Unification Church ceremony literally worshiping guns

[Saviolo]

This was the ceremony that caused a nearby school in Newfoundland, PA to cancel classes for the day.

AP posting photos here:

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And for any who can't read twitter:

Worshippers clutching AR-15 rifles and some wearing bullet crowns, participated in a commitment ceremony today at World Peace and Unification Sanctuary, in Newfoundland, Pa. The event led a nearby school to cancel classes for the day. Photos @jacquelinelarma

Some other tweets on the subject:

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Sure this is extremely abnormal, but at least it's also terrifying.

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These people are not mentally ill. They aren’t physically ill. They are culturally ill. This is a deeply sick culture. I don’t know what treatment exists for a sick culture. There is no medicine for this.

[Iggo]

1. Wow.

[hlthe2b]

2. Some confuse "Unification" Church with Unitarian Universalist-- very very different

There are three "denominations" which are quite different but often confused because of similar names:
o Unitarian Universalist ( www.uua.org ), a "descendant" of the congregationalist churches of New England
o Unification (Mr. Moon's group)
o Unity

Note: this is the World Peace and Unification Sanctuary, in Newfoundland, Pa

Whether or not there is a direct line to Sun Myung Moon for this particular church, Unification Churches are aligned with Moon:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Myung_Moon
His teachings viewed the Cold War between democracy and communism as the final conflict between God and Satan, with divided Korea as its primary front line. In 1954, Moon formally founded the Unification Church as the "Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity" in Seoul.


I saw someone on another website confusing this and I can assure you that Unitarian Universalists are very progressive, liberal, and about the last group you would want to confuse with this particular church

[Saviolo]

5. Someone else on my Twitter feed also pointed that out:

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you'd be forgiven for thinking this is some evangelical bullshit but it's actually some Unification Church wackiness

[MineralMan]

3. Lock all those assholes up in a locked ward, please.

For their own safety, of course.

[jberryhill]

4. Their website has some cool recipes

http://sanctuary-pa.org/index.php/faq/

Method to Multiply Holy Salt


1. Obtain the seed Holy Salt.

2. New salt needs to be purchased. Take a few grains of the seed Holy Salt and sprinkle on the newly purchased salt package or carton as soon as possible upon purchase.

3. Clean the environment to be used to multiply the Holy Salt. It is suggested to use a sheet of paper on a table or on the floor on which one mixes the salt piles.

4. Make one pile with the seed Holy Salt and make seven identical size piles of the new salt. All the piles should be of equal amounts.

5. Offer a prayer along these lines:
“I pray that this salt is sanctified and turned into Holy Salt. This I report in the name of the (family name) Blessed Central Family.”

Note: If the person praying has not received the Blessing ceremony, it is suggested he/she would then pray in the name of the Three Kingships.

6. Sprinkle the seed Holy Salt on each of the seven piles of new salt using your right hand.

7. Mix the seed Holy Salt into each of the seven piles.

8. Mix all the piles together.

9. Final prayer (optional).

Note: If only a small quantity of the original seed Holy Salt is available, perform the above multiplication procedure more than once, thus making a greater quantity from the original seed Holy Salt.

[BoneyardDem]

6. and look how adorable, god loves all of those little princes and princesses in their outfits.

*This* is one of the many reasons I don't subscribe to the Christian all loving, all forgiving god.

[JPK]

7. even though they worship the gun....

It looks like they don't trust each other to have a loaded mag in them and they have the breach's zip tied open and unusable.

Unless someone brought a pair of nippers.

[bottomofthehill]

8. You Pointy Headed Liberals Don't Get It

It is "Bring your gun to church day" just like "bring your kid to work day" or any other things that you may do that I find strange.

Hell, 7/11 has a bring your own cup day, free coffee, a semi automatic assault rifle, you say potato I say potato.

A false idol is a false idol.