• ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Shinzo Abe was assassinated over his ties to/support of a New religious movement in Japan. Put your tinfoil hat back on and go to your room

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        6 months ago

        The Moonies are not a new movement. They have a long and troubling history in Korea, Japan, and the US. I highly recommend Falling Out for anyone interested in learning more about the cult.

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          6 months ago

          I know they’re not new; that’s just what they’re classified as on Wikipedia. It is “new” compared to Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, etc. The distinction is that the Unification Church came about within the last 75 years, and so is not one of the “old” religious movements.

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          One of my favorite scary facts about the moonies that I don’t see talked about much is that a couple of the founders sons had a falling out with the church, and went and started their own, even crazier church. They made the news a few years back doing some rifle blessings and some kind of mass wedding ceremony (also with rifles)

          Not for nothing, they also own kahr firearms

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      6 months ago

      Dumbest take. Japan isn’t even part of NATO, and Abe was killed only 5 months after the start of the war. Abe was also mired in controversy within his own borders for a multitude of reasons.