try the same?

[jmc813]

What's with this article getting moved to chat? It's a legitimate article from a source which is generally respected on FR.

[prophetic]

WTF!!

blasphemy!!