Word: moon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...calling Procter & Gamble concerning the malicious and completely false stories about our company's trademark," begins the recording. That toll-free message at (800) 354-0508 is one of the ways in which Procter & Gamble has tried to quash a persistent whisper campaign alleging that its man-in-the-moon logo is satanic and that the company is somehow involved in devil worship. Last week the giant Cincinnati manufacturer (1984 sales: $12.9 billion) decided that the 103-year-old logo has become more of a headache than it is worth. Frustrated by an inexplicable rebirth of the rumors...
...popular because it's billed as a cheery aphrodisiac--people who have taken it tend to moon about holding hands and professing their oneness with all things ambulatory and the more shapely inanimate objects. Two female acquaintances of mine, while under its spell, came up to me with sparks in their eyes and told me, "I love you." This happens to me a lot, but most people would be taken aback, and would suspect such tenders. However, XTC is a relatively benign drug, and a few hours suffice to fade its apostles back down to our usual condition, where...
Unificationism needs all the friends it can get. The theology commission of the National Council of Churches has ruled that the organization "is not a Christian church." Indeed, Moon proclaims that Christ failed to achieve complete salvation for humanity and that a Korean messiah will appear in this century. Hundreds of parents have charged that their brainwashed children often ended up on the streets selling flowers for Moon while he lived in luxury at a 25-room estate. Mose Durst, a convert from Judaism who is president of the Unification Church of America, candidly admits that "the image...
Whatever mainstream church leaders think of Unificationism as a faith, many have voiced their objection to Moon's imprisonment. He has protested that his conviction amounts to selective persecution of an unpopular religion. A wide variety of religious leaders agree, including the National Council, Moral Majority Founder Jerry Falwell, and Roman Catholic Bishop Ernest Unterkoefler of Charleston...
Toleration does not, however, translate into esteem, though there seems to be much less hysteria about Moon now than there was in the 1970s. California Cult Foe Lowell D. Streiker thinks Moon's imprisonment may strengthen the loyalties of disciples, "but it doesn't help in recruitment or in image building." An even stronger view is taken by Anson Shupe of the University of Texas at Arlington, an expert on the movement. He sees a loss of momentum in the Moon cult, viewing it as an organization in disarray, pouring "millions of dollars down the drain" and unable to hold...