Talk:Hyun Jin Moon
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I've been in the church nearly 30 years and have closely followed the "successorship issue". No mention has been made publicly, or even with church circles, of any successor to Rev. Moon other than his wife, Hak Ja Han Moon. This may come as a surprise to those who regard the UC as anti-feminist, but you can google it for yourself or contact UC headquarters in Washington, D.C. and ask for yourself. --Uncle Ed 03:44, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Scholar Jeffrey K. Hadden wrote;
- Few founding leaders have planned their succession more actively than Rev Moon
- Hak Ja Han, Rev Moon's wife, is the successor designate.
- The process of her succession began on Jan 1, 1993 with the declaration that the Age of Restoration is completed [1]
Massimo Introvigne's speculation is just that. He draws his own conclusion, from the fact that Hyun Jin Nim was given some responsibilites that "denotes him as the successor" [2] but as a church member myself with his "ear to the ground" I doubt this. --Uncle Ed 03:53, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks Ed. A couple of other points. Rev. Moon does not need anyone to succeed him as the Messiah; the job is already finished. If people are talking about succeeding him as the leader of the church I think they mostly have an exaggerated idea of the importance of that position; frankly we do not always do the things that Rev. Moon tells us to do -- how much less for some future leader. Steve Dufour 17:39, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
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- p.s. You could always start a new article on the subject of Rev. Moon's successor since this seems to be such an interesting topic to some people. Steve Dufour 17:57, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
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Ed, you piped (with comment) "Julia Pak" (a name she has been using for decades, though, as far as I know not her legal name) to "Hoon Sook Pak" on the Heung Jin Moon page, and this was a few minutes after you moved this page from "Hyun Jin Moon" to "Preston Moon," a name he has only been using very recently, and one not used in the church bulletin at a large service two weeks ago (January 28, 2007) that I happened to see by odd chance. Perhaps we should stick to legal names unless they are legally changed. Of course, as I've mentioned previously, there should be exceptions for "Mark Twain" situations like "Dae Mo Nim" where she was far more well-known as a channeled person after her death. Based on the fact that Hyun Jin Moon is clearly know primarily to members as such (his notabiblity deriving from his leadership role in the church), I think it's clear that the page has to be moved back. I don't think you want to have some gleeful journalist making ridiculous conspiritorial claims along the lines of saying that the use of "front groups" (changing the names of organizations to make them less familiar and distance them from criticism) has now extended to the names of Rev. Moon's children! -Exucmember 19:21, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
