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In the 1982 tax case, New York City Tax Commission vs. Unification Church, the United States Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the Unification Church was a bona fide religion, based on such criteria as "a belief in ultimate concerns" and devotion to worship and evangelism.
Unfortunately for his place in U.S. history books, however, Moon spent the decade after he came to America in 1971 earning a reputation as a kidnapper and brainwasher of freckle-faced Kansans. The vast majority of press accounts of the Unification Church during the 1970's were unfavorable," and Moon...
Gordon Kauffman, Mallinckrodt Professor of Divinity, points out that conversion to any religion involves a change of mind, but says that the Unification Church does "seem to have a much stronger control of their believers than most religions in America now." He is careful to add that "this is not...
This unprecedented challenge to corporation sole raises the spectre of "Big Brother" IRS agents examining the odometer on the church station wagon to see if it registers more trave than necessary to make the parish rounds (Though even Moon partisans admit that the church converts to a group accomidation as...
Unification Church officials claim that they were delighted to let Moon use the controversial account (known within the church as "Father's money") for his personal expenses, but his $600,000 estate and lavish life style have naturally raised questions about the dividing line between pension and pillage. One of...